USGS 05369000 RED CEDAR RIVER AT MENOMONIE, WI

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LOCATION.--Lat 44°52'31", long 91°56'17", in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.27, T.28 N., R.13 W., Dunn County, Hydrologic Unit 07050007, on right bank at Hwy 29 at Menomonie, about 1 mi downstream from powerplant of Northern States Power Co., and 0.8 mi. downstream from previous gage location.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,770 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1907 to September 1908, May 1913 to present. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR WI-81-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 767.38 ft NAVD88 (Northern States Power benchmark). Prior to Sept. 3, 1908, nonrecording gage 0.2 mi downstream at different datum. May 9, 1913, to Sept. 30, 1923, water-stage recorder 0.8 mi. upstream at datum 779.06 sea level. Oct. 1, 1923 to Sept. 30, 2004, water-stage recorder 0.8 mi. upstream at datum 779.48 sea level.

REMARKS.--Flow regulated by powerplants at Menomonie and Cedar Falls. Gage-height telemeter at station.

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The precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 120 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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1986-10-01  2024-03-18
2017-10-01  2024-03-18
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 857 03-18-2024   23:00 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Mar 19 based on 110 water years of record more
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(1917)
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Value Mar 19
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Max
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680 857 1170 1550 2080 2180 10400


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 6.37 03-18-2024   23:00 CDT
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