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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551200       FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°55'58", long 88°20'27" (NAD of 1983), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.40 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Randall Road, 2.4 mi northwest of St. Charles, and at mile 2.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 51.7 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: December 1960 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

PRECIPITATION: August 2000 to current year.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Water year 2000.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000-01.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-82-2: 1966(M), 1968(M), 1970-71(M), 1973(M), 1978-79(M).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 704.84 ft above NGVD of 1929 (704.61 ft NAVD 1988).
 

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,580, Feb. 21, 1997, from rating curve extended above 1,960 ft3/s, gage height, 8.77 ft; maximum gage height, 9.66 ft, Feb. 8, 1965, from floodmark, ice jam; minimum discharge, 0.10 ft3/s, several days in 1961 and 1965.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded daily total, 3.27 in., August 13, 2002.
 

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 3.1 15    28    12  e16  61  31  19  14    4.1 2.2 5.3
2 4.3 36    25    21  e16  46  51  19  14    3.2 2.2 4.1
3 3.6 21    21    22  e17  43  45  20  12    3.0 2.3 3.1
4 3.3 23    19    26  22  38  37  19  12    3.0 2.9 2.7
5 3.1 21    20    23  28  38  34  17  12    4.0 2.0 2.4
 
6 3.1 16    26    e18  68  39  34  19  12    5.1 1.7 4.5
7 3.1 13    64    e15  154  57  31  19  11    4.5 1.7 4.2
8 5.8 12    85    e14  149  53  28  19  10    3.9 1.6 2.1
9 7.3 11    55    e14  100  41  27  20  12    3.9 1.4 1.8
10 4.9 11    41    e13  71  36  25  23  11    2.9 1.3 2.6
 
11 4.5 9.3 e27    16  60  35  24  28  10    2.4 1.4 2.2
12 5.7 11    e22    47  57  31  38  38  10    2.2 1.9 1.7
13 5.9 12    e18    433  72  27  50  31  9.9 2.7 6.6 1.4
14 6.0 10    e16    232  217  25  40  28  9.4 2.7 5.3 1.5
15 5.3 9.1 e13    143  175  26  32  20  8.4 2.4 4.0 1.8
 
16 5.3 8.0 e11    e90  124  27  29  17  8.7 2.0 3.1 1.6
17 5.6 11    e9.3 e70  89  28  28  15  7.1 1.7 2.9 2.9
18 5.7 11    e8.4 e54  67  26  28  16  5.6 1.5 4.8 2.6
19 4.9 17    e7.5 e46  56  29  27  46  4.6 1.4 5.6 5.2
20 4.6 21    e7.0 e38  52  30  25  54  4.5 1.4 36    2.9
 
21 4.9 14    e6.4 e30  66  27  24  39  3.9 1.5 27    2.5
22 4.9 12    e6.1 e27  59  27  33  32  3.7 3.2 11    1.1
23 27    13    e5.8 e24  49  27  41  26  3.6 2.8 7.6 1.6
24 21    11    e5.7 e23  44  28  33  21  3.7 2.8 6.8 1.6
25 12    15    e5.6 e21  40  38  29  18  3.7 2.4 5.7 1.4
 
26 9.0 13    e5.6 e20  39  44  27  15  3.3 2.3 5.2 2.2
27 8.8 24    e5.6 e19  36  37  25  14  3.1 2.5 4.9 3.5
28 9.2 65    e5.6 e18  62  35  24  14  2.9 2.7 4.6 2.5
29 11    36    e5.7 e18  ---  32  22  14  3.3 2.6 3.9 4.8
30 13    29    e5.9 e17  ---  32  25  15  4.4 2.4 5.1 5.6
 
31 12    ---    e7.6 e16  ---  40  ---  16  ---    2.3 6.4 ---   

TOTAL 227.9 530.4 588.8 1580 2005 1103 947 711 233.8 85.5 179.1 83.4
MEAN 7.35 17.7 19.0 51.0 71.6 35.6 31.6 22.9 7.79 2.76 5.78 2.78
MAX 27 65 85 433 217 61 51 54 14 5.1 36 5.6
MIN 3.1 8.0 5.6 12 16 25 22 14 2.9 1.4 1.3 1.1
CFSM 0.14 0.34 0.37 0.99 1.39 0.69 0.61 0.44 0.15 0.05 0.11 0.05
IN. 0.16 0.38 0.42 1.14 1.44 0.79 0.68 0.51 0.17 0.06 0.13 0.06
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 21.7 35.4 36.0 35.7 50.6 68.4 68.6 57.3 48.0 24.5 24.5 22.2
MAX 99.3 151 159 134 170 303 186 148 159 113 141 170
(WY) 1973 1986 1983 1969 1997 1979 1993 1996 1993 1996 1987 1972
MIN 1.61 2.39 1.98 1.63 3.31 14.5 16.4 7.87 3.07 1.05 1.65 1.64
(WY) 1964 1972 1964 1977 1963 2003 1977 1989 1977 1961 1964 1976

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 15021.3     8274.9    
ANNUAL MEAN 41.0     22.7     41.5        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 76.7         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 8.72       1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 859            May 22 433            Jan 13 1620            Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.7         Sep 30 1.1         Sep 22 0.10       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.9         Sep 24 1.6         Aug 6 0.23       Aug 26 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 541            Jan 13 2580            BC Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 4.51       Jan 13 9.66   D Feb 8 1965
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.95       Sep 22,23 0.10       E
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.794 0.439 0.802    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.81   5.95   10.90      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 85        46        87           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 14        14        22           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.6     2.4     4.3        

A - Several days in 1961.

B - From rating curve extended above 1,960 ft3/s.

C - Gage height, 8.77 ft.

D - From floodmark, ice jam.

E - Several days in 1961 and 1965.


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