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ROCK RIVER BASIN


05436500       SUGAR RIVER NEAR BRODHEAD, WI

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°36'42", long 89°23'53" (NAD of 1927), in SW 1/4 sec.26, T.2 N., R.9 E., Green County, Hydrologic Unit 07090004, on left bank at downstream side of highway bridge, 1.2 mi southwest of Brodhead, and 1.9 mi upstream from Sylvester Creek.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 523 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: January 1914 to current year. Monthly discharge for January and February 1914 published in WSP 1308.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1238: 1914-16, 1918, 1922, 1927, 1933. WSP 1508: 1916-17(M), 1919(M), 1920, 1921(M), 1927-28(M), 1930(M), 1931, 1936(M), 1943(M). WDR WI-73-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 768.14 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 17, 1938, nonrecording gage 20 ft upstream at same datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Some regulation from dam and non-operational powerplant upstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 14,800 ft3/s. September 13, 1915, from rating curve extended above 7,500 ft3/s, gage height, 11.40 feet, from floodmarks; minimum discharge, 35 ft3/s, September 19, 1959.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1402 433 420 e300 e310 407 383 441 344 330 248 238 
2383 413 424 e290 e290 e370 389 436 334 323 239 256 
3381 401 417 e290 e280 e340 396 431 359 315 233 272 
4371 389 405 e310 e280 e330 396 424 802 308 235 283 
5372 382 401 e310 e280 e330 386 404 1290 300 250 262 
 
6370 375 406 e310 e280 e340 377 394 1270 299 259 247 
7362 371 425 e310 e280 e350 392 390 1270 304 248 241 
8355 371 427 e320 e280 e380 533 387 953 304 239 236 
9356 365 409 334 319 624 1020 389 616 303 233 235 
10371 363 395 345 384 784 1090 379 521 299 228 233 
 
11398 357 383 353 476 824 1090 378 511 294 221 232 
12416 353 381 354 482 747 866 412 528 290 222 234 
13402 364 415 e350 399 583 641 490 528 284 275 235 
14401 386 475 e350 373 527 567 528 491 280 283 235 
15406 396 488 e330 364 516 510 461 478 275 273 235 
 
16399 384 457 e310 359 487 493 425 465 270 251 233 
17379 371 447 e290 353 464 478 403 438 263 238 234 
18396 360 441 e280 347 448 455 390 421 261 232 236 
19378 361 428 e280 365 438 449 379 407 258 228 263 
20364 363 412 e280 515 439 453 372 396 251 225 327 
 
21360 362 395 e290 755 455 468 366 394 274 225 337 
22368 356 388 e310 817 444 460 358 385 281 316 304 
23598 352 405 345 752 421 453 357 376 282 405 278 
24798 381 e390 342 576 414 448 353 365 277 380 265 
25882 470 e360 330 515 403 425 364 355 247 321 260 
 
26833 536 e350 328 495 395 401 382 351 274 278 260 
27669 516 e340 328 464 387 412 395 353 260 252 259 
28518 465 e340 331 431 387 435 375 352 259 252 257 
29473 442 e320 330 --- 393 458 363 344 265 249 310 
30445 414 e310 326 --- 394 467 360 337 268 244 400 
 
31453 --- e300 327 --- 387 --- 362 --- 261 239 --- 

TOTAL14059118521235498831182114208157911234816034875980217897
MEAN453.5395.1398.5318.8422.2458.3526.4398.3534.5282.5258.7263.2
MAX88253648835481782410905281290330405400
MIN355352300280280330377353334247221232
CFSM0.870.760.760.610.810.881.010.761.020.540.490.50
IN.1.000.840.880.700.841.011.120.881.140.620.570.56

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1914 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN286.5308.2272.5294.5432.3657.0464.9374.6377.0303.9261.4298.5
MAX78883659711681690169811591368132012486941579
(WY)192819621929191619381929199319732000199319241938
MIN12612712089.4127181198140113117105106
(WY)196519651956195619591934193819341934195819341958

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1914 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL165356     143027     
ANNUAL MEAN453.0  391.9  360.6  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN694     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN172     1934
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1150         Jun 131290         Jun 510800     Mar 14 1929
LOWEST DAILY MEAN250         Jan 12221         Aug 1151     Jun 13 1934
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM250         Jan 12234         Sep 1071     Jun 28 1934
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1410         Jun 514800     Sep 13 1915
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE4.41    Jun 511.40Sep 13 1915
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW35     Sep 19 1959
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.870.750.69
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.7610.179.37
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS704     515     587     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS413     370     264     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS273     252     150     



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