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)
1952	1951-11-13	7.16	321
1953	1953-03-14	3.83	92.0
1954	1954-04-25	6.38²	257
1955	1955-01-05	5.40²	194
1956	1956-04-29	4.82	155
1957	1957-05-19	5.61	201
1958	1958-02-27	3.74²	98.0
1959	1959-04-28	7.08	313
1960	1960-03-29	6.30	250
1961	1961-09-25	4.89	155
1962	1962-03-19	5.54	194
1963	1963-04-30	5.05	161
1964	1964-07-18	4.83	151
1965	1965-01-02	4.48	130
1966	1966-02-10	5.24	176
1967	1967-06-10	6.88	295
1968	1968-08-16	3.81	80.0
1969	1969-06-08	7.13	315
1970	1970-06-02	6.18	249
1971	1971-02-19	5.83	223
1972	1972-08-23	6.79²	367
1973	1973-04-22	6.84	302
1974	1974-01-27	6.46	272
1975	1975-04-27	5.25	185
1976	1976-03-04	7.01	315
1977	1977-03-29	3.32²	70.0
1978	1978-07-02	5.00	169
1979	1979-04-12	6.48	274
1980	1979-12-24	5.09	175
1981	1981-08-28	5.51	201
1982	1982-07-22	8.35	435
1983	1982-12-03	7.94	394
1984	1984-02-13	5.39	195
1985	1985-03-04	6.37	265
1986	1986-09-26	8.27	492
1987	1987-04-14	6.11	259
1988	1988-01-20	5.69	221
1989	1989-09-01	4.07	102
1990	1990-08-18	5.99	272
1991	1990-11-27	5.69	276
1992	1991-10-04	4.08	138^C
1993	1993-03-31	6.28	294^C
1994	1994-02-20	6.64	318^C
1995	1995-04-27	6.09	305^C
1996	1996-05-20	6.98	460^C
1997	1997-02-21	7.24	496^C
1998	1998-06-26	5.12	246^C
1999	1999-04-23	7.08	472^C
2000	2000-05-18	6.74	429^C
2001	2001-09-19	6.44	392^C
2002	2001-10-13	7.78	580^C
2003	2003-05-10	5.04	238^C
2004	2004-05-30	5.32	267^C
2005	2005-01-13	4.68	208^C
2006	2006-03-13	5.37	277^C
2007	2007-08-07	6.09	355^C
2008	2008-09-13	7.01	464^C
2009	2008-12-27	6.58	412^C
2010	2010-05-13	7.67	563^C
2011	2011-05-29	5.29	269^C
2012	2012-04-15	4.06	155^C
2013	2013-04-18	7.70	726^C
2014	2014-05-13	6.86	576^C
2015	2015-09-18	5.96	430^C
2016	2016-07-23	4.41	219^C
2017	2017-07-12	9.09	795^C
2018	2018-09-03	7.35	452^C
2019	2019-09-13	6.72	375^C
2020	2020-05-17	6.98	537^C
2021	2021-06-26	5.25	347^C
2022	2022-07-23	7.23	563^C
2023	2023-04-04	4.73	290^C

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