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USGS 05481600 Big Creek at Polk City, IA


Polk County, Iowa
Hydrologic Unit Code 07100004
Latitude  41°46'00", Longitude  93°42'00" NAD27
Drainage area 91.40  square miles
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Meas.
Number
  Date       Time Time
Datum
Measurement
Used?
  Who Measuring
Agency
Stream
flow
(ft3/s)
Gage
Height
(ft)
GH
Change
(ft)
Meas.
Duration
(hr)
Meas.
Rated
  Control Flow
Adjust.
Code
 
Channel
Number
Channel
Name
Meas.
type
 
Stream
flow
method
 
Velocity
method
 
Channel
flow
(ft3/s)
Channel
width
(ft)
Channel
area
(ft2)
Channel
vel.
(ft/s)
Channel
stability
 
Channel
material
 
Channel
evenness
 
Long.
vel.
desc.
 
Horz.
vel.
desc.
 
Vert.
vel.
desc.
 
Channel
loc.
code
 
Channel
loc.
dist.(ft)
101971-08-23 16:30CDTYesSJMUSGS0.11-17.150.000.30FairClearNONE1Imported Channel 1WADEunspeunkno0.113.000.370.30UNSPUNSPUNSPunknUNSPUNSPUNSP
91970-07-14 13:40CDTYesAMGUSGS7.6416.170.000.30GoodClearNONE1Imported Channel 1WADEunspeunkno7.6416.06.281.22UNSPUNSPUNSPunknUNSPUNSPUNSP
81969-09-24 09:50CSTYes--BUSGS7.1516.53 GoodClearNONE1Imported Channel 1WADEunspeunkno7.158.702.672.68UNSPUNSPUNSPunknUNSPUNSPUNSP
71966-09-07 11:50CSTYesJHHUSGS0.2216.030.000.10GoodClearNONE1Imported Channel 1WADEunspeunkno0.224.000.400.56UNSPUNSPUNSPunknUNSPUNSPUNSP
61964-10-26 13:00CSTYesCWSUSGS1.42-16.270.000.20GoodClearNONE1Imported Channel 1WADEunspeunkno1.425.001.430.99UNSPUNSPUNSPunknUNSPUNSPUNSP
51961-09-06 16:00CSTYesSJMUSGS4.9315.45 GoodClearNONE1Imported Channel 1WADEunspeunkno4.9325.07.480.66UNSPUNSPUNSPunknUNSPUNSPUNSP
41960-09-08 10:20CSTYesDERUSGS9.68-15.710.00 UnspecifiedClearNONE1Imported Channel 1WADEunspeunkno9.6816.08.071.20UNSPUNSPUNSPunknUNSPUNSPUNSP
31958-10-21 14:40CSTYesDERUSGS7.36-15.750.000.20UnspecifiedClearNONE1Imported Channel 1WADEunspeunkno7.3610.04.101.80UNSPUNSPUNSPunknUNSPUNSPUNSP
21958-04-23 08:50CSTYesDERUSGS8.74-15.55 UnspecifiedClearNONE1Imported Channel 1WADEunspeunkno8.7426.014.20.62UNSPUNSPUNSPunknUNSPUNSPUNSP
11957-09-19 13:05CSTYesE PUSGS0.00 Unspecified NONE