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Available Parameters
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00530 Suspended solids(Mean)  
00608 Ammonia, wf(Mean)  
00625 NH3+orgN, wu(Mean)  
00631 NO3+NO2, wf(Mean)  
00665 Phosphorus, wu(Mean)  
00671 Orthophosphate, wf(Mean)  
62961 Ammonia, dissolved(Mean)  
91050 Phosphorus, wu(Mean)  
91055 Susp solids @ 105C(Mean)  
91057 NH3+orgN, wu(Mean)  
91060 Orthophosphate, diss(Mean)  
91061 NO3+NO2, dissolved(Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05430175 YAHARA RIVER NEAR FULTON, WI
LOCATION - Lat 42°49'35", long 89°10'19" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.10, T.4 N., R.11 E., Rock County, WI, Hydrologic Unit 07090001, on left bank, 20 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 59, 0.5 mi downstream from Badfish Creek, and 2.6 mi northwest of Fulton. Prior to May 1996 located 2,000 ft upstream at datum 2.85 ft higher.
DRAINAGE AREA - 518 mi² of which 36.6 mi² probably is noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR WI-96-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1977 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 790.15 ft above NAVD of 1988. July 1977 to April 1996, recording gage at site about 2,000 ft upstream at datum 2.85 ft higher.
REMARKS - Records are considered good except for estimated 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. Regulation from dams and power plants upstream sometimes causes trends to differ compared to nearby reference sites. Gage-height telemeter at station. 
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Sep. 1998 - Oct. 2000; Jan. 2014 - current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - TOTAL PHOSPHORUS: Sep. 1998 - Oct. 2000; Jan. 2014 - current year. ORTHO PHOSPHORUS: Sep. 1998 - Oct. 2000; Jan. 2014 - current year. SUSPENDED SOLIDS: Sep. 1998 - Oct. 2000; Jan. 2014 - current year. NITRATE PLUS NITRITE NITROGEN: Jan. 2014 - current year. TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN: Jan. 2014 - current year. AMMOMNIA NITROGEN: Jan. 2014 - current year.
REMARKS - Records fair/poor. Samples are equal-width increment, analyzed at Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District. Daily loads and concentrations generated using GCLAS (Graphical Constituent Loading Analysis System) using linear interpolation between sample concentrations.