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)
1961	1961-09-25	4.26	425
1962	1962-03-19	5.72	855
1963	1963-04-30	4.00	360
1964	1964-04-06	3.25	195
1965	1965-04-01	4.67²	531
1966	1966-02-09	7.26	1,700
1967	1967-04-01	5.69	852
1968	1968-08-17	7.10	1,590
1969	1969-01-23	5.57²	810
1970	1970-06-02	7.26	1,700
1971	1971-02-20	7.64	1,970
1972	1972-06-15	5.97	950
1973	1973-04-22	7.47	1,850
1974	1974-01-27	6.02	968
1975	1975-04-28	4.55	496
1976	1976-03-05	5.73	864
1977	1977-03-29	3.05²	156
1978	1978-07-02	6.58	1,270
1979	1979-03-19	6.76	1,380
1980	1980-06-08	4.94	646
1981	1981-06-13	6.04	967
1982	1982-03-13	5.92	925
1983	1983-07-02	7.06	1,570
1984	1984-02-13	6.25²	1,090
1985	1985-03-05	6.15	1,040
1986	1986-05-18	5.82	893
1987	1987-08-14	6.35	1,180
1988	1988-01-20	5.90	922
1989	1989-08-04	4.12	407
1990	1990-05-10	4.33	438
1991	1991-05-26	5.44	759
1992	1991-11-30	3.20	193
1993	1993-06-19	6.52	1,320
1994	1994-02-20	7.27	1,670
1995	1995-01-14	5.76	993
1996	1996-07-18	7.79	1,990
1997	1997-02-21	8.77	2,580
1998	1998-05-08	4.56	556
1999	1999-04-23	6.54	1,340
2000	2000-07-03	3.87	345^C
2001	2001-02-09	5.22	781^C
2002	2002-06-05	6.73	1,430^C
2003	2003-05-11	5.34	807^C
2004	2004-06-12	6.16	1,160^C
2005	2005-01-13	4.51	541^C
2006	2006-03-13	3.87	355^C
2007	2007-08-24	8.03	2,360^C
2008	2008-09-13	8.96	2,980^C
2009	2008-12-28	8.28	2,530^C
2010	2010-07-24	7.63	2,040^C
2011	2011-05-30	6.61²	1,390^C
2012	2011-12-15	4.02	386^C
2013	2013-04-18	7.48	1,890^C
2014	2014-07-01	5.55	897^C
2015	2015-06-16	6.75	1,470^C
2016	2015-12-14	4.48	512^C
2017	2017-05-01	5.17²	754^C
2018	2018-02-20	6.04	1,110^C
2019	2019-05-09	6.03	1,110^C
2020	2020-05-15	7.72	2,040^C
2021	2021-06-29	3.35	233^C
2022	2022-02-17	4.41	494^C
2023	2023-07-29	4.74	600^C
2024	2024-01-26	4.05²	330^2,C

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