Tyler Creek at Elgin, IL

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Tyler Creek at Elgin, IL - 05550300

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February 21, 2025 - February 28, 2025

Gage height, feet

5.76 ft - Feb 28, 2025 05:45:00 PM CST

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Gage height, feet

Recorded

Data approval period

Provisional

Flood stages in ft

7.5

Action stage

Minor flood stage

9.5

Moderate flood stage

10.5

Major flood stage

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Time

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5.76 ft

Provisional

Feb 28, 2025

17:45:00 PM CST

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5.76 ft

Provisional

Feb 28, 2025

05:45:00 PM CST

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Statistics for February 28, 2025 based on 26 years of data

Gage height, ft

low (2006)

5.13 ft

25th percentile

5.64 ft

median

5.8 ft

75th percentile

6.16 ft

mean

5.92 ft

high (2023)

7.07 ft

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-02-28T17:45:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T17:30:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T17:15:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T17:00:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T16:45:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T16:30:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T16:15:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T16:00:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T15:45:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T15:30:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T15:15:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T15:00:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T14:45:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T14:30:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T14:15:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional
2025-02-28T14:00:00.000-06:00	5.76	Provisional

USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values	1998-05-28	2025-02-28
_n/a	Peak Measurements	1962-03-19	2024-07-13
_n/a	Site Visits	1990-11-03	2024-12-17
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2024-01-01

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	05550300	_n/a
Site name	TYLER CREEK AT ELGIN, IL	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	420331.2	_n/a
DMS longitude	0881814.64	_n/a
Decimal latitude	42.05866667	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-88.3040667	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 5 sec.	F
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Illinois	17
State	Illinois	17
County	Kane County	089
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SESESES3 T41N R9E 3	_n/a
Name of location map	ELGIN, ILL	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	745.04 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.05 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Fox	07120006
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	38.9 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	CST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	N	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number	00100	_n/a

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