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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 06897950 Elk Creek near Decatur City, IA

Decatur County, Iowa
Hydrologic Unit Code 10280102
Latitude  40°43'28", Longitude  93°56'17" NAD27
Drainage area 52.5  square miles
Gage datum 924.70 feet above NGVD29
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Water
Year		 Date Gage
Height
(feet)		 Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1967 1967-06-14 18.35 17,8002,7
1968 1968-04-23 10.50 2,900
1969 1969-07-09 15.23 7,710
1970 1970-05-12 13.59 5,310
1971 1971-05-07 6.56 784
1972 1972-09-12 15.41 8,130
1973 1973-02-01 13.25 4,920
1974 1973-10-11 13.60 5,320
1975 1975-05-07 16.39 1,010
1976 1976-04-24 25.80 11,400
1977 1977-09-02 13.60 320
1978 1978-09-20 25.73 11,100
1979 1979-03-23 19.85 3,870
1980 1980-06-02 28.22 16,400
1981 1981-04-13 19.61 3,450
1982 1982-03-19 26.06 12,600
1983 1982-12-27 21.08 5,420
1984 1984-06-09 19.75 4,080
1985 1985-09-29 16.23 1,550
1986 1986-08-13 24.40 9,800
1987 1987-07-07 25.96 9,340
1988 1987-11-28 13.082 593
1989 1989-09-09 23.21 6,410
1990 1990-07-20 28.19 18,000
1991 1991-06-15 20.65 4,600
1992 1992-09-15 27.94 16,200
1993 1993-07-05 29.93 32,800
1994 1994-06-02 20.19 4,880
1995 1995-06-24 18.17 3,260
1996 1996-05-10 21.84 6,450
1997 1997-05-01 16.59 2,220
1998 1998-03-30 22.34 6,970
1999 1999-04-16 18.08 3,190
2000 2000-06-26 15.13 1,410
2001 2001-04-09 23.82 8,630
2002 2002-05-11 23.84 8,650
2003 2003-06-26 14.67 1,130
2004 2004-08-27 26.39 12,700
2005 2005-05-13 16.99 2,460
2006 2006-08-28 16.85 2,380
2007 2007-05-06 31.47 31,700
2008 2008-06-07 24.51 9,520
2009 2009-04-27 22.76 6,390
2010 2010-09-19 22.07 5,710
2011 2011-06-26 19.90 3,450
2012 2012-03-30 16.84 1,560
2013 2013-04-17 26.69 13,400
2014 2014-09-10 26.62 13,200
2015 2015-07-29 22.92 7,340
2016 2015-12-13 15.92 1,010
2017 2017-04-05 17.34 1,850
2018 2018-09-01 25.29 10,700
2019 2019-03-13 24.56 9,590
2021 2021-03-15 18.84 2,960
2022 2022-05-03 17.69 2,090
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