05551540 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

Station list Available data
FOX RIVER BASIN

05551540 FOX RIVER AT MONTGOMERY, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'01", long 88°20'00", (NAD 1927) in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.33, T.38 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left bank at dam 0.4 mi upstream from Mill Street bridge in Montgomery, 3.2 mi upstream from Waubansee Creek, and at mile 45.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,732 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 2002 to current year.
	STAGE: October 2002 to current year.
	MISCELLANEOUS MEASUREMENTS: Water year 1976.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1978 to 1990. Additional chemical data for water years 1964, 1972-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site DT 38.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 603.52 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS.-- Flow regulated by Algonquin Dam, 36 mi upstream from station; Stratton Lock and Dam (previously known as McHenry Dam), 52 mi upstream from station; and occasionally affected by wind action.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 8,800 ft³/s, May 31, 2004; gage height, 13.92 ft; minimum discharge, 123 ft³/s, Aug. 26, 2003, Sept. 8, 2003.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	187	212	728	801	500	904	2950	1280	7570	2130	514	664
2	187	363	692	781	e540	1070	2770	1290	6650	1780	470	647
3	195	1100	684	791	e500	1180	2630	1230	6180	1550	537	630
4	208	1410	664	826	e460	1600	2500	1080	5760	1570	1140	607
5	230	2340	672	828	e470	3440	2310	882	5360	1410	909	579

6	247	2030	622	576	e450	3880	2170	828	4980	1540	727	545
7	243	1890	577	693	e440	3550	1850	828	4430	1530	613	515
8	225	1800	561	793	e450	3370	1600	845	3650	1560	557	525
9	233	1720	626	765	e450	3240	1460	736	3390	1680	541	531
10	239	1580	1800	713	e450	3040	1370	722	3320	1860	556	492

11	236	1280	2340	649	e460	2660	1350	1140	3850	1740	601	441
12	222	1040	2170	612	e450	2370	1330	1380	7120	1620	613	416
13	207	906	1960	598	e450	2280	1250	1690	5710	1460	630	404
14	448	913	1830	588	e450	2250	1120	2480	4020	1320	626	384
15	467	888	1640	532	e450	2210	1040	3070	3440	1270	593	359

16	335	908	1560	618	e440	1810	972	2830	3100	1170	546	417
17	277	873	1500	583	e440	1430	921	2760	2850	1150	557	429
18	215	1640	1420	522	e440	1430	875	3970	2740	1130	528	442
19	189	1700	1420	474	e440	1480	761	4470	2670	994	534	396
20	200	1350	e1300	e580	e480	1470	855	4470	2650	866	505	365

21	197	1180	e1200	e600	e520	1460	1150	4920	2860	756	493	345
22	200	1120	1010	e540	e560	1420	1090	6980	3320	696	466	333
23	215	1070	959	e510	e640	1320	1150	7460	3340	762	420	338
24	207	1090	864	e440	e710	1560	1190	6660	3410	798	487	313
25	248	1030	770	e440	e700	1780	1460	6370	3450	759	512	286

26	237	1020	744	e440	e700	2150	1350	6230	3350	716	548	275
27	216	999	744	e430	723	2450	1330	6090	3220	658	584	267
28	214	949	794	e430	760	2710	1320	6000	3120	584	999	266
29	193	885	844	e430	797	3680	1040	5870	2990	531	1010	286
30	190	807	812	e420	---	3380	1060	6840	2610	531	814	268

31	217	---	791	411	---	3130	---	8600	---	530	713	---

TOTAL	7324	36093	34298	18414	15320	69704	44224	110001	121110	36651	19343	12765
MEAN	236	1203	1106	594	528	2249	1474	3548	4037	1182	624	426
MAX	467	2340	2340	828	797	3880	2950	8600	7570	2130	1140	664
MIN	187	212	561	411	440	904	761	722	2610	530	420	266
CFSM	0.14	0.69	0.64	0.34	0.31	1.30	0.85	2.05	2.33	0.68	0.36	0.25
IN.	0.16	0.78	0.74	0.40	0.33	1.50	0.95	2.36	2.60	0.79	0.42	0.27

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2003 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	506	1012	832	568	432	1381	1208	2932	2388	975	507	308
MAX	776	1203	1106	594	528	2249	1474	3548	4037	1182	624	426
(WY)	2003	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004
MIN	236	820	558	542	332	514	943	2316	740	768	391	190
(WY)	2004	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 2003 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	283657		525247
ANNUAL MEAN	777		1435
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					1435	2004
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					745	2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	4090	May 11	8600	May 31	8600	May 31 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	131	Sep 8	187	Oct 1,2	131	Sep 8 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	142	Sep 7	203	Oct 18	142	Sep 7 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			8800	May 31	8800	May 31 2004
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			13.92	May 31	13.92	May 31 2004
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			174	Oct 29	123	A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.449		0.829
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	6.09		11.28
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1600		3360		2650
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	573		844		664
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	199		327		250

A - Aug. 26, 2003; Sept. 8, 2003.