05545750 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2002

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05545750 FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER, WI


LOCATION.-- Lat 42°36'39", long 88°13'33", in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.26, T.2 N., R.19 E., Kenosha County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank 40 ft downstream from bridge on County Trunk Highway JB, 2.2 mi north of New Munster, and 17.0 mi upstream from Fox Chain of Lakes.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 811 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year. Prior to October 1993, published as "at Wilmot" under station number 05546500.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1308: 1943(M), 1945(M). WDR WI-67-1: Drainage area. WDR WI-92-1: 1991.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and U.S. Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 735.72 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Racine County Surveyor bench mark). Prior to Sept. 1, 1965, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft above dam in Wilmot 11 mi downstream at datum 0.50 ft lower, and recording gage Sept. 1, 1965 to Sept. 30, 1993, recording gage 100 ft downstream from bridge at the lower datum. Removal of dam due to damage was completed by Sept. 15, 1992.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 7,520 ft³/s, March 31, 1960, gage height, 9.25 ft, from graph based on gage readings, site and datum then in use; maximum gage height, 14.10 ft, February 21, 1994, ice affected; no flow, October 26, 1945 and August 10, 1990.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges and periods of discharge below 500 ft³/s, which are fair.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	398	694	631	e480	e390	e540	512	694	395	306	204	237
2	391	729	612	e480	e390	e540	528	693	414	297	187	340
3	392	690	608	e480	e380	e540	653	733	455	284	205	375
4	361	609	579	e480	e380	e540	635	701	1220	269	172	428
5	405	574	533	e480	e380	e600	605	663	2250	244	194	414

6	386	535	576	e480	e380	e660	578	611	2420	245	171	396
7	361	537	603	e480	e380	645	584	549	2130	232	190	312
8	380	542	552	e480	e390	620	926	551	1790	225	154	247
9	365	486	e500	e500	e410	1220	1780	552	1510	249	165	256
10	364	437	e500	e520	e490	1460	2270	579	1270	243	177	262

11	416	474	e500	e540	e640	1450	2180	599	1140	245	139	189
12	499	442	501	e560	648	1390	2020	645	1060	250	130	213
13	626	480	597	e560	663	1250	1860	752	852	221	214	180
14	919	700	688	e500	593	1200	1610	725	826	234	439	204
15	946	788	654	e440	521	1100	1480	708	811	200	461	173

16	813	750	622	e430	563	1050	1410	679	727	196	535	190
17	735	691	e620	e420	512	954	1250	758	665	189	603	185
18	608	627	e600	e410	447	840	1090	685	693	160	677	178
19	487	598	e580	e390	451	737	1040	658	649	190	695	262
20	490	598	e620	e390	721	693	977	599	473	164	640	336

21	493	549	547	e410	1010	679	859	550	554	162	537	345
22	464	536	482	e430	1010	616	856	305	570	157	578	372
23	808	504	e480	e430	855	575	835	370	436	154	631	325
24	1470	518	e480	411	825	572	687	389	377	154	492	246
25	1930	590	e480	409	809	568	684	474	437	155	498	269

26	1900	655	e480	e410	795	515	732	571	381	171	503	251
27	1780	737	e480	410	678	479	710	566	349	229	496	245
28	1570	633	e480	405	556	423	794	549	357	229	413	241
29	1250	629	e480	400	---	463	782	520	344	285	286	264
30	1120	626	e480	394	---	503	719	471	332	223	256	303

31	886	---	e480	e390	---	517	---	391	---	212	263	---

TOTAL	24013	17958	17025	13999	16267	23939	31646	18290	25887	6774	11305	8238
MEAN	774.6	598.6	549.2	451.6	581.0	772.2	1055	590.0	862.9	218.5	364.7	274.6
MAX	1930	788	688	560	1010	1460	2270	758	2420	306	695	428
MIN	361	437	480	390	380	423	512	305	332	154	130	173
CFSM	0.96	0.74	0.68	0.56	0.72	0.95	1.30	0.73	1.06	0.27	0.45	0.34
IN.	1.10	0.82	0.78	0.64	0.75	1.10	1.45	0.84	1.19	0.31	0.52	0.38

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	391.3	480.6	452.5	427.1	548.5	1106	1076	715.5	569.9	391.8	334.1	347.3
MAX	1931	1536	1755	1818	1386	2434	3591	2078	1748	1382	902	1763
(WY)	1987	1986	1983	1960	2001	1979	1993	1973	2000	1969	1952	1972
MIN	79.5	113	91.4	87.7	105	252	256	108	124	69.2	57.2	62.7
(WY)	1957	1950	1964	1940	1940	1968	1958	1958	1988	1958	1958	1946

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2002 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL	298944		215341
ANNUAL MEAN	819.0		590.0		569.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					1240	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					174	1958
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2840	Jun 14	2420	Jun 6	7100	Apr 1 1960
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	202	Aug 15	130	Aug 12	35	Sep 9 1958
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	255	Aug 9	160	Jul 20	41	Sep 7 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			2480	Jun 5	7520	Mar 31 1960
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			11.50	Jun 5	14.10	Feb 21 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			119	Aug 11	0.00	Oct 26 1945
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.01		0.73		0.70
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	13.71		9.88		9.54
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1550		1010		1280
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	660		512		373
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	308		224		127