05414820 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
SINSINAWA RIVER BASIN

05414820 SINSINAWA RIVER NEAR MENOMINEE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°28'44", long 90°29'10", 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 1994-2001.

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 above 300 ft³/s, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	17	16	16	e9.9	18	22	26	25	33	29	19	17
2	18	16	15	e9.9	17	25	24	23	39	26	42	18
3	17	16	15	e9.9	18	40	23	27	27	26	24	18
4	18	15	16	e9.9	18	43	22	29	25	25	21	17
5	18	16	16	e10	17	31	32	26	96	24	21	17

6	18	18	15	e10	16	25	37	30	41	23	20	18
7	18	21	17	e10	16	26	28	37	34	24	20	21
8	18	17	15	e10	22	26	26	27	31	23	19	25
9	18	18	15	e9.8	240	27	64	26	29	22	20	23
10	18	17	16	e11	52	37	37	31	28	22	19	23

11	18	16	10	e12	30	52	36	31	27	21	18	19
12	18	16	10	e11	25	107	33	25	51	21	18	18
13	19	16	e9.8	e10	22	73	28	24	29	20	18	18
14	19	16	e9.9	e9.8	21	52	28	26	170	20	18	17
15	19	16	e10	e9.4	19	52	28	25	74	20	19	17

16	19	17	e9.9	e9.2	18	44	26	24	37	19	22	17
17	19	16	e9.8	e8.9	e18	35	25	23	97	21	19	19
18	19	16	e10	e8.8	17	35	24	22	127	32	21	19
19	19	16	e10	e8.8	e16	35	24	21	43	24	20	39
20	19	16	e10	e8.6	16	35	28	35	37	22	19	63

21	19	15	e9.9	e8.5	15	34	30	65	37	26	19	93
22	19	15	e9.8	e8.5	16	34	27	33	35	22	20	25
23	21	15	e9.9	e8.5	15	33	27	31	32	22	19	70
24	19	16	e9.9	e8.5	23	29	24	31	30	21	19	31
25	17	16	e9.9	e8.6	209	27	29	29	29	28	24	24

26	17	16	e9.9	e8.6	52	26	25	28	28	21	23	23
27	17	16	e9.8	e9.2	27	26	24	26	28	20	19	22
28	16	17	e9.8	e10	22	26	23	25	27	20	18	21
29	16	17	e9.8	21	---	27	23	24	27	20	18	20
30	16	16	e9.8	40	---	25	23	24	27	19	18	20

31	16	---	e9.8	25	---	26	---	25	---	19	18	---

TOTAL	559	490	363.7	353.3	1015	1135	854	878	1375	702	632	792
MEAN	18.0	16.3	11.7	11.4	36.2	36.6	28.5	28.3	45.8	22.6	20.4	26.4
MAX	21	21	17	40	240	107	64	65	170	32	42	93
MIN	16	15	9.8	8.5	15	22	22	21	25	19	18	17
CFSM	.46	.41	.30	.29	.92	.92	.72	.72	1.16	.57	.51	.67
IN.	.53	.46	.34	.33	.95	1.07	.80	.82	1.29	.66	.59	.74

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	21.2	20.0	21.0	23.3	36.9	40.6	26.3	30.0	35.0	27.3	23.7	25.7
MAX	99.7	49.3	76.0	88.3	116	151	101	139	102	136	100	122
(WY)	1987	1994	1973	1974	1997	1975	1973	1999	1993	1993	1972	1986
MIN	8.03	8.05	5.92	7.10	8.55	7.83	7.41	8.81	8.18	9.05	9.30	8.88
(WY)	1991	1990	1990	1991	1990	1968	1990	1968	1977	1989	1971	1990

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1968 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	7969.7		9149.0
ANNUAL MEAN	21.8		25.1		27.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					57.5	1973
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					12.3	1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	214	Jul 2	240	Feb 9	2170	May 17 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	9.8	A	8.5 B	Jan 21-24	4.8	Jan 25 1991
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	9.8 B	Dec 25	8.5 B	Jan 20	5.0	Feb 22 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			758	Jun 17	17000 C	May 17 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			7.29	Jun 17	14.37	May 17 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			7.3 D	Feb 21	.00 E	Dec 25 1988
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.55		.63		.69
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	7.49		8.59		9.44
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	27		36		39
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	18		21		18
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	15		10		9.5

	A - Several days, estimated due to backwater from ice.
	B - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
	C - On basis of contracted opening and flow-over-road measurement of peak flow.
	D - Result of freezeup, but may have been less during periods of estimated daily discharge.
	E - Result of freezeup.