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USGS 05427850 YAHARA RIVER AT STATE HIGHWAY 113 AT MADISON, WI

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.--Lat 43°09'03", long 89°24'07", in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.23, T.8 N., R.9 E., Dane County, Hydrologic Unit 07090001, at bridge on state highway 113.

DRAINAGE AREA.--114 square miles of which 36.6 is non-contributing.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 2002 to present.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Side-looking velocity meter system. Datum of gage is 840.00 ft NAVD88 from GPS.

REMARKS.--Gage-height telemeter at station.

Operated in Cooperation With:

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Logo Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Dane County Logo Dane County Dane County Water Resources Logo

and the Town of Westport

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This station managed by the Wisconsin Water Science Center - Madison WI.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2025-06-15  2025-10-13
2001-12-27  2025-10-13
2017-10-01  2025-10-13
2025-06-15  2025-10-13
2025-06-15  2025-10-13
2022-10-14  2025-10-13
2016-06-02  2025-10-13







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, [COOPERATOR DATA]
Most recent instantaneous value: 16.5 10-13-2025   17:00 CDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 23.0 10-13-2025   17:00 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 13 based on 23 water years of record more
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 13		 Min
(2006)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2020)
23.0 31.4 55 70 75 87 188

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 9.86 10-13-2025   17:00 CDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, [COOPERATOR DATA]
Most recent instantaneous value: 679 10-13-2025   17:00 CDT
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Specific conductance, non-temperature corrected, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter, [COOPERATOR DATA]
Most recent instantaneous value: 563 10-13-2025   17:00 CDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 849.86 10-13-2025   17:00 CDT
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.11 10-13-2025   17:00 CDT
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