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USGS 05489490 Bear Creek at Ottumwa, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°00'52",   Longitude 92°27'44"   NAD27
Wapello County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100009
Drainage area: 22.90 square miles
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2022-10-01  2025-10-12  
 Daily Data
    Gage height, feet  2022-10-01  2025-10-11  830 
 Daily Statistics 
    Gage height, feet  2022-10-01  2025-05-07 673 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Gage height, feet  2022-10  2025-05  
 Annual Statistics 
    Gage height, feet  2023  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1965-09-21  2024-05-02  57 
 Field measurements 1965-09-21  2019-06-24  15 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1999-05-17  2019-07-30  4 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  10 
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