USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05548280 NIPPERSINK CREEK NEAR SPRING GROVE, IL
LOCATION - Lat 42°26'37.43", long 88°14'50.73" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.25, T.46 N., R.8 E., McHenry County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Winn Road, 0.6 mi west of Spring Grove, and at mile 7.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 192 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 2115: 1969-70(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-85-2: 1966-67(M), 1971.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: August 1966 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
CHEMICAL: Water years 1976-91.
SEDIMENT: Dec. 1997 to May 1999.
MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1998-99.
PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to February 2012 and June 2013 to current.
GAGE - Water stage recorder, satellite telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 745.94 ft. above NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood in April 1960 reached a stage of 13.7 ft, from information by local resident, and flood in July 1938 reached a stage of about 4 to 6 ft higher than that in April 1960.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,910 ft³/s, Sept. 26, 1986, gage height, 14.26 ft; minimum discharge, 6.6 ft³/s, Aug. 7, 1988.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily, 244 mg/L, May 17, 1999; minimum daily, 8 mg/L, Nov. 24, 1998.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOAD: Maximum daily, 247 tons, May 17, 1999; minimum daily, 1.9 tons, Nov. 24, 1998.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.50 in., June 19, 2009.