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USGS 06799000 Elkhorn River at Norfolk, Nebr.

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°00'13.6",   Longitude 97°25'33.7"   NAD83
Madison County, Nebraska, Hydrologic Unit 10220001
Drainage area: 2,790 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 1,790.00 square miles,
Datum of gage: 1,500.95 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1896-08-01  2025-10-26  30986 
    Gage height, feet  1985-11-09  2025-10-26  12213 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1896-08-01  2025-08-20 30919 
    Gage height, feet  1985-11-09  2025-08-20 12146 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1896-08  2025-08  
    Gage height, feet  1985-11  2025-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1896  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1986  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1897-04-08  2024-02-07  92 
 Field measurements 1945-09-26  2025-09-30  1361 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1948-08-12  2010-06-17  405 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2024  20 
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