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Peak-Flow Frequency Analysis for U.S. Geological Survey Streamgage 05481510 Bluff Creek at Pilot Mound, Iowa, in the Des Moines River Basin, Iowa, Based on Data Through Water Year 2021

Metadata Updated: November 19, 2025

This data release presents a peak-flow frequency analysis for U.S. Geological Survey streamgage 05481510 Bluff Creek at Pilot Mound, Iowa. The annual peak-flow record at this streamgage consists of both a discrete crest-stage period and a continuous partial-record period. The streamgage, which is in the Des Moines River Basin, is located on 130th Street in Pilot Mound, Iowa. Drainage area at the streamgage is 23.5 square miles. Annual peak-flow data are available for the period 1966-2021. The peak of record, 1,290 cubic feet per second, occurred on June 16, 1990. The annual peak-flow data used in the frequency analysis were downloaded from the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System database (U.S. Geological Survey, 2022) and the procedures for the flood frequency analyses are described in Eash and others (2013). The program PeakFQ version 7.4 was used for these analyses, a description of this program can be found in Flynn and others (2006) and Veilleux and others (2014). References Cited: Eash, D.A., Barnes, K.K., and Veilleux, A.G., 2013, Methods for estimating annual exceedance-probability discharges for streams in Iowa, based on data through water year 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5086, 63 p. with appendix., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2013/5086/. Flynn, K.M., Kirby, W.H., and Hummel, P.R., 2006, User’s Manual for Program PeakFQ Annual Flood-Frequency Analysis Using Bulletin 17B Guidelines: U.S. Geological Survey, Techniques and Methods Book 4, Chapter B4; 42 pgs., accessed on July 1, 2022, at https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/tm4b4/tm4b4.pdf. U.S. Geological Survey, 2022, USGS water data for the Nation: U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System database, accessed September 12, 2022, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KJN. [Site information directly accessible at https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/inventory/?site_no=05481510&agency_cd=USGS&]. Veilleux, A.G., Cohn, T.A., Flynn, K.M., Mason, R.R., Jr., and Hummel, P.R., 2014, Estimating magnitude and frequency of floods using the PeakFQ 7.0 program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013–3108, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20133108.

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Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 19, 2025

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