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USGS 05484500 Raccoon River at Van Meter, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°32'02.5",   Longitude 93°56'59.2"   NAD83
Dallas County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100006
Drainage area: 3,441 square miles
Datum of gage: 836.49 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-10-01  2025-09-20  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012-03-14  2022-07-14  3650 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915-04-25  2025-09-19  40326 
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, total, short tons per day as nitrogen  2012-03-02  2025-09-20  2669 
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen  2012-03-02  2025-09-20  4547 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012-03-14  2022-06-27 3648 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915-04-25  2025-08-18 40294 
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, total, short tons per day as nitrogen  2012-03-02  2017-12-30 1592 
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen  2012-03-02  2025-08-11 4507 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012-03  2022-06  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915-04  2025-08  
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, total, short tons per day as nitrogen  2012-03  2017-12  
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen  2012-03  2025-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012  2022  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1915  2025  
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, total, short tons per day as nitrogen  2012  2018  
    Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen  2012  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1915-05-29  2024-05-22  110 
 Field measurements 1915-04-24  2025-08-19  1146 
 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  327 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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