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USGS 05428500 YAHARA RIVER AT EAST MAIN STREET AT MADISON, WI

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.-- Lat 43°05'22", long 89°21'39", in sec.7, T.7 N., R.10 E., Dane County, Hydrologic Unit 07090001, at Main Street bridge in Madison.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 235 square miles, 36.6 is non-contributing.

PERIOD OF RECORD.-- November 2003 to current year.

GAGE.-- Pressure transducer, acoustic velocity meter and phone line with modem. Datum of gage is 839.95 ft. above NAVD of 1988.

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Available Parameters Available Period
  
2024-01-01  2024-11-21
2003-11-07  2024-11-21
2017-10-01  2024-11-21
2024-07-24  2024-11-21
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, [COOPERATOR DATA]
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.2 11-21-2024   05:00 CST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 459 11-21-2024   05:00 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 21 based on 19 water years of record more
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tile		 Median Mean 75th
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tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 21		 Max
(2020)
185 209 278 287 335 459 509

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.55 11-21-2024   05:00 CST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, [COOPERATOR DATA]
Most recent instantaneous value: 590 11-21-2024   05:00 CST
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Specific conductance, non-temperature corrected, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter, [COOPERATOR DATA]
Most recent instantaneous value: 379 11-21-2024   05:00 CST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 845.50 11-21-2024   05:00 CST
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.85 11-21-2024   05:00 CST
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