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USGS 05485500 Des Moines River blw Raccoon Riv at Des Moines, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°34'40",   Longitude 93°36'19"   NAD27
Polk County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100008
Drainage area: 9,879 square miles
Datum of gage: 762.52 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1987-05-14  2021-05-13  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1944-10-01  1945-09-29  308 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04-01  2021-05-12  29627 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1944-10-01  1947-09-29  1094 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1944-10-01  1947-09-29  1094 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04-01  2021-03-28 29582 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1944-10-01  1947-09-29 1094 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1944-10-01  1947-09-29 1094 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04  2021-03  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1944-10  1947-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1944-10  1947-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940  2021  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1945  1947  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1945  1947  
 Peak streamflow 1903-05-31  2019-03-16  81 
 Field measurements 1938-09-17  2021-05-10  1064 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1944-06-17  2012-08-21  296 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2020  15 
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