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Photographer: Keith L
Taken: April 27, 2011
Caption: Gaging Station
Additional Description: [located by the marker]
To measure the flow of the Chippewa River
maintained by
U.S. Geological Survey
in cooperation with
Department of Natural Resources

Drainage area above station - 5,600 square miles
Average discharge of river since 1888 - 5,100 cubic feet per second
Maximim discharge of river since 1888 - 102,000 feet per second in 1941
Maximum stage of river since 1888 - 24.8 feet (paint mark on house)

Flood of Sept. 10, 1884 would have overtopped the gage house!
Submitted: May 25, 2011, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p154470
File Size: 3.224 Megabytes

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