05545750 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

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. 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.

REMARKS.--Occasional regulation from several dams upstream from gage.

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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	99	167	282	412	e180	e470	1250	715	3020	958	268	342
2	115	268	236	378	e180	e560	1100	582	2900	858	263	270
3	106	438	257	313	e180	e680	978	446	2700	650	256	246
4	105	701	254	e300	e180	e740	906	318	2460	779	401	231
5	100	785	260	e290	e180	1260	811	356	2150	945	525	232

6	99	741	259	e260	e180	1760	654	339	1820	835	435	225
7	100	612	256	e240	e180	1750	536	410	1650	726	491	227
8	118	563	250	e240	e170	1630	639	367	1450	774	490	238
9	115	486	260	e240	e170	1490	667	560	1420	771	431	230
10	112	422	595	e230	e170	1340	582	1050	1370	825	267	205

11	91	320	1250	e220	e170	1190	503	1020	1430	751	298	175
12	104	357	890	e220	e170	1050	502	993	1490	691	297	197
13	109	317	752	e220	e160	899	511	1260	1480	718	269	205
14	144	309	691	e220	e160	804	471	2050	1390	636	274	184
15	152	230	644	e220	e160	726	369	2740	1400	633	271	179

16	110	283	710	e210	e160	710	330	2750	1390	541	248	188
17	147	255	665	e210	e160	676	348	2460	1840	430	270	197
18	125	371	510	e210	e160	558	406	2370	2790	432	276	177
19	120	546	453	e210	e170	570	394	2450	2780	416	273	177
20	119	498	446	e210	e180	641	478	2430	2470	398	268	176

21	104	417	505	e210	e190	621	476	2450	2240	422	258	175
22	132	448	418	e210	e200	607	690	3100	2310	447	250	169
23	119	382	399	e200	e220	558	801	4100	2210	429	232	170
24	105	335	423	e200	e240	515	652	4470	2140	391	241	165
25	158	358	403	e200	e280	578	800	4350	2140	353	272	158

26	157	344	e390	e200	e330	770	786	3990	1810	338	305	148
27	161	352	359	e200	e360	1130	768	3660	1560	346	258	149
28	195	296	337	e200	e400	1070	683	3350	1410	346	275	150
29	146	352	410	e190	e430	1340	430	3060	1300	276	367	161
30	188	232	384	e190	---	1520	545	2920	1160	292	345	147

31	181	---	391	e190	---	1420	---	3010	---	271	377	---

TOTAL	3936	12185	14339	7243	6070	29633	19066	64126	57680	17678	9751	5893
MEAN	127	406	463	234	209	956	636	2069	1923	570	315	196
MAX	195	785	1250	412	430	1760	1250	4470	3020	958	525	342
MIN	91	167	236	190	160	470	330	318	1160	271	232	147
CFSM	0.16	0.50	0.57	0.29	0.26	1.18	0.78	2.55	2.37	0.70	0.39	0.24
IN.	0.18	0.56	0.66	0.33	0.28	1.36	0.87	2.94	2.65	0.81	0.45	0.27

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	387	476	450	420	537	1092	1059	737	587	393	331	341
MAX	1931	1536	1755	1818	1386	2434	3591	2078	1923	1382	902	1763
(WY)	1987	1986	1983	1960	2001	1979	1993	1973	2004	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 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	112331		247600
ANNUAL MEAN	308		677		567
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					1240	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					174	1958
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	1360	May 10	4470	May 24	7100	Apr 1 1960
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	83	Sep 8	91	Oct 11	35	Sep 9 1958
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	92	Sep 2	103	Oct 1	41	Sep 7 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			4510	May 24	7520 A	Mar 31 1960
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			13.73	May 24	14.10 B	Feb 21 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			82	Oct 11	0.00 C	Oct 26 1945
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.379		0.834		0.699
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	5.15		11.36		9.50
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	562		1680		1270
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	239		374		370
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	109		160		128

	A - Gage height, 9.25 ft, from graph based on gage readings, site and datum then in use.
	B - Ice affected.
	C - Also occurred Aug. 10, 1990.