Warning: Javascript must be enabled to use all the features on this page!


Page Loading - Please Wait...

Click to hideNews Bulletins
  • Due to a lapse in government funding, the majority of USGS websites will not be updated except to provide important public safety information. Websites displaying real-time water data will be updated with limited support. For more information please see www.doi.gov/shutdown.
  • Explore the NEW USGS National Water Dashboard interactive map to access real-time water data from over 13,500 stations nationwide.

USGS 05485640 Fourmile Creek at Des Moines, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°36'49.7",   Longitude 93°32'43.9"   NAD83
Polk County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100008
Drainage area: 92.7 square miles
Datum of gage: 795.58 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1971-10-01  2025-10-26  16095 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1971-10-01  2025-09-07 16046 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1971-10  2025-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1972-06-20  2024-05-21  52 
 Field measurements 1971-09-24  2025-09-08  524 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1971-12-15  2001-11-14  206 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
 Revisions  Loading...
OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS Iowa Water Science Center
Email questions about this site to Iowa Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries