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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, 0.67 ft3/s, Sept. 30, 2003.

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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 3.5 3.8 e3.0 3.0   2.4 2.3 4.6 179  16    3.0 3.1   3.4  
2 13    4.4 e2.9 2.9   3.6 2.2 3.3 116  15    2.1 4.3   1.6  
3 6.1 3.8 e2.7 3.4   4.0 2.1 11    68  15    7.0 4.1   1.3  
4 19    3.6 e2.5 3.1   2.9 2.4 63    66  14    4.8 3.2   0.97
5 12    5.0 e2.4 3.3   2.6 2.5 49    169  12    22    2.7   0.94
 
6 7.7 4.3 e2.4 3.2   2.3 2.6 29    110  11    4.1 37      0.92
7 6.5 4.7 e2.4 3.2   1.8 2.5 25    74  10    5.3 9.6   0.94
8 5.3 5.8 e2.4 3.5   1.5 2.6 20    53  23    12    7.7   0.92
9 6.2 6.8 e2.4 3.5   1.3 2.2 19    109  19    14    3.6   0.94
10 6.2 7.6 e2.5 3.1   1.4 2.0 24    145  14    10    2.8   0.93
 
11 4.4 5.9 e2.5 2.7   1.2 2.4 20    188  12    6.0 2.5   0.93
12 4.4 5.3 e2.5 2.3   1.0 9.9 15    127  11    3.7 2.7   1.1  
13 3.4 5.7 e2.5 2.1   1.0 13    12    88  11    2.5 2.2   1.1  
14 4.2 7.1 e2.5 2.1   1.1 12    11    106  8.4 1.9 2.2   4.3  
15 4.3 6.1 e2.5 1.7   1.3 14    8.3 121  6.8 31    2.3   1.4  
 
16 3.3 5.3 e2.6 1.9   1.3 16    7.2 85  6.2 19    1.9   1.0  
17 3.9 5.1 e3.0 1.6   1.4 14    5.7 66  3.1 11    2.3   0.95
18 4.4 6.0 e10    1.5   1.5 14    4.8 54  11    5.9 1.4   0.92
19 3.3 5.9 e13    1.5   1.6 14    5.6 48  14    6.1 1.3   0.90
20 4.0 5.3 e9.0 1.6   2.0 14    6.4 64  8.7 5.3 1.4   0.92
 
21 3.1 5.7 e5.6 1.5   2.0 18    6.6 54  10    14    1.3   1.0  
22 3.0 5.1 e4.3 1.2   2.1 14    5.7 43  8.9 15    0.97 3.3  
23 4.6 5.0 e3.8 0.96 2.2 10    5.3 36  5.9 8.7 0.97 1.0  
24 4.0 4.9 e3.6 0.92 2.2 11    3.1 31  4.4 6.3 1.0   1.0  
25 7.3 4.5 e3.5 0.98 2.1 19    3.0 26  4.1 5.0 0.98 1.1  
 
26 6.3 4.2 e3.4 1.2   2.1 15    3.2 23  3.7 4.2 1.9   9.1  
27 3.7 3.9 e3.4 1.2   2.2 13    2.7 21  2.7 3.6 1.0   1.4  
28 3.3 3.7 e3.4 1.3   2.1 24    1.9 21  4.1 3.5 1.0   0.87
29 4.1 e3.7 e3.3 1.4   ---    24    1.8 21  3.6 1.4 0.97 0.75
30 5.0 e3.3 e3.3 1.5   ---    19    36    20  3.9 1.1 0.94 0.70
 
31 4.4 ---    3.1 2.2   ---    14    ---    19  ---    5.5 1.8   ---     

TOTAL 173.9 151.5 116.4 65.56 54.2 327.7 413.2 2351 292.5 245.0 111.13 46.60
MEAN 5.61 5.05 3.75 2.11 1.94 10.6 13.8 75.8 9.75 7.90 3.58 1.55
MAX 19 7.6 13 3.5 4.0 24 63 188 23 31 37 9.1
MIN 3.0 3.3 2.4 0.92 1.0 2.0 1.8 19 2.7 1.1 0.94 0.70
CFSM 0.14 0.13 0.10 0.05 0.05 0.27 0.35 1.95 0.25 0.20 0.09 0.04
IN. 0.17 0.14 0.11 0.06 0.05 0.31 0.40 2.25 0.28 0.23 0.11 0.04
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 26.6 19.4 14.0 21.1 47.4 32.3 53.8 50.4 61.5 14.6 13.0 10.2
MAX 77.3 40.6 23.0 67.6 111 48.8 117 75.8 119 35.8 48.8 19.4
(WY) 2002 2001 2002 1999 2001 2001 1999 2003 2002 2000 2002 2000
MIN 5.61 5.05 3.75 2.11 1.94 10.6 13.8 35.5 9.75 6.40 3.58 1.55
(WY) 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2001 2003 2001 2003 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 11996.6   4348.69
ANNUAL MEAN 32.9   11.9   30.9      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 44.2       1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 11.9       2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 803          Jun 5 188          May 11 803          Jun 5 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.0       Aug 11 0.70     Sep 30 0.70     Sep 30 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.7       Aug 6 0.93     Sep 5 0.93     Sep 5 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 778          May 10 1650      A Aug 22 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.62     May 10 8.26     Aug 22 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.67     Sep 30 0.67     Sep 30 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.84 0.31 0.79    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.47 4.16 10.79    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 64      23      68         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 11      3.8   14         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.1   1.1   2.7      

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


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