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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05550300 TYLER CREEK AT ELGIN, IL
LOCATION - Lat 42°03'31.2", long 88°18'14.64" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.3, T.41 N., R.9 E., Kane County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left upstream bridge abutment on Big Timber Road, .5 mi west of Elgin, and at mile 1.6.
DRAINAGE AREA - 38.9 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-IL-75-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current.
STAGE: May 1998 to current.
PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962-1963; 1965-1976; 1978-1980.
Miscellaneous discharge measurements, November 1990.
PRECIPITATION: October 1998 to current.
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current.
STAGE: May 1998 to current.
PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962-1963; 1965-1976; 1978-1980.
Miscellaneous discharge measurements, November 1990.
PRECIPITATION: October 1998 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gages. Datum of gage is 745.04 ft. above NAVD of 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, which are identified as estimated (e).
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, 1,860 ft³/s, July 12, 2017, gage height, 9.17 ft; minimum discharge, 0.24 ft³/s, Sept. 2, 3, 2008.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 5.39 in., Aug. 19, 2007 and Sept. 13, 2008.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 5.39 in., Aug. 19, 2007 and Sept. 13, 2008.
