05551000 DATA: Stage Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05551000 FOX RIVER AT SOUTH ELGIN, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 41°59'46", long 88°17'42" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.35, T.41 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank, upstream of dam in South Elgin, 0.1 mi upstream from State Street, 1.4 mi upstream from Brewster Creek, 1.4 mi downstream from Poplar Creek, and at mile 67.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,556 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1989 to September 1998.
	STAGE: July to September 1914, October 1993 to current year.
	PARTIAL RECORD: Low-flow discharge measurements, July 1961 to September 1962; miscellaneous discharge measurements, water years 1978-89.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 687.95 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS.-- Flow regulated by Stratton Lock and Dam (previously known as McHenry dam), 30 mi upstream, and occasionally affected by wind action.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge 6,990 ft³/s, July 18, 1993, gage-height 14.45 ft.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of April 2, 1960, reached a stage of 8.16 ft at site 0.1 mi downstream at present datum, from floodmarks, discharge 6,550 ft³/s.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum gage height, 13.56 ft, May 11; minimum, 11.68 ft, Sept. 21, 22.

Gage height, feet, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	12.21	12.24	12.27	12.63	---	---	12.41	12.83	12.57	12.18	12.13	11.89
2	12.35	12.22	12.28	12.72	---	---	12.45	12.96	12.55	12.16	12.17	11.91
3	12.58	12.24	12.26	12.46	---	---	12.51	12.91	12.55	12.13	12.19	11.88
4	12.71	12.25	12.26	12.27	---	---	12.62	12.84	12.56	12.10	12.25	11.83
5	12.70	12.27	12.25	12.26	---	---	12.73	13.10	12.54	12.19	12.27	11.81

6	12.68	12.27	12.24	12.27	---	---	12.69	13.26	12.50	12.19	12.27	11.77
7	12.65	12.24	12.25	12.23	---	---	12.70	13.33	12.48	12.28	12.28	11.73
8	12.55	12.21	12.25	12.24	---	---	12.65	13.31	12.49	12.33	12.24	11.71
9	12.46	12.18	12.24	12.25	---	---	12.56	13.36	12.49	12.45	12.24	11.72
10	12.41	12.22	12.25	12.26	---	---	12.54	13.41	12.46	12.49	12.20	11.74

11	12.36	12.26	12.24	12.16	---	12.03	12.51	13.53	12.46	12.46	12.16	11.74
12	12.34	12.28	12.21	12.16	---	---	12.51	13.49	12.52	12.46	12.16	11.75
13	12.33	12.25	12.21	12.22	---	---	12.53	13.43	12.51	---	12.15	11.78
14	12.31	12.24	12.21	12.23	---	---	12.47	13.40	12.48	12.43	12.11	11.81
15	12.29	12.30	12.21	12.21	---	---	12.40	13.47	12.47	12.60	12.07	11.84

16	12.31	12.31	12.23	12.24	---	---	12.43	13.36	12.44	12.70	12.01	11.82
17	12.29	12.30	12.22	12.22	---	---	12.62	13.26	12.39	12.69	11.99	11.78
18	12.26	12.37	12.25	12.21	---	---	12.58	13.20	12.34	12.69	11.98	11.75
19	12.25	12.54	12.30	12.22	---	---	12.45	13.07	12.58	12.66	11.94	11.73
20	12.27	12.93	12.26	12.23	---	---	12.34	12.96	12.62	12.59	11.91	11.72

21	12.27	12.89	12.24	12.22	---	12.30	12.31	12.93	12.38	12.59	11.87	11.70
22	12.26	12.93	12.26	12.19	---	12.33	12.40	12.88	12.27	12.52	11.86	11.69
23	12.27	12.66	12.22	12.14	---	12.33	12.42	12.71	12.23	12.42	11.87	11.71
24	12.27	12.66	12.19	12.15	---	12.33	12.42	12.62	12.20	12.35	11.84	11.73
25	12.29	12.66	12.23	12.14	---	12.35	12.43	12.61	12.17	12.28	11.80	11.81

26	12.36	12.60	12.23	---	---	12.43	12.40	12.59	12.17	12.16	11.80	11.84
27	12.42	12.56	12.23	---	---	12.44	12.25	12.57	12.16	12.12	11.82	11.89
28	12.43	12.39	12.32	---	---	12.45	12.16	12.51	12.15	12.22	11.84	11.88
29	12.36	12.28	12.40	---	---	12.49	12.22	12.44	12.19	12.20	11.82	11.89
30	12.31	12.30	12.41	---	---	12.48	12.35	12.40	12.18	12.15	11.82	11.88

31	12.28	---	12.43	---	---	12.45	---	12.47	---	12.13	11.84	---

MEAN	12.38	12.40	12.26	---	---	---	12.47	13.01	12.40	---	12.03	11.79
MAX	12.71	12.93	12.43	---	---	---	12.73	13.53	12.62	---	12.28	11.91
MIN	12.21	12.18	12.19	---	---	---	12.16	12.40	12.15	---	11.80	11.69

CAL YR 2002

MEAN 12.56

MAX 13.74

MIN 12.01