USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

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Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1941	1941-03-11	4.10	1,730
1942	1942-02-06	6.46	4,360
1943	1943-05-21	5.14	2,640
1944	1944-03-15	4.75	2,220
1945	1945-05-17	4.34	1,820
1946	1946-01-05	6.01	3,700
1947	1947-04-05	7.10¹	5,200
1948	1948-03-19	10.10	11,000
1949	1949-02-13	8.15¹	4,500²
1950	1950-04-25	9.25	9,070
1951	1951-02-19	6.40²	4,230
1952	1952-06-14	4.92	2,390
1953	1953-06-10	7.02	5,100
1954	1954-03-25	6.11	3,830
1955	1954-10-11	11.06	12,000
1956	1956-05-11	4.34²	1,880
1957	1957-07-13	7.66	6,040
1958	1958-06-13	5.30	2,880
1959	1959-04-28	6.49	4,360
1960	1960-01-13	5.76	3,460
1961	1961-09-26	6.88	4,920
1962	1962-03-19	6.23	3,960
1963	1963-07-20	3.65	1,300
1964	1964-07-18	5.69	3,330
1965	1965-02-08	4.29¹	1,750²
1966	1966-05-12	8.26	6,990
1967	1967-04-01	5.55	3,160
1968	1968-08-17	4.23²	1,760
1969	1969-04-18	4.36²	1,890
1970	1970-05-14	5.23	2,800
1971	1971-02-20	4.41²	1,940
1972	1972-08-26	7.97	6,520
1973	1972-12-31	5.51	3,110
1974	1974-05-17	7.26	5,440
1975	1975-04-19	5.95	3,840
1976	1976-03-05	6.22	4,200
1977	1977-09-02	3.50	1,080
1978	1978-06-25	5.63	3,450
1979	1979-03-19	7.67²	6,100
1980	1980-09-08	4.47	2,140
1981	1981-06-13	6.87	5,050
1982	1982-03-13	6.50	4,600
1983	1983-07-02	9.94	8,030
1984	1984-02-13	6.13	3,620
1985	1985-03-04	8.04	5,760
1986	1985-11-20	5.22	2,700
1987	1987-08-27	7.19	4,780
1988	1988-04-06	5.98	3,470
1989	1989-06-01	4.61	2,120
1990	1990-05-10	8.43	6,220
1991	1990-11-28	7.03	4,600
1992	1992-09-10	5.09	2,580
1993	1993-06-08	6.12	3,610
1994	1994-02-20	5.85	3,330^C
1995	1995-01-14	5.25	2,730^C
1996	1996-07-18	14.03	17,300^C
1997	1997-02-21	9.14	7,100^C
1998	1998-05-08	5.83	3,470^C
1999	1999-01-24	6.99	4,680^C
2000	2000-04-21	6.08	3,740^C
2001	2001-02-09	6.56	4,240^C
2002	2001-10-15	7.32	5,010^C
2003	2003-05-02	4.53	2,070^C
2004	2004-06-12	6.17	3,840^C
2005	2005-01-13	6.13	3,800^C
2006	2006-09-11	4.27	1,870^C
2007	2007-08-24	7.61	5,310^C
2008	2008-09-15	9.94	9,440^C
2009	2008-12-29	8.56	7,310^C
2010	2010-07-26	7.20	5,380^C
2011	2011-06-09	7.20	5,380^C
2012	2011-12-15	4.46	2,100^C
2013	2013-04-19	11.54	13,100^C
2014	2014-07-01	5.28	2,970^C
2015	2015-06-17	6.80	4,960^C
2016	2016-05-13	5.32	3,080^C
2017	2017-05-01	8.49	7,540^C
2018	2017-10-16	8.61	7,400^C
2019	2019-05-01	8.81	7,920^C
2020	2020-05-18	9.51	8,500^C
2021	2021-06-26	5.67⁶	3,500^C
2022	2022-05-04	14.51³	3,220^C

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