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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. 2, 1965, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft above dam in Wilmot 11 mi downstream at datum 0.50 ft lower, and recording gage Sept. 2, 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, which are fair.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1323 356 e230 287 e170 e140 396 455 471 219 151 112 
2453 332 e250 288 e180 e140 372 685 423 225 149 91 
3482 365 e240 262 e190 e150 354 636 484 195 187 88 
4441 289 e230 e270 e190 e150 349 592 415 159 199 86 
5558 329 e220 e270 e180 e150 391 790 413 228 195 102 
 
6500 308 e220 277 e180 e160 409 963 363 217 172 99 
7458 279 e210 280 e180 e160 399 777 317 328 208 96 
8448 279 e210 283 e170 e160 435 895 345 334 205 83 
9324 287 e200 275 e170 e160 445 1100 435 454 223 103 
10366 308 e200 267 e160 e170 357 1360 416 434 169 104 
 
11332 318 e210 e240 e160 e180 457 1240 478 441 166 87 
12270 334 e210 e210 e150 e180 455 1320 474 414 169 96 
13290 270 e220 e180 e150 e180 445 1330 430 338 163 164 
14304 267 e230 e170 e150 e220 405 1140 364 269 137 159 
15271 306 e230 e160 e140 e320 348 1190 321 388 154 110 
 
16295 281 e240 e150 e140 e540 454 1130 301 525 126 109 
17282 282 e240 e150 e140 578 449 988 243 489 124 105 
18259 287 285 e150 e140 555 273 881 241 441 142 101 
19303 282 367 e140 e140 622 325 793 267 315 116 97 
20342 278 446 e140 e140 562 333 778 279 259 115 88 
 
21276 302 432 e130 e140 489 367 687 194 281 114 90 
22281 334 e380 e130 e140 453 431 531 233 275 126 107 
23308 262 e320 e130 e150 470 364 589 213 247 95 122 
24266 e260 e280 e130 e150 465 292 515 187 218 95 106 
25307 e260 e260 e130 e140 423 305 450 204 206 120 100 
 
26369 e260 e250 e140 e140 419 335 402 212 210 124 110 
27396 e260 e240 e140 e140 388 261 405 185 183 114 135 
28418 249 e230 e140 e140 348 226 348 235 157 92 110 
29389 262 e220 e150 --- 422 239 447 242 181 98 105 
30360 e250 e220 e150 --- 437 278 400 196 133 116 103 
 
31337 --- e230 e160 --- 415 --- 397 --- 173 114 --- 

TOTAL1100887367950597943601020610949242149581893644783168
MEAN355291256193156329365781319288144106
MAX5583654462881906224571360484525223164
MIN2592492001301401402263481851339283
CFSM0.440.360.320.240.190.410.450.960.390.360.180.13
IN.0.500.400.360.270.200.470.501.110.440.410.210.15

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN39147844942354210941065717566390331344
MAX19311536175518181386243435912078174813829021763
(WY)198719861983196020011979199319732000196919521972
MIN79.511391.487.710525225610812469.257.262.7
(WY)195719501964194019401968195819581988195819581946

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1940 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL184039     109565     
ANNUAL MEAN504     300     565     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1240     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN174     1958
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2420         Jun 61360         May 107100     Apr 1 1960
LOWEST DAILY MEAN130         Aug 1283         Sep 835     Sep 9 1958
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM160         Jul 2092         Sep 241     Sep 7 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1420         May 127520     Mar 31 1960
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE9.31    May 1214.10Feb 21 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW79         Sep 80.00Oct 26 1945
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.620.370.70
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)8.445.039.47
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS853     476     1270     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS409     260     370     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS210     118     127     



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