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Water-Year Summary for Site 05402000

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05402000 YELLOW RIVER AT BABCOCK, WI
LOCATION - Lat 44°18'08", long 90°07'19" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.15, T.21 N., R.3 E., Wood County, WI, Hydrologic Unit 07070003, on right bank, 600 ft upstream of bridge on State Highway 80 at Babcock, 2.0 mi upstream from Hemlock Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 215 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1308: 1944(M), 1946-47(M), 1949(M). WDR WI-77-1: Drainage area. WDR WI-82-1: 1981 (P).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1944 to September 1996, September 1997 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 954.69 ft, NAVD of 1988. Prior to Oct. 28, 1948, nonrecording gage at site 600 ft downstream at same datum. Oct. 28, 1948 to Apr. 9, 1996, water-stage recorder at site 600 ft downstream 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. There is a large recreation dam about 5.0 mi upstream. Gage-height telemeter at station.