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ROCK RIVER BASIN


05442000       KYTE RIVER NEAR FLAGG CENTER, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°56'15", long 89°09'22" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.18, T.40 N., R.1 E., Ogle County, Hydrologic Unit 07090005, near left bank on downstream side of highway bridge, 2 mi west of Flagg Center and 3 mi downstream from Chicago & Northwestern Railraod bridge.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 125 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to September 1951.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- W 925: 1040. W 1175: 1949.

 

GAGE.-- Wire-weight gage and crest-stage indicator; gage read twice daily. Gage datum is 750.00 ft. above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,630 ft3/s Feb. 20, 1951; minimum observed, 1.8 ft3/s Jan. 2, 1940.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of February 1937 reached a stage of about 8.5 ft, from information by local residents.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data