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Water-Year Summary for Site 05391000

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05391000 WISCONSIN RIVER AT RAINBOW LAKE, NEAR LAKE TOMAHAWK, WI
LOCATION - Lat 45°49'50", long 89°33'08" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.36, T.39 N., R.7 E., Oneida County, WI, Hydrologic Unit 07070001, on right bank 500 ft downstream from Gilmore Creek, 0.4 mi downstream from Rainbow Lake, and 2.3 mi northeast of Lake Tomahawk.
DRAINAGE AREA - 757 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 895: 1937(M). WSP 1508: 1944. WDR WI-83-1: Drainage area. WDR WI-80-1: Datum.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1936 to current year. Prior to October 1955, published as "at Rainbow Reservoir, near Lake Tomahawk."
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,569.13 ft above NAVD of 1988 (levels by Wisconsin Valley Improvement Co.). July 1936 to September 1982, water-stage recorder at site 400 ft above Gilmore Creek at same datum.
REMARKS -

Records are considered good except for estimated daily discharges which are poor and other periods as noted. For records status prior to October 1, 2013, see remarks printed in annual water-data reports.  Flow regulated by Rainbow Lake and 12 smaller reservoirs upstream from station. Gage-height telemeter at station.

07-18-2017 to 09-15-2017 Fair