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USGS 05427943 PHEASANT BRANCH AT AIRPORT ROAD NEAR MIDDLETON, WI

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.--Lat 43°06'40", long 89°32'10", in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.5, T.7 N., R.8 E., Dane County, Hydrologic Unit 07090001, on left bank at Parmenter St. bridge (old US Hwy 12), 2.5 mi upstream from Lake Mendota, at Middleton.

DRAINAGE AREA.--9.61 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1977 to September 1981, water year 1998 and June to September 2009 (discontinued); October 2011 to current year.

GAGE.--Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 912.47 ft. above NAVD of 1988, from GPS.

REMARKS.--Gage-height telemeter at station.

Operated in cooperation with:

City of Middleton logoCity of Middleton

and the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission

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
  
1997-10-01  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: 8.69 11-21-2024   04:10 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 21 based on 17 water years of record more
Min
(1978)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 21
Max
(2020)
0.30 0.98 1.7 2.3 2.4 8.69 11.8


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 4.39 11-21-2024   04:10 CST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 916.86 11-21-2024   04:10 CST
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