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USGS 05484800 Walnut Creek at Des Moines, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°35'14.9",   Longitude 93°42'11.9"   NAD83
Polk County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100006
Drainage area: 78.4 square miles
Datum of gage: 800.82 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2025-09-03  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1971-10-01  2025-09-02  19696 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1971-10-01  2025-06-30 19632 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1971-10  2025-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1972-06-20  2024-07-31  53 
 Field measurements 1971-09-24  2025-08-19  542 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1971-12-15  2002-01-22  205 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS Iowa Water Science Center
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