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USGS 05394500 PRAIRIE RIVER NEAR MERRILL, WI

 

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LOCATION.--Lat 45°14'09", long 89°38'59", in SW 1/4 SW 1/4, sec.20, T.32 N., R.7 E., Lincoln County, Hydrologic Unit 07070002, on left bank 40 ft upstream from bridge on County Trunk Highway C, 1.5 mi upstream from Meadow Creek, 4.5 mi northeast of Merrill, and 8.0 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--184 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1914 to September 1931, August 1939 to present. Monthly discharge for some periods published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1308: 1915-17(M), 1919-21(M), 1923-31(M), 1942-43(M), 1945(M), 1948-50(M). WDR WI-77-1: Drainage area. WDR WI-79-1: 1972.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,297.22 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 9, 1968, nonrecording gage 40 ft downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Gage-height telemeter at station.

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The precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 60 days. Rainfall instrumentation may not be calibrated, and other quality assurance measures may not be performed that would make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general scientific or interpretive studies.


 
 
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 64   02-09-2010  22:00 CST
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Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Feb 10 based on 87 years of record more
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Most recent instantaneous value: 1.86   02-09-2010  22:00 CST
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: -0.1   02-09-2010  22:00 CST
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