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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
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.70 3.4 8.3 15    4.2 42  66  20    292  21    1.2 4.2
2 0.80 24    6.4 15    4.3 54  55  18    199  18    1.1 3.5
3 2.4   42    5.9 16    4.6 50  47  16    138  19    39    3.3
4 0.76 48    6.0 16    4.2 58  39  15    95  25    54    3.1
5 0.73 58    12    14    4.1 188  35  14    70  21    24    3.2
 
6 0.71 30    9.0 11    4.5 152  33  12    58  19    14    2.5
7 0.71 18    8.3 11    4.5 108  30  9.8 48  16    8.4 2.2
8 0.67 12    7.9 9.9 4.3 80  27  7.0 39  15    6.2 2.6
9 0.66 8.1 24    10    4.4 65  24  5.6 32  21    5.0 3.0
10 0.70 6.8 138    9.6 4.1 54  21  23    62  36    4.4 2.9
 
11 0.78 7.0 133    9.9 4.5 47  19  12    80  21    4.4 2.3
12 0.91 6.2 84    11    4.2 34  19  16    382  15    4.3 2.1
13 0.73 4.7 57    9.8 4.2 29  18  38    319  12    3.9 2.1
14 14      3.9 45    8.1 4.3 33  16  153    219  9.3 3.4 2.7
15 1.5   4.0 38    7.9 4.0 30  15  163    145  7.7 3.1 6.0
 
16 0.88 4.0 34    e7.6 3.7 29  15  100    96  6.7 2.9 6.3
17 0.81 5.5 28    e7.2 3.8 30  15  72    72  5.8 3.3 3.2
18 0.80 77    24    6.8 4.1 31  13  129    57  4.7 3.3 2.5
19 0.82 68    20    e6.5 5.0 31  12  104    45  4.2 3.5 1.9
20 0.84 44    17    5.7 17    34  19  72    38  3.7 2.5 1.7
 
21 0.87 32    19    5.9 19    28  34  89    66  7.7 2.2 1.8
22 0.89 24    18    4.7 20    25  30  379    80  7.7 2.0 1.7
23 0.95 25    17    3.5 45    23  25  444    57  4.7 2.1 1.6
24 1.4   19    15    3.9 61    62  29  332    46  3.3 2.6 1.7
25 3.3   16    13    3.6 41    87  43  234    38  2.7 3.9 2.0
 
26 0.92 14    13    3.7 36    137  37  165    33  2.3 4.0 2.1
27 0.87 13    13    5.2 32    115  28  116    31  2.1 5.9 2.1
28 0.92 11    23    4.9 28    118  25  83    29  1.8 28    3.0
29 0.93 9.9 21    4.7 29    150  21  66    25  1.6 13    3.0
30 0.94 9.9 19    e4.5 ---    108  21  264    23  1.5 7.6 2.8
 
31 0.96 ---    17    e4.4 ---    82  ---  372    ---  1.5 5.5 ---   

TOTAL 43.86 648.4 893.8 257.0 409.0 2114 831 3543.4 2914 338.0 268.7 83.1
MEAN 1.41 21.6 28.8 8.29 14.1 68.2 27.7 114 97.1 10.9 8.67 2.77
MAX 14 77 138 16 61 188 66 444 382 36 54 6.3
MIN 0.66 3.4 5.9 3.5 3.7 23 12 5.6 23 1.5 1.1 1.6
CFSM 0.04 0.56 0.74 0.21 0.36 1.75 0.71 2.94 2.50 0.28 0.22 0.07
IN. 0.04 0.62 0.85 0.25 0.39 2.02 0.79 3.39 2.79 0.32 0.26 0.08
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 22.4 19.7 16.5 18.9 41.7 38.2 49.5 61.0 66.6 14.1 12.4 9.17
MAX 77.3 40.6 28.8 67.6 111 68.2 117 114 119 35.8 48.8 19.4
(WY) 2002 2001 2004 1999 2001 2004 1999 2004 2002 2000 2002 2000
MIN 1.41 5.05 3.75 2.11 1.94 10.6 13.8 35.5 9.75 6.40 3.58 1.55
(WY) 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2001 2003 2001 2003 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 5492.95   12344.26      
ANNUAL MEAN 15.0     33.7         31.4        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 44.2         1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 11.9         2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 188            May 11 444                May 23 803            Jun 5 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.66       Oct 9 0.66           Oct 9 0.66       Oct 9 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.71       Oct 4 0.71           Oct 4 0.71       Oct 4 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 795                May 30 1650        A Aug 22 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.51           May 30 8.26       Aug 22 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.63   B 0.63       C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.387 0.867     0.806    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 5.25   11.80       10.95      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 37        82            70           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.1     14            14           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.94   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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