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ROCK RIVER BASIN


05440500       KILLBUCK CREEK NEAR MONROE CENTER, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°05'56", long 89°03'07" (NAD of 1983), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.19, T.42 N., R.2 E., Ogle County, Hydrologic Unit 07090006, on right bank 800 ft downstream from Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad bridge, 800 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 72, 3 mi west of Monroe Center, and 8 mi upstream from mouth.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 114 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to October 1971. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1972-80, miscellaneous discharge measurements water year 1981.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 955: 1941. WSP 1175: 1941(P), 1946(P), WSP 1308: 1940(M). WSP 1338: 1943(M), 1946, 1948(M), 1951, 1952(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 734.27 ft above NGVD of 1929 (734.12 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to May 1, 1940, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,100 ft3/s July 9, 1951, Oct. 10, 1954; maximum gage height, 11.41 ft July 9, 1951, minimum discharge, 1.7 ft3/s Dec. 23, 1963.




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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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