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USGS 06485500 BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°50'15.1",   Longitude 96°33'41.8"   NAD27
Plymouth County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 10170203
Drainage area: 7,879 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 6,995 square miles,
Datum of gage: 1,119.53 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2025-11-05  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1928-10-01  2025-11-04  35445 
    Gage height, feet  2018-05-01  2025-11-04  2025 
    Gage height, feet  2017-09-30  2018-04-29  206 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1928-10-01  2024-09-29 35063 
    Gage height, feet  2018-05-01  2024-11-05 1680 
    Gage height, feet  2017-09-30  2018-04-29 206 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1928-10  2024-09  
    Gage height, feet  2018-05  2024-11  
    Gage height, feet  2017-09  2018-04  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1929  2024  
    Gage height, feet  2018  2025  
    Gage height, feet  2017  2018  
 Peak streamflow 1929-03-15  2024-06-22  96 
 Field measurements 1928-10-01  2025-08-05  1741 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1946-03-14  2015-09-10  2722 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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OPERATION:
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Email questions about this site to South Dakota Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
National Weather Service Floodstage 16.0 ft.