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USGS 05428500 YAHARA RIVER AT EAST MAIN STREET AT MADISON, WI

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 43°05'22",   Longitude 89°21'39"   NAD83
Dane County, Wisconsin, Hydrologic Unit 07090002
Drainage area: 235 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 198.4 square miles,
Datum of gage: 846 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2003-11-07  2025-11-04  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2003-11-08  2025-11-03  8028 
    Gage height, feet  2003-11-08  2010-09-30  7461 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2003-11-08  2025-05-13 7854 
    Gage height, feet  2003-11-08  2010-09-30 2487 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2003-11  2025-05  
    Gage height, feet  2003-11  2010-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2004  2025  
    Gage height, feet  2004  2010  
 Peak streamflow 2004-07-16  2024-07-02  21 
 Field measurements 1975-07-18  2025-08-15  212 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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