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Raccoon River Basin Gaging Stations Map of Raccoon River basin gaging stations 288 DES MOINES RIVER BASIN (RACCOON RIVER BASIN) DES MOINES RIVER BASIN 289 (RACCOON RIVER BASIN) Gaging Stations 05482300 North Raccoon River near Sac City, IA . 290 05482315 Black Hawk Lake at Lake View, IA . 292 05482500 North Raccoon River near Jefferson, IA . 294 05483450 Middle Raccoon River near Bayard, IA . 296 05483470 Lake Panorama at Panora, IA . 298 05483600 Middle Raccoon River at Panora, IA . 300 05484000 South Raccoon River at Redfield, IA . 302 05484500 Raccoon River at Van Meter, IA . 304 05484600 Raccoon River near West Des Moines, IA . 306 05484650 Raccoon River at 63rd Street, Des Moines, IA . 308 05484800 Walnut Creek at Des Moines, IA . 310 05484900 Raccoon River at Fleur Drive, Des Moines, IA . 312 Crest Stage Gaging Stations 05482900 Hardin Creek near Farlin, IA . 491 05483318 Brushy Creek near Templeton, IA . 491 05483349 Middle Raccoon River Tributary at Carroll, IA . 491 290 DES MOINES RIVER BASIN 05482300 NORTH RACCOON RIVER NEAR SAC CITY, IA 1 1 LOCATION.--Lat 42°21'16", long 94°59'26", in NW ⁄4 NW ⁄4 sec.13, T.87 N., R.36 W., Sac County, Hydrologic Unit 07100006, on right bank 5 ft downstream from bridge on county highway, 2.1 mi upstream from Indian Creek, 0.3 mi upstream from Drainage Ditch 73, 4.6 mi south of Sac City, 167.1 miles upstream of mouth of Raccoon River, and at mile 367.6 upstream from mouth of Des Moines River. DRAINAGE AREA.--700 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1958 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,146.03 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1987 at site 1.7 miles downstream at datum 1.43 ft lower. REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rain gage and data collection platform with satellite telemetry at station. Precipitation records are available online at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website: www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/ WaterControl/datamining2.cfm. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of June 21, 1954, reached a stage of 15.61 ft, from floodmark, discharge, 7,000 ft3/s. DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP 1 21 26 e20 e28 e21 1,900 664 428 1,550 325 75 30 2 21 25 26 e27 e20 1,530 551 387 1,270 295 75 29 3 22 36 23 e25 e16 1,140 468 352 1,080 412 74 28 4 23 40 24 e21 e16 775 417 336 944 457 78 27 5 23 38 21 e17 e17 1,280 377 312 860 366 65 27 6 24 34 e20 e17 e19 1,880 354 300 784 395 59 30 7 24 30 26 e18 e18 1,550 318 275 705 393 55 29 8 22 27 23 e24 e16 1,100 298 263 631 318 53 31 9 23 28 e20 e21 e21 831 278 267 571 306 51 29 10 28 25 e14 e21 e28 609 256 266 606 280 48 27 11 34 25 e12 e26 e32 438 245 253 1,130 356 46 26 12 37 24 e12 e24 e25 280 237 251 1,440 919 45 25 13 36 25 e14 e24 e25 253 228 249 1,170 676 44 25 14 35 23 17 e22 e24 216 219 232 940 467 43 28 15 36 23 20 e20 e22 191 215 220 769 348 41 34 16 38 24 e19 e27 e28 175 210 215 2,350 280 40 210 17 31 26 e17 e23 e28 164 199 221 5,100 235 39 279 18 30 27 e21 e20 e32 168 189 219 2,680 201 41 201 19 31 29 e20 e15 e35 206 223 204 1,950 178 40 228 20 29 29 e20 e18 e30 221 253 208 1,600 158 37 209 21 28 26 27 e21 e28 179 392 225 1,350 142 35 157 22 27 23 29 e17 e31 160 499 1,150 1,170 132 33 128 23 27 e22 e27 e22 e60 152 416 3,170 973 118 32 141 24 25 e16 e23 e21 e49 144 378 3,300 848 107 34 142 25 27 18 e24 e19 e38 138 510 3,310 827 99 39 132 26 26 18 28 e16 e34 162 1,080 2,640 684 93 34 116 27 27 21 30 e15 234 244 941 1,920 575 87 34 102 28 28 e19 34 e12 876 1,660 729 1,470 495 82 30 93 29 29 e18 e30 e13 1,940 1,730 603 1,890 427 80 31 82 30 28 21 e24 e15 --- 1,170 488 2,230 370 75 29 75 31 26 --- e22 e17 --- 841 --- 1,940 --- 70 29 --- TOTAL 866 766 687 626 3,763 21,487 12,235 28,703 35,849 8,450 1,409 2,720 MEAN 27.9 25.5 22.2 20.2 130 693 408 926 1,195 273 45.5 90.7 MAX 38 40 34 28 1,940 1,900 1,080 3,310 5,100 919 78 279 MIN 21 16 12 12 16 138 189 204 370 70 29 25 AC-FT 1,720 1,520 1,360 1,240 7,460 42,620 24,270 56,930 71,110 16,760 2,790 5,400 CFSM 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.19 0.99 0.58 1.32 1.71 0.39 0.06 0.13 IN. 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.20 1.14 0.65 1.53 1.91 0.45 0.07 0.14 STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1959 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY) MEAN 229 206 132 90.1 173 624 769 675 849 504 236 216 MAX 1,782 1,005 641 498 1,038 2,723 2,726 2,077 3,344 3,096 1,188 1,966 (WY) (1983) (1984) (1983) (1983) (1984) (1983) (1983) (1991) (1984) (1993) (1993) (1962) MIN 6.39 9.44 4.39 0.87 1.16 27.2 22.7 28.2 24.7 23.0 9.29 7.80 (WY) (1959) (1959) (1959) (1977) (1959) (1968) (2000) (2000) (1977) (1977) (1976) (1976) DES MOINES RIVER BASIN 291 05482300 NORTH RACCOON RIVER NEAR SAC CITY, IA—Continued SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1959 - 2004 ANNUAL TOTAL 150,951 117,561 ANNUAL MEAN 414 321 392 HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1,331 1983 LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 25.3 1977 HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 6,550 Jul 10 5,100 Jun 17 12,400 Mar 23, 1979 LOWEST DAILY MEAN 12 Dec 11 12 Dec 11 0.00 Jan 30, 1977 ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 15 Dec 10 15 Jan 25 0.01 Jan 29, 1977 MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5,510 Jun 17 13,100 Mar 23, 1979 MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.95 Jun 17 20.14 Jun 17, 1990 ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 299,400 233,200 284,200 ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.591 0.459 0.560 ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.02 6.25 7.61 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1,120 953 1,010 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 71 47 132 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 23 20 17 a Also Dec. 12 & Jan. 28. b Also Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, 1977. e Estimated. 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000 500 200 DISCHARGE, 100 IN CUBIC IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND 50 20 10 O N D J F M A M J J A S 2003 2004 292 DES MOINES RIVER BASIN 05482315 BLACK HAWK LAKE AT LAKE VIEW, IA 1 1 LOCATION.--Lat 42°18'15", long 95°02'30", in NW ⁄4 SE ⁄4 sec.33, T.87 N., R.36 W., Sac County, Hydrologic Unit 07100006, on south shore across from swimming beach at Lake View and 2 mi. upstream from lake outlet. DRAINAGE AREA.--23.3 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1970 to September 1975; April 1978 to September 1992, October 1994 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,213.50 ft above NGVD of 1929 and 7.00 ft below crest of spillway of dam at outlet. Prior to June 25, 1970, nonrecording gage at lake outlet. Prior to Jan. 22, 2001, at datum 5.0 ft higher. REMARKS.--Gage height was considered reliable for the year. Lake is formed by concrete dam with ungated overflow spillway at elevation 1,220.50 ft. above sea level. Lake is used for conservation and recreation. Area of lake is approximately 957 acres. U.S. Geological Survey data collection platform with satellite telemetry at station. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum gage height, 4.34 ft June 22, 1996, datum then in use; minimum, 4.91 ft Jan. 25, 2001. EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum gage height, 8.35 ft on June 18; minimum, 6.64 ft on Nov. 12. GAGE HEIGHT, FEET WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP 1 6.90 6.70 6.78 6.90 7.00 7.30 7.80 7.51 7.70 7.67 7.39 7.18 2 6.90 6.69 6.79 6.90 7.04 7.37 7.76 7.50 7.69 7.67 7.39 7.17 3 6.88 6.75 6.85 6.90 7.04 7.43 7.71 7.50 7.67 7.69 7.39 7.15 4 6.87 6.79 6.84 6.90 7.04 7.47 7.69 7.48 7.66 7.66 7.38 7.14 5 6.87 6.79 6.85 6.90 7.07 7.58 7.66 7.48 7.65 7.63 7.37 7.14 6 6.87 6.79 6.86 6.90 7.09 7.68 7.63 7.47 7.64 7.60 7.35 7.12 7 6.86 6.79 6.86 6.89 7.09 7.72 7.61 7.47 7.63 7.57 7.33 7.10 8 6.86 6.79 6.86 6.89 7.10 7.72 7.57 7.45 7.61 7.57 7.31 7.09 9 6.85 6.79 6.86 6.90 7.09 7.71 7.56 7.50 7.58 7.60 7.29 7.09 10 6.85 6.79 6.88 6.90 7.09 7.69 7.53 7.51 7.60 7.63 7.26 7.07 11 6.84 6.80 6.88 6.90 7.09 7.63 7.52 7.52 7.64 7.64 7.24 7.04 12 6.83 6.76 6.88 6.89 7.09 7.63 7.51 7.49 7.66 7.65 7.23 7.03 13 6.83 6.79 6.88 6.90 7.09 7.61 7.50 7.48 7.66 7.63 7.22 7.02 14 6.83 6.79 6.88 6.89 7.09 7.56 7.49 7.47 7.64 7.61 7.21 7.01 15 6.83 6.79 6.88 6.89 7.09 7.60 7.49 7.47 7.63 7.59 7.20 7.08 16 6.82 6.79 6.88 6.90 7.09 7.61 7.48 7.47 7.82 7.58 7.19 7.07 17 6.81 6.82 6.88 6.94 7.09 7.60 7.48 7.46 8.25 7.56 7.18 7.06 18 6.80 6.82 6.89 6.94 7.09 7.58 7.49 7.48 8.32 7.54 7.23 7.06 19 6.80 6.82 6.89 6.94 7.09 7.59 7.47 7.48 8.22 7.51 7.26 7.05 20 6.78 6.81 6.89 6.93 7.10 7.54 7.51 7.47 8.11 7.50 7.24 7.04 21 6.78 6.81 6.89 6.93 7.10 7.54 7.51 7.51 8.03 7.49 7.23 7.00 22 6.77 6.80 6.89 6.93 7.11 7.54 7.51 7.64 7.97 7.48 7.22 7.00 23 6.77 6.78 6.89 6.93 7.11 7.54 7.51 7.73 7.92 7.45 7.22 7.01 24 6.75 6.79 6.89 6.92 7.11 7.53 7.54 7.78 7.89 7.42 7.21 7.01 25 6.73 6.79 6.89 6.93 7.11 7.54 7.56 7.79 7.85 7.41 7.21 7.00 26 6.73 6.79 6.89 6.98 7.12 7.68 7.55 7.79 7.80 7.39 7.21 7.00 27 6.73 6.79 6.90 6.99 7.13 7.81 7.57 7.76 7.76 7.38 7.23 6.98 28 6.70 6.79 6.90 6.99 7.15 7.90 7.56 7.74 7.73 7.36 7.21 6.97 29 6.73 6.79 6.90 6.99 7.21 7.90 7.54 7.80 7.70 7.36 7.21 6.96 30 6.71 6.78 6.90 7.00 --- 7.87 7.52 7.78 7.67 7.35 7.19 6.95 31 6.69 --- 6.90 7.00 --- 7.84 --- 7.75 --- 7.34 7.19 --- MEAN 6.81 6.79 6.87 6.93 7.09 7.62 7.56 7.57 7.79 7.53 7.26 7.05 MAX 6.90 6.82 6.90 7.00 7.21 7.90 7.80 7.80 8.32 7.69 7.39 7.18 MIN 6.69 6.69 6.78 6.89 7.00 7.30 7.47 7.45 7.58 7.34 7.18 6.95 DES MOINES RIVER BASIN 293 05482315 BLACK HAWK LAKE AT LAKE VIEW, IA—Continued 8.5 8.0 , INFEET 7.5 GAGE HEIGHT 7.0 6.5 O N D J F M A M J J A S 2003 2004 294 DES MOINES RIVER BASIN 05482500 NORTH RACCOON RIVER NEAR JEFFERSON, IA 1 1 LOCATION.--Lat 41°59'17", long 94°22'36", in SW ⁄4 NW ⁄4 sec.20, T.83 N., R.30 W., Greene County, Hydrologic Unit 07100006, on right bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 4, 0.1 mi downstream from Drainage Ditch 33 and 40, 1.9 mi south of Jefferson, 4.7 mi upstream from Hardin Creek, 92.0 miles upstream of mouth of Raccoon River, and at mile 292.5 upstream from mouth of Des Moines River.
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  • Raccoon River S Iowa 1. Region Surrounding the River There Are No Extensive Stands of Commerical Timber
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  • 2020 Ave. Nitrate Concentrations-Raccoon River Tributaries April - August Clay Palo Alto
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