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Floods in Iowa: Stage and Discharge FLOODS IN IOWA: STAGE AND DISCHARGE BY OSCAR G. LARA & DAVID A. EASH U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-382 PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAY DIVISION, HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD IOWA CITY, IOWA 1987 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL HODEL, SECRETARY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DALLAS L. PECK, DIRECTOR For additional information Copies of this report can be write to: purchased from: U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division Books and Open-File Reports Box 1230 Federal Center, Bldg. 810 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 Box 25425 Telephone:(319) 337-4191 Denver, Colorado 80225 CONTENTS Page Factors for converting English Units to International System Units.................................. IV Stations in downstream order, for which records are published............................. V Abstract..................................................... 1 Introduction................................................. 1 Arrangement of Station Data................................ 3 Glossary of Technical Terms................................ 5 References................................................. 7 Records of Stage and Discharge............................... 9 Index........................................................ 787 III Factors for converting English Units to International System (Si) Units The following factors may be used to convert the English units published herein to the International System of Units (SI). Mul t1 ply .English units To obtain SI units -Length- inches (in) 25.4 millimeters (mm) feet (ft) .3048 meters (m) miles (mi) 1.609 kilometers (km) -Area- acres 4,047 square meters (m 2 ) square miles (mi 2 ) 2.590 square kilometers (km 2 ) -Volume- gallons (gal) 0.003785 cubic meters (m 3 ) cubic feet (ft 3 ) .02832 cubic meters (m 3 ) cfs-day (ft 3 /s-day) 2,447 cubic meters (m 3 ) acre-feet (acre-ft) 1,233 cubic meters (m 3 ) Flow- cubic feet per second 0.02832 cubic meters per second (ftVs) (m 3 /s) 28.32 cubic decimeters per second (dm 3 /s) Sea level; In this report "sea level" refers to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD of 1929) a geodetic datum derived from a general adjustment of the first-order level nets of both the United States and Canada, formerly called "Mean Sea Level of 1929." IV STATIONS, IN DOWNSTREAM ORDER, FOR WHICH RECORDS ARE PUBLISHED MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN NORTHEAST IOWA STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO MISSISSIPPI RIVER Page 5388250 Upper Iowa River near Dorchester 14 5387500 Upper Iowa River at Decorah 9 5388310 Waterloo Creek near Dorchester 16 5388400 Wexford Creek near Harpers Ferry 17 5388500 Paint Creek at Waterville 19 5388600 Paint Creek near Waterville 22 5388700 Little Paint Creek tributary near Waterville 24 5389000 Yellow River at Ion 26 5389500 Mississippi River at McGregor 28 TURKEY RIVER BASIN 5411530 North Branch Turkey River near Cresco 32 5411600 Turkey River at Spillville 34 5411650 Crane Creek tributary near Saratoga 37 5411700 Crane Creek near Lourdes 39 5412000 Turkey River at Elkader 41 5412500 Turkey River at Garber 42 LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVER BASIN 5414350 Little Maquoketa River near Graf 48 5414400 M Fk Little Maquoketa River nr Rickardsville 50 5414450 N Fk Little Maquoketa River nr Rickardsville 52 5414500 Little Maquoketa River near Durango 54 5414600 Little Maquoketa River tributary at Dubuque 58 MAQUOKETA RIVER BASIN 5417000 Maquoketa River near Manchester 60 5417500 Maquoketa River near Delhi 65 5417530 Plum Creek near Earlville 66 5417590 Kitty Creek near Langworthy 68 5417700 Bear Creek near Monmouth 70 5418450 North Fork Maquoketa River at Fulton 72 5418500 Maquoketa River near Maquoketa 74 5420500 Mississippi River at Clinton 80 STATIONS, ,IN DOWNSTREAM ORDER CONTINUED WAPS1PINICON RIVER BASIN Page 5420560 Wapsipinicon River near Elma 86 5420600 Little Wapsipinicon R tributary nr Riceville 90 5420620 Little Wapsipinicon River near Acme 92 5420640 Little Wapsipinicon River at Elma 94 5420650 Little Wapsipinicon River near New Hampton 96 5420690 East Fork Wapsipinicon River nr New Hampton 98 5420850 Little Wapsipinicon River near Oran 100 5420855 Buck Creek near Oran 102 5420960 Barter Creek near Independence 104 5421000 Wapsipinicon River at Independence 105 5421100 Pine Creek tributary near Winthrop 110 5421200 Pine Creek near Winthrop 112 5421300 Pine Creek tributary No. 2 at Winthrop 114 5421400 Wapsipinicon River at Central City 116 5421500 Wapsipinicon River at Stone City 118 5421550 Buffalo Creek above Winthrop 120 5421600 Buffalo Creek near Winthrop 122 5422000 Wapsipinicon River near Dewitt 124 CROW CREEK BASIN 5422420 Crow Creek at Eldridge 129 5422450 Crow Creek at Mt. Joy 130 5422470 Crow Creek at Bettendorf 131 PINE CREEK BASIN 5448150 Pine Creek near Muscatine 132 IOWA RIVER BASIN 5448400 Westmain drainage ditch 1 & 2 near Britt 133 5448500 West Branch Iowa River near Klemme 135 5448600 East Branch Iowa River above Hayfield 136 5448700 East Branch Iowa River near Hayfield 138 5448800 East Branch Iowa River near Garner 140 5448900 East Branch Iowa River tributary near Garner 142 5449000 East Branch Iowa River near Klemme 144 5449500 Iowa River near Rowan 147 5451200 South Fork Iowa River near New Providence 151 5451250 Beaver Creek near Eldora 152 5451350 Honey Creek at Bangor 153 5451450 Minerva Creek near demons 154 5451500 Iowa River at Marshalltown 155 5451700 Timber Creek near Marshalltown 161 VI STATIONS, IN DOWNSTREAM ORDER CONTINUED IOWA RIVER BASIN (CONTINUED) Page 5451800 Deer Creek at Toledo 165 5451900 Richland Creek near Haven 166 5451955 Stein Creek near Clutier 170 5452000 Salt Creek near Elberon 171 5452200 Walnut Creek near Hartwick 176 5452500 Iowa River near Belle Plaine 180 5453000 Big Bear Creek at Ladora 183 5453100 Iowa River at Marengo 188 5453600 Rapid Creek below Morse 192 5453700 Rapid Creek tributary No. 4 near Oasis 194 5453750 Rapid Creek southwest of Morse 196 5453850 Rapid Creek tributary No. 3 near Oasis 198 5453900 Rapid Creek tributary near Oasis 200 5453950 Rapid Creek tributary near Iowa City 202 5454000 Rapid Creek near Iowa City 204 5454300 Clear Creek near Coralville 209 5454500 Iowa River at Iowa City 212 5455000 Ralston Creek at Iowa City 218 5455010 South Branch Ralston Creek at Iowa City 223 5455100 Old Mans Creek near Iowa City 226 5455140 North English River near Montezuma 228 5455150 North Fork English River near Montezuma 229 5455200 North English River near Guernsey 231 5455210 North English River at Guernsey 233 5455230 Deep River at Deep River 235 5455280 South English River tributary nr Barnes City 237 5455300 South English River near Barnes City 239 5455350 South English River trib. No. 2 near Montezuma 241 5455500 English River at Kalona 243 5455550 Bulgers Run near Riverside 248 5455700 Iowa River near Lone Tree 250 CEDAR RIVER BASIN (tributary to IOWA RIVER) 5457440 Deer Creek near Carpenter 252 5457500 Cedar River at Mitchell 253 5457700 Cedar River at Charles City 254 5458000 Little Cedar River near Ionia 258 5458500 Cedar River at Janesville 262 5458560 Beaverdam Creek near Sheffield 268 5458900 West Fork Cedar River at Finchford 270 5459000 Shell Rock River near Northwood 274 5459010 Elk Creek at Kensett 278 5459490 Spring Creek near Mason City 280 5459500 Winnebago River at Mason City 282 5460100 Willow Creek near Mason City 286 VII STATIONS, IN DOWNSTREAM ORDER CONTINUED CEDAR RIVER BASIN (CONTINUED) Page 5460500 Shell Rock River at Marble Rock 288 5461500 Shell Rock River near Clarksville 291 5462000 Shell Rock River at Shell Rock 293 5462750 Beaver Creek tributary near Applington 297 5463000 Beaver Creek at New Hartford 299 5463090 Black Hawk Creek at Grundy Center 303 5463500 Blackhawk Creek at Hudson 305 5464000 Cedar River at Waterloo 309 5464130 Fourmile Creek near Lincoln 313 5464133 Half Mile Creek near Gladbrook 315 5464137 Fourmile Creek near Traer 317 5464145 Twelve Mile Creek near Traer 319 5464310 Pratt Creek near Garrison 321 5464318 East Blue Creek at Center Point 323 5464500 Cedar River at Cedar Rapids 325 5464560 Prairie Creek at Blairstown 332 5464640 Prairie Creek at Fairfax 334 5464880 Otter Creek at Wilton 336 5465000 Cedar River near Conesville 338 IOWA RIVER BASIN (CONTINUED) 5465150 North Fork Long Creek at Ainsworth 344 5465500 Iowa River at Wapello 346 SKUNK RIVER BASIN 5469860 Mud Lake drainage ditch 71 in Jewell 352 5469990 Keigley Branch near Story City 354 5470000 South Skunk River near Ames 356 5470500 Squaw Creek at Ames 362 5471000 South Skunk River below Squaw Creek near Ames 366 5471200 Indian Creek near Mingo 370 5471500 South Skunk River near Oskaloosa 372 5472090 North Skunk River near Baxter 376 5472290 Sugar Creek near Searsboro 378 5472390 Middle Creek near Lacey 380 5472445 Rock Creek at Sigourney 382 5472500 North Skunk River near Sigourney 384 5473000 Skunk River at Coppock 387 5473300 Cedar Creek near Batavia 391 5473400 Cedar Creek near Oakland Mills 393 5473500 Big Creek near Mount Pleasant 395 5474000 Skunk River at Augusta 398 5474500 Mississippi River at Keokuk 404 VIII STATIONS, IN DOWNSTREAM ORDER CONTINUED DES MOINES RIVER BASIN Page 5476500 Des Moines River at Estherville 410 5476750 Des Moines River at Humboldt 413 5478000 East Fork Des Moines River near Burt 417 5479000 East Fork Des Moines River at Dakota City 419 5480000 Lizard Creek near Clare 424 5480500 Des Moines River at Fort Dodge 428 5480930 White Fox Creek at Clarion 433 5481000 Boone River near Webster City 435 5481300 Des Moines River near Stratford 440 5481510 Bluff Creek at Pilot Mound
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