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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05543800       FOX RIVER AT WATERTOWN RD NEAR WAUKESHA, WI

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 43°03'12", long 88°11'41" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4 SE1/4 sec.24, T.7N., R.19E., Waukesha County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at upstream side of Watertown Road bridge, 3.5 mi northeast of Waukesha.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 77.4 mi2

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: December 1992 to September 2000 (discontinued).

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water year 2000.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

FISH: Water year 2001.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000-01.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 820 ft above NGVD of 1929 (820 ft NAVD 1988).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1430 ft3/s, Aug. 8, 1998, gage height, 12.07 ft; minimum discharge, 13 ft3/s, Sept. 16, 1995.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Habitat segment data were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. The measurements were collected according to Fitzpatrick and others (1998).




Tabular-Text Files of Habitat Segment Data for Water Year 2001

The following link contains habitat segment data collected at this site. An explanation of column headers in these files can be accessed at this link.

Segment -- General description of the segment, including gradient, sinuosity, and water-management features.



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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data