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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 05489500 Des Moines River at Ottumwa, IA

Wapello County, Iowa
Hydrologic Unit Code 071000090709
Latitude  41°00'39.05", Longitude  92°24'40.65" NAD83
Drainage area 13,374.0  square miles
Gage datum 621.59 feet above NAVD88
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Water
Year		 Date Gage
Height
(feet)		 Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1903 1903-05-31 19.40 140,0002,7
1917 1917-06-10 16.80 62,200
1918 1918-06-10 14.00 43,500
1919 1919-05-07 14.40 45,900
1920 1920-03-26 12.40 35,700
1921 1921-09-17 12.20 34,800
1922 1922-05-27 10.50 28,000
1923 1923-03-27 10.30 27,300
1924 1924-06-28 12.80 37,600
1925 1925-06-16 7.00 14,900
1926 1926-09-25 12.50 36,200
1927 1927-04-21 13.00 38,600
1928 1928-02-08 9.60 24,500
1929 1929-03-17 14.50 46,700
1930 1930-06-16 10.60 28,400
1931 1931-06-23 8.096 11,400
1932 1931-11-26 14.99 35,100
1933 1933-04-08 14.68 35,400
1934 1934-04-10 5.16 5,020
1935 1935-06-28 15.45 53,200
1936 1936-03-05 9.50 27,800
1937 1937-03-06 14.77 50,300
1938 1938-09-24 8.82 25,300
1939 1939-03-14 12.47 39,800
1940 1940-08-17 5.57 14,000
1941 1941-06-11 8.33 22,800
1942 1941-11-03 9.96 29,000
1943 1943-05-17 10.70 32,100
1944 1944-05-24 17.50 73,200
1945 1945-04-18 13.44 42,500
1946 1946-01-08 14.34 46,600
1947 1947-06-07 20.20 135,000
1948 1948-03-23 14.74 52,900
1949 1949-03-10 10.84 31,300
1950 1950-05-11 11.68 34,600
1951 1951-04-04 15.15 55,200
1952 1952-06-23 13.38 42,500
1953 1953-06-14 10.51 29,400
1954 1954-06-28 16.89 61,400
1955 1955-07-12 5.79 13,800
1956 1956-08-09 4.39 9,720
1957 1957-06-18 8.09 22,000
1958 1958-07-04 10.86 33,500
1959 1959-06-01 12.12 38,600
1960 1960-04-01 17.49 70,500
1961 1961-02-19 13.701 41,4002
1962 1962-04-06 14.47 51,000
1963 1963-05-01 8.62 22,700
1964 1964-06-24 9.916 26,200
1965 1965-04-11 18.33 78,600
1966 1966-06-16 11.65 32,000
1967 1967-06-17 14.87 48,600
1968 1968-04-24 8.28 20,000
1969 1969-04-17 11.63 32,2006
1970 1970-05-16 8.64 21,7006
1971 1971-02-25 13.12 41,8006
1972 1972-05-08 8.70 22,0006
1973 1973-05-02 11.45 33,6006
1974 1974-06-09 10.332 29,9006
1975 1975-03-22 9.13 24,9006
1976 1976-04-24 13.26 40,6006
1977 1977-09-02 6.72 16,4006
1978 1978-05-13 9.62 26,6006
1979 1979-04-20 11.34 33,4006
1980 1980-06-15 9.98 26,5006
1981 1981-07-04 9.53 25,2006
1982 1982-07-17 14.46 45,3006
1983 1983-04-02 12.72 37,8006
1984 1984-06-27 14.64 47,8006
1985 1985-02-26 9.79 22,3006
1986 1986-05-17 12.30 33,3006
1987 1987-04-18 10.96 30,7006
1988 1987-12-25 5.76 13,1006
1989 1989-09-10 6.39 14,5006
1990 1990-05-25 11.26 31,7006
1991 1991-04-19 13.07 37,4006
1992 1992-04-20 11.75 32,1006
1993 1993-07-12 22.15 112,0006
1994 1994-03-09 10.032 22,9006
1995 1995-05-08 11.45 32,0006
1996 1996-05-27 11.84 36,1006
1997 1997-05-08 11.02 32,1006
1998 1998-07-06 13.40 46,2006
1999 1999-04-28 11.68 37,6006
2000 2000-06-24 12.07 38,8006
2001 2001-03-15 11.422 35,8006
2002 2002-05-11 8.22 22,9006
2003 2003-05-09 8.05 22,4006
2004 2004-06-14 8.812 25,4006
2005 2005-04-13 8.98 25,7006
2006 2006-05-03 7.29 19,0006
2007 2007-08-24 11.13 35,1006
2008 2008-06-17 20.60 102,0006
2009 2009-04-30 10.902 34,7006
2010 2010-08-11 20.04 85,1006
2011 2011-06-15 14.90 49,4006
2012 2012-04-19 10.94 28,4002,6
2013 2013-04-18 15.99 50,2006
2014 2014-09-10 12.17 33,6006
2015 2015-06-26 13.74 42,7006
2016 2015-12-14 12.61 38,4006
2017 2017-04-05 12.03 36,200
2018 2018-09-06 8.96 25,500
2019 2019-05-29 16.28 57,700
2020 2020-03-28 11.30 31,200
2021 2021-02-28 9.04 26,100
2022 2022-06-09 8.86 24,300
2023 2023-03-02 10.00 29,400
2024 2024-07-31 12.32 37,800
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