Warning: Javascript must be enabled to use all the features on this page!


Page Loading - Please Wait...

Click to hideNews Bulletins

USGS Daily Statistics for the Nation

The statistics generated from this site are based on approved daily-mean data and may not match those published by the USGS in official publications. The user is responsible for assessment and use of statistics from this site. For more details on why the statistics may not match, click here.

USGS 05471000 South Skunk River below Ioway Creek near Ames, IA


Story County, Iowa
Hydrologic Unit Code 07080105
Latitude  42°00'29.6", Longitude  93°35'45.5" NAD83
Drainage area 556  square miles
Gage datum 857.86 feet above NAVD88
Output formats
HTML table of all data
Tab-separated data
Reselect output format

00060, Discharge, cubic feet per second,
Day of
month
Mean of daily mean values for each day for water year of record in, ft3/s   (Calculation Period 1952-10-01 -> 2024-09-30)

Calculation period restricted by USGS staff due to special conditions at/near site
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1 165 139 390 761 625 751 841 266 251 253 251 166
2 156 144 335 629 590 616 744 262 243 294 232 163
3 155 130 339 556 586 598 607 250 207 260 220 154
4 138 126 323 556 580 574 718 237 175 211 204 147
5 130 114 345 555 572 565 668 199 185 184 200 142
6 122 120 356 555 550 651 541 201 228 186 211 137
7 115 117 328 512 656 641 459 203 217 178 230 127
8 110 114 341 470 731 761 503 218 187 198 211 124
9 104 139 425 514 655 861 827 368 173 305 187 121
10 98 182 472 472 631 795 735 461 156 322 177 116
11 101 162 534 453 560 863 704 678 181 351 172 116
12 99 134 662 486 650 1,020 611 491 195 325 170 130
13 92 134 764 485 762 942 498 293 204 253 179 182
14 96 143 919 467 713 1,000 504 207 222 251 183 259
15 90 156 773 499 575 1,090 458 248 190 255 172 296
16 92 163 639 508 524 929 400 396 162 231 179 231
17 115 158 582 524 544 1,080 472 540 182 200 220 186
18 145 214 610 575 570 1,060 528 308 178 212 208 161
19 146 354 760 519 542 1,070 427 280 160 204 186 150
20 133 419 819 520 521 859 385 314 249 178 180 138
21 128 380 669 564 542 831 345 323 254 169 198 138
22 116 298 587 573 569 897 316 299 228 195 189 140
23 100 321 607 572 582 916 340 275 241 233 182 138
24 96 304 627 536 661 826 332 264 211 247 175 138
25 92 267 601 623 742 876 284 203 252 210 170 142
26 90 236 573 725 801 825 239 234 283 191 166 148
27 86 321 548 695 884 971 269 257 277 178 180 163
28 83 341 529 626 870 869 274 315 219 174 171 176
29 83 280 542 572 833 711 228 405 242 191 164 166
30 85   694 551 995 756 275 448 276 236 163 177
31 99   717   917   234 269   261   159