HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 04078500 EMBARRASS RIVER NEAR EMBARRASS, WI


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 384 sq.mi.                             Datum is 803.95 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 04030202 at Latitude: 44:43:29N  Longitude: 088:44:10W
Station is in the state of WI (county code 115) and serviced by the WI office.
Channel slope is 11.90 feet/mile
Stream length is 56.60 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1210.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 15.00%    Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 36.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 5.38 inches
Annual precipitation is 30.60 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.49 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 8.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Winter records may be ice affected.


Daily and longer averages for 66 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

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