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	Available Parameters
	00045 Precipitation(Sum)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Mean)
	80154 Suspnd sedmnt conc(Mean)
	80155 Suspnd sedmnt disch(Mean)

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

05548105 NIPPERSINK CREEK ABOVE WONDER LAKE, IL

LOCATION - Lat 42°23'07.25", long 88°22'10.95" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.13, T.45 N., R.7 E., McHenry County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Thompson Road, at west edge of Wonder Lake and 1.1 mi east of Greenwood at mile 19.7.

DRAINAGE AREA - 84.5 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - Revisions: Gage datum was updated to 797.54 ft NAVD88 on September 15, 2022, based on a GNSS Level II survey using GEOID18.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: June 1994 to September 1997, October 1998 to September 2001
    and October 2009 to current.
  STAGE: Water years 1994-1997, 1999-2001 and 2010 to current.
  PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1965 to 1977.
PRECIPITATION: October 2009 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
  CHEMICAL: July 1994 to September 1997. Water years 1999 to 2001.
  SEDIMENT: June 1994 to September 1997, March 1999 to July 2001, and October 2009 to September 2014.
  MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water years 1998 and 2000;
    contaminants in fish tissue, water years 1998 and 1999;
    sediment particle size June 1994 to September 1997, March 1999 to July 2001;
    sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1996-2001.
BIOLOGICAL
  ALGAE: Water years 1999-2001.
  BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999-2001.
  FISH: Water years 1999-2001.
  HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, and unheated tipping-bucket rain gage. Datum of gage is 797.54 ft. above NAVD of 1988. Prior to June 1994, at datum 8.66 ft higher.

REMARKS - Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,690 ft³/s, June 13, 1999, gage height, 11.63 ft; maximum gage height, 14.30 ft, present datum, June 11, 1967, discharge not determined; minimum discharge, 5.2 ft³/s, September 20, 2012.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.86 in., June 26, 2013.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 1110 mg/L, May 13, 2014; minimum daily, 0.9 mg/L, Jan. 24, 2012.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,200 tons, June 13, 2000; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Aug. 27, 1997.