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Water-Year Summary for Site 05473065

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05473065 Skunk River at Merrimac, IA
LOCATION - Lat 41°05'16.6", long 91°43'13.3" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.36, T.73 N., R.8 W., Jefferson County, IA, Hydrologic Unit 07080107, on right downstream side of bridge on County Highway H28 in Merrimac, 6.5 mi downstream from Crooked Creek, 2.4 mi upstream from Walnut Creek, and 57.2 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 3,237 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Discharge records from April 2010 to June 2016, October 2016 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 576.62 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
REMARKS - Records for water year 2014-2017 rated good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor, and for daily discharges from June 3-6, 2014, and March 14-19, 2015, which are fair. For records status prior to October 1, 2013, see remarks printed in annual water-data reports. For climatological records collected at this site, see Raingage at Skunk River at Merrimac, IA (station 410516091431301).