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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551330       MILL CREEK NR BATAVIA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°50'45", long 88°20'57" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.39 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left bank at bridge on Deer Path road, 1 mi. west of Batavia, and at mile 2.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.6 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1998 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 685.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi upstream. 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, 1,080 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 7.52 ft; minimum discharge, 0.22 ft3/s, September 29, 2004.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.84 in, August 13, 2002.




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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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