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ROCK RIVER BASIN


05438283       PISCASAW CREEK NEAR WALWORTH, WI

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°31'18", long 88°39'39" (NAD of 1927), in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.25, T.1 N., R.15 E., Walworth County, Hydrologic Unit 07090006, on right bank 0.9 mi upstream from County Trunk Highway B bridge, 3.2 mi southwest of Walworth.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 9.58 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: September 1992 to current year.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 935 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map (935 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 571 ft3/s, June 13, 1999, gage height, 9.69 ft; maximum gage height, 10.05 ft, June 30, 1993, discharge, 322 ft3/s; minimum discharge, 0.58 ft3/s, March 9-12, 1996.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair.
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 1.0 1.2   0.99 0.89 0.99 1.4 1.4   0.88 0.96 0.80 0.72 0.62
2 1.1 1.3   0.95 4.2   0.96 1.3 1.4   0.90 0.92 0.79 0.72 0.62
3 1.1 1.2   0.94 1.2   1.1   1.2 1.4   0.90 0.94 0.78 0.72 0.62
4 1.1 1.2   1.0   0.99 1.2   1.2 1.4   0.90 0.97 0.80 0.71 0.66
5 1.1 1.2   1.0   0.97 3.3   3.3 1.5   0.91 1.1   0.78 0.70 0.65
 
6 1.2 1.1   1.2   0.93 29      13    1.5   1.1   1.00 0.77 0.69 0.61
7 1.2 1.4   1.6   0.89 85      7.8 1.4   0.99 1.0   0.76 0.65 0.56
8 1.2 1.1   1.5   0.89 8.3   2.5 1.2   0.96 1.0   0.74 0.62 0.56
9 1.1 1.1   1.3   0.89 3.4   1.8 1.2   1.1   1.0   0.74 0.66 0.52
10 1.1 1.1   1.2   0.82 2.4   1.6 1.2   1.1   0.92 0.73 0.68 0.48
 
11 1.1 1.1   1.2   0.83 1.9   1.4 1.2   1.1   4.6   0.72 0.66 0.45
12 1.1 1.1   1.2   21      3.2   1.4 1.2   1.0   2.3   0.74 0.74 0.42
13 1.1 1.1   1.1   28      63      2.5 1.1   1.1   1.7   0.73 0.65 0.42
14 1.1 1.2   1.0   3.2   103      4.7 1.1   1.1   1.6   0.71 0.64 0.42
15 1.2 1.2   0.97 1.9   22      2.1 1.0   1.0   1.4   0.71 0.64 0.42
 
16 1.2 1.1   0.95 1.5   6.7   1.3 1.0   0.98 1.2   0.69 0.63 0.44
17 1.1 1.1   0.94 1.2   3.9   1.2 1.1   0.93 1.1   0.68 0.62 0.47
18 1.2 1.1   0.93 1.2   2.5   1.4 0.99 0.90 1.1   0.68 0.64 0.47
19 1.2 1.1   0.93 1.1   2.1   8.7 0.99 1.4   1.0   0.68 0.63 0.50
20 1.2 1.2   0.93 1.1   2.0   4.3 0.95 2.3   1.0   0.74 0.94 0.49
 
21 1.2 1.1   0.90 1.0   3.3   1.8 0.91 1.8   0.99 0.76 0.70 0.48
22 1.5 1.1   0.88 1.0   2.9   1.5 1.00 1.4   0.96 0.74 0.68 0.50
23 1.2 1.1   0.88 0.99 2.2   1.4 1.0   1.3   0.95 0.76 0.68 0.49
24 1.9 1.0   0.84 0.99 1.8   1.3 1.0   1.3   0.93 0.75 0.68 0.49
25 1.9 0.99 0.87 0.98 2.0   1.2 1.00 1.2   0.90 0.74 0.68 0.57
 
26 1.4 1.0   0.88 0.94 1.9   1.2 0.99 1.2   0.95 0.74 0.67 0.73
27 1.3 1.1   0.88 0.91 1.6   1.3 0.99 1.2   0.89 0.75 0.67 0.59
28 1.1 1.1   0.89 0.92 1.8   1.4 0.99 1.1   0.84 0.80 0.71 0.66
29 1.1 1.1   0.88 0.92 ---      1.4 0.90 1.1   0.80 0.74 0.70 0.64
30 1.1 1.1   0.89 0.91 ---      1.5 0.93 1.0   0.80 0.73 0.69 0.60
 
31 1.1 ---      0.87 0.94 ---      1.4 ---      0.98 ---      0.71 0.63 ---     

TOTAL 37.5 33.89 31.49 84.20 363.45 79.5 33.94 35.13 35.82 22.99 21.15 16.15
MEAN 1.21 1.13 1.02 2.72 13.0 2.56 1.13 1.13 1.19 0.74 0.68 0.54
MAX 1.9 1.4 1.6 28 103 13 1.5 2.3 4.6 0.80 0.94 0.73
MIN 1.0 0.99 0.84 0.82 0.96 1.2 0.90 0.88 0.80 0.68 0.62 0.42
CFSM 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.28 1.35 0.27 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.08 0.07 0.06
IN. 0.15 0.13 0.12 0.33 1.41 0.31 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.09 0.08 0.06


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1992 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 2.07 1.93 1.86 2.25 4.99 3.75 3.50 3.52 7.63 2.73 1.89 1.93
MAX 3.68 3.29 4.54 5.85 13.1 12.0 12.4 8.44 17.2 6.22 4.27 4.48
(WY) 1994 1993 1993 1993 1997 1993 1993 2004 1999 1993 1993 1993
MIN 1.21 1.08 0.99 0.88 1.23 0.69 1.00 1.13 1.19 0.74 0.68 0.54
(WY) 2005 1997 1998 2004 1995 1996 1996 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1992 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 865.14   795.21  
ANNUAL MEAN 2.36   2.18   3.15      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 6.41       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.32       1995
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 102            May 22 103            Feb 14 251            Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.80       A 0.42       Sep 12-15 0.42       Sep 12 2005
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.80       Feb 7 0.43       Sep 11 0.43       Sep 11 2005
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 332            Feb 14 571        B Jun 13 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.43       Feb 14 10.05   C Jun 30 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.38       Sep 12 0.38   D Sep 12 2005
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.247 0.227 0.329    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 3.36   3.09   4.47      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.5     1.9     4.5        
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.2     1.0     1.8        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.88   0.65   0.96      

A - Several days.

B - Gage height, 9.69 ft.

C - Discharge, 322 ft3/s.

D - Also occurred Mar. 10-12, 1996 and Mar. 20, 2004.


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