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SINSINAWA RIVER BASIN


05414820       SINSINAWA RIVER NEAR MENOMINEE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°28'43", long 90°29'12" (NAD of 1983), 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 to current year.
 

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 NGVD of 1929 (640.59 ft NAVD 1988).
 

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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 20  21  20  20  e14  18  16  14  12  11    9.3 9.7
2 21  23  19  89  e15  17  15  14  12  11    9.2 9.5
3 18  21  19  27  e15  17  15  13  12  11    9.5 9.5
4 18  22  19  21  16  18  15  13  14  11    9.5 9.8
5 18  21  19  18  50  27  15  13  21  11    9.1 9.7
 
6 18  20  23  e15  400  24  15  13  14  11    9.0 9.7
7 18  20  26  e15  465  27  16  13  13  10    9.0 9.6
8 22  19  24  e15  61  18  15  13  13  10    9.0 10   
9 19  19  22  e15  27  17  14  14  13  10    9.0 10   
10 18  19  22  e15  20  18  15  13  13  9.8 9.6 10   
 
11 17  19  21  20  20  17  15  16  16  9.6 15    9.9
12 18  18  21  93  35  17  21  14  16  9.7 24    9.9
13 19  18  19  153  357  16  17  15  14  9.5 11    10   
14 19  18  e18  45  540  16  16  14  13  9.3 11    10   
15 19  17  20  e19  134  16  16  13  13  9.1 10    9.6
 
16 18  20  20  e17  54  16  15  13  13  8.9 9.9 9.9
17 18  21  20  e17  29  16  16  13  12  8.9 9.9 9.7
18 18  20  e17  e16  21  16  16  13  12  8.7 111    9.8
19 18  22  e17  e16  20  17  15  14  12  8.5 18    14   
20 18  21  20  e15  22  16  15  13  12  9.8 17    13   
 
21 17  20  20  e15  41  16  15  12  12  9.7 12    10   
22 20  19  e17  e14  45  16  17  12  12  9.3 11    10   
23 36  20  e16  e14  25  16  16  12  12  64    11    9.9
24 25  19  e16  e14  21  16  15  12  12  23    10    11   
25 21  19  18  e14  26  16  15  11  45  11    10    16   
 
26 21  19  e16  e14  30  16  15  12  69  12    10    16   
27 21  22  16  e14  20  16  15  12  14  11    11    10   
28 20  21  20  e14  24  16  14  12  12  10    10    10   
29 21  20  20  e14  ---  16  14  12  12  9.8 9.9 9.9
30 22  19  21  e14  ---  16  14  13  12  9.5 9.8 9.3
 
31 20  ---  21  e14  ---  17  ---  12  ---  9.4 9.7 ---   

TOTAL 616 597 607 816 2547 541 463 403 482 376.5 443.4 315.4
MEAN 19.9 19.9 19.6 26.3 91.0 17.5 15.4 13.0 16.1 12.1 14.3 10.5
MAX 36 23 26 153 540 27 21 16 69 64 111 16
MIN 17 17 16 14 14 16 14 11 12 8.5 9.0 9.3
CFSM 0.50 0.50 0.49 0.66 2.30 0.44 0.39 0.33 0.41 0.31 0.36 0.27
IN. 0.58 0.56 0.57 0.77 2.39 0.51 0.43 0.38 0.45 0.35 0.42 0.30
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 21.4 20.1 20.8 22.7 37.3 38.5 25.4 29.9 35.2 26.6 24.1 24.7
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 1977 1977 1989 1971 1990

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 9428.7     8207.3    
ANNUAL MEAN 25.8     22.5     27.2        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 57.5         1973
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 12.3         1990
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 811            May 23 540            Feb 14 2170            May 17 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 9.4         Jan 22 8.5         Jul 19 4.8         Jan 25 1991
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 10            Jan 16 9.0         Jul 13 5.0         Feb 22 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 936            Feb 13 17000        A May 17 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.75       Feb 13 14.37       May 17 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 8.2         Jul 18,19,20 0.00   B Dec 25 1988
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.651 0.568 0.686    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.86   7.71   9.32      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 31        23        38           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 20        16        18           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 13        9.8     9.8        

A - On basis of contracted-opening and flow-over-road measurement of peak flow.

B - Result of freezeup.


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