USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

04073466 SILVER CREEK AT SPAULDING ROAD NEAR GREEN LAKE, WI

LOCATION - Lat 43°50'23", long 88°54'30" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.23, T.16 N., R.13 E., Green Lake County, WI, Hydrologic Unit 04030201, on left bank at upstream side of Spaulding Road 2.9 mi east of Green Lake.

DRAINAGE AREA - 45.1 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - November 2011 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Side-looking velocity meter system. Datum of gage is 789.83 ft above NAVD of 1988, from USGS Benchmark.

REMARKS - Records are considered good except for estimated daily discharges which are poor and other periods as noted. For records status prior to October 1, 2013, see remarks printed in annual water-data reports. Flows fluctuate due to backwater from Green Lake. Gage-height telemeter and velocity meter at station.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - November 2011 to current year.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SUSPENDED SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: November 2011 to current year. TOTAL-PHOSPHORUS DISCHARGE: November 2011 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Automatic pumping sampler from November 2011 to current year.

REMARKS - For the 2015 water year, records are fair. Phosphorus concentration analyses by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. Sediment analyses by the USGS Kentucky Sediment Laboratory. Samples are point samples unless otherwise indicated.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum observed, 377 mg/L, May 03, 2012; minimum observed, 3 mg/L, Nov. 30, 2011. SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: Maximum daily, 212 tons, May 03, 2012; minimum daily, 0.02 tons, Jan. 16, 2014. TOTAL-PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum observed, 0.640 mg/L, May 3, 2012; minimum observed, 0.036 mg/L, Feb. 01, 2013. TOTAL-PHOSPHORUS DISCHARGE: Maximum daily, 878 lb, May 3, 2012; minimum daily, 0.32 lb, Jan. 16, 2014.