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USGS 05543830 FOX RIVER AT WAUKESHA, WI

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LOCATION.--Lat 43°00'17", long 88°14'37", in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.3, T.6 N., R.19 E., Waukesha County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank 40 ft downstream from Prairie Street bridge in Waukesha, 1.0 mi downstream from dam and 3.2 mi downstream from Pewaukee River.

DRAINAGE AREA.--126 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1963 to present.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 792.39 ft above sea level (GNSS).

REMARKS.--There is occasional regulation from mill dam 1.0 mi upstream. Gage-height telemeter at station.

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Available Parameters Available Period
  
1986-10-01  2024-11-21
2017-10-01  2024-11-21







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 160 11-21-2024   02:00 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 21 based on 60 water years of record more
Min
(1964)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 21		 Max
(1986)
7.40 42 65 81 96 160 432

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.51 11-21-2024   02:00 CST
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