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USGS 05481650 Des Moines River near Saylorville, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°40'49.2",   Longitude 93°40'03.4"   NAD83
Polk County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100004
Drainage area: 5,841 square miles
Datum of gage: 787.17 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1961-10-02  2004-09-17  9716 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1961-10-01  2025-10-25  23401 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1961-10-01  2004-09-29  15530 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1961-10-01  2004-09-29  15705 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, laboratory, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1967-12-06  2004-09-29  7810 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1961-10-01  2025-07-27 23311 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1961-10-01  2004-09-29 15530 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1961-10-01  2004-09-29 15705 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1961-10  2025-07  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1961-10  2004-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1961-10  2004-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1962  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1962  2004  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1962  2004  
 Peak streamflow 1954-06-24  2024-07-11  64 
 Field measurements 1953-07-22  2025-09-22  992 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1963-04-29  2007-04-02  498 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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