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USGS 05476500 Des Moines River at Estherville, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 43°23'51",   Longitude 94°50'38"   NAD27
Emmet County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100002
Drainage area: 1,372 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,247.55 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-10-01  2021-07-26  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1951-10-01  1995-05-11  15929 
    Gage height, feet  2009-03-01  2021-07-25  3423 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1951-10-01  1995-05-11 15929 
    Gage height, feet  2009-03-01  2021-06-02 3370 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1951-10  1995-05  
    Gage height, feet  2009-03  2021-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1952  1995  
    Gage height, feet  2009  2021  
 Peak streamflow 1952-04-06  2019-03-25  46 
 Field measurements 1951-04-07  2020-05-06  632 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1969-10-03  2001-12-04  146 
 Water-Year Summary 2009  2020  12 
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