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USGS 05482000 Des Moines River at 2nd Avenue at Des Moines, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°36'43",   Longitude 93°37'11"   NAD83
Polk County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100004
Drainage area: 6,245 square miles
Datum of gage: 773.26 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1996-10-01  2025-10-26  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1954-11-03  1961-09-29  2386 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013-09-19  2025-10-26  4030 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915-03-01  2025-10-25  27625 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1954-11-03  1961-09-29  2420 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1954-11-01  1961-09-29  2525 
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, total, short tons per day as nitrogen  2013-09-24  2025-10-24  2316 
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen  2013-09-19  2025-10-24  4042 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013-09-19  2022-02-07 2934 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915-03-01  2025-07-27 27535 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1954-11-03  1961-09-29 2420 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1954-11-01  1961-09-29 2525 
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, total, short tons per day as nitrogen  2013-09-24  2017-12-30 1340 
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen  2013-09-19  2025-08-11 3971 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013-09  2022-02  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915-03  2025-07  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1954-11  1961-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1954-11  1961-09  
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, total, short tons per day as nitrogen  2013-09  2017-12  
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen  2013-09  2025-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013  2022  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1955  1961  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1955  1961  
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, total, short tons per day as nitrogen  2013  2018  
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen  2013  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1902-07-10  2024-10-05  79 
 Field measurements 1902-10-20  2025-09-22  696 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1944-06-17  2019-09-16  73 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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