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USGS 05474000 Skunk River at Augusta, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°45'13.14",   Longitude 91°16'37.52"   NAD83
Des Moines County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07080107
Drainage area: 4,312 square miles
Datum of gage: 521.08 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-10-01  2026-01-18  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1975-10-01  2010-09-29  11703 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1913-09-30  2026-01-17  40668 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1975-10-01  2024-09-30  17898 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1975-10-01  2024-09-30  17533 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, laboratory, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1975-10-01  2010-09-29  11759 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1913-09-30  2025-07-21 40519 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1975-10-01  2024-09-29 17897 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1975-10-01  2024-09-29 17532 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1913-09  2025-07  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1975-10  2024-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1975-10  2024-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1913  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1976  2024  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1976  2024  
 Peak streamflow 1903-06-01  2024-04-03  111 
 Field measurements 1919-07-17  2025-12-17  1143 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1944-05-26  2024-02-06  6015 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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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