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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.

 

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, 0.97 ft3/s, Aug. 11-13, 2002.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 4.40 in., August 22, 2002.

 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily total, 4.40 in., August 22.



PRECIPITATION, in INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY SUM VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.06 0.87 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.80
3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.67 0.00 0.00 0.00
4 0.73 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.36 0.00 0.82 0.00
5 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.44 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.14 0.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.34 0.94 0.08 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00
9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.53 0.03 0.24 0.00 0.45 0.00 0.00
10 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11
11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.77 0.58 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 0.48 0.00 0.48 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
13 1.65 0.06 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.00 3.41 0.00
14 0.03 0.08 0.02 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.00 0.01 0.00
15 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
16 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11
19 0.00 0.04 0.14 0.00 0.47 0.02 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.19
20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.38 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12
21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.42 0.01
22 1.59 0.00 0.17 0.21 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.40 0.19
23 0.85 0.04 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00
24 0.61 0.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
26 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
27 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.44 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.00 0.00
28 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.00
29 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.00 --- 0.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.10
30 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.00 --- 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 0.00 --- 0.00 0.00 --- 0.01 --- 0.00 --- 0.00 0.00 ---

TOTAL 6.28 1.55 0.98 0.30 1.42 2.11 2.70 4.15 4.93 1.27 9.24 1.63
MEAN 0.20 0.05 0.03 0.00 0.05 0.07 0.09 0.13 0.16 0.04 0.30 0.05
MAX 1.65 0.67 0.48 0.21 0.47 0.59 0.94 1.77 3.36 0.45 4.40 0.80

CAL YR 2001 TOTAL 29.63 MEAN 0.08 MAX 1.65
WTR YR 2002 TOTAL 36.56 MEAN 0.10 MAX 4.40


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