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USGS 05551000 FOX RIVER AT SOUTH ELGIN, IL

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Cooperator logo U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Chicago District - Chicago, Illinois

and Cooperator logo Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Office of Water Resources

This station managed by the De Kalb Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1989-10-01  2026-05-30
2007-10-01  2026-05-30







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 817 05-30-2026   22:45 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 31 based on 27 water years of record more
Min
(1994)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 31		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2019)
335 817 1030 1650 1850 2140 4880

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 12.47 05-30-2026   22:45 CST
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