USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 07181000 COTTONWOOD R AT ELMDALE, KS

Chase County, Kansas

Hydrologic Unit Code 11070203

Latitude 38°22'10.99", Longitude 96°37'48.72" NAD27

Drainage area 1,045.00 square miles

Contributing drainage area 1,045.00 square miles

Gage datum 1,165.11 feet above NGVD29

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1923	1923-06-11	35.50	20,000
1924	1924-04-30	29.50	9,700
1925	1925-06-03	18.95	4,940
1926	1926-09-12	32.00	11,500
1927	1927-06-20	34.46	16,000
1928	1928-06-17	25.51	7,650
1929	1929-07-12	36.40	26,000
1930	1930-05-07	24.85	7,330
1931	1931-06-07	16.40	3,970
1932	1931-11-17	22.70	6,450
1944	1944-04-23	37.50	40,000⁷

Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Title: Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow
URL: https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/peak?

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