USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05530990 SALT CREEK AT ROLLING MEADOWS, IL
LOCATION - Lat 42°03'37.41", long 88°00'59.97" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.8, T.41 N., R.11 E., Cook County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Algonquin Road in Rolling Meadows, 0.25 mi downstream from Arlington Heights Branch Salt Creek, and at mile 35.6.
DRAINAGE AREA - 30.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-93-2: 1992.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: October 1973 to current. August 1950 to September 1971,
and October 1972 to September 1973 at site 0.9 mi downstream,
published as Salt Creek near Arlington Heights. Records may not be equivalent.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water year 1972.
PRECIPITATION: March 2006 to current.
GAGE -
Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, crest-stage gage and unheated tipping-bucket rain gage. Datum of gage is 685.96 ft. above NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,870 ft³/s, July 23, 2011, gage height, 12.51 ft; maximum gage height, 14.03 ft, August 14, 1987, discharge 1,650 ft³/s; no flow, Jan. 12-Feb. 8, 1977, result of freezeup, Aug. 20, 25, 1986, and Sept. 8, 9, 11, 1999.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 7.67 in., September 13, 2008.