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USGS 05425500 ROCK RIVER AT WATERTOWN, WI

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
 
 
  LOCATION.--Lat 43°11'17", long 88°43'34", in SW 1/4 sec.4, T.8 N., R.15 E., Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit 07090001, on left bank, 700 ft downstream from Milwaukee Street bridge, 1.1 mi downstream from Silver Creek, at Watertown. 

DRAINAGE AREA.--969 square miles. 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1931 to September 1970, October 1976 to current year. 

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1438: 1933,1935(M), 1937(M), 1938-39, 1945(M); WDR WI-79-1: Drainage area. 

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 792.58 ft above sea level. Prior to Sept. 26, 1933, nonrecording gage at site 700 ft upstream at different datum. 

REMARKS.--Flow partly regulated by powerplant at Watertown. Gage-height telemeter at station. 

 

Station operated in cooperation with Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, Illinois, and Rock County.


  
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 226   11-19-2004  16:00
Graph of
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Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 66 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
226  24 434 2,490 87.8 246 653

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.

Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 1.79   11-19-2004  16:00
Graph of
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