USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 08075110 Brays Bayou at MLK Jr Blvd, Houston, TX

Harris County, Texas

Hydrologic Unit Code 12040104

Latitude 29°42'51", Longitude 95°20'20" NAD83

Drainage area 135 square miles

Contributing drainage area 135 square miles

Gage datum 0.0 feet above NAVD88

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
2007	2006-10-16	24.39	25,100^C
2008	2008-09-13	30.06	38,000^9,C
2009	2009-04-28	21.47	19,600^C
2010	2010-07-02	23.31	23,000^C
2011	2010-12-29	18.75	15,100^C
2012	2012-01-09	27.35	31,500^C
2013	2013-04-27	24.55	25,500^C
2014	2014-09-19	19.30	15,900^C
2015	2015-05-26	29.63	36,900^C
2016	2016-04-18	27.99	33,000^C
2017	2017-08-27	32.29	36,400^9,C
2018	2018-07-04	23.31	21,400^C
2019	2019-09-19	25.29	24,600^9,C
2020	2020-09-22	26.81	27,100^C
2021	2021-05-24	17.50	13,200^C
2022	2021-10-02	16.59	11,600^C
2023	2023-01-24	15.40	10,100^C
2024	2024-07-08	28.92	27,700^C

Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.

9 -- Discharge due to Snowmelt, Hurricane, Ice-Jam or Debris Dam breakup
C -- All or part of the record affected by Urbanization, Mining, Agricultural changes, Channelization, or other

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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