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USGS 06880800 West Fork Big Blue River near Dorchester, Nebr.

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°43'52",   Longitude 97°10'38"   NAD27
Seward County, Nebraska, Hydrologic Unit 10270203
Drainage area: 1,192 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,403.48 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1958-08-01  2025-10-27  24246 
    Gage height, feet  1998-09-30  2025-10-27  9004 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- COE Historic  1967-10-04  1973-09-29  2188 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1958-08-01  2025-07-15 24142 
    Gage height, feet  1998-09-30  2025-07-15 8900 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- COE Historic  1967-10-04  1973-09-29 2188 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1958-08  2025-07  
    Gage height, feet  1998-09  2025-07  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- COE Historic  1967-10  1973-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1958  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1998  2025  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- COE Historic  1968  1973  
 Peak streamflow 1950-07-10  2024-07-03  68 
 Field measurements 1958-07-11  2025-09-16  994 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1962-07-12  2008-06-05  841 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2024  20 
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