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16<br />

DES MOINES RIVER BASIN<br />

05476500 DES MOINES RIVER AT ESTHERVILLE IOWA<br />

(Formerly published as Nest Fork Des Moines River at Estherville, Iowa)<br />

LOCATION.-'-Lat 43*23'51", long 94*50'38", in SWiSEi sec.10, T.99 N., R.34 W., Emmet County, on right bank in city<br />

$ ark, 1,200 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 9 at Estherville, 0.1 mile upstream from School Creek,<br />

.3 miles (revised) upstreaa from Brown Creek, and at mile 404.2 upstream from mouth of Des Moines River.<br />

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,372 sq mi.<br />

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1951 to September 1970. Prior to November 1951, monthly discharge only, published in<br />

WSP 1728.<br />

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,247.55 ft above mean sea level.<br />

AVERAGE DISCHARGE.--19 years, 300 cfs (2.97 inches per year, 217,400 acre-ft per year); median of yearly mean<br />

discharges, 210 cfs (2.1 inches per year, 152,000 acre-ft per year).<br />

EXTREMES.--Maximum* and minimuns (discharge in cubic feet per second, gage height in feet):<br />

Annual maximum discharge ( ) and peak discharges above base (1,500 cfs), water years -1966-70<br />

Date Time Disch. G.H. Date Time Disch. G.H. Date Time Disch. G.H.<br />

Feb. 10, 1966 1700 *1,400 a6.18 July 28, 1968 2315 "676 4.09 June 29, 1969 2145 7,660 14.27<br />

July 8, 1969 1700 4,500 11.50<br />

Apr. 4, 1967 0815 «1,320 5.69 Oct. 24, 1968 2230 2,980 9.58<br />

Apr. 12, 1969 0300 "16,000 b!7.68 Apr. 8, 1970 1545 *1,500 6.08<br />

a Backwater from ice.<br />

b From floodmarks.<br />

Annual minimum daily discharge, water years 1966-70<br />

Wtr yr Date Discharge Wtr yr Date Discharge<br />

1966 Aug. 4-5, 1966 11 1969 Sept.26, 1969 54<br />

1967 Sept.29-30, 1967 11 1970 Feb. 4-17, 19-21, 1970 21<br />

1968 Jan. 14-17, 1968 1.7<br />

Period of record: Maximum discharge, 16,000 cfs Apr. 12, 1969 (gage height, 17.68 ft, from floodmark);<br />

minimum daily, 0.2 cfs Sept. 21, 22, 28, Oct. 19, 1958.<br />

REMARKS.--Records good except those for winter periods, which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused<br />

by powerplant 0.3 mile above station which discharges an average daily flow of about 0.5 cfs into river from<br />

subterranean wells. Water-quality records for the water year 1970 are published in reports of the Geological<br />

Survey.<br />

REVISIONS.--WSP 1438: Drainage area.<br />

DAY<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

6<br />

7<br />

9<br />

10<br />

11<br />

12<br />

14<br />

15<br />

16<br />

17<br />

18<br />

19<br />

20<br />

21<br />

22<br />

23<br />

24<br />

25<br />

26<br />

27<br />

28<br />

29<br />

30<br />

MEAN<br />

MAX<br />

MIN<br />

CFSM<br />

OCT<br />

740<br />

530<br />

416<br />

392<br />

368<br />

306<br />

278<br />

250<br />

226<br />

220<br />

212<br />

206<br />

206<br />

206<br />

220<br />

241<br />

244<br />

250<br />

238<br />

209<br />

209<br />

200<br />

192<br />

195<br />

293<br />

740<br />

192<br />

.21<br />

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, MATER YEAR OCTOBER 196! TO SEPTEMBER 1966<br />

187<br />

177<br />

162<br />

162<br />

150<br />

150<br />

155<br />

182<br />

162<br />

143<br />

120<br />

155<br />

14B<br />

150<br />

153<br />

153<br />

150<br />

ISO<br />

62<br />

84<br />

113<br />

107<br />

149<br />

187<br />

62<br />

.11<br />

100<br />

118<br />

129<br />

134<br />

134<br />

153<br />

172<br />

138<br />

123<br />

118<br />

157<br />

145<br />

148<br />

138<br />

138<br />

143<br />

68<br />

60<br />

64<br />

114<br />

128<br />

172<br />

60<br />

.09<br />

125<br />

100<br />

94<br />

52<br />

61<br />

54<br />

53<br />

57<br />

57<br />

56<br />

48<br />

49<br />

48<br />

46<br />

44<br />

39<br />

37<br />

35<br />

57.5<br />

125<br />

30<br />

29<br />

28<br />

27<br />

27<br />

1,300<br />

1,250<br />

1,140<br />

540<br />

460<br />

410<br />

450<br />

450<br />

450<br />

450<br />

450<br />

450<br />

450<br />

470<br />

432<br />

1.300<br />

27<br />

500<br />

512<br />

480<br />

480<br />

521<br />

566<br />

558<br />

720<br />

776<br />

784<br />

648<br />

602<br />

503<br />

467<br />

286<br />

207<br />

224<br />

264<br />

523<br />

1,090<br />

207<br />

32,190<br />

657<br />

562<br />

525<br />

420<br />

412<br />

413<br />

423<br />

412<br />

390<br />

364<br />

403<br />

489<br />

486<br />

478<br />

460<br />

424<br />

430<br />

428<br />

1,170<br />

364<br />

CAl VR 1965 TOTAL 253,466 MEAN 694 MAX 9,660 MIN 17 CFSM .51 IN 6.87 AC-FT 902,700<br />

405<br />

383<br />

361<br />

278<br />

286<br />

313<br />

358<br />

358<br />

315<br />

302<br />

293<br />

272<br />

238<br />

254<br />

249<br />

220<br />

202<br />

189<br />

431<br />

158<br />

146<br />

135<br />

133<br />

124<br />

112<br />

109<br />

109<br />

97<br />

91<br />

98<br />

79<br />

81<br />

115<br />

430<br />

395<br />

241<br />

155<br />

146<br />

153<br />

430<br />

78<br />

70<br />

57<br />

57<br />

50<br />

45<br />

42<br />

38<br />

42<br />

53<br />

45<br />

33<br />

29<br />

25<br />

24<br />

22<br />

21<br />

20<br />

18<br />

28<br />

30<br />

33<br />

100<br />

17<br />

15<br />

12<br />

11<br />

12<br />

13<br />

30<br />

24<br />

20<br />

20<br />

21<br />

31<br />

25<br />

23<br />

20<br />

18<br />

22<br />

44<br />

40<br />

38<br />

31<br />

26<br />

21<br />

18<br />

15<br />

13<br />

44<br />

11<br />

SEP<br />

18<br />

21<br />

52<br />

41<br />

32<br />

30<br />

24<br />

22<br />

19<br />

23<br />

36<br />

47<br />

69<br />

62<br />

51<br />

43<br />

37<br />

31<br />

27<br />

30<br />

34<br />

34<br />

34<br />

34<br />

32<br />

30<br />

69<br />

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