Source data
Peak discharge at selected upper Mississippi basin gauges during the 1993 flood
Sources checked
- Mississippi River at St. Paul, MN104,000 ft³/s
- Mississippi River at Clinton, IA245,000 ft³/s
- Mississippi River at Keokuk, IA435,000 ft³/s
- Mississippi River at St. Louis, MO1,080,000 ft³/s
- Mississippi River at Chester, IL950,000 ft³/s
- Mississippi River at Thebes, IL975,000 ft³/s
Natural Earth land outlines and dashed land boundaries.
Pins show peak discharge. Straight segments connect the gauges in upstream-to-downstream order. The table records dates and five tributary gauges.
Peak discharge at selected upper Mississippi basin gauges during the 1993 flood
The table covers nine gauges in USGS Figure 3 plus Chester and Thebes in Table 1. Peak flow dates refer to discharge. The stage column gives each gauge’s reported event peak, which can occur on another date. Locations are the coordinates in the USGS station catalogue.
| Source | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota River near Jordan, MN | 05330000 | 1993-06-24 | 92,200 | 33.52 | 16,200 | 44.69268 | -93.642 | Source 1 |
| Mississippi River at St. Paul, MN | 05331000 | 1993-06-26 | 104,000 | 19.13 | 36,800 | 44.94444 | -93.08811 | Source 1 |
| Mississippi River at Clinton, IA | 05420500 | 1993-07-05 | 245,000 | 22.98 | 85,600 | 41.78059 | -90.25207 | Source 1 |
| South Skunk River below Ioway Creek near Ames, IA | 05471000 | 1993-07-09 | 25,300 | 25.53 | 556 | 42.00822 | -93.59597 | Source 1 |
| Mississippi River at Keokuk, IA | 05474500 | 1993-07-10 | 435,000 | 27.15 | 119,000 | 40.39366 | -91.37432 | Source 1 |
| Raccoon River at Van Meter, IA | 05484500 | 1993-07-10 | 70,200 | 26.34 | 3,441 | 41.53403 | -93.94978 | Source 1 |
| Kansas River at Topeka, KS | 06889000 | 1993-07-25 | 166,000 | 34.9 | 56,720 | 39.06667 | -95.6497 | Source 1 |
| Missouri River at Hermann, MO | 06934500 | 1993-07-31 | 750,000 | 36.97 | 524,200 | 38.70981 | -91.4385 | Source 1 |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, MO | 07010000 | 1993-08-01 | 1,080,000 | 49.58 | 697,000 | 38.629 | -90.17978 | Source 1 |
| Mississippi River at Chester, IL | 07020500 | 1993-08-06 | 950,000 | 49.59 | 708,600 | 37.90075 | -89.83022 | Source 1 |
| Mississippi River at Thebes, IL | 07022000 | 1993-08-07 | 975,000 | 45.5 | 713,200 | 37.22025 | -89.46317 | Source 1 |