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Water year 2024: 2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30
 
USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05436500 SUGAR RIVER NEAR BRODHEAD, WI
LOCATION - Lat 42°36'44.3", long 89°23'52.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.26, T.2 N., R.9 E., Green County, WI, Hydrologic Unit 07090004, on left bank at upstream side of highway bridge 1.2 mi southwest of Brodhead, and 1.9 mi upstream from Sylvester Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 523 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1238: 1914-16, 1918, 1922, 1927, 1933. WSP 1508: 1916-17(M), 1919(M), 1920, 1921(M), 1927-28(M), 1930(M), 1931, 1936(M), 1943(M). WDR WI-73-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1914 to current year. Monthly discharge only for January and February 1914 published in WSP 1308.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 767.98 ft, NAVD of 1988. Prior to Sept. 17, 2012 160 ft downstream and prior to Oct. 17, 1938, nonrecording gage 140 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS - Some regulation from dam and non-operational powerplant upstream. Gage-height telemeter at station. Records are considered good except for estimated daily discharges which are poor and other periods as noted. For records status prior to October 1, 2014, see remarks printed in annual water-data reports.