LOCATION.--Lat 45°50'55", long 91°04'44", in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.23, T.39 N., R.6 W., Sawyer County, Hydrologic Unit 07050001, on right bank 15 ft upstream from highway bridge on County Trunk Highway G, 3.2 mi downstream from Lake Chippewa Dam, and 3.7 mi northwest of Winter.

DRAINAGE AREA.--790 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1912 to present. March, April, 1912, and December to April 1913, monthly discharge only published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1438: 1913(M), 1915-18(M), 1919, 1920-23(M), 1924, 1925(M), 1927(M), 1928, 1929-30(M), 1939(M). WDR WI-81-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,256.78 ft above sea level (levels by Wilhelm Engineering Co.). See WSP 1708 or 1728 for history of changes prior to July 23, 1930.

REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Moose Lake and Lake Chippewa. Gage-height telemeter at station.

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