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USGS 05489500 Des Moines River at Ottumwa, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°00'39.05",   Longitude 92°24'40.65"   NAD83
Wapello County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100009
Drainage area: 13,374 square miles
Datum of gage: 621.59 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2024-10-06  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2021-04-20  2024-10-06  1080 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1917-03-28  2024-10-05  39273 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2021-04-20  2024-05-14 973 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1917-03-28  2024-05-29 39144 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2021-04  2024-05  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1917-03  2024-05  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2021  2024  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1917  2024  
 Peak streamflow 1903-05-31  2023-03-02  108 
 Field measurements 1914-09-18  2024-08-29  977 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1940-02-06  2008-06-23  266 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2023  18 
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