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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 05482000 Des Moines River at 2nd Avenue at Des Moines, IA

Polk County, Iowa
Hydrologic Unit Code 07100004
Latitude  41°36'43", Longitude  93°37'11" NAD83
Drainage area 6,245  square miles
Gage datum 773.26 feet above NAVD88
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Water
Year		 Date Gage
Height
(feet)		 Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1902 1902-07-10   32,9007
1903 1903-05-31 27.301 42,0007
1906 1906-03-30 12.90 13,7007
1915 1915-06-01 16.001,6 29,0002
1916 1916-03-28 10.10 17,200
1917 1917-06-10 16.20 26,800
1918 1918-06-07 16.50 27,300
1919 1919-04-25 11.20 16,900
1920 1920-07-12 13.60 18,7002
1921 1921-02-18 8.501 10,7002
1922 1922-04-13 9.601 12,0002
1923 1923-03-28 8.201 8,0002
1924 1924-03-31 8.001 7,5702
1925 1925-06-18 5.31 4,920
1926 1926-09-20   12,000
1927 1927-02-07 8.401 12,8002
1928 1928-08-27 5.701 5,7002
1929 1929-03-18 16.101 23,3002
1930 1930-06-16 5.90 6,140
1931 1931-09-28 3.50 2,290
1932 1932-03-05 14.621 28,5002
1933 1933-04-04 16.10 30,6002
1934 1934-04-07 4.406 5,370
1935 1935-07-03 13.27 17,600
1936 1936-03-14   13,600
1937 1937-06-18   15,800
1938 1938-09-20 14.70 24,800
1939 1939-03-16 4.60 13,400
1940 1940-08-28 3.00 6,810
1941 1941-06-16 3.33 8,100
1942 1941-11-10 17.106 9,330
1943 1943-02-24 19.021 9,5002
1944 1944-05-23 24.40 34,000
1945 1945-06-04 20.46 18,700
1946 1946-05-29 19.78 16,900
1947 1947-06-26 26.50 39,500
1948 1948-03-19 21.21 20,300
1949 1949-03-08 19.43 15,300
1950 1950-03-09 17.73 10,600
1951 1951-03-31 23.80 32,400
1952 1952-04-03 20.20 17,800
1953 1953-06-12 17.90 11,400
1954 1954-06-24 30.16 60,200
1955 1954-10-15 16.02 6,840
1956 1956-05-30 13.44 1,420
1957 1957-06-17 17.15 9,680
1958 1958-07-17 16.83 8,480
1959 1959-06-03 19.72 16,100
1960 1960-04-01 25.25 36,200
1961 1961-03-31 22.55 26,700
1997 1997-03-15 18.76 13,7006
1998 1998-04-10 19.59 16,0006
1999 1999-04-20 19.49 15,7006
2000 2000-07-13 18.20 10,0006
2001 2001-04-17 20.41 18,5006
2002 2002-08-16 18.05 8,9406
2003 2003-05-12 19.57 16,0006
2004 2004-05-31 20.06 17,4006
2005 2005-05-18 19.84 16,8006
2006 2006-05-02 19.322 14,5006
2007 2007-03-21 20.472 17,7006
2008 2008-06-13 31.502 47,3006
2009 2009-05-30 17.70 10,8006
2010 2010-07-02 26.08 37,3006
2011 2011-06-20 18.632 13,9006
2012 2012-05-07 17.26 6,1406
2013 2013-05-29 20.12 16,8006
2014 2014-06-27 21.67 22,0006
2015 2015-06-26 20.472 19,000
2016 2015-12-23 19.782 17,1006
2017 2016-10-01 20.29 16,700
2018 2018-07-01 24.00 28,7006
2019 2018-10-12 21.202 21,300
2020 2020-05-28 19.372 16,2006
2021 2021-03-27 14.412 3,3706
2022 2022-06-17 18.23 12,400
2023 2023-03-01 19.88 13,800
2024 2024-07-11   18,9006
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