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05531044 SALT CREEK NEAR ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 42°01'01", long 88°00'01", in NE¼SE¼ sec.29, T.41 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of concrete dam in Busse Woods Forest Preserve, 0.1 mi northwest of Elk Grove Village and at mile 31.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.--51.9 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1992 to current year (gage heights only).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 674.75 ft above sea level.

REMARKS.--Gage-height telemeter at station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum gage height, 14.78 ft, Feb. 21, 1997; minimum recorded, 10.72 ft, Aug. 3, 1998.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum gage height of approximately 16.0 ft was reached during the flood on Aug. 14, 1987, from information furnished by Illinois Department of Transportation.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum gage height, 13.16 ft, May 8; minimum, 10.72 ft, Aug. 3.

GAGE HEIGHT, FEET, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	11.00	11.13	11.24	11.06	11.38	11.29	---	11.35	11.12	11.24	10.78	11.12
2	10.98	11.09	11.20	11.06	11.68	11.26	---	11.32	11.11	11.16	10.76	11.08
3	10.97	11.07	11.20	11.26	11.69	11.24	---	11.30	11.09	11.13	10.75	11.04
4	10.98	11.07	11.20	11.77	11.56	11.26	---	11.28	11.08	11.29	10.90	11.03
5	10.98	11.06	11.17	11.95	11.44	11.25	---	11.28	11.09	11.25	11.17	11.01

6	10.98	11.15	11.13	11.98	11.37	11.25	---	11.33	11.10	11.18	11.41	11.00
7	10.97	11.17	11.09	12.05	11.33	11.23	---	12.12	11.10	11.21	11.35	11.41
8	10.97	11.14	11.07	11.88	11.29	11.48	12.01	13.01	11.09	11.23	11.36	11.44
9	10.99	11.11	11.06	---	11.27	12.02	12.32	12.31	11.24	11.18	11.24	11.27
10	11.00	11.08	11.15	---	11.25	11.84	12.01	11.80	11.29	11.13	11.32	11.16

11	10.99	11.06	11.28	---	11.43	11.67	11.71	11.57	11.48	11.09	11.21	11.10
12	10.97	11.06	11.27	---	11.83	11.55	11.52	11.44	11.68	11.07	11.21	11.06
13	11.10	11.05	11.21	---	11.69	11.44	11.43	11.38	11.69	11.04	11.20	11.04
14	11.18	11.05	11.16	---	11.53	11.40	11.46	11.32	11.52	11.02	11.11	11.05
15	11.14	11.11	11.13	---	11.42	11.36	11.44	11.26	11.37	11.01	11.10	11.30

16	11.10	11.16	11.12	---	11.39	11.33	11.84	11.25	11.28	11.00	11.07	11.27
17	11.07	11.14	11.13	11.23	11.65	11.40	11.86	11.18	11.24	10.97	11.06	11.20
18	11.05	11.12	11.12	11.21	11.77	12.21	11.63	11.15	11.23	10.96	11.04	11.14
19	11.02	11.10	11.11	11.19	11.66	12.25	11.48	11.15	11.57	11.00	11.03	11.10
20	11.00	11.09	11.10	11.17	11.53	---	11.44	11.11	11.48	11.01	11.02	11.08

21	10.99	11.10	11.09	11.17	11.43	---	11.81	11.09	11.35	11.00	11.02	11.09
22	10.98	11.12	11.09	11.17	11.36	---	11.79	11.08	11.25	11.00	11.11	11.08
23	10.97	11.12	11.08	11.19	11.31	---	11.60	11.07	11.17	11.00	11.37	11.06
24	11.00	11.08	11.08	11.19	11.30	---	11.47	11.12	11.13	10.97	11.40	11.05
25	11.04	11.07	11.16	11.18	11.28	---	11.38	11.12	11.10	10.93	11.89	11.05

26	11.11	11.08	11.21	11.17	11.26	---	11.41	11.11	11.38	10.90	11.69	11.03
27	11.66	11.09	11.18	11.18	11.28	---	11.43	11.09	11.44	10.88	11.41	11.03
28	11.52	11.20	11.13	11.20	11.30	---	11.36	11.12	11.59	10.86	11.41	11.02
29	11.33	11.21	11.11	11.27	---	---	11.37	11.17	11.55	10.83	11.40	11.01
30	11.21	11.28	11.10	11.33	---	---	11.37	11.16	11.37	10.79	11.27	11.04

31	11.15	---	11.08	11.33	---	---	---	11.15	---	10.77	11.18	---

MEAN	11.08	11.11	11.14	---	11.45	---	---	11.36	11.31	11.04	11.20	11.11
MAX	11.66	11.28	11.28	---	11.83	---	---	13.01	11.69	11.29	11.89	11.44
MIN	10.97	11.05	11.06	---	11.25	---	---	11.07	11.08	10.77	10.75	11.00