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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05550300       TYLER CREEK AT ELGIN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°03'30", long 88°18'14" (NAD of 1983), 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; 1965-1976; 1978-1980. 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 (744.75 ft NAVD 1988). 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 estimated daily discharges and above 1,100 ft3/s, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 3.9 26    27    12  e14  47  37  9.9 8.0 1.7   1.0   0.96
2 4.7 23    20    23  14  38  49  9.8 7.1 1.6   1.1   0.91
3 3.6 13    18    26  e14  35  43  10    7.4 1.5   1.0   0.91
4 3.0 18    17    20  17  34  36  9.4 10    9.8   0.93 0.93
5 2.9 10    17    14  24  35  32  8.5 9.5 5.5   0.87 0.92
 
6 2.7 6.2 35    e12  80  41  30  8.1 7.8 3.8   0.86 0.93
7 2.7 4.4 83    e12  172  68  29  8.0 6.6 2.5   0.87 0.99
8 12    3.0 84    e11  149  60  25  7.8 6.1 2.0   0.88 1.1  
9 3.9 2.4 59    11  94  45  23  13    6.1 1.6   3.7   1.00
10 3.1 2.0 47    11  68  40  22  14    5.8 1.4   2.5   0.96
 
11 2.9 1.9 38    15  54  36  19  43    6.5 1.3   2.6   0.90
12 2.7 1.5 32    67  49  32  45  35    6.8 1.3   24      0.93
13 3.0 1.9 26    357  74  28  38  30    6.8 1.4   3.6   0.94
14 3.4 1.4 18    206  198  27  28  21    5.3 1.2   2.2   2.1  
15 4.1 1.3 e16    107  172  24  23  17    5.4 1.1   1.8   3.4  
 
16 4.1 1.6 e13    63  131  23  21  15    4.6 1.0   1.6   4.6  
17 4.3 1.5 e11    48  93  24  20  13    4.0 1.1   1.3   2.0  
18 4.7 4.3 e9.6 41  65  23  18  12    3.9 1.1   13      1.5  
19 4.7 11    e8.2 34  56  28  17  54    3.9 0.94 5.1   2.0  
20 4.7 11    e6.8 28  58  28  17  44    3.6 5.9   43      1.5  
 
21 5.2 6.4 e5.8 25  61  29  15  30    3.2 1.6   8.3   1.3  
22 5.7 5.0 e5.0 19  57  27  25  23    2.6 1.4   4.2   7.4  
23 34    4.1 4.1 e19  49  26  24  19    2.6 1.4   2.4   1.4  
24 8.9 6.9 3.0 e18  44  25  20  17    2.2 1.3   2.2   4.8  
25 5.4 6.8 2.9 e17  42  33  18  14    2.1 1.4   1.9   1.0  
 
26 4.6 6.1 e2.8 e16  39  33  17  12    1.9 5.0   1.6   1.5  
27 4.5 37    e2.7 e16  37  32  16  13    1.9 2.9   2.2   0.79
28 4.1 52    e2.9 e15  55  32  13  11    1.8 1.9   1.8   7.7  
29 4.2 39    3.7 e15  ---  30  12  10    2.8 1.2   1.2   0.92
30 8.1 29    4.9 e14  ---  33  11  9.6 2.9 0.98 1.1   0.79
 
31 6.7 ---    11    e14  ---  32  ---  8.9 ---    0.98 1.0   ---     

TOTAL 172.5 337.7 634.4 1306 1980 1048 743 550.0 149.2 67.80 139.81 57.08
MEAN 5.56 11.3 20.5 42.1 70.7 33.8 24.8 17.7 4.97 2.19 4.51 1.90
MAX 34 52 84 357 198 68 49 54 10 9.8 43 7.7
MIN 2.7 1.3 2.7 11 14 23 11 7.8 1.8 0.94 0.86 0.79
CFSM 0.14 0.29 0.53 1.08 1.82 0.87 0.64 0.46 0.13 0.06 0.12 0.05
IN. 0.16 0.32 0.61 1.25 1.89 1.00 0.71 0.53 0.14 0.06 0.13 0.05
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 20.0 18.5 17.0 22.2 45.8 37.6 45.9 54.8 58.9 12.6 11.4 8.26
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 17.7 4.97 2.19 3.58 1.55
(WY) 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2005 2005 2005 2003 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 11902.8     7185.49  
ANNUAL MEAN 32.5     19.7     29.7        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 44.2         1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 11.9         2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 444            May 23 357            Jan 13 803            Jun 5 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.1         Aug 2 0.79       Sep 27,30 0.66       Oct 9 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.5         Jul 27 0.93       Aug 2 0.71       Oct 4 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 432            Jan 13 1650        A Aug 22 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.01       Jan 13 8.26       Aug 22 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.70       Sep 24 0.63       B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.836 0.506 0.763    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.38   6.87   10.37      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 81        45        65           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 11        9.5     13           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.6     1.2     2.3        

A - From rating curve extended above 580 ft3/s.

B - Several days in water year 2004.


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