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)
1953	1953-03-15	7.43	79.0
1954	1954-03-25	9.35	247
1955	1955-06-11	9.36	247
1956	1956-04-29	9.06	207
1957	1957-05-19	9.59	284
1958	1958-02-27	8.81	178
1959	1959-04-28	9.63	292
1960	1960-03-30	9.59	284
1961	1961-03-14	8.80	178
1962	1962-03-20	8.86	268
1963	1963-04-30	8.10	134
1964	1964-04-06	8.46	228
1965	1965-04-06	8.58²	208
1966	1966-02-10	9.08	311
1967	1967-06-10	9.46	386
1968	1968-08-16	8.37	173
1969	1969-06-08	9.38	359
1970	1970-06-02	9.07	268
1971	1971-02-20	9.32	341
1972	1972-06-20	10.34	368
1973	1973-04-22	10.25	390
1974	1974-05-17	10.18	362
1975	1975-04-28		370²
1976	1976-03-05	9.72	550
1977	1977-03-29	5.96	58.0
1978	1978-07-02	8.84	292
1979	1979-04-12	9.42	358
1980	1980-09-09	8.37	237
1981	1981-08-15	9.34	348
1982	1982-07-22	10.93	756
1983	1982-12-03	10.78	702
1984	1984-02-13	9.69	415
1985	1985-03-04	10.71	678
1986	1986-09-30	10.51	465
1987	1987-08-14	11.52	933
1988	1988-04-06	8.71	273
1989	1989-08-04	8.10	210
1990	1990-08-18	10.24	557
1991	1990-11-28	9.75	462
1992	1991-10-04	7.91	198^C
1993	1993-03-31	9.79	469^C
1994	1994-06-24	10.39	590^C
1995	1995-04-27	10.26	561^C
1996	1996-05-20	10.25	559^C
1997	1997-02-21	10.83	630^C
1998	1998-03-19	8.34	239^C
1999	1999-04-23	10.63	590^C
2000	2000-04-21	9.78	437^C
2001	2001-09-19	10.35	537^C
2002	2001-10-13	11.55	787^C
2003	2003-05-11	8.91	309^C
2004	2004-03-05	9.45	386^C
2005	2005-01-13	9.40	377^C
2006	2006-03-13	9.26	356^C
2007	2007-08-20	10.29	513^C
2008	2008-09-13	11.39	749^C
2009	2008-12-27	10.81	624^C
2010	2010-05-13	10.81	624^C
2011	2011-07-23	9.69	422^C
2012	2012-04-15	8.65	275^C
2013	2013-04-18	11.35	740^C
2014	2014-05-13	9.85	481^C
2015	2015-06-15	9.74	459^C
2016	2016-07-23	11.00	756^C
2017	2017-07-12	12.75	928^C
2018	2018-09-03	12.10	694^C
2019	2019-07-21	11.18²	590^C
2020	2020-05-17	11.01	495^C
2021	2021-06-26	10.13	385^C
2022	2022-07-23	10.64	445^C
2023	2023-02-27	9.97	369^C

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