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USGS 05444000 ELKHORN CREEK NEAR PENROSE, IL

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°54'09.9",   Longitude 89°41'47"   NAD83
Whiteside County, Illinois, Hydrologic Unit 07090005
Drainage area: 146 square miles
Datum of gage: 657.75 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10-01  2025-10-26  31438 
    Gage height, feet  1993-10-01  2025-10-26  11537 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10-01  2025-07-14 31334 
    Gage height, feet  1993-10-01  2025-07-14 11433 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10  2025-07  
    Gage height, feet  1993-10  2025-07  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1994  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1938-06  2024-04-03  86 
 Field measurements 1941-03-20  2025-09-16  449 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1966-09-12  1997-04-22  332 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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