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USGS 05406500 BLACK EARTH CREEK AT BLACK EARTH, WI

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LOCATION.--Lat 43°08'03", long 89°43'56", in SE 1/4, SW 1/4 sec.25, T.8 N., R.6 E., Dane County, Hydrologic Unit 07070005, on right bank, 0.8 mi east of Black Earth and 2.1 mi upstream from Vermont Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--45.6 square miles, of which 2.8 square miles probably is noncontributing.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1954 to present.

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR WI-76-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 811.29 ft above NAVD of 1988.

REMARKS.--Gage-height telemeter at station.

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The precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 30 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
  
2009-10-06  2013-10-01
1986-10-01  2025-06-23
2007-10-01  2025-06-23
2009-10-06  2013-10-01
2009-10-06  2013-10-01
2010-10-01  2013-10-01
2025-06-12  2025-06-23
2009-10-06  2013-10-01







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
 
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 79.4 06-23-2025   02:00 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jun 23 based on 71 water years of record more
Min
(1965)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jun 23		 Max
(2024)
14.0 26 35 50 52 79.4 530

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.62 06-23-2025   02:00 CDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
 
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
 
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
 
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 813.91 06-23-2025   02:00 CDT
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
 
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