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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530000                   WELLER CREEK AT DES PLAINES, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 42°02'58", long 87°55'05", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.18, T.41 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 58 (Golf Road) in Des Plaines, 2 mi west of U.S. Highway 45, and at mile 3.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.--13.2 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1950 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1915: 1957-60. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 634.02 ft above sea level (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to Sept. 9, 1968, at site 90 ft downstream and at datum 1.00 ft higher. Sept. 9, 1968, to Sept. 10, 1970, at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except those greater than 150 ft3/s, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Prior to Nov. 15, 1958, effluent from Arlington Heights sewage-treatment plant entered Weller Creek above station. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .44 1.1   1.9   3.8 11    2.0 25    2.0 e2.2   .90 1.0   .63
2 .33 .66 1.5   10    19    1.9 11    2.0 e1.6   .65 .62 .64
3 .38 .66 3.1   38    7.3 1.9 5.0 1.7 e1.3   13      5.7   .76
4 .53 .85 2.0   47    5.0 1.7 2.4 2.3 e1.1   13      63      1.1  
5 .50 .58 1.4   40    3.3 2.0 1.5 4.4 e1.9   2.7   65      .46
 
6 .34 9.7   1.2   31    2.6 1.9 1.6 2.4 e1.8   1.3   14      .44
7 .33 1.7   1.0   25    2.3 1.8 27    244    e1.5   16      30      e.62
8 .33 .97 .96 21    2.0 65    76    101    e1.1   4.3   8.1   e17     
9 2.0   .77 1.1   26    1.9 35    40    25    e6.0   1.5   2.2   e9.0  
10 .47 .56 8.8   9.4 1.6 14    9.5 17    e4.5   1.1   1.3   e3.5  
 
11 .36 .47 7.9   7.3 47    5.6 3.9 11    e3.0   1.1   .97 e2.2  
12 .30 .57 3.7   3.9 25    2.7 3.7 10    5.5   1.2   .76 1.5  
13 13      .62 2.1   e3.0 6.9 1.7 4.2 8.1 20      .87 .66 1.5  
14 2.6   .69 1.7   2.5 2.9 1.6 5.2 5.6 1.6   .70 2.7   12     
15 .84 5.7   1.6   e2.0 1.5 1.5 8.8 4.1 .99 .65 5.1   15     
 
16 .75 3.3   4.7   2.2 8.1 1.8 23    3.7 .58 .65 1.3   3.9  
17 .64 1.4   2.4   1.9 31    33    4.1 2.5 .53 .62 .83 3.1  
18 .51 1.0   1.7   1.9 25    91    2.0 2.2 e.80 .65 .66 2.4  
19 .42 .82 1.6   1.4 8.4 31    1.5 1.6 e1.0   4.4   .60 1.6  
20 .40 .89 1.6   1.3 5.3 12    29    2.1 e20      1.2   .55 2.1  
 
21 .36 1.5   1.4   1.2 2.9 6.4 45    1.7 e5.0   .65 .57 2.0  
22 .41 1.1   1.7   1.7 1.7 4.3 14    1.8 .72 .87 48      1.9  
23 .34 .77 7.9   1.9 1.5 2.7 6.6 2.0 .55 .66 9.8   1.8  
24 4.3   .65 13      1.7 3.9 1.9 3.5 10    .49 .77 49      1.6  
25 1.9   .65 22      1.4 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.6 5.1   .65 85      1.6  
 
26 56      .65 12      1.3 1.9 1.7 12    e1.4 35      .65 4.7   1.5  
27 45      5.3   7.8   1.6 5.5 2.1 3.0 e1.7 3.3   1.2   1.7   1.2  
28 2.3   4.3   5.9   1.7 1.7 7.2 1.6 e2.0 42      1.0   17      1.2  
29 1.3   5.0   e5.0   e2.9 ---    1.7 7.7 e3.0 4.9   .69 3.1   1.2  
30 .78 4.0   e4.8   e2.5 ---    1.8 1.9 e3.8 1.9   .71 1.3   5.8  
 
31 .65 ---      4.4   3.1 ---    61    ---    e3.0 ---      .47 .90 ---     

TOTAL 138.81 56.93 137.86 299.6 237.9 401.3 381.3 484.7 175.96 74.81 426.12 99.25
MEAN 4.48 1.90 4.45 9.66 8.50 12.9 12.7 15.6 5.87 2.41 13.7 3.31
MAX 56 9.7 22 47 47 91 76 244 42 16 85 17
MIN .30 .47 .96 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 .49 .47 .55 .44
CFSM .34 .14 .34 .73 .64 .98 .96 1.18 .44 .18 1.04 .25
IN. .39 .16 .39 .84 .67 1.13 1.07 1.37 .50 .21 1.20 .28

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.58 8.13 6.95 6.52 9.08 15.0 18.9 12.6 12.4 9.04 10.6 8.13
MAX 35.6 46.4 34.3 43.2 38.2 107 54.1 64.0 54.1 38.4 69.9 55.7
(WY) 1955 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1975 1974 1972 1957 1987 1972
MIN .13 .31 .077 .077 .19 .72 2.24 1.44 .90 2.41 .32 .60
(WY) 1963 1963 1964 1959 1972 1968 1989 1982 1982 1998 1973 1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 2955.29 2914.54
ANNUAL MEAN 8.10 7.99 10.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.4       1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.07     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 639          Feb 21 244          May 7 1120          Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .30     Sep 4, Oct 12 .30     Oct 12 .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .39     Oct 2 .39     Oct 2 .00     Nov 4 1958
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 484          May 7 1590          Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 4.78     May 7 15.09 B Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .07     Sep 2
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .61 .60 .78    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.33 8.21 10.62    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 13      22      21         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.4   1.9   2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .51 .64 .23    
A - At times in most years.
B - Present datum.


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