USGS Streamgage 06817000
Nodaway River at Clarinda, IA
Nodaway River at Clarinda, IA is USGS streamgage 06817000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10240009. It drains a watershed of about 762 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1903. Typical flow runs near 180 cfs in July and 251.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 762 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 986 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10240009
- Coordinates
- 40.74322, -95.01453
- USGS site number
- 06817000
- Records begin
- 1903-08-01 (123 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 108 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.9 | 61.5 | 327.8 | |
| February | 24.9 | 127 | 692.1 | |
| March | 44.8 | 234 | 1,312.6 | |
| April | 44.7 | 251.3 | 1,320 | |
| May | 38.4 | 356.1 | 2,041.6 | |
| June | 37.9 | 337.3 | 1,927.7 | |
| July | 27.6 | 180 | 879 | |
| August | 23.6 | 92 | 484.2 | |
| September | 19.6 | 63.9 | 663.3 | |
| October | 18.4 | 58.9 | 571.9 | |
| November | 23.8 | 68.1 | 405.8 | |
| December | 16.1 | 58.5 | 387.2 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).