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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

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Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1946	1946-01-09	6.24	775
1947	1947-04-07	6.96	1,000
1948	1948-03-20	8.06	1,920
1949	1949-02-13	6.35	836
1950	1950-04-25	7.36	1,360
1951	1951-02-19		1,200²
1952	1952-01-19	6.63	925
1953	1953-06-10	5.30	506
1954	1954-04-27	7.18	1,140
1955	1954-10-11	8.27	1,710
1956	1956-05-11	5.74	624
1957	1957-07-14	7.39	1,020
1958	1958-06-13	6.93	778
1959	1959-02-24		1,200²
1960	1960-04-01	7.16	1,220
1961	1961-09-14	8.08	1,430
1962	1962-03-21	7.01	940
1963	1963-04-30	5.82	585
1964	1964-04-06	5.92	650
1965	1965-02-07		700²
1966	1966-05-12	7.63	1,460
1967	1967-06-13	7.54	1,350
1968	1968-08-17	7.37	1,220
1969	1969-07-17	7.63	1,040
1970	1970-06-04	7.18	1,110
1971	1971-02-21	6.44²	739
1972	1972-08-28	8.55	1,790
1973	1972-12-30	7.59	1,280
1974	1974-05-17	7.36	1,160
1975	1975-04-19	8.14	1,600
1976	1976-03-05	7.86	1,460
1977	1977-06-30	6.93	1,000
1978	1978-07-02	7.24	1,150
1979	1979-03-04	8.48	1,930
1980	1980-07-21	7.39	1,370
1981	1981-06-13	7.63	1,450
1982	1982-03-13	7.43	1,330
1983	1982-12-05	8.71	2,070
1984	1984-02-14	6.91	1,040
1985	1985-03-04	8.21	1,850
1986	1985-11-21	7.43	1,330
1987	1987-08-17	10.54	3,540
1988	1988-04-06	7.23	1,180
1989	1989-08-06	7.82	1,360
1990	1990-05-10	8.94	2,320
1991	1990-11-28	8.29	1,760
1992	1991-10-26	7.18	1,140
1993	1993-04-02	7.23	1,160^C
1994	1994-06-25	7.89	1,520^C
1995	1995-06-02	7.55	1,470^C
1996	1996-05-28	8.11	1,650^C
1997	1997-02-21	9.35	2,510^C
1998	1998-09-07	7.46	1,470^C
1999	1999-04-23	7.95	1,550^C
2000	2000-04-20	7.89	1,520^C
2001	2001-09-23	7.48	1,280^C
2002	2001-10-14	8.81	2,080^C
2003	2003-05-01	7.36	1,220^C
2004	2004-08-28	7.14	1,110^C
2005	2005-01-13	7.69	1,390^C
2006	2006-09-23	7.25	945^C
2007	2006-10-03	8.94	1,920^C
2008	2008-09-14	9.92	2,890^C
2009	2008-12-27	8.81	2,080^C
2010	2010-07-24	10.29	3,300^C
2011	2011-07-24	7.78	1,440^C
2012	2012-08-27	7.21	1,140^C
2013	2013-04-18	10.65	3,980^C
2014	2014-08-22	8.63	1,990^C
2015	2015-06-16	9.64	2,620^C
2016	2016-05-12	8.04	1,480^C
2017	2017-05-01	8.14	1,930^C
2018	2017-10-15	9.56	2,730^C
2019	2019-05-01	8.60	2,160^C
2020	2020-05-18	9.45	2,920^C
2021	2021-06-26	8.14	1,940^C
2022	2022-05-03	7.58	1,600^C
2023	2023-07-02	6.67²	1,130^C

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