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USGS 05427948 PHEASANT BRANCH AT MIDDLETON, WI

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.--Lat 43°06'12", long 89°30'42", in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.11, 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.--18.3 square miles, of which 1.22 square miles are noncontributing.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1974 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and steel piling control. Datum of gage is 901.31 ft above NAVD88.

REMARKS.--Gage-height telemeter at station.

Operated in cooperation with:
City
  of Middleton logo
City 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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This station managed by the Wisconsin Water Science Center - Madison WI.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2024-07-25  2024-11-23
2024-07-25  2024-11-23
2011-10-01  2024-11-23
1984-10-01  2024-11-23
2017-10-01  2024-11-23
2024-07-25  2024-11-23
2024-07-25  2024-11-23
2019-10-01  2024-11-23
2011-10-01  2024-11-23







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Summary of all available data for this site
Instantaneous-data availability statement


Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 6.5 11-23-2024   01:05 CST
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, [COOPERATOR DATA]

Most recent instantaneous value: 6.4 11-23-2024   01:05 CST
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Precipitation, total, inches

Most recent instantaneous value: 0.00 11-23-2024   01:05 CST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 16.9 11-23-2024   01:05 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 23 based on 49 water years of record more
Min
(1991)
25th
percen-
tile
Median 75th
percen-
tile
Mean Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 23
Max
(2004)
0.42 1.6 2.4 4 6.1 16.9 126


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 4.00 11-23-2024   01:05 CST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, [COOPERATOR DATA]

Most recent instantaneous value: 885 11-23-2024   01:05 CST
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Specific conductance, non-temperature corrected, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter, [COOPERATOR DATA]

Most recent instantaneous value: 557 11-23-2024   01:05 CST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 932.02 11-23-2024   01:05 CST
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Precipitation, cumulative, inches

Most recent instantaneous value: 1.44 11-23-2024   01:05 CST
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