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USGS 06770500 Platte River near Grand Island, Nebr.

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°52'28",   Longitude 98°16'54"   NAD27
Merrick County, Nebraska, Hydrologic Unit 10200101
Drainage area: 57,650 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 52,940.00 square miles,
Datum of gage: 1,829.90 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2025-10-28  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1972-07-17  1980-09-29  2973 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1934-04-01  2025-10-26  33447 
    Gage height, feet  1933-06-25  2025-10-26  26873 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1934-04-01  2025-07-08 33337 
    Gage height, feet  1933-06-25  2025-07-08 26763 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1934-04  2025-07  
    Gage height, feet  1933-06  2025-07  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1934  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1933  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1934-03-05  2024-07-04  91 
 Field measurements 1933-06-17  2025-09-30  2118 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1964-09-17  2011-06-29  409 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2024  20 
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