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USGS 06478000 JAMES RIVER NEAR MITCHELL,SD

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 43°39'32",   Longitude 97°55'08"   NAD27
Hanson County, South Dakota, Hydrologic Unit 10160011
Drainage area: 19,088 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 17,037 square miles,
Datum of gage: 1,194.42 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1953-07-01  2025-10-22  9008 
    Gage height, feet  2001-07-26  2018-04-29  6016 
    Gage height, feet  2018-05-01  2025-10-22  2677 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1953-07-01  2024-10-07 8813 
    Gage height, feet  2001-07-26  2018-04-29 6016 
    Gage height, feet  2018-05-01  2024-10-07 2325 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1953-07  2024-10  
    Gage height, feet  2001-07  2018-04  
    Gage height, feet  2018-05  2024-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1953  2025  
    Gage height, feet  2001  2018  
    Gage height, feet  2018  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1954-06-21  2024-06-23  38 
 Field measurements 1965-08-17  2025-08-21  309 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1968-10-01  2015-08-31  195 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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OPERATION:
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
National Weather Service Floodstage 17.0 ft.