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NODAWAY RIVER BASIN
7 (6-8175) Nodaway River near Burlington Junction
Location.--Lat. 40°26'40" N., long. 95°05'20" W., in NWl; sec. 17,
T. 65 N.• R. 37 W., on downstream side of left pier of bridge
on State Highway 4, a quarter of a mile upstream from Hill
Creek, 0.5 mile downstream from Wabash Railroad Co. bridge,
and 1% miles vest of Burlington Junction.
Drainage area.--l,240 sq mi.
Gage·height record.--Water-stage recorder graph except July 18, 22, 23,
from graph drawn on basis of once-daily wire-weight gage readings.
Datum of gage is 896.17 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.
Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter
measurements.
Maxlma.--July 18-23, 1965: Discharge, 7,120 efs 0900 July 19.
(gage height 8.4 ft).
1922-65: Discharge, 32,000 cfs June 14, 1947 (gage height,
19.0 ft); gage height observed, 19.69 ft Mar. 5, 1949, ice jam.
Gage height and discharge at indicated time, 1965
Gage Gage
Time height Discharge Time height Discharge
(feet) (cfs) (feet) (cfs)
July 19 0100 1. 50 334 July 19 1200 7.80 5,980
0200 1.50 334 1300 8.05 6,360
0300 1. 50 334 1400 8.20 6,740
0400 3.00 1,200 1500 7.95 6,170
0500 4.80 2,750 1600 7.65 5,600
0600 6.50 4,450 1700 7.25 4,920
0700 7.00 4,920 1800 6.90 4,450
0800 8.10 6,550 1900 6.50 4,000
0900 8.40 7,120 2000 6.20 3,620
1000 8.30 6,930 2100 5.90 3,420
1100 8.05 6,360 2200 5.50 3,130