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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05532000                   ADDISON CREEK AT BELLWOOD, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 41°52'48", long 87°52'07", in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.9, T.39 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Washington Boulevard in Bellwood, 1,050 ft upstream from railroad bridge, and at mile 3.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.--17.9 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1950 to June 1951, October 1951 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1338: 1952. WSP 1708: 1958, 1959(P). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 617.65 ft above sea level (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to Oct. 26, 1951, at datum 2.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 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 11    7.2 7.3 e10    26  10  62  15    6.7 6.8 1.4 8.3
2 4.7 6.6 8.3 13    50  13  42  13    6.1 4.2 1.3 7.0
3 3.2 6.0 14    30    28  15  20  11    5.7 22    4.7 8.5
4 7.7 6.2 20    71    21  18  15  13    6.3 79    104    12   
5 14    5.3 8.6 72    17  13  13  13    5.9 21    100    8.1
 
6 7.9 30    6.6 63    16  11  13  18    5.3 17    89    5.8
7 3.3 16    5.9 79    14  11  31  230    14    13    106    152   
8 4.8 9.0 5.9 93    13  88  110  128    6.3 6.3 60    47   
9 11    4.7 7.3 84    12  87  78  89    54    13    46    30   
10 6.4 3.2 31    44    13  63  41  63    12    11    37    16   
 
11 5.7 6.0 37    31    79  45  26  52    107    4.5 15    8.1
12 5.5 12    18    17    58  24  16  44    30    4.0 9.6 6.8
13 37    6.0 12    e15    23  21  24  23    16    3.4 9.8 6.5
14 20    3.9 10    e14    17  25  35  16    9.9 3.4 9.4 18   
15 10    17    8.6 e13    14  19  14  10    7.3 8.3 10    43   
 
16 6.0 24    9.6 e12    21  20  70  9.0 7.5 8.2 7.4 11   
17 6.2 13    12    e11    60  66  26  8.6 11    4.0 6.0 10   
18 6.0 7.5 9.5 e10    68  139  17  7.7 31    2.5 6.6 14   
19 5.7 8.8 8.6 9.5 29  95  17  7.5 68    24    5.8 5.1
20 5.6 6.4 8.4 10    20  52  48  7.0 16    11    5.7 4.7
 
21 5.9 6.7 14    10    16  40  59  6.5 7.7 13    5.5 5.7
22 5.6 11    13    12    14  29  25  7.0 8.3 8.5 5.4 13   
23 4.9 9.4 11    15    13  27  17  6.5 7.8 4.4 6.7 8.3
24 11    4.6 13    12    17  23  15  70    5.7 12    29    4.0
25 9.1 6.1 51    9.6 12  14  14  11    4.7 5.0 111    4.3
 
26 47    5.1 21    11    12  13  36  8.9 33    2.8 35    5.0
27 84    9.8 13    13    15  12  23  8.8 7.6 2.6 41    6.0
28 28    29    11    22    11  22  20  15    37    2.2 56    4.9
29 17    16    e11    27    ---  11  48  13    11    9.7 25    6.4
30 15    11    e10    20    ---  11  18  6.6 16    5.1 13    23   
 
31 8.5 ---    e9.0 18    ---  84  ---  6.3 ---    2.1 8.7 ---   

TOTAL 417.7 307.5 425.6 871.1 709 1121 993 937.4 564.8 334.0 971.0 502.5
MEAN 13.5 10.3 13.7 28.1 25.3 36.2 33.1 30.2 18.8 10.8 31.3 16.8
MAX 84 30 51 93 79 139 110 230 107 79 111 152
MIN 3.2 3.2 5.9 9.5 11 10 13 6.3 4.7 2.1 1.3 4.0
CFSM .75 .57 .77 1.57 1.41 2.02 1.85 1.69 1.05 .60 1.75 .94
IN. .87 .64 .88 1.81 1.47 2.33 2.06 1.95 1.17 .69 2.02 1.04

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 12.3 14.7 13.9 12.8 15.5 23.4 26.2 19.6 16.6 13.9 16.5 13.5
MAX 46.5 44.5 53.5 39.2 51.5 72.6 59.0 57.9 41.5 46.6 103 61.4
(WY) 1955 1986 1983 1993 1997 1979 1983 1990 1993 1957 1987 1961
MIN .22 .46 1.63 .98 1.38 6.69 7.87 4.25 1.64 .68 .42 .31
(WY) 1953 1954 1954 1954 1963 1956 1971 1952 1956 1955 1953 1952

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1950 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 7481.6   8154.6  
ANNUAL MEAN 20.5   22.3   16.6  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 27.6   1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.98 1953
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 425          Feb 21 230          May 7 768      Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.2       Jul 16 1.3       Aug 2 .00 Sep 14 1962
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.9       Jul 11 3.5       Jul 27 .10 Oct 6 1952
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 466          Sep 7 1120      Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 7.20     Sep 7 12.84 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.0       Aug 2
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.15 1.25 .93
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 15.55 16.95 12.62
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 47      59      37     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 10      13      8.3  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.7   5.4   2.4  


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