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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05551675 BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR MONTGOMERY, IL
LOCATION - Lat 41°44'27", long 88°23'00" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.25, T.38 N., R.7 E., Kane County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left downstream bridge abutment on Jericho Rd., 1.0 mi west of Montgomery, and at mile 13.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 55 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: Oct 1990 to Aug 1991 and June 1998 to current.
  STAGE: Oct 1990 to Aug 1991 and Water years 1998 to current.
PRECIPITATION: Oct 1990 to Aug 1991 and October 1999 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 653.74 ft above NAVD of 1988.
REMARKS - Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum measured, 1,170 ft³/s, Feb. 22, 1997, gage height unknown.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,740 ft³/s, September 14, 2008, gage height, 10.69 ft; minimum, no flow, August 25, 26, 2012, October 17, 2013.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 7.66 in., Oct. 14, 2017.