05549500 DATA: Stage Tables, 2005

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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05549500 FOX RIVER NEAR MCHENRY, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 42°18'36", long 88°15'05" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4 sec.12, T.44 N., R.8 E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank of main channel, 300 ft upstream from Stratton Lock and Dam, 2.5 mi downstream from McHenry, and at mile 97.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,250 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
	STAGE: June 1941 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 733.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by Illinois Department of Transportation) (732.84 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 1, 1971, at datum 2.07 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- Stage regulated by Stratton Lock and Dam (previously known as McHenry Dam).

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
STAGE: Maximum gage height, 6.36 ft, present datum, Apr. 5, 1960; minimum, 0.32 ft, present datum, Feb. 6, 1967.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum gage height, 4.46 ft, May 11; minimum, 1.18 ft, Jan. 14.

Gage height, feet, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	3.84	4.29	2.81	2.42	2.33	2.36	2.59	3.83	4.16	3.93	4.00	3.96
2	3.94	4.31	2.77	2.45	2.33	2.16	2.89	3.84	4.14	3.94	3.97	3.95
3	3.82	4.29	2.73	2.62	2.36	2.10	2.96	3.87	4.14	3.86	3.92	3.95
4	3.97	4.24	2.52	2.67	2.38	2.26	3.09	3.87	4.11	3.89	3.95	3.93
5	3.90	4.06	2.67	2.71	2.39	2.39	3.04	3.90	4.09	3.96	4.00	3.89

6	3.90	4.08	2.63	2.50	2.43	2.24	3.15	3.87	4.13	3.99	3.95	3.90
7	3.93	4.08	2.63	2.36	2.31	2.41	3.34	4.01	4.17	3.96	3.92	3.91
8	3.92	3.98	2.50	2.32	2.10	2.45	3.23	3.98	4.17	3.91	3.91	3.96
9	4.02	3.86	2.50	2.29	2.16	2.28	3.23	3.99	4.20	3.89	3.86	3.93
10	4.04	3.69	2.54	2.39	2.36	2.29	3.26	4.06	4.16	3.88	3.90	3.89

11	4.04	3.83	2.57	2.42	2.44	2.33	3.25	4.32	4.11	3.91	3.88	3.86
12	4.04	3.65	2.16	2.24	2.50	2.31	3.36	4.30	4.10	3.95	4.00	3.84
13	4.04	3.51	2.41	1.89	2.55	2.18	3.57	4.20	4.11	3.94	4.05	3.74
14	4.06	3.39	2.03	1.52	2.59	2.05	3.57	4.14	3.94	3.95	4.03	3.91
15	4.02	3.32	1.98	1.89	2.80	1.85	3.66	4.21	4.09	3.91	4.02	3.92

16	3.95	3.24	2.26	1.88	3.07	1.96	3.71	4.22	4.10	3.88	3.99	3.96
17	4.02	3.20	2.37	2.07	3.03	2.30	3.80	4.16	4.08	3.81	3.99	3.92
18	4.12	3.23	2.44	2.33	3.03	2.33	3.79	4.13	4.05	3.78	3.98	3.88
19	4.10	3.24	2.33	2.42	2.99	2.29	3.74	4.21	4.00	3.84	4.04	3.90
20	4.08	3.11	2.22	2.56	2.93	2.31	3.90	4.24	3.97	3.86	4.08	3.93

21	4.08	3.17	2.21	2.59	2.87	2.42	3.89	4.14	4.00	3.96	4.10	3.88
22	4.07	3.12	2.29	2.08	2.75	2.59	3.93	4.14	3.99	4.01	4.13	3.95
23	4.05	3.10	2.26	2.17	2.58	2.66	3.98	4.22	3.88	3.97	4.11	4.03
24	4.17	3.26	2.19	2.32	2.64	2.33	3.91	4.24	3.85	3.90	4.07	3.95
25	4.22	3.02	2.15	2.41	2.82	2.44	3.78	4.19	3.97	4.01	4.06	3.96

26	4.26	3.03	2.14	2.58	2.71	2.40	3.83	4.17	3.96	4.05	4.03	4.00
27	4.24	2.94	2.15	2.41	2.54	2.36	3.87	4.13	3.92	4.10	4.02	3.93
28	4.18	2.99	2.20	2.30	2.48	2.37	3.90	4.15	3.94	4.03	4.01	3.93
29	4.12	2.98	2.26	2.30	---	2.34	3.91	4.14	3.97	4.07	4.02	3.95
30	3.87	2.95	2.22	2.28	---	2.25	3.87	4.16	3.87	4.04	4.06	3.86

31	4.18	---	2.17	2.29	---	2.23	---	4.17	---	3.98	4.00	---

MEAN	4.04	3.51	2.36	2.31	2.59	2.30	3.53	4.10	4.05	3.94	4.00	3.92
MAX	4.26	4.31	2.81	2.71	3.07	2.66	3.98	4.32	4.20	4.10	4.13	4.03
MIN	3.82	2.94	1.98	1.52	2.10	1.85	2.59	3.83	3.85	3.78	3.86	3.74

CAL YR 2004	MEAN 3.57	MAX 4.41	MIN 1.98
WTR YR 2005	MEAN 3.39	MAX 4.32	MIN 1.52