USGS Station 06485500
BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON, IA
(National stream-quality accounting network station)
BIG SIOUX RIVER BASIN
Latitude: 42^50'14"; Longitude: 96^33'41"
Hydrologic Unit Code: 10170203
Drainage area: 8,424 square miles, of which 1,487 mi2 is probably noncontributing.
Location: In SW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 sec.30, T.93 N., R.48 W., Plymouth County, on left bank 15 ft downstream from Iowa Highway 403 bridge, 0.5 mi northwest of Akron, and 2.9 mi upstream from Union Creek.
Period of Record: October 1928 to current year. 1938(M), 1940(M). WSP 1389: Drainage area. WDR SD-84-1: Drainage area.
Gage Information: Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,118.90 ft above sea level. Prior to Dec. 3, 1934, nonrecording gage at bridge 0.5 mi downstream at same datum. From Dec. 3, 1934, to Oct. 31, 1985, water-stage recorder at site 0.6 mi downstream at same datum.
Use these links to retrieve
Monthly Streamflow hydrograph for this station,
;
Table of Current Streamflow conditions, or
tab-separated ASCII file of monthly data.
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