USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05549000 BOONE CREEK NEAR MC HENRY, IL
LOCATION - Lat 42°19'14", long 88°18'46" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.4, T.44 N., R.8 E., McHenry County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Bull Valley Road, 2.5 mi southwest of McHenry and at mile 4.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 15.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -
WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-79-2: 1970.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: July 1948 to October 1982. November 2012 to current.
STAGE: November 2012 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments,
water year 2000, water chemistry and chlorophyll-a in algae, June-September 2007.
BIOLOGICAL
ALGAE: Water year 2000.
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
HABITAT: Water year 2000-01.
GAGE -
Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, crest-stage gage, and concrete control.
Datum of gage is 769.40 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to Nov. 19, 2012, the gage datum was published as 769.56 ft above NGVD of 1929.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 773 ft³/s June 26, 2013, gage height, 7.48 ft; minimum 1.6 ft³/s Dec 25, 1948, gage height 0.30 ft., result of freezeup.