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USGS 06600100 Floyd River at Alton, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°58'58.1",   Longitude 96°00'01.2"   NAD83
Sioux County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 10230002
Drainage area: 268 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,270.17 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-02  2025-10-28  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1955-10-01  2025-10-27  25595 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1955-10-01  2025-08-25 25532 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1955-10  2025-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1956  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1953-06  2024-06-22  70 
 Field measurements 1953-06-08  2025-08-26  778 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1968-10-01  2019-06-24  223 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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