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folder.gifSummary of Monitoring Findings for Fiscal Year 2005


Table 1. Watershed and discharge statistics for four gages in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS).

River
Gaging station Watershed area at gaging station (km2) Watershed area at gaging station as a percent of the entire UMRS watershed Period of record for gage (years) Mean discharge Mean discharge in 2005 as a percent of mean for the period of record
Period of record
2005
m3sec-1 ft3sec-1 m3sec-1 ft3sec-1
Illinois
Kingston Mines, IL
40,969
2

61

488
17,246
346
12,251
71
Mississippi
St. Paul, MN
95,312
5
95
373
13,197
284
10,041
76
Mississippi
Keokuk, IA
308,210
17
123
2,049
72,417
2,096
74,075
102
Mississippi
St. Louis, MO
1,805,230
99
68
5,886
207,993
4,171
147,385
71

 

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