# # U.S. Geological Survey # National Water Information System # Retrieved: 2025-07-05 22:51:26 EDT # # ---------------------------------- WARNING ---------------------------------------- # Some of the data that you have obtained from this U.S. Geological Survey database # may not have received Director's approval. Any such data values are qualified # as provisional and are subject to revision. Provisional data are released on the # condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable # for any damages resulting from its use. # # More data may be available offline. # For more information on these data, contact USGS Water Data Inquiries. # This file contains the annual peak streamflow data. # # This information includes the following fields: # # agency_cd Agency Code # site_no USGS station number # peak_dt Date of peak streamflow (format YYYY-MM-DD) # peak_tm Time of peak streamflow (24 hour format, 00:00 - 23:59) # peak_va Annual peak streamflow value in cfs # peak_cd Peak Discharge-Qualification codes (see explanation below) # gage_ht Gage height for the associated peak streamflow in feet # gage_ht_cd Gage height qualification codes # year_last_pk Peak streamflow reported is the highest since this year # ag_dt Date of maximum gage-height for water year (if not concurrent with peak) # ag_tm Time of maximum gage-height for water year (if not concurrent with peak # ag_gage_ht maximum Gage height for water year in feet (if not concurrent with peak # ag_gage_ht_cd maximum Gage height code # # Sites in this file include: # USGS 05480500 Des Moines River at Fort Dodge, IA # # Peak Streamflow-Qualification Codes(peak_cd): # 1 ... Discharge is a Maximum Daily Average # 2 ... Discharge is an Estimate # 3 ... Discharge affected by Dam Failure # 4 ... Discharge less than indicated value, # which is Minimum Recordable Discharge at this site # 5 ... Discharge affected to unknown degree by # Regulation or Diversion # 6 ... Discharge affected by Regulation or Diversion # 7 ... Discharge is an Historic Peak # 8 ... Discharge actually greater than indicated value # 9 ... Discharge due to Snowmelt, Hurricane, # Ice-Jam or Debris Dam breakup # A ... Year of occurrence is unknown or not exact # Bd ... Day of occurrence is unknown or not exact # Bm ... Month of occurrence is unknown or not exact # C ... All or part of the record affected by Urbanization, # Mining, Agricultural changes, Channelization, or other # F ... Peak supplied by another agency # O ... Opportunistic value not from systematic data collection # R ... Revised # # Gage height qualification codes(gage_ht_cd,ag_gage_ht_cd): # 1 ... Gage height affected by backwater # 2 ... Gage height not the maximum for the year # 3 ... Gage height at different site and(or) datum # 4 ... Gage height below minimum recordable elevation # 5 ... Gage height is an estimate # 6 ... Gage datum changed during this year # 7 ... Debris, mud, or hyper-concentrated flow # 8 ... Gage height tidally affected # Bd ... Day of occurrence is unknown or not exact # Bm ... Month of occurrence is unknown or not exact # F ... Peak supplied by another agency # R ... Revised # # agency_cd site_no peak_dt peak_tm peak_va peak_cd gage_ht gage_ht_cd year_last_pk ag_dt ag_tm ag_gage_ht ag_gage_ht_cd 5s 15s 10d 6s 8s 33s 8s 27s 4s 10d 6s 8s 27s USGS 05480500 1905-05-17 6460 7.00 USGS 05480500 1906-03-26 12000 7.90 USGS 05480500 1914-06-20 6530 7.40 6 USGS 05480500 1915-05-30 18500 14.00 USGS 05480500 1916-03-29 11900 10.20 USGS 05480500 1917-03-22 17100 12.90 USGS 05480500 1918-06-04 11400 10.10 USGS 05480500 1919-06-24 10200 9.20 USGS 05480500 1920-07-09 14200 11.38 USGS 05480500 1921-05-28 6600 7.20 USGS 05480500 1922-04-13 7500 7.50 USGS 05480500 1923-03-25 4160 6.38 USGS 05480500 1924-04-05 3320 4.52 USGS 05480500 1925-03-09 4200 2 7.60 1 USGS 05480500 1926-09-21 3990 5.03 USGS 05480500 1927-04-22 8870 8.45 USGS 05480500 1947-06-23 34000 19.62 6 USGS 05480500 1948-02-27 13000 9.89 USGS 05480500 1949-03-06 9250 8.42 USGS 05480500 1950-03-08 6850 6.70 USGS 05480500 1951-04-08 22300 12.13 USGS 05480500 1952-04-02 13100 8.75 USGS 05480500 1953-06-13 8850 7.14 USGS 05480500 1954-06-21 35400 19.28 USGS 05480500 1955-04-26 6840 6.30 USGS 05480500 1956-03-28 3400 4.97 USGS 05480500 1957-05-30 4400 5.42 USGS 05480500 1958-07-14 7450 7.97 USGS 05480500 1959-05-22 9680 9.17 USGS 05480500 1960-03-29 16200 11.28 USGS 05480500 1961-03-28 20500 12.83 USGS 05480500 1962-04-01 21800 13.34 USGS 05480500 1963-07-09 7000 7.00 USGS 05480500 1964-07-31 10700 8.67 USGS 05480500 1965-04-08 35600 17.79 USGS 05480500 1966-04-01 5490 6.33 USGS 05480500 1967-06-16 12600 9.47 USGS 05480500 1968-06-29 2640 5.16 USGS 05480500 1969-04-15 23000 12.83 USGS 05480500 1970-05-14 11400 8.77 USGS 05480500 1971-03-15 12700 9.24 2 1971-02-19 10.89 1 USGS 05480500 1972-08-06 8270 7.46 USGS 05480500 1973-03-14 13000 9.33 USGS 05480500 1974-06-23 8490 7.50 USGS 05480500 1975-04-29 12200 9.05 USGS 05480500 1976-03-15 2640 4.97 USGS 05480500 1977-05-04 3520 5.41 USGS 05480500 1978-07-08 9160 7.97 USGS 05480500 1979-08-25 22200 12.69 USGS 05480500 1980-06-15 12900 9.32 USGS 05480500 1981-06-24 13200 9.32 USGS 05480500 1982-07-10 9920 8.03 2 1982-02-23 10.51 1 USGS 05480500 1983-07-03 19600 11.76 USGS 05480500 1984-06-19 27700 14.94 USGS 05480500 1985-04-27 8030 7.26 USGS 05480500 1986-03-20 13600 9.48 USGS 05480500 1986-10-13 11700 8.74 USGS 05480500 1988-05-09 4130 5.65 USGS 05480500 1989-05-25 3130 5.20 USGS 05480500 1990-06-19 14300 9.83 USGS 05480500 1991-05-18 23600 13.24 USGS 05480500 1992-03-10 11100 8.61 USGS 05480500 1993-04-01 31200 15.81 USGS 05480500 1994-06-25 18800 11.51 2 1994-03-05 13.65 1 USGS 05480500 1995-05-30 11200 8.23 2 1995-02-24 8.75 1 USGS 05480500 1996-06-21 9820 8.10 USGS 05480500 1997-03-13 10900 8.36 2 1997-02-21 11.02 1 USGS 05480500 1998-06-26 10900 8.37 USGS 05480500 1999-04-23 14000 9.70 USGS 05480500 2000-07-12 8700 7.38 USGS 05480500 2001-05-04 23400 12.53 USGS 05480500 2002-05-12 4440 5.66 USGS 05480500 2003-06-27 13100 9.12 USGS 05480500 2004-05-24 15000 10.05 USGS 05480500 2005-06-26 23700 12.61 USGS 05480500 2006-04-07 09:00 11100 8.19 USGS 05480500 2007-08-22 29400 14.51 USGS 05480500 2008-06-08 34400 15.73 USGS 05480500 2009-02-11 6100 2 11.40 1 USGS 05480500 2010-06-27 36800 16.83 USGS 05480500 2011-06-27 19600 11.20 2 2011-02-19 12.25 1 USGS 05480500 2012-05-28 5200 6.42 USGS 05480500 2013-05-28 21500 11.92 USGS 05480500 2014-06-19 30800 15.31 USGS 05480500 2015-06-13 8510 7.75 USGS 05480500 2015-12-16 17100 10.99 USGS 05480500 2017-05-22 14500 9.68 2 2016-12-18 0500 10.21 USGS 05480500 2018-09-23 11:45 25300 14.14 2 2018-03-05 0045 14.61 USGS 05480500 2019-03-20 23:30 31600 15.04 2 2019-03-14 2015 15.27 USGS 05480500 2020-03-21 08:15 11000 9.30 2 USGS 05480500 2021-03-29 09:15 2000 5.06 2 USGS 05480500 2022-06-16 03:45 4850 8.58 2 USGS 05480500 2023-05-15 17:15 12700 8.73 USGS 05480500 2024-06-27 05:30 31700 17.12