Slow/no-wake order still in effect for northern parts of Rock River in Rock County

From the Janesville Gazette

NEWVILLE--Parts of the Rock River in northern Rock County from north of Janesville to the mouth of Lake Koshkonong remain under slow/no wake orders today, according to river stage data from the U.S. Geologic Survey.

The Rock County Sheriff's Office on Friday had predicted that slow/no-wake orders placed last week on the northern part of the river would be removed early Saturday, but the river remains at 7.71 feet, about 2 inches above the county's new slow/no-wake standard for the river, according to USGS data filed at 8 a.m. today.

The sheriff's office is in charge of posting and enforcing slow/no-wake orders on the river.

A new countywide standard requires the sheriff's office to post slow/no wake orders when water levels at the mouth of Lake Koshkonong are above 7.5 feet. The water levels are based on data from a USGS river gauge at Lake Koshkonong.

You can keep track of water levels on the Rock River at by checking a map of USGS river gauges at http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/?m=real&r=wi.

To check water levels at the river near Lake Koshkonong, click on the icon marked "USGS 05427235 Lake Koshkonong near Newville."

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Interesting that the local unit of government, RKLD, would not be asked if their prediction were somewhat close (it wasn't).


RKLD reports water levels daily, every day, for 13 years.  We know more than anyone how the lake behaves - after all, we have invested heavily in that knowledge.