Sugar River Near Brodhead, WI

USGS Site No: 05436500Sugar River • Green County, WI

Sugar River Near Brodhead, WI on the Sugar River is currently at 339 cfs (Normal — 57th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 1.10 ft.

Reading from

339
CFS Discharge
1.10
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 157
25th Low threshold 220
50th (Median) Normal (median) 302
75th High threshold 428 Today: 339 cfs
95th Very High threshold 940

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

3.4k 1.7k 0 cfs Apr 5 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 354
May 27, 2026 367
May 26, 2026 376
May 25, 2026 388
May 24, 2026 399
May 23, 2026 404
May 22, 2026 417
May 21, 2026 445
May 20, 2026 479
May 19, 2026 461
May 18, 2026 438
May 17, 2026 430
May 16, 2026 441
May 15, 2026 417
Apr 20, 2026 1,980
Apr 19, 2026 2,360
Apr 18, 2026 3,130
Apr 17, 2026 2,130
Apr 16, 2026 2,080
Apr 15, 2026 1,590
Apr 14, 2026 799
Apr 13, 2026 584
Apr 12, 2026 563
Apr 11, 2026 563
Apr 10, 2026 503
Apr 9, 2026 488
Apr 8, 2026 532
Apr 7, 2026 633
Apr 6, 2026 792
Apr 5, 2026 881

Station Information

USGS Site No
05436500
State
WI
County
Green County
Coordinates
42.6123, -89.3980
Drainage Area
523 mi²
Datum (ft)
768.0
HUC Code
07090004
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
4.5 ft
Flood Stage
5.0 ft
Moderate Flood
8.0 ft
Major Flood
10.0 ft

Currently 3.90 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
3,130 cfs
Apr 18, 2026
Min discharge
233 cfs
Nov 30, 2025
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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