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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.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data