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USGS 05421000 Wapsipinicon River at Independence, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°27'49",   Longitude 91°53'42"   NAD27
Buchanan County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07080102
Drainage area: 1,048 square miles
Datum of gage: 882.74 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1992-10-01  2026-01-20  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1967-10-09  1970-09-29  1027 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1933-07-01  2026-01-19  33806 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1968-10-14  1970-09-29  711 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1967-12-01  1970-09-29  1034 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1967-12-01  1970-09-29  1034 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1933-07-01  2025-12-07 33763 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1967-12-01  1970-09-29 1034 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1967-12-01  1970-09-29 1034 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1933-07  2025-12  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1967-12  1970-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1967-12  1970-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1933  2026  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1968  1970  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1968  1970  
 Peak streamflow 1934-04-11  2025-04-27  92 
 Field measurements 1933-07-20  2025-12-08  846 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1947-06-14  2019-12-18  245 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2025  20 
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OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS Iowa Water Science Center
Email questions about this site to Iowa Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries