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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05549000       BOONE CREEK NEAR MC HENRY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°19'15", long 88°18'45" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.4, T.44 N., R.8 E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Bull Valley Road, 2.5 mi southwest of McHenry and at mile 4.8.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 15.5 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1948 to October 1982.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Pigment and biomass, Water year 2000.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-79-2: 1970.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 769.56 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 276 ft3/s June 2, 1970, gage height. 4.87 ft; minimum, 1.6 ft3/s Dec. 25, 1948, gage height, 0.30 ft, result of freezeup.




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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data