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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05548000 NIPPERSINK LAKE AT FOX LAKE, IL
LOCATION - Lat 42°24'11.18", long 88°10'57.43" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.4, T.45 N., R.9 E., Lake County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on east shore of Nippersink Lake, 350 ft upstream from bridge on U.S. Route 12 and 300 ft upstream from railroad bridge in village of Fox Lake, and at mile 106.4.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER STAGE: October 1939 to current.
GAGE -

Water-stage recorder and satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 732.77 ft above NAVD of 1988. December 16, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1971, at datum 2.13 ft higher. Prior to December 16, 1939, nonrecording gage at same site at datum 2.13 ft higher.

REMARKS - Stage regulated by Stratton Lock and Dam (previously known as McHenry Dam).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - STAGE: Maximum, 8.12 ft, present datum, April 5, 1960; minimum observed, 1.70 ft, February 10, 1972.