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SINSINAWA RIVER BASIN


05414820       SINSINAWA RIVER NEAR MENOMINEE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 42°28'43", long 90°29'12", 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 1994-2000.


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 sea level.

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 for May 8, to August 22, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
123 23 22 19 e16 21 17 21 117 21 23 18 
224 23 23 22 e16 19 17 19 40 214 25 17 
324 23 24 22 e17 19 17 18 29 179 23 19 
425 23 24 20 e17 19 17 18 27 44 22 18 
524 23 23 18 17 19 17 18 31 36 25 17 
 
624 22 22 19 17 18 17 18 25 32 26 17 
723 22 22 18 17 18 20 18 22 29 24 18 
823 23 22 19 17 18 19 26 22 28 24 18 
923 23 23 20 18 18 19 19 20 33 23 18 
1023 23 23 25 19 17 18 18 20 41 23 19 
 
1122 22 21 22 17 17 18 27 19 29 23 27 
1223 22 22 19 18 17 17 24 22 27 22 56 
1328 23 22 18 18 17 17 19 26 26 24 19 
1429 22 22 18 17 17 17 18 92 25 23 19 
1530 21 23 19 17 18 17 17 40 24 22 18 
 
1639 22 22 18 17 17 17 17 28 23 21 17 
1729 22 20 17 16 16 18 17 24 23 81 17 
1827 23 20 19 18 16 17 19 22 23 27 17 
1927 23 21 17 17 18 63 20 21 23 24 18 
2026 22 19 17 16 19 63 17 34 22 23 20 
 
2126 22 19 16 16 18 32 17 24 22 20 18 
2226 22 20 19 19 17 26 17 21 22 19 22 
2325 26 19 18 101 17 24 17 21 22 19 23 
2424 23 19 16 87 19 22 16 23 21 18 19 
2524 22 19 e15 38 18 21 15 37 22 17 18 
 
2624 23 20 e15 47 18 20 17 42 23 18 17 
2723 23 20 e14 29 18 20 27 24 24 18 17 
2823 21 20 e14 24 18 19 20 24 22 18 17 
2923 21 21 e15 22 17 19 18 24 23 18 17 
3023 21 21 e15 --- 17 19 19 22 24 18 17 
 
3123 --- 19 e15 --- 17 --- 72 --- 24 18 --- 

TOTAL7806746575587255526646439431151729592
MEAN25.222.521.218.025.017.822.120.731.437.123.519.7
MAX392624251012163721172148156
MIN222119141616171519211717
CFSM.64.57.54.45.63.45.56.52.79.94.59.50
IN..73.63.62.52.68.52.62.60.891.08.68.56

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN21.320.121.323.636.940.726.230.134.727.423.925.7
MAX99.749.376.088.3116151101139102136100122
(WY)198719941973197419971975197319991993199319721986
MIN8.038.055.927.108.557.837.418.818.189.059.308.88
(WY)199119901990199119901968199019681977198919711990

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1968 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL14425         8668         
ANNUAL MEAN39.5      23.7      27.6      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN57.5      1973
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN12.3      1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2170             May 17214             Jul 22170         May 17 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN13      A    Jan 414      A    Jan 27, 284.8      Jan 25 1991
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM16             Jan 1515             Jan 255.0      Feb 22 1968
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW1050             Jul 217000      BMay 17 1999
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE8.03        Jul 214.37    May 17 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW8.6   C    Jan 7.00 CDec 25 1988
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.00    .60    .70    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.55    8.14    9.47    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS50         27         40         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS25         21         18         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS20         17         9.5      
A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
B - On basis of contracted opening and flow-over-road measurement of peak flow.
C - Result of freezeup.


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