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	1953-03-14	6.10	86.0
1954	1954-03-25	8.56	411
1955	1955-06-11	8.54	404
1956	1956-04-28	7.25²	199
1957	1957-07-13	9.65	930
1958	1958-02-27	6.84	159
1959	1959-04-28	8.42	366
1960	1960-03-29	8.01	275
1961	1961-09-25	6.87	502
1962	1962-03-19	6.56	428
1963	1963-04-30	6.21	350
1964	1964-07-18	6.69	298
1965	1965-04-06	5.86	285
1966	1966-05-12	7.00	390
1967	1967-06-10	8.86	712
1968	1968-08-17	6.35	397
1969	1969-06-08	7.60	634
1970	1970-06-02	6.80	423
1971	1971-02-19	6.19	358
1972	1972-06-20	8.10	680
1973	1973-04-22	8.06	674
1974	1974-05-16	7.28	557
1975	1975-04-28	7.13	534
1976	1976-03-04	7.58	600
1977	1977-06-30	3.90	175
1978	1978-07-02	7.37	569
1979	1979-04-12	7.63	602
1980	1980-09-09	7.50	582
1981	1981-08-14	8.29	636
1982	1982-07-22	9.66	1,070
1983	1982-12-02	8.29	744
1984	1983-10-22	7.81	646
1985	1985-07-14	7.91	666
1986	1985-11-19	8.07	698
1987	1987-08-14	10.10	1,190
1988	1988-06-22	5.77	346
1989	1989-08-04	7.22	536
1990	1990-08-18	8.14	719
1991	1990-11-27	6.54	446
1992	1991-10-04	6.39	425^C
1993	1993-08-23	6.34	418^C
1994	1994-06-24	8.38	767^C
1995	1995-04-26	5.90	390^C
1996	1996-05-17	7.34	570^C
1997	1997-02-21	6.95	507^C
1998	1998-06-25	5.71	374^C
1999	1999-04-23	7.05	522^C
2000	2000-07-02	5.56	361^C
2001	2001-09-19	7.64	624^C
2002	2001-10-13	8.77	848^C
2003	2003-07-06	5.66	369^C
2004	2004-05-20	7.28	560^C
2005	2005-01-12	4.84	300^C
2006	2006-09-11	4.94	308^C
2007	2006-10-02	7.89	670^C
2008	2008-09-13	8.06	637^C
2009	2009-03-08	6.56	421^C
2010	2010-05-13	8.13	716^C
2011	2011-07-23	8.20	730^C
2012	2012-04-15	6.07	378^C
2013	2013-06-26	8.47	806^C
2014	2014-06-30	6.78	520^C
2015	2015-04-09	6.39	462^C
2016	2016-07-23	6.32	452^C
2017	2017-07-12	7.50	635^C
2018	2018-09-03	7.11	572^C
2019	2019-07-21	7.72	672^C
2020	2020-05-23	7.74	640^C
2021	2021-06-26	5.15	326^C
2022	2022-07-23	5.88	393^C
2023	2023-03-31	6.22	435^C

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