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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05550300       TYLER CREEK AT ELGIN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°03'31", long 88°18'14" (NAD of 1927), 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: May 1998 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962, 1963, 1965-80. 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 NGVD of 1929. Prior to Sept. 30, 1980, at downstream side of bridge 100 ft downstream and at datum 7.36 ft higher.

 

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, 1,650 ft3/s, Aug. 22, 2002, gage height, 8.26 ft, from rating curve extended above 580 ft3/s; minimum discharge, 0.63 ft3/s, several days in water year 2004.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 4.40 in., August 22, 2002.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for May 22 - June 29, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges and above 1,100 ft3/s, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
10.703.48.315   4.242 66 20   292 21   1.24.2
20.8024   6.415   4.354 55 18   199 18   1.13.5
32.4  42   5.916   4.650 47 16   138 19   39   3.3
40.7648   6.016   4.258 39 15   95 25   54   3.1
50.7358   12   14   4.1188 35 14   70 21   24   3.2
 
60.7130   9.011   4.5152 33 12   58 19   14   2.5
70.7118   8.311   4.5108 30 9.848 16   8.42.2
80.6712   7.99.94.380 27 7.039 15   6.22.6
90.668.124   10   4.465 24 5.632 21   5.03.0
100.706.8138   9.64.154 21 23   62 36   4.42.9
 
110.787.0133   9.94.547 19 12   80 21   4.42.3
120.916.284   11   4.234 19 16   382 15   4.32.1
130.734.757   9.84.229 18 38   319 12   3.92.1
1414     3.945   8.14.333 16 153   219 9.33.42.7
151.5  4.038   7.94.030 15 163   145 7.73.16.0
 
160.884.034   e7.63.729 15 100   96 6.72.96.3
170.815.528   e7.23.830 15 72   72 5.83.33.2
180.8077   24   6.84.131 13 129   57 4.73.32.5
190.8268   20   e6.55.031 12 104   45 4.23.51.9
200.8444   17   5.717   34 19 72   38 3.72.51.7
 
210.8732   19   5.919   28 34 89   66 7.72.21.8
220.8924   18   4.720   25 30 379   80 7.72.01.7
230.9525   17   3.545   23 25 444   57 4.72.11.6
241.4  19   15   3.961   62 29 332   46 3.32.61.7
253.3  16   13   3.641   87 43 234   38 2.73.92.0
 
260.9214   13   3.736   137 37 165   33 2.34.02.1
270.8713   13   5.232   115 28 116   31 2.15.92.1
280.9211   23   4.928   118 25 83   29 1.828   3.0
290.939.921   4.729   150 21 66   25 1.613   3.0
300.949.919   e4.5---   108 21 264   23 1.57.62.8
 
310.96---   17   e4.4---   82 --- 372   --- 1.55.5---   

TOTAL43.86648.4893.8257.0409.021148313543.42914338.0268.783.1
MEAN1.4121.628.88.2914.168.227.711497.110.98.672.77
MAX147713816611886644438236546.3
MIN0.663.45.93.53.723125.6231.51.11.6
CFSM0.040.560.740.210.361.750.712.942.500.280.220.07
IN.0.040.620.850.250.392.020.793.392.790.320.260.08

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN22.419.716.518.941.738.249.561.066.614.112.49.17
MAX77.340.628.867.611168.211711411935.848.819.4
(WY)200220012004199920012004199920042002200020022000
MIN1.415.053.752.111.9410.613.835.59.756.403.581.55
(WY)200420032003200320032003200320012003200120032003

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1998 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL5492.95  12344.26      
ANNUAL MEAN15.0    33.7        31.4        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN44.2        1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN11.9        2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN188           May 11444               May 23803           Jun 5 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.66      Oct 90.66          Oct 90.66      Oct 9 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.71      Oct 40.71          Oct 40.71      Oct 4 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW795               May 301650        AAug 22 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE7.51          May 308.26      Aug 22 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.63   B0.63      C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.3870.867    0.806    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)5.25  11.80      10.95      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS37       82           70           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.1    14           14           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.94  1.7        2.5        

A - From rating curve extended above 580 ft3/s.

B - Several days.

C - Several days in water year 2004.



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