LOCATION
LOCATION.--Lat 43°28'51", long 89°38'09", in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.35, T.12 N., R.7 E., Sauk County,
Hydrologic Unit 07070004, on left bank 50 ft downstream from highway bridge, 0.3 mi downstream from
Rowley Creek and 5.3 mi east of Baraboo.
DRAINAGE AREA.--609 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1913 to March 1922. September 1942 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 455: 1915. WSP 505: 1917(M). WSP 1438: 1914, 1915(M), 1916-17,
1918-20(M), 1944(M), 1949(M). WSP 1914: 1948, 1950, 1956. WDR WI-75-1: 1968. WDR WI-77-1:
Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 788.21 ft above sea level. Dec. 18,
1913, to Mar. 31, 1922, nonrecording gage at bridge 2.3 mi upstream at datum 7.6 ft higher. Sept. 24,
1942, to June 10, 1963, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
REMARKS.--Gage-height telemeter at station
EXTREMES OUTSIDE THE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Aug. 6, 1935, reached a stage
of 15.8 ft from floodmarks, site and datum in use in 1922, discharge, 5,100 ft3/s.
Station operated by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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