USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 09362000 LIGHTNER CREEK NEAR DURANGO, CO

La Plata County, Colorado

Hydrologic Unit Code 14080104

Latitude 37°16'14", Longitude 107°53'35" NAD27

Drainage area 66 square miles

Gage datum 6,533.95 feet above NGVD29

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1928	1928-03-22	2.00	220
1929	1929-04-04	3.25	910
1930	1930-08-09	2.80	760
1931	1931-07-30	1.45	120
1932	1932-03-19	1.85	270
1933	1933-09-09	2.25	385
1934	1934-09-23	1.90	155
1935	1935-08-16	2.40	370
1936	1936-04-12	2.10	250
1937	1937-06-26	5.00	1,830
1938	1938-04-19	2.23²	374
1939	1939-09-08	2.80	590
1940	1940-08-24	2.92⁶	322
1941	1941-05-04	5.10	1,450
1942	1941-10-25	5.90⁶	1,850
1943	1943-04-05	2.63	219
1944	1944-07-20	4.35	980
1945	1945-04-20	2.90	285
1946	1946-07-20	5.20	1,450
1947	1947-08-20	4.00	786
1948	1948-06-01	2.80	263
1949	1949-06-18	4.18	900

Peak Gage-Height 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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