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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05550300       TYLER CREEK AT ELGIN, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 42°03'31", long 88°18'14", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.3, T.41 N., R.9 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank 50 ft upstream from bridge on Big Timber Road, .5 mi west of Elgin, and at mile 1.6.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 38.9 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1998-2001.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, November 1990.

PRECIPITATION: October 1998 to current year.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 745.00 ft above sea level.

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 953 ft3/s, June 13, 1999, gage height, 8.23 ft; minimum discharge, 1.2 ft3/s, July 20, 2001.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.06 in., October 17, 1998.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
111   7.024   e7.752 75 26 23 63   7.42.71.7
29.410   22   e7.941 67 25 22 92   7.03.41.6
312   7.621   e9.243 61 24 22 69   9.63.04.5
433   6.420   e9.535 60 23 19 50   10   2.53.0
529   5.917   e9.530 49 30 18 81   6.62.31.9
 
623   36   16   10   27 40 61 19 96   6.82.15.5
719   89   17   10   26 36 61 37 69   9.22.17.4
817   62   14   9.356 35 45 40 54   5.42.113   
919   135   13   9.0404 31 44 29 43   4.313   18   
1016   143   14   9.0346 29 38 31 35   5.57.610   
 
1121   95   10   9.4211 34 57 121 33   7.23.36.8
1214   72   e10   9.9140 39 147 88 44   4.82.34.1
1311   61   e11   10   106 44 96 57 33   3.53.03.1
1411   51   e12   14   97 39 69 46 27   3.62.02.9
1510   43   e11   18   89 71 68 42 38   3.81.82.7
 
169.139   e13   20   75 110 61 34 41   3.614   2.5
1710   35   e11   19   57 82 51 28 36   3.13.97.0
188.932   e10   20   50 82 45 27 35   3.53.47.3
198.529   e11   18   45 69 42 25 30   2.43.451   
208.626   e10   16   40 61 45 24 23   1.82.448   
 
218.622   e8.815   36 55 64 30 23   29   2.277   
228.020   e10   14   35 50 57 28 21   12   9.339   
238.420   e9.113   30 46 50 25 19   11   4.534   
249.119   e8.312   116 41 39 25 16   6.93.631   
259.923   e8.311   418 35 34 23 14   6.35.621   
 
2611   27   e8.411   243 31 33 35 14   5.14.817   
278.926   e8.010   155 29 29 51 12   4.34.114   
287.725   e7.610   98 29 25 42 8.54.13.211   
297.126   e7.826   --- 29 24 32 7.64.02.37.4
306.525   e8.560   --- 27 23 25 8.33.72.46.2
 
316.8---   e8.671   --- 27 --- 34 ---   3.02.3---   

TOTAL392.51217.9380.4498.431011513143611021135.4198.5124.6459.6
MEAN12.740.612.316.111148.847.935.537.86.404.0215.3
MAX33143247141811014712196291477
MIN6.55.97.67.7262723187.61.81.81.6
CFSM.331.04.32.412.851.251.23.91.97.16.10.39
IN..381.16.36.482.971.451.371.051.09.19.12.44

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN16.723.314.431.367.935.068.638.160.017.96.3812.9
MAX23.240.618.967.611148.811742.910535.88.9219.4
(WY)199920011999199920012001199919991999200020002000
MIN12.76.8212.010.230.318.841.335.533.26.404.024.14
(WY)200120002000200020002000200020011998200120011998

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2000 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2001 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1998 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL10015.3      11559.3  
ANNUAL MEAN27.4      31.7  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN44.2      1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN24.7      2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN225             Apr 21418         Feb 25571         Jun 14 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN2.4   A    Sep 3-61.6      Sep 21.6      Sep 2 2001
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM2.5          Sep 12.5      Aug 302.1   ASep 6 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW602         Feb 9953         Jun 13 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE7.25    Feb 98.23    Jun 13 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW1.2      Jul 201.2      Jul 20 2001
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).70    .81
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)9.58    11.05
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS65         68     69         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS16         20     16         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS6.1      3.6  3.6      

A - Estimated.


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