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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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Available Parameters Available Period
  
1986-10-01  2024-11-12
2017-10-01  2024-11-12
2019-10-01  2024-11-12







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 1090 11-12-2024   18:00 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 12 based on 110 water years of record more
Min
(1937)
25th
percen-
tile
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 12
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(1971)
333 896 1090 1140 1230 1470 3810


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 6.67 11-12-2024   18:00 CST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 774.25 11-12-2024   18:00 CST
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