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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 05485500 Des Moines River blw Raccoon Riv at Des Moines, IA

Polk County, Iowa
Hydrologic Unit Code 07100008
Latitude  41°34'42.9", Longitude  93°36'20.2" NAD83
Drainage area 9,879  square miles
Gage datum 762.32 feet above NAVD88
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Water
Year		 Date Gage
Height
(feet)		 Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1903 1903-05-31 20.90  
1940 1940-08-30 6.90 8,990
1941 1941-06-16   13,0001
1942 1942-05-12 9.03 17,000
1943 1943-08-17 8.00 15,100
1944 1944-05-24 17.60 53,200
1945 1945-06-04 12.77 28,900
1946 1946-05-29 10.82 22,800
1947 1947-06-26 20.80 77,000
1948 1948-03-20 15.69 44,400
1949 1949-03-07 12.58 28,100
1950 1950-06-21 11.56 24,800
1951 1951-03-31 17.75 54,800
1952 1952-04-01 22.50 28,900
1953 1953-06-12 24.50 34,200
1954 1954-06-24 20.08 67,300
1955 1955-07-11 7.27 11,600
1956 1956-09-05 5.71 3,850
1957 1957-06-19 11.60 25,700
1958 1958-07-04 14.96 39,000
1959 1959-06-03 12.82 27,700
1960 1960-04-02 28.86 68,900
1961 1961-03-31 25.10 37,600
1962 1962-04-03 27.35 48,600
1963 1963-05-15 18.15 16,200
1964 1964-06-23 20.62 19,800
1965 1965-04-11 29.78 65,500
1966 1966-06-13 23.34 29,200
1967 1967-06-13 25.70 38,600
1968 1968-07-01 13.85 8,270
1969 1969-03-27 26.24 41,200
1970 1970-05-18 21.08 22,600
1971 1971-02-21 22.76 27,300
1972 1972-08-09 18.44 16,700
1973 1973-07-05 26.93 45,500
1974 1974-05-20 27.15 48,400
1975 1975-05-02 23.61 33,200
1976 1976-04-24 19.07 18,700
1977 1977-08-28 16.98 13,6006
1978 1978-03-21 20.40 22,2006
1979 1979-03-21 25.07 35,8006
1980 1980-06-19 18.17 14,9006
1981 1981-07-04 18.53 15,9006
1982 1982-05-21 21.99 24,9006
1983 1983-07-04 25.70 38,8006
1984 1984-06-19 28.46 58,4006
1985 1985-04-30 17.71 13,9006
1986 1986-07-02 27.31 47,9006
1987 1986-10-17 22.61 26,8006
1988 1988-05-12   6,3706
1989 1989-05-26 14.44 7,8906
1990 1990-06-19 26.95 45,2006
1991 1991-06-10 27.05 45,9006
1992 1992-04-24 22.18 27,7006
1993 1993-07-11 34.29 116,0006
1994 1994-03-08 20.29 20,6006
1995 1995-06-01 21.86 24,0006
1996 1996-06-26 22.62 26,1006
1997 1997-02-21 20.53 21,1006
1998 1998-06-16 28.65 49,6006
1999 1999-05-22 26.11 35,5006
2000 2000-07-14 17.16 11,8006
2001 2001-03-25 23.462 28,0006
2002 2002-05-14 18.38 14,8006
2003 2003-05-09 24.40 29,2006
2004 2004-05-25 27.71 39,4006
2005 2005-05-13 24.52 29,6006
2006 2006-05-03 21.16 21,3006
2007 2007-04-27 27.37 41,9006
2008 2008-06-13 35.55 104,0006
2009 2009-04-28 22.91 26,0006
2010 2010-07-02 29.83 57,7006
2011 2011-06-21 24.09 28,5006
2012 2012-05-07 17.67 13,0006
2013 2013-05-31 26.742 40,1006
2014 2014-07-01 25.97 36,8006
2015 2015-06-26 30.14 56,4006
2016 2015-12-15 26.93 38,6006
2017 2017-05-24 24.142 28,100
2018 2018-07-01 28.87 48,8006
2019 2019-03-16 29.16 51,4006
2020 2019-10-12 23.58 26,8006
2021 2021-03-27 13.54 5,6506
2022 2022-06-07 22.42 24,400
2023 2023-03-01 21.70 23,000
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  Peak Gage-Height Qualification Codes.
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  Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.