USGS 05430500 ROCK RIVER AT AFTON, WI

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LOCATION.--Lat 42°36'49", long 89°04'18", sec.28, T.2 N., R.12 E., Rock County, Hydrologic Unit 07090001, on right bank of downstream side of W. Eau Claire Rd.

DRAINAGE AREA.--3,340 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1914 to present. Monthly discharge for January 1914 published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1238: 1916(M), 1919(M), 1933, 1937-38. 1943. WDR WI-79-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 742.36 ft NAVD88. Prior to Aug. 23, 1932, a nonrecording gage 20 ft upstream, and Aug. 23, 1932, to Sept. 30, 1933, water-stage recorder, at same site at datum 1 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants above station. Gage-height telemeter at station.

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1986-10-01  2024-03-19
2017-10-01  2024-03-19
2019-10-01  2024-03-19







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 3030 03-19-2024   00:00 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Mar 19 based on 110 water years of record more
Min
(1934)
25th
percen-
tile
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Mar 19
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(1929)
602 2180 3030 3580 3900 5160 11600


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 5.84 03-19-2024   00:00 CDT
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