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)
1902	1902	12.00^5,Bm	16,700^2,7,8,Bm
1926	1926		9,000^2,7,Bm
1942	1942		9,000^2,7,Bm
1945	1945-05-08	6.60	2,040
1946	1946-01-05	6.04	1,430
1947	1947-04-05	11.68	10,200
1948	1948-03-19	8.67	4,370
1949	1949-02-13	6.87	2,400
1950	1950-04-25	8.32	3,910
1951	1951-02-19	7.00	2,550
1952	1952-06-13	8.02	3,580
1953	1953-06-10	6.78	2,350
1954	1954-03-25	7.59	3,150
1955	1954-10-11	10.82	8,130
1956	1956-05-10	6.73	2,300
1957	1957-07-13	13.77	15,200
1958	1958-06-09	5.35	1,980
1959	1959-04-28	6.12	2,870
1960	1960-03-27	5.35	1,980
1961	1961-09-24	8.40	4,560
1962	1962-04-30	4.73	2,020
1963	1963-03-06	4.15¹	850²
1964	1964-06-21	4.52	1,180
1965	1965-03-17	5.22	1,650
1966	1966-05-12	8.73	4,680
1967	1967-04-01	6.09	2,020
1968	1968-06-25	6.62	2,460
1969	1969-04-17	4.99²	1,220
1970	1970-05-15	6.86	2,670
1971	1971-02-05	4.16²	1,390
1972	1972-08-26	4.62	1,710
1973	1973-04-22	8.00	4,080
1974	1974-05-17	8.07	5,070
1975	1975-01-11	5.53	2,680
1976	1976-07-21	6.69	3,580
1977	1977-09-01	4.27	1,290
1978	1978-05-13	7.20	3,800
1979	1979-04-12	6.12²	2,750
1980	1980-09-01	5.20²	1,960
1981	1981-06-13	14.90	17,300
1982	1982-03-13	6.83²	3,620
1983	1982-12-03	9.92	8,360
1984	1984-03-16	5.97	2,670
1985	1985-03-04	6.24²	3,120
1986	1985-11-19	5.46	2,320
1987	1987-05-19	4.77	1,710
1988	1987-12-20	3.91²	1,090
1989	1989-06-01	7.11	4,160
1990	1990-05-10	5.05	1,950
1991	1990-11-28	8.55	6,220
1992	1992-09-09	4.93	1,840
1993	1993-06-19	5.69	2,540^C
1994	1994-06-14	8.40	5,980^C
1995	1995-01-14	6.81	3,780^C
1996	1996-07-18	10.00	8,710^C
1997	1997-02-21	7.84	5,170^C
1998	1998-05-07	6.07	2,990^C
1999	1999-04-27	5.25	2,190^C
2000	2000-06-25	5.01	1,980^C
2001	2001-02-09	6.01	2,920^C
2002	2002-05-12	7.27	4,400^C
2003	2003-05-09	6.42	2,640^C
2004	2004-06-12	16.82⁶	4,630^C
2005	2005-01-13	15.92	3,290^C
2006	2006-04-17	15.90	3,270^C
2007	2007-08-24	16.86	4,120^C
2008	2008-09-14	18.39	7,150^C
2009	2008-12-27	17.22	4,920^C
2010	2010-08-03	16.39	3,360^C
2011	2011-06-09	16.93	4,220^C
2012	2012-05-07	14.30	1,370^C
2013	2013-04-18	19.50	8,890^C
2014	2014-07-13	16.09	2,970^C
2015	2015-06-16	15.84	2,820^C
2016	2015-12-29	15.12	2,070^C
2017	2017-03-01	16.70	3,840^C
2018	2018-02-20	18.14	6,180^C
2019	2019-09-28	17.99	5,900^C
2020	2020-05-17	19.49	8,120^C
2021	2021-06-27	15.76	2,730^C
2022	2021-10-25	15.52	2,470^C
2023	2023-07-12	15.00	1,950^C

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