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USGS 05480500 Des Moines River at Fort Dodge, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°30'30",   Longitude 94°12'12"   NAD83
Webster County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100004
Drainage area: 4,190 square miles
Datum of gage: 969.19 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1991-10-01  2025-07-17  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1905-04-23  2025-07-16  34244 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1905-04-23  2025-05-21 34188 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1905-04  2025-05  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1905  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1905-05-17  2024-06-27  94 
 Field measurements 1913-10-16  2025-05-22  1019 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1968-11-21  2007-04-02  200 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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