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USGS 05476750 Des Moines River at Humboldt, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°43'10",   Longitude 94°13'13"   NAD83
Humboldt County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100002
Drainage area: 2,256 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,053.73 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2026-01-18  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1964-10-01  2026-01-17  22389 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1964-10-01  2025-12-02 22343 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1964-10  2025-12  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1965  2026  
 Peak streamflow 1940-04-01  2025-08-01  86 
 Field measurements 1940-03-07  2025-12-03  956 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1968-10-03  2019-08-06  178 
 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