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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 05476500 Des Moines River at Estherville, IA

Emmet County, Iowa
Hydrologic Unit Code 07100002
Latitude  43°23'57.3", Longitude  94°50'45.6" NAD83
Drainage area 1,372  square miles
Gage datum 1,247.62 feet above NAVD88
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Water
Year		 Date Gage
Height
(feet)		 Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1952 1952-04-06 11.82 4,880
1953 1953-06-08 15.53 10,800
1954 1954-03-19 5.67 1,380
1955 1955-03-12 4.37 752
1956 1956-04-04 3.42 370
1957 1957-06-24 5.33 1,200
1958 1958-04-07 3.51 404
1959 1959-06-01 10.04 3,040
1960 1960-04-05 10.79 4,040
1961 1961-03-25 12.03 5,350
1962 1962-04-06 12.22 5,610
1963 1963-07-19 7.35 2,090
1964 1964-05-07 6.24 1,660
1965 1965-04-10 15.61 10,200
1966 1966-02-10 6.181 1,4002
1967 1967-04-04 5.69 1,320
1968 1968-07-28 4.09 676
1969 1969-04-12 17.68 16,000
1970 1970-04-08 6.08 1,500
1971 1971-04-01 10.54 3,780
1972 1972-03-19 6.22 1,520
1973 1973-03-14 7.061 1,8002
1974 1974-06-10 5.87 1,390
1975 1975-04-26 8.01 2,320
1976 1976-03-13 5.431 1,0602
1977 1977-03-19 3.352 3802
1978 1978-04-24 7.58 2,1401
1979 1979-08-27 10.99 4,000
1980 1979-11-09 9.21 2,920
1981 1981-06-15 6.23 1,530
1982 1982-03-23 5.86 1,410
1983 1983-07-06 12.66 5,970
1984 1984-04-14 14.30 8,570
1985 1985-04-30 8.77 2,930
1986 1986-09-28 11.27 4,570
1987 1987-04-02 7.70 2,370
1988 1988-04-28 4.72 1,020
1989 1989-03-29 4.50 915
1990 1990-06-19 5.28 1,290
1991 1991-06-11 11.11 4,120
1992 1992-03-07 8.59 2,790
1993 1993-06-30 15.38 9,330
1994 1994-06-19 9.952 3,370
2017 2017-05-23 8.01  
2018 2018-07-09 14.89  
2019 2019-03-25 15.24  
2020 2020-03-09 10.78  
2021 2021-04-13 3.80  
2022 2022-06-15 7.84  
2023 2023-04-21 9.04  
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