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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05551200 FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL
LOCATION - Lat 41°55'59.52", long 88°20'27.98" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.20, T.40 N., R.8 E., Kane County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Randall Road, 2.4 mi northwest of St. Charles, and at mile 2.2.
DRAINAGE AREA - 51.7 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-82-2: 1966(M), 1968(M), 1970-71 (M), 1973(M), 1978-79(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: December 1960 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.
PRECIPITATION: August 2000 to current.
BIOLOGICAL
ALGAE: Water year 2000.
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
HABITAT: Water years 2000-01.
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: December 1960 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.
PRECIPITATION: August 2000 to current.
BIOLOGICAL
ALGAE: Water year 2000.
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
HABITAT: Water years 2000-01.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, crest-stage gage, and unheated tipping-bucket rain gage. Datum of gage is 704.69 ft. above NAVD of 1988.
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, 2,980 ft³/s, September 13, 2008, gage height, 8.96 ft; maximum gage height, 9.66 ft, Feb. 8, 1965, from floodmark, ice jam; minimum discharge, no flow, Oct. 26, and Nov. 4, 5, 2005.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 6.82 in., September 13, 2008.
