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SINSINAWA RIVER BASIN


05414820       SINSINAWA RIVER NEAR MENOMINEE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°28'44", long 90°29'10" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.28, T.29 N., R.1 W., Jo Daviess County, Hydrologic Unit 07060005, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on High Ridge Road, 2.4 mi east of Menominee, 4.5 mi northwest of Galena, and at mile 7.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 39.6 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1967 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-74-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 640.75 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge 17,000 ft3/s, May 17, 1999, gage height, 14.37 ft, on basis of contracted-opening and flow-over-road measurement of peak flow; no flow for part of Dec. 25, 1988, result of freezeup.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those above 300 ft3/s, which are fair, those for October 1 - December 11, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
124 22 24 17 e16 15 14 86 16 14 13 13 
286 21 24 17 20 15 14 26 16 14 13 12 
332 22 24 17 25 15 14 22 17 14 13 12 
4258 23 25 17 19 15 15 21 16 14 14 12 
554 23 25 18 e17 16 15 25 15 86 13 12 
 
638 23 25 17 e15 15 13 21 16 24 13 12 
733 22 27 17 e14 15 15 25 17 19 13 12 
829 22 26 18 e14 15 15 22 20 73 13 12 
927 22 25 19 e14 15 15 47 17 41 13 11 
1026 22 27 14 e14 15 15 27 17 24 13 11 
 
1125 22 24 17 e14 16 16 25 16 21 13 11 
1224 21 20 17 e14 71 15 22 16 19 13 12 
1324 20 19 17 e14 51 14 20 16 17 13 28 
1423 20 19 17 e14 22 14 50 15 17 13 42 
1523 21 19 16 e14 19 14 35 14 16 13 18 
 
1623 20 19 17 e15 17 14 27 14 15 13 13 
1723 19 19 16 e16 18 14 24 14 15 12 13 
1823 20 24 17 19 17 14 23 14 15 12 12 
1922 19 23 17 22 17 15 22 14 14 12 12 
2022 20 20 17 20 19 17 21 13 15 12 12 
 
2122 20 19 16 21 17 15 19 13 15 13 12 
2221 19 19 16 19 16 14 19 13 14 12 13 
2320 20 18 13 19 15 13 20 13 14 12 12 
2422 20 18 e16 17 15 13 19 14 14 12 11 
2525 21 18 e16 17 14 13 18 15 13 12 11 
 
2623 21 17 e16 18 14 13 17 18 13 13 11 
2721 21 17 e16 16 15 13 17 14 13 12 11 
2823 22 18 e16 15 16 13 17 16 13 12 11 
2923 24 18 e16 --- 15 13 16 17 13 12 10 
3021 24 19 e16 --- 14 25 17 14 13 12 10 
 
3121 --- 18 e16 --- 14 --- 17 --- 14 12 --- 

TOTAL1081636657512472583437787460636391404
MEAN34.921.221.216.516.918.814.625.415.320.512.613.5
MAX2582427192571258620861442
MIN201917131414131613131210
CFSM0.880.540.540.420.430.470.370.640.390.520.320.34
IN.1.020.600.620.480.440.550.410.740.430.600.370.38

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN21.720.121.022.935.939.425.929.635.727.124.525.3
MAX99.749.376.088.3116151101139102136100122
(WY)198719941973197419971975197319991993199319721986
MIN8.038.055.927.108.557.837.418.818.189.059.308.88
(WY)199119901990199119901968199019771977198919711990

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1968 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL11311     7056     
ANNUAL MEAN31.0  19.3  27.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN57.5      1973
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN12.3      1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1330         Jun 4258         Oct 42170         May 17 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN14         Feb 410         Sep 29,304.8      Jan 25 1991
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM16         Feb 111         Sep 245.0      Feb 22 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW841         Oct 417000      AMay 17 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE7.51    Oct 414.37    May 17 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW3.1      Jan 10,110.00 BDec 25 1988
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.780.490.69    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)10.636.639.39    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS29     25     39         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS22     17     18         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS17     13     9.7      

A - On basis of contracted opening and flow-over-road measurement of peak flow.

B - Result of freezeup.



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