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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530990       SALT CREEK AT ROLLING MEADOWS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°03'37", long 88°01'00" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NW1/4 sec.8, T.41 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Algonquin Road in Rolling Meadows, 0.25 mi downstream from Arlington Heights Branch Salt Creek, and at mile 35.6.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 30.5 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1973 to current year. August 1950 to September 1971, and October 1972 to September 1973 at site 0.9 mi downstream, published as Salt Creek near Arlington Heights. Records may not be equivalent.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water year 1972.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-93-2: 1992.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 686.40 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,650 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 14.03 ft; no flow, Jan. 12-Feb. 8, 1977, as a result of freezeup, Aug. 20, 25, 1986, and Sept. 8, 9, 11, 1999.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 14    34    44    e5.0 28    13    22  59    6.0 3.8   0.63 8.5
2 9.8 22    31    e4.7 19    23    27  196    4.7 5.2   0.39 118   
3 9.2 17    22    e4.4 16    27    22  69    27    5.3   0.43 58   
4 16    14    18    e4.4 12    21    17  42    657    5.4   3.9   30   
5 45    13    16    e4.2 11    16    15  32    401    4.8   15      18   
 
6 17    12    17    e4.2 8.7 20    12  26    127    7.0   2.9   9.5
7 8.8 11    12    e4.3 10    29    30  22    95    6.8   1.3   6.7
8 5.6 10    10    4.4 14    172    118  19    55    4.9   0.78 4.6
9 4.1 7.6 8.3 4.8 23    248    256  35    55    51      0.58 3.9
10 9.9 6.1 7.7 5.1 50    92    91  18    41    7.2   0.51 4.1
 
11 14    5.1 6.6 5.2 43    54    59  121    83    3.2   0.44 3.5
12 53    4.8 11    5.4 34    42    45  447    49    1.7   0.37 2.2
13 542    3.8 57    5.1 27    37    36  136    31    1.1   151      1.9
14 680    5.0 38    5.6 22    33    30  62    34    1.2   87      1.5
15 230    4.7 29    6.5 20    28    28  43    29    1.1   30      1.2
 
16 78    5.0 27    6.9 19    23    21  142    19    1.1   13      1.3
17 50    4.4 29    7.5 17    20    27  e115    12    1.3   7.0   1.5
18 50    4.5 24    6.0 14    18    18  e60    8.9 1.5   3.6   3.2
19 57    7.3 31    5.2 35    16    16  e36    11    1.1   8.2   44   
20 34    5.2 26    4.7 100    16    14  e28    10    1.1   4.1   52   
 
21 32    3.8 21    5.0 79    17    37  e21    4.9 1.0   25      27   
22 52    3.9 22    5.3 48    16    31  e19    3.4 1.2   982      61   
23 542    3.7 26    7.8 37    16    21  e17    2.4 1.1   404      22   
24 342    21    20    10    30    13    22  19    2.2 0.97 148      9.1
25 185    34    17    8.8 26    11    21  25    2.2 1.0   95      5.3
 
26 75    19    13    8.0 24    8.7 14  20    1.5 1.0   88      3.8
27 63    17    12    7.7 19    7.7 33  14    1.7 6.3   75      3.3
28 53    13    9.9 8.2 15    6.8 49  16    2.1 2.3   52      2.9
29 56    20    9.3 7.9 ---    44    33  11    2.2 18      37      28   
30 65    68    e7.4 7.7 ---    36    23  9.0 2.4 2.2   26      8.5
 
31 60    ---    e6.2 15    ---    23    ---  7.0 ---    0.97 10      ---   

TOTAL 3452.4 399.9 628.4 195.0 800.7 1147.2 1188 1886.0 1780.6 151.84 2273.13 544.5
MEAN 111.4 13.33 20.27 6.290 28.60 37.01 39.60 60.84 59.35 4.898 73.33 18.15
MAX 680 68 57 15 100 248 256 447 657 51 982 118
MIN 4.1 3.7 6.2 4.2 8.7 6.8 12 7.0 1.5 0.97 0.37 1.2
CFSM 3.65 0.44 0.66 0.21 0.94 1.21 1.30 1.99 1.95 0.16 2.40 0.60
IN. 4.21 0.49 0.77 0.24 0.98 1.40 1.45 2.30 2.17 0.19 2.77 0.66
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1974 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 19.74 28.66 28.07 25.07 35.27 49.49 58.94 42.47 29.11 18.29 27.83 20.65
MAX 111 120 107 85.7 113 202 136 148 87.6 83.6 136 77.0
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1999 1997 1979 1983 1996 1996 1993 1987 2001
MIN 2.42 2.32 0.62 0.13 2.43 10.5 9.73 7.33 3.15 3.00 2.56 1.63
(WY) 1980 1977 1977 1977 1978 2000 1989 1977 1988 1979 1986 1974

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1974 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 14554.43 14447.67
ANNUAL MEAN 39.88 39.58 31.92
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 52.1   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.25 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 892          Sep 19 982          Aug 22 1180      Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.31     Sep 16 0.37     Aug 12 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.85     Jul 10 0.98     Aug 6 0.00 Jan 12 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1450          Oct 13 1650      Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.88     Oct 13 14.03 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.23     Aug 2,12
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.31 1.30 1.05
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 17.75 17.62 14.22
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 69      71      73     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 16      16      13     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.0   2.2   1.7  

A - Jan. 12 - Feb. 8, 1977, result of freezeup; Aug. 20, 25, 1986 and Sept. 8, 9, 11, 1999.


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