USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05362000 JUMP RIVER AT SHELDON, WI
LOCATION - Lat 45°18'29", long 90°57'23" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.26, T.33 N., R.5 W., Rusk County, WI, Hydrologic Unit 07050004, on right bank just downstream from highway bridge in Sheldon, 1,500 ft upstream from Shoulder Creek and 11 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 576 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 975: 1938. WSP 1438: 1916-17(M), 1919(M), 1920, 1921(M), 1922, 1923-26(M), 1927, 1928-31(M), 1932, 1933-37(M), 1945-46(M), 1948-50(M). WDR WI-81-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1915 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,092.71 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to Feb. 9, 1939, Sept. 1, 1941, to Apr. 1, 1953, and Feb. 18, 1954, to Sept. 27, 1964, nonrecording gage at same site and datum. Apr. 2, 1953, to Feb. 18, 1954, nonrecording gage in creamery wellhouse 400 ft upstream at same datum. Feb. 9, 1939, to Aug. 31, 1941, and from Sept. 27, 1964, water-stage recorder at present site and datum.