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	1952-03-11	3.82	303
1953	1953-06-10	3.65	282
1954	1954-04-25	3.83	310
1955	1954-10-10	3.72	291
1956	1956-05-10	2.89	175
1957	1957-07-13	3.72	286
1958	1958-02-28	3.16	210
1959	1959-02-23	3.51²	258
1960	1960-03-30	3.88	340
1961	1961-09-25	3.12	327
1962	1962-03-19	3.51	512
1963	1963-04-30	2.56	171
1964	1964-07-18	3.35	263
1965	1965-02-07		350²
1966	1966-02-10	4.14	476
1967	1967-06-10	5.29	797
1968	1968-08-17	3.27	298
1969	1969-06-09	2.99	247
1970	1970-06-02	4.38	560
1971	1971-02-19	3.18²	296
1972	1972-09-18	3.06	294
1973	1973-04-22	5.45	896
1974	1974-05-22	4.13	552
1975	1975-06-17	3.87	488
1976	1976-03-05	3.88	490
1977	1977-03-29	2.10	117
1978	1978-07-03	4.21	571
1979	1979-03-19	4.97	765
1980	1980-09-17		370²
1981	1981-04-23	3.25	304
1982	1982-03-13	4.61	537
1983	1982-12-03	5.67	761
1984	1984-02-13	3.86	394
1985	1985-03-04	5.08	633
1986	1985-11-20	5.48	719
1987	1987-08-27	5.09	625
1988	1988-04-06	4.28	441
1989	1989-08-05	5.79	700
1990	1990-08-21	5.27	669
1991	1990-11-28	4.08	399
1992	1991-11-30	3.07	212
1993	1993-07-19	5.39	691^C
1994	1994-02-20	5.74	779^C
1995	1995-04-27	4.92	580^C
1996	1996-05-29	4.15	437^C
1997	1997-02-21	6.78	1,180^C
1998	1998-05-08	4.29	400^C
1999	1999-04-23	6.13	882^C
2000	2000-04-21	4.33	555^C
2001	2001-02-09	4.59	600^C
2002	2001-10-14	4.67	637^C
2003	2003-05-11	4.30	552^C
2004	2004-03-06	3.54	367^C
2005	2005-01-14	3.68	407^C
2006	2006-03-13	3.92	461^C
2007	2007-08-24	5.90	1,120^C
2008	2008-09-13	7.69	1,560^C
2009	2008-12-28	6.55	1,170^C
2010	2010-05-13	5.89	864^C
2011	2011-05-29	5.12	634^C
2012	2011-12-15	3.61	262^C
2013	2013-04-18	7.42	1,430^C
2014	2014-07-01	4.80	543^C
2015	2015-06-16	4.94	784^C
2016	2015-12-14	3.19²	357^C
2017	2017-05-01	4.84	699^C
2018	2018-05-31	5.37	837^C
2019	2019-05-01	4.67	699^C
2020	2020-05-15	6.61	1,220^C
2021	2021-06-27	3.41	395^C
2022	2022-04-23	3.45	404^C
2023	2023-04-05	4.23	531^C
2024	2024-01-26	3.19²	284^C

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