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SINSINAWA RIVER BASIN


05414820       SINSINAWA RIVER NEAR MENOMINEE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 42°28'44", long 90°29'10", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.28, T.29 N., R.1 W., Jo Daviess County, Hydrologic Unit 07060005, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on High Ridge Road, 2.4 mi east of Menominee, 4.5 mi northwest of Galena, and at mile 7.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 39.6 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1967 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.


REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-74-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 640.75 ft above sea level.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge 17,000 ft3/s, May 17, 1999, gage height, 14.37 ft, on basis of contracted-opening and flow-over-road measurement of peak flow; no flow for part of Dec. 25, 1988, result of freezeup.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those above 300 ft3/s, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 17  16  16    e9.9 18  22  26  25  33  29  19  17 
2 18  16  15    e9.9 17  25  24  23  39  26  42  18 
3 17  16  15    e9.9 18  40  23  27  27  26  24  18 
4 18  15  16    e9.9 18  43  22  29  25  25  21  17 
5 18  16  16    e10    17  31  32  26  96  24  21  17 
 
6 18  18  15    e10    16  25  37  30  41  23  20  18 
7 18  21  17    e10    16  26  28  37  34  24  20  21 
8 18  17  15    e10    22  26  26  27  31  23  19  25 
9 18  18  15    e9.8 240  27  64  26  29  22  20  23 
10 18  17  16    e11    52  37  37  31  28  22  19  23 
 
11 18  16  10    e12    30  52  36  31  27  21  18  19 
12 18  16  10    e11    25  107  33  25  51  21  18  18 
13 19  16  e9.8 e10    22  73  28  24  29  20  18  18 
14 19  16  e9.9 e9.8 21  52  28  26  170  20  18  17 
15 19  16  e10    e9.4 19  52  28  25  74  20  19  17 
 
16 19  17  e9.9 e9.2 18  44  26  24  37  19  22  17 
17 19  16  e9.8 e8.9 e18  35  25  23  97  21  19  19 
18 19  16  e10    e8.8 17  35  24  22  127  32  21  19 
19 19  16  e10    e8.8 e16  35  24  21  43  24  20  39 
20 19  16  e10    e8.6 16  35  28  35  37  22  19  63 
 
21 19  15  e9.9 e8.5 15  34  30  65  37  26  19  93 
22 19  15  e9.8 e8.5 16  34  27  33  35  22  20  25 
23 21  15  e9.9 e8.5 15  33  27  31  32  22  19  70 
24 19  16  e9.9 e8.5 23  29  24  31  30  21  19  31 
25 17  16  e9.9 e8.6 209  27  29  29  29  28  24  24 
 
26 17  16  e9.9 e8.6 52  26  25  28  28  21  23  23 
27 17  16  e9.8 e9.2 27  26  24  26  28  20  19  22 
28 16  17  e9.8 e10    22  26  23  25  27  20  18  21 
29 16  17  e9.8 21    ---  27  23  24  27  20  18  20 
30 16  16  e9.8 40    ---  25  23  24  27  19  18  20 
 
31 16  ---  e9.8 25    ---  26  ---  25  ---  19  18  --- 

TOTAL 559 490 363.7 353.3 1015 1135 854 878 1375 702 632 792
MEAN 18.0 16.3 11.7 11.4 36.2 36.6 28.5 28.3 45.8 22.6 20.4 26.4
MAX 21 21 17 40 240 107 64 65 170 32 42 93
MIN 16 15 9.8 8.5 15 22 22 21 25 19 18 17
CFSM .46 .41 .30 .29 .92 .92 .72 .72 1.16 .57 .51 .67
IN. .53 .46 .34 .33 .95 1.07 .80 .82 1.29 .66 .59 .74
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 21.2 20.0 21.0 23.3 36.9 40.6 26.3 30.0 35.0 27.3 23.7 25.7
MAX 99.7 49.3 76.0 88.3 116 151 101 139 102 136 100 122
(WY) 1987 1994 1973 1974 1997 1975 1973 1999 1993 1993 1972 1986
MIN 8.03 8.05 5.92 7.10 8.55 7.83 7.41 8.81 8.18 9.05 9.30 8.88
(WY) 1991 1990 1990 1991 1990 1968 1990 1968 1977 1989 1971 1990

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2001 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL 7969.7       9149.0      
ANNUAL MEAN 21.8       25.1       27.5      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 57.5       1973
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 12.3       1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 214              Jul 2 240              Feb 9 2170          May 17 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 9.8           A 8.5   B     Jan 21-24 4.8       Jan 25 1991
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 9.8   B     Dec 25 8.5   B     Jan 20 5.0       Feb 22 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 758              Jun 17 17000      C May 17 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.29         Jun 17 14.37     May 17 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 7.3   D     Feb 21 .00 E Dec 25 1988
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .55     .63     .69    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.49     8.59     9.44    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 27          36          39         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 18          21          18         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 15          10          9.5      

A - Several days, estimated due to backwater from ice.
B - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
C - On basis of contracted opening and flow-over-road measurement of peak flow.
D - Result of freezeup, but may have been less during periods of estimated daily discharge.
E - Result of freezeup.


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