USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

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Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1948	1948-03-22	4.01	1,130⁷
1950	1950-04-26	4.11	1,160⁷
1955	1954-10-10	4.86	1,380⁷
1957	1957-07-12	3.11	895⁷
1960	1960-03-30	4.47	1,260
1961	1961-09-14	2.21	688
1962	1962-03-21	3.85	1,090
1963	1963-04-30	1.83	608
1964	1964-04-06	1.86	614
1965	1965-04-08	1.61	688
1966	1966-05-12	4.86	1,400
1967	1967-06-12	5.19	1,480
1968	1968-08-17	3.27	934
1969	1969-06-09	3.46	982
1970	1970-05-14	2.75	808
1971	1971-02-20	3.39	964
1972	1972-08-27	7.27	2,230
1973	1973-04-22	2.40	729
1974	1974-05-17	3.64	1,030
1975	1975-04-18	3.31	944
1976	1976-03-05	3.89	1,100
1977	1977-06-30	1.82	606
1978	1978-07-02	3.19	914
1979	1979-03-04	5.32	1,520
1980	1980-06-01	2.28	703
1989	1989-08-06	13.56⁶	1,580^C
1990	1990-08-21	13.37	1,530^C
1991	1990-11-27	12.62	1,270^C
1992	1991-10-26	10.14	645^C
1993	1993-04-02	11.94	1,130^C
1994	1994-06-25	13.17	1,500^C
1995	1995-04-28	12.80	1,390^C
1996	1996-05-29	12.10	1,250^C
1997	1997-02-22	11.95	1,460^C
1998	1998-09-07	10.47	1,050^C
1999	1999-04-24	11.41	1,300^C
2000	2000-04-20	11.21	1,250^C
2001	2001-09-20	10.69	1,110^C
2002	2001-10-13	11.73	1,520^C
2003	2003-05-02	10.61	1,170^C
2004	2004-06-01	10.20	1,070^C
2005	2005-01-14	10.14	1,040^C
2006	2006-09-23	9.24	798^C
2007	2006-10-02	11.07	1,310^C
2008	2008-09-14	13.27	1,940^C
2009	2009-02-26	11.45	1,430^C
2010	2010-07-24	13.68	2,210^C
2011	2011-07-24	11.39	1,410^C
2012	2011-12-15	8.83	704^C
2013	2013-04-18	13.90	2,290^C
2014	2014-08-22	11.64	1,490^C
2015	2015-06-15	12.47	1,770^C
2016	2016-05-12	10.20	1,050^C
2017	2017-04-30	10.99	1,500^C
2018	2018-06-22	12.28	1,820^C
2019	2019-05-01	11.68	1,510^C
2020	2020-05-17	13.01	1,840^C
2021	2021-06-26	10.57	1,170^C
2022	2022-05-03	9.92	1,070^C
2023	2023-07-02	9.57	996^C

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