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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536255       BUTTERFIELD CREEK AT FLOSSMOOR, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°32'24", long 87°38'57" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.8, T.35 N., R.14 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of Riegel Road Bridge at Homewood city limits, 0.1 mi north of Holbrook Road, 0.8 mi east of Flossmoor, and at mile 1.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 23.5 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: May 1948 to current year. Prior to October 1974, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River Basin (WSP 1307, 1727, 1911, 2111, WDR IL 1971-74).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1437: 1948(M), 1953, 1955. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-81-2: 1955(M), 1957(M), 1968(M), 1974(M).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 616.80 ft above NGVD of 1929 (616.49 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Sept. 9, 1948, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,220 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 12.59 ft; no flow at times in several years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.58 78    105    6.2 e5.4 23    45    3.5 2.1   1.7   1.4   0.82
2 4.4   83    59    93    5.3 18    38    3.6 2.5   0.73 1.2   0.39
3 0.85 32    37    149    5.0 13    26    3.3 4.6   0.64 0.90 0.23
4 0.66 108    25    129    9.3 12    19    3.2 36      1.9   1.2   0.18
5 0.53 62    18    79    20    12    14    2.9 114      6.1   1.0   0.17
 
6 0.46 28    24    50    22    11    11    3.0 74      1.2   0.58 0.17
7 0.42 17    241    37    47    11    9.6 2.7 21      0.90 0.44 0.31
8 8.4   9.5 142    29    49    9.8 9.0 2.5 9.1   0.78 0.38 0.45
9 5.1   5.8 75    24    31    7.9 7.9 2.5 4.7   0.68 0.32 0.18
10 1.7   4.7 46    23    22    8.7 5.6 2.4 4.2   0.52 0.38 0.06
 
11 1.3   3.6 35    48    16    11    4.8 9.5 3.2   0.55 18      0.01
12 1.4   2.7 24    243    14    11    27    11    2.2   4.6   11      0.06
13 1.7   2.0 17    595    31    8.1 41    5.2 6.3   4.0   28      0.03
14 2.4   1.5 11    217    203    6.9 23    4.3 12      0.91 21      0.01
15 16      1.4 16    107    126    6.0 16    3.4 4.4   0.71 6.9   2.8  
 
16 4.0   1.7 8.8 68    108    5.4 12    2.9 2.3   0.64 3.1   23     
17 2.2   1.6 6.1 e50    60    4.8 e10    2.5 1.6   0.49 1.7   2.5  
18 1.6   1.7 6.3 e40    39    5.3 e8.0 2.4 1.3   8.0   3.5   1.5  
19 1.6   19    5.6 e30    28    10    6.2 40    1.5   2.2   2.3   4.4  
20 1.3   11    5.0 e20    35    8.6 6.2 30    1.1   4.6   48      1.5  
 
21 1.3   5.8 e4.6 e16    41    6.5 5.6 16    1.9   12      14      0.89
22 1.3   3.6 e4.0 e12    30    5.4 26    7.3 1.2   3.2   5.2   0.92
23 27      2.9 e3.5 e10    24    15    22    3.9 0.88 1.9   2.7   0.75
24 9.5   11    e3.0 e10    20    9.0 14    3.5 1.6   1.3   1.7   0.54
25 3.3   35    e2.8 e10    17    25    10    3.0 0.90 34      1.3   4.7  
 
26 3.1   28    e2.6 e10    15    30    7.9 2.9 0.72 44      1.1   2.5  
27 4.2   86    e2.5 e8.0 12    22    6.2 2.6 0.67 65      1.2   1.1  
28 3.1   88    e2.4 e8.0 23    17    5.2 2.9 1.0   15      1.0   9.2  
29 7.6   48    e2.4 e7.2 ---    14    4.2 3.5 5.0   6.2   0.68 8.7  
30 7.8   43    e2.5 e6.4 ---    19    3.6 2.3 6.0   3.0   0.66 2.5  
 
31 2.9   ---    e2.9 e5.8 ---    82    ---    2.7 ---      1.8   0.64 ---     

TOTAL 127.70 825.5 940.0 2140.6 1058.0 448.4 444.0 191.4 327.97 229.25 181.48 70.57
MEAN 4.12 27.5 30.3 69.1 37.8 14.5 14.8 6.17 10.9 7.40 5.85 2.35
MAX 27 108 241 595 203 82 45 40 114 65 48 23
MIN 0.42 1.4 2.4 5.8 5.0 4.8 3.6 2.3 0.67 0.49 0.32 0.01
CFSM 0.18 1.17 1.29 2.94 1.61 0.62 0.63 0.26 0.47 0.31 0.25 0.10
IN. 0.20 1.31 1.49 3.39 1.67 0.71 0.70 0.30 0.52 0.36 0.29 0.11
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.87 14.5 16.5 17.9 22.0 32.5 32.5 26.2 21.2 12.7 8.31 8.00
MAX 76.1 96.7 105 73.7 88.4 120 97.7 95.6 119 85.9 60.0 77.1
(WY) 1955 1991 1983 1969 1997 1979 1970 1996 1993 1957 1968 1961
MIN 0.27 0.14 0.07 0.03 0.38 2.85 3.57 2.49 1.14 0.55 0.32 0.25
(WY) 1953 2000 1977 1977 1978 2000 1986 1992 1988 1988 1948 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 6801.64   6984.87  
ANNUAL MEAN 18.6     19.1     18.4    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 42.3     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 4.82   1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 375            Jun 12 595            Jan 13 1500        Jul 13 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.34       Sep 25 0.01       Sep 11,14 0.00   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.62       Sep 25 0.11       Sep 8 0.00   A
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 774            Jan 13 2220        Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.06       Jan 13 12.59   Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00       Sep 11-15
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.791 0.814 0.782
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.77   11.06   10.62  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 50        45        42       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.4     5.6     4.5    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.1     0.73   0.47  

A - At times in several years.


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