Station list
05551000 FOX RIVER AT SOUTH ELGIN, IL
LOCATION.--Lat 41�59'40", long 88�17'38", in SE¼NW¼ sec.35, T.41 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on
right bank, upstream of dam in South Elgin, 0.1 mi upstream from State Street, 1.4 mi downstream from Brewster Creek, 1.4 mi
downstream from Poplar Creek, and at mile 67.2.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,556 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July to September 1914 (stage only), July 1961 to September 1962 (low-flow discharge measurements
only), water years 1978-89 (occasional discharge measurements), October 1989 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 687.95 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good, except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by Stratton Lock and Dam
(previously known as McHenry dam), 30 mi upstream, and occasionally affected by wind action. Gage-height telemeter at
station.