USGS 05425500 ROCK RIVER AT WATERTOWN, WI

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LOCATION. --Lat 43°11'17", long 88°43'34", in NE 1/4, SW 1/4 sec.4, T.8 N., R.15 E., Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit 07090001, on left bank, 700 ft downstream from Milwaukee Street bridge, 1.1 mi downstream from Silver Creek, at Watertown. 

DRAINAGE AREA. --969 square miles. 

PERIOD OF RECORD. --June 1931 to September 1970, October 1976 to present. 

REVISED RECORDS. --WSP 1438: 1933,1935(M), 1937(M), 1938-39, 1945(M); WDR WI-79-1: Drainage area. 

GAGE. --Water-stage recorder and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 792.56 ft +/- 0.04 ft NAVD88. Prior to Sept. 26, 1933, nonrecording gage at site 700 ft upstream at different datum. 

REMARKS. --Flow partly regulated by powerplant at Watertown. Gage-height telemeter at station. 

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Available Parameters Available Period
  
1986-10-01  2024-12-03
2017-10-01  2024-12-03
2019-10-01  2024-12-03







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 760 12-03-2024   16:25 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Dec 3 based on 86 water years of record more
Min
(1938)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Dec 3
Max
(2020)
3.00 119 354 481 728 760 2040


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 2.59 12-03-2024   16:25 CST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 795.15 12-03-2024   16:25 CST
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