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05549500 FOX RIVER NEAR McHENRY, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 42°18'35", long 88°15'05", in NW¼ sec.12, T.44 N., R.8 E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank of main channel, 300 ft upstream from Stratton Lock and Dam, 2.5 mi downstream from McHenry, and at mile 97.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,250 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1941 to current year (gage heights only).

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 733.00 ft above sea level (levels by Illinois Department of Transportation). Prior to Oct. 1, 1971, at datum 2.07 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Stage regulated by Stratton Lock and Dam (previously known as McHenry Dam). Gage-height telemeter at station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum gage height, 6.36 ft, present datum, Apr. 5, 1960; minimum, 0.32 ft, present datum, Feb. 6, 1967.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum gage height, 4.45 ft, July 1; minimum, 1.33 ft, Mar. 13.

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	4.03	4.09	2.48	2.41	1.76	1.88	3.25	3.91	4.00	4.42	3.99	4.13
2	3.91	4.01	2.36	2.32	1.83	1.82	3.25	3.89	4.08	4.34	3.97	4.13
3	3.93	4.00	2.35	2.43	2.03	1.92	3.45	3.91	4.11	4.28	3.98	4.12
4	3.94	3.95	2.27	2.73	2.17	2.02	3.47	3.85	4.11	4.33	3.97	4.10
5	3.87	3.93	2.28	2.55	2.19	2.06	3.40	3.75	4.13	4.25	4.01	4.05

6	3.97	3.92	2.24	2.33	2.18	2.07	3.62	3.85	4.07	4.18	3.93	4.05
7	3.98	3.83	2.25	2.21	2.19	2.11	3.76	3.96	4.06	4.17	3.92	4.12
8	3.93	3.74	2.25	2.58	2.19	2.36	3.81	3.93	4.05	4.06	3.91	4.12
9	3.90	3.67	2.32	2.37	2.18	2.51	3.91	3.95	4.07	3.98	3.91	4.09
10	4.01	3.63	2.43	1.80	2.18	1.99	3.88	4.03	4.06	4.02	3.89	4.03

11	3.98	3.50	2.33	1.87	2.18	2.05	3.93	4.02	4.06	3.99	3.90	4.00
12	3.91	3.47	2.19	1.79	1.98	1.85	3.87	3.94	4.06	3.97	3.91	4.02
13	3.84	3.50	2.13	1.57	1.73	1.55	3.93	3.95	4.20	4.02	3.93	4.01
14	3.98	3.49	2.30	1.75	1.92	1.75	3.98	3.91	4.25	4.01	3.93	4.04
15	4.03	3.51	2.27	2.52	2.01	1.85	4.05	3.87	4.20	3.97	4.01	4.21

16	4.05	3.37	2.38	2.59	2.35	1.84	4.19	3.89	4.15	4.06	4.00	4.22
17	4.03	3.31	2.47	2.60	2.59	1.87	4.10	3.91	4.09	4.06	4.01	4.19
18	4.00	3.24	2.44	2.44	2.61	1.97	4.16	3.83	4.09	4.05	4.10	4.16
19	3.99	3.20	2.52	2.44	2.55	2.07	4.20	3.99	4.07	4.03	4.07	4.12
20	4.03	3.14	2.56	2.45	2.58	2.52	4.18	4.04	4.13	4.05	4.04	4.07

21	4.03	3.10	2.58	2.43	2.54	2.49	4.24	4.11	4.17	4.01	4.08	4.08
22	4.02	2.91	2.61	2.40	2.50	2.44	4.22	4.16	4.18	4.10	4.07	4.05
23	4.02	2.85	2.56	2.30	2.46	2.64	4.19	4.13	4.18	4.12	3.96	4.01
24	4.08	2.75	2.66	2.25	2.37	2.86	4.19	4.07	4.08	4.12	4.07	3.99
25	4.15	2.65	2.61	2.16	2.36	2.97	4.13	4.05	4.00	4.12	4.16	3.99

26	4.25	2.64	2.52	2.14	2.31	2.73	4.16	4.06	4.28	4.10	4.18	3.83
27	4.12	2.53	2.55	2.07	2.03	2.96	4.06	4.09	4.28	4.07	4.19	4.00
28	4.02	2.59	2.51	1.99	1.96	3.29	3.93	4.04	4.31	4.04	4.20	4.01
29	4.12	2.58	2.59	1.96	---	3.29	3.79	4.05	4.33	4.08	4.19	3.98
30	4.05	2.61	2.56	1.89	---	3.29	3.79	4.02	4.41	4.07	4.20	4.00

31	4.08	---	2.52	1.77	---	3.56	---	3.94	---	4.06	4.19	---

MEAN	4.01	3.32	2.42	2.23	2.21	2.34	3.90	3.97	4.14	4.10	4.03	4.06
MAX	4.25	4.09	2.66	2.73	2.61	3.56	4.24	4.16	4.41	4.42	4.20	4.22
MIN	3.84	2.53	2.13	1.57	1.73	1.55	3.25	3.75	4.00	3.97	3.89	3.83

WTR YR 1998

MEAN 3.40

MAX 4.42

MIN 1.55