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USGS 05408000 KICKAPOO RIVER AT LA FARGE, WI

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LOCATION.--Lat 43°34'27", long 90°38'35", SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.29, T.13 N., R.2 W., Vernon County, Hydrologic Unit 07070006, on left bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 82, in La Farge, 0.3 mi upstream from Otter Creek. 

DRAINAGE AREA.--266 square miles. 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1938 to current year. 

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1388: 1951(M), 1954(M). WSP 1438: 1944-45(M), 1946, 1948, 1950(M). 

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 781.34 ft above NAVD 1988. Prior to Dec. 4, 1939, nonrecording gage on highway bridge at same datum. 

REMARKS.--Gage-height telemeter at station.

OPERATED IN COOPERATION WITH:

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and with funding from the U.S. Geological Survey
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Available Parameters Available Period
  
1986-10-02  2025-03-10
2017-10-01  2025-03-10
2022-03-11  2025-03-10







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 270 03-10-2025   23:00 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Mar 11 based on 85 water years of record more
Min
(1959)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Mar 11		 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1973)
80.0 133 180 263 270 271 1630

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.93 03-10-2025   23:00 CDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 785.27 03-10-2025   23:00 CDT
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