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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.
 

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, 0.97 ft3/s, Aug. 11-13, 2002.

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

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, and those above 1,100 ft3/s, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 5.7 45  32  12    16    24  25  57  15  25    2.6 13   
2 5.5 37  27  10    11    25  26  58  13  21    2.3 34   
3 4.7 31  25  9.0 11    22  24  47  23  19    2.1 27   
4 11    27  23  8.3 7.8 35  22  32  754  12    16    17   
5 14    23  23  e8.3 9.2 25  20  29  803  12    8.6 13   
 
6 9.6 23  20  e8.3 8.3 23  18  27  533  12    3.3 11   
7 6.6 23  18  e7.9 8.7 25  26  24  286  11    2.2 8.7
8 5.6 20  16  e7.2 9.3 109  76  22  183  11    1.6 7.9
9 5.0 18  15  e7.6 13    206  161  30  121  19    1.4 6.6
10 9.4 17  13  e7.8 44    132  106  20  89  8.7 1.3 7.5
 
11 8.2 17  13  e7.7 51    88  75  73  87  8.4 1.0 5.8
12 21    15  17  e7.7 36    73  61  283  67  6.4 1.1 6.2
13 89    16  38  e7.6 30    66  56  194  56  6.2 84    5.4
14 133    18  38  e7.8 26    59  60  134  53  5.5 22    5.4
15 85    18  31  e7.8 24    52  54  91  49  5.0 10    4.5
 
16 60    17  29  e7.7 23    42  50  111  42  4.1 5.3 3.8
17 49    16  29  e7.5 20    38  45  131  38  4.0 3.6 4.3
18 40    17  26  e7.6 19    36  41  95  35  3.4 2.8 5.4
19 35    17  28  e7.5 29    33  39  71  32  3.4 3.3 9.8
20 31    14  25  7.9 79    32  34  56  28  3.8 2.3 8.6
 
21 27    14  23  8.8 96    28  45  47  25  3.4 2.5 5.9
22 46    13  26  9.4 63    24  42  40  23  2.7 651    8.1
23 403    13  30  12    50    24  39  36  21  2.6 240    5.2
24 368    26  27  13    43    24  43  33  20  2.5 150    5.4
25 294    33  21  12    39    22  40  34  25  2.2 93    4.3
 
26 206    27  20  11    34    21  36  31  37  2.5 65    4.3
27 142    24  20  11    29    20  49  25  36  7.7 44    4.2
28 97    21  19  13    26    19  62  23  32  3.8 32    3.8
29 72    22  15  13    ---    33  59  22  27  12    24    4.6
30 59    32  14  11    ---    33  47  21  25  4.2 20    3.0
 
31 53    ---  12  13    ---    26  ---  18  ---  3.6 16    ---   

TOTAL 2395.3 654 713 290.4 855.3 1419 1481 1915 3578 248.1 1514.3 253.7
MEAN 77.27 21.80 23.00 9.368 30.55 45.77 49.37 61.77 119.3 8.003 48.85 8.457
MAX 403 45 38 13 96 206 161 283 803 25 651 34
MIN 4.7 13 12 7.2 7.8 19 18 18 13 2.2 1.0 3.0
CFSM 1.99 0.56 0.59 0.24 0.79 1.18 1.27 1.59 3.07 0.21 1.26 0.22
IN. 2.29 0.63 0.68 0.28 0.82 1.36 1.42 1.83 3.42 0.24 1.45 0.24
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 31.81 22.95 16.55 25.79 58.66 37.68 63.82 44.02 71.83 15.91 14.87 11.97
MAX 77.3 40.6 23.0 67.6 111 48.8 117 61.8 119 35.8 48.8 19.4
(WY) 2002 2001 2002 1999 2001 2001 1999 2002 2002 2000 2002 2000
MIN 12.7 6.82 12.0 9.37 30.3 18.8 41.3 35.5 33.2 6.40 4.02 4.14
(WY) 2001 2000 2000 2002 2000 2000 2000 2001 1998 2001 2001 1998

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 13330.8   15317.1      
ANNUAL MEAN 36.52 41.96    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 44.2       1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 24.7       2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 418          Feb 25 803              Jun 5 803          Jun 5 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.6       Sep 2 1.0           Aug 11 1.0       Aug 11 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.5       Aug 30 1.7           Aug 6 1.7       Aug 6 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1650      A     Aug 22 1650      A Aug 22 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.26         Aug 22 8.26     Aug 22 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.97         Aug 11-13 0.97     B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.94 1.08    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.75 14.65    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 71      81          75         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 23      22          19         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.6   4.4       4.5      

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

B - Aug. 11-13, 2002.


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