USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1970	1970-06-16	8.41	680
1971	1971		700^4,Bm
1972	1972-09-25	8.08	460
1973	1973		700^4,Bm
1974	1974-06-09	10.85	2,500
1975	1975		700^4,Bm
1976	1976-04-18	9.34	1,150
1977	1977		700^4,Bm
1978	1978-07-01	14.80	9,380
1979	1979		700^4,Bm
1980	1980-08-17	9.92	1,600
1981	1981		700^4,Bm
1982	1982-03-13	9.02	1,000
1983	1983		700^4,Bm
1984	1984		700^4,Bm
1985	1985-02-23	9.08	1,050
1986	1986-09-17	10.32	1,900
1987	1986-10-14	10.15	1,800
1988	1988		120^4,Bm
1989	1989-03-12	9.55¹
1990	1990-06-29	9.12	1,020
1991	1991-08-08	7.86	370
1992	1992-04-21	10.13	1,730
1993	1993-07-18	10.00	1,630
1994	1994-02-19	9.52	1,270
1995	1995-04-11	9.09	1,000
1996	1996-03-24	8.33	590
1997	1997-02-18	8.22¹
1998	1998-06-28	12.22	4,160
1999	1999-04-09	7.98	420
2000	2000-08-02	9.57	1,300
2001	2001-06-15	9.13	1,020
2002	2002-06-15		610⁴
2003	2003		610^4,Bm
2004	2004-03-05	11.04	2,620
2005	2005-07-26	11.41	3,050
2006	2006-03-09	9.15	1,030
2007	2007-08-19	11.50	3,160
2008	2008-06-08	14.57	8,800
2009	2009		1,810^4,Bm
2010	2010-06-23	12.08	3,950
2011	2011-06-19	10.95	2,520
2012	2012-04-19	10.36	1,940
2013	2013-06-23	14.93	9,720
2014	2014-03-27	11.40	3,040
2015	2015-06-22	12.30	3,660
2016	2016-08-24	14.91	9,630
2017	2016-10-26	8.30	237
2018	2018-09-03	14.07	7,300
2019	2019-03-14	11.98¹	3,170²
2020	2020-06-22	11.64	2,690
2021	2021-03-10	10.86^4,5	1,780^2,4
2022	2022-03-05	12.05	3,420
2023	2023-03-01	7.57	103

USGS 05388310 Waterloo Creek near Dorchester, IA