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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

04063700 POPPLE RIVER NEAR FENCE, WI

LOCATION - Lat 45°45'49", long 88°27'49" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.23, T.38 N., R.16 E., Florence County, WI, Hydrologic Unit 04030108, on left bank 170 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. Forest Service Road 2159, 1.8 mi downstream from Mud Creek, 2.6 mi northwest of Fence, and 11.5 mi upstream from mouth, 8037 Morgan Lake Road.

DRAINAGE AREA - 139 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR WI-76-1: 1972(M). WDR WI-80-1: Drainage area. WDR WI-81-1: 1965 (M).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1963 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,406.41 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to June 18, 1964, nonrecording gage at same site and datum. Prior to October 01, 2007, gage was located 150 feet downstream at same datum.

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. Gage-height telemeter at station. Apr. 11-25, 2017, Fair.

ECOLOGICAL RECORDS

REMARKS - Fish taxa are listed by family in phylogenetic order based on Nelson, J.S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Perez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea, and J.D. Williams, 2004, Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1964 to September 1997, October 2000 to current year. National Water-Quality Assessment Program sampling April 1993 to October 1996, and April 2001 to current year. WATER TEMPERATURE: June 2002 to September 2004, October 2011 to current year. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: June 2002 to September 2004.

INSTRUMENTATION - Continuous water temperature probe. Water temperature probe, specific conductance probe and automated ISCO sampler, June 2002 to April 2012. Sensor located near midstream.

REMARKS - Records represent water temperature at sensor within 0.5°C. Unpublished water temperature records exist October 2005 to September 2011 and specific conductance records exist October 2005 to April 9, 2012.