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)
1929	1929-05-31	47.00	9,360^7,C
1936	1935-12-09	51.50⁵	14,800^7,C
1937	1937-07-23	29.35³	887^C
1938	1938-05-07	37.98	3,570^C
1939	1939-07-13	33.40	1,980^C
1940	1940-06-11	27.20	632^C
1941	1941-09-24	40.27	5,100^C
1942	1942-07-06	36.98	4,400^C
1943	1943-07-29	36.38	3,660^C
1944	1943-11-02	42.45	8,600^C
1945	1945-08-28	38.80	4,330^C
1946	1946-05-20	37.13	3,660^C
1947	1946-11-06	37.33	4,120^C
1948	1947-12-13	24.12	534^C
1949	1949-04-23	31.35	1,920^C
1950	1949-10-08	37.65	3,650^C
1951	1951-03-27	24.99	714^C
1952	1952-02-01	25.79	835^C
1953	1953-05-18	31.38	1,920^C
1954	1954-07-31	36.80	3,890^C
1955	1955-02-06	29.05	1,690^C
1956	1956-07-10	27.31	1,320^C
1957	1957-03-17	35.43	3,060^C
1958	1957-10-15	40.58	5,320^C
1959	1959-08-26	39.18	4,510^C
1960	1960-06-26	40.58	4,380^C
1961	1961-02-17	39.45	7,380^C
1962	1961-11-13	43.60	9,000^C
1963	1962-11-27	38.48	5,020^C
1964	1964-03-19	31.92	2,270^C
1965	1965-09-22	23.40²	2,390^C
1966	1966-04-14	31.89	8,320^C
1967	1967-09-21	25.33	3,330^C
1968	1968-05-10	32.80	9,120^C
1969	1969-02-21	32.45	8,760^C
1970	1970-05-15	27.40	3,750^C
1971	1970-10-23	37.75	10,600^C
1972	1972-03-20	43.50	17,300^C
1973	1973-06-13	41.06	13,600^C
1974	1974-09-13	29.30	6,060^C
1975	1975-05-29	29.47	6,180^C
1976	1976-06-01	32.49	8,480^C
1977	1977-06-15	29.79	6,410^C
1978	1978-06-07	32.86	8,290^C
1979	1979-09-20	37.18	11,800^C
1980	1980-03-29	27.91	4,810^C
1981	1981-08-31	38.21	12,700^C
1982	1982-05-13	33.89	9,090^C
1983	1983-08-18	36.79	11,500^C
1984	1984-06-06	26.31	3,830^C
1985	1984-10-25	38.22	12,700^C
1986	1985-11-24	36.16	10,900^C
1987	1986-11-23	32.04	7,660^C
1988	1988-03-17	28.89	5,440^C
1989	1989-06-26	44.48	18,300^C
1990	1989-10-29	33.21	8,550^C
1991	1991-06-16	34.16	9,310^C
1992	1992-03-04	50.43	25,100^C
1993	1993-03-01	36.49	11,200^C
1994	1993-11-16	30.94	6,850^C
1995	1994-10-17	37.20	11,800^C
1996	1995-12-18	34.56	9,630^C
1997	1997-05-24	41.49	15,600^C
1998	1998-09-11	47.06	21,200^C
1999	1998-11-13	34.72	9,770^C
2000	2000-05-03	31.99	7,620^C
2001	2001-06-09	52.84	28,100^C
2002	2001-12-12	35.77	10,600^C
2003	2002-10-29	41.81	15,900^C
2004	2003-11-17	44.32	18,100^C
2005	2005-05-30	35.23	10,200^C
2006	2006-06-19	40.22	14,500^C
2007	2006-10-16	39.68	14,000^C
2008	2008-09-14	46.00	20,000^C
2009	2009-04-28	32.29⁶	15,500^C
2010	2010-07-02	28.40	12,000^C
2011	2010-12-29	23.16	7,750^C
2012	2012-01-25	24.36	8,670^C
2013	2013-09-20	30.02	13,400^C
2014	2014-05-28	26.69	10,600^C
2015	2015-05-26	40.22	13,600^C
2016	2016-04-18	38.76	22,000^C
2017	2017-08-27	44.31	50,600^9,C
2018	2018-07-04	30.64	13,200^C
2019	2019-09-19	38.02	26,500^9,C
2020	2020-09-22	29.97	13,600^C
2021	2021-06-28	22.93	5,790^C
2022	2022-01-09	30.59	13,100^C
2023	2023-01-08	25.10	7,510^C
2024	2024-07-08	38.72	27,800^C

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