05470000 South Skunk River Near Ames, Iowa

SKUNK RIVER BASIN

05470000 SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES, IOWA

LOCATION.--Lat 42°03'59.5", long 93°37'11.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.23, T.84 N., R.24 W., Story County, IA, Hydrologic Unit 07080105, on left bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on West Riverside Road, at northern edge of Ames, 4.4 mi downstream from Keigley Branch, 5.2 mi upstream from Squaw Creek, 132.7 mi upstream from confluence with the North Skunk River, and 227.4 mi upstream from mouth of Skunk River.

DRAINAGE AREA.--315 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge records from July 1920 to September 1927, October 1932 to September 1995, October 1996 to current year. August to September 1927 and October 1932 to March 1933, monthly mean discharge published in WSP 1308. Prior to October 1966, published as "Skunk River near Ames".

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Concrete control from July 21, 1934, to October 1, 2003. Datum of gage is 888.61 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to August 25, 1921, non-recording gage, and July 21, 1934, to September 30, 2003, water-stage recorder, both at site 0.25 mi upstream at datum 5.00 ft higher.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of June 17, 1996, reached a stage of 15.89 ft, from high-water mark, discharge about 14,000 ft³/s, from rating curve extension.

A summary of all availabledata for this streamgage is provided through the USGS National Water Information System web interface (NWISWeb). The following link provides access to current/historical observations, daily data, daily statistics, monthly statistics, annual statistics, peak streamflow, field measurements, field/lab water-quality samples, and the latest water-year summaries. Data can be filtered by parameter and/or dates, and can be output in various tabular and graphical formats.

The USGS WaterWatch Toolkit is available at:

Tools for summarizing streamflow information include the duration hydrograph builder, the cumulative streamflow hydrograph builder, the streamgage statistics retrieval tool, the rating curve builder, the flood tracking chart builder, the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS) river forecast hydrograph builder, and the raster-hydrograph builder. Entering the above number for this streamgage into these toolkit webpages will provide streamflow information specific to this streamgage.

A description of the statistics presented for this streamgage is available in the main body of the report at:

A link to other streamgages included in this report, a map showing the location of the streamgages, information on the programs used to compute the statistical analyses, and references are included in the main body of the report.

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Statistics Based on the Entire Streamflow Period of Record

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Statistics Based on the 1984–2013 Streamflow Period of Record

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