USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05551330 MILL CREEK NEAR BATAVIA, IL
LOCATION - Lat 41°50'45", long 88°20'57" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.20, T.39 N., R.8 E., Kane County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on the left downstream side of bridge.
DRAINAGE AREA - 27.6 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1998 to current.
PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 1998.
PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 687.74 ft. above NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,510 ft³/s, September 13, 2008, from rating extended above 896 ft³/s, gage height, 9.48 ft; no flow, several days in 2005 and 2006.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 5.84 in., September 13, 2008.