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USGS 05356000 CHIPPEWA RIVER AT BISHOPS BRIDGE NEAR WINTER, WI

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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 1,256.99 ft NAVD88. 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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Available Parameters Available Period
  
1986-10-01  2024-11-21
2017-10-01  2024-11-21
2019-10-01  2024-11-21







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 327 11-21-2024   05:00 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 21 based on 112 water years of record more
Min
(1932)
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 21
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(2016)
120 327 491 778 838 1180 2220


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 4.46 11-21-2024   05:00 CST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 1261.45 11-21-2024   05:00 CST
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