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USGS 05382325 LA CROSSE RIVER AT SPARTA, WI

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LOCATION.--Lat 43°56'15", long 90°48'38", in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.23, T.17 N., R.4 W., Monroe County, Hydrologic Unit 07040006, on left bank, 800 ft downstream from bridge on South Water Street, in Sparta, 0.35 mi downstream from Beaver Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--167 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1992 to October 2005 and October 2008 to present.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 760.66 ft above NAVD 1988.

REMARKS.--Gage-height telemeter at station. Occasional regulation from two dams upstream from gage.

 

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Available Parameters Available Period
  
1992-07-03  2026-07-16
2017-10-01  2026-07-16







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 177 07-16-2026   16:00 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jul 16 based on 31 water years of record more
Min
(2005)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jul 16		 Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2010)
80.5 138 166 177 192 212 652

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.76 07-16-2026   16:00 CDT
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