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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551200                   FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 41°56'00", long 88°20'30", 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.--December 1960 to current year.

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 and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 704.84 ft above sea level.

REMARKS.--Records good except for those 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 4.9 5.2 21    e9.4 28  26  205  49  11    23    5.1 11   
2 4.1 5.0 15    e10    87  22  e148  42  9.3 17    5.0 10   
3 3.9 5.2 14    e45    78  21  e98  41  8.4 19    5.0 9.2
4 4.1 5.1 15    114    61  23  e54  39  8.6 107    18    9.1
5 4.5 4.5 13    141    48  26  e50  35  9.2 61    26    8.4
 
6 e4.5 6.2 10    166    40  24  e50  41  9.1 42    22    8.0
7 4.0 8.6 9.1 241    38  22  e44  205  7.7 61    15    15   
8 4.1 6.4 8.2 172    37  60  181  475  7.2 73    13    16   
9 5.4 5.0 8.2 115    31  138  207  216  13    42    19    10   
10 6.7 5.9 10    76    28  86  143  122  14    33    13    8.5
 
11 5.4 6.0 13    e63    65  65  103  86  64    26    9.5 7.9
12 5.6 4.6 12    54    132  50  81  67  110    22    8.2 7.1
13 11    5.3 9.7 e47    84  42  e59  74  52    20    6.6 6.4
14 15    4.8 9.5 e42    61  38  e60  57  34    17    6.1 7.5
15 8.7 5.1 7.9 e36    48  33  59  46  28    15    6.2 20   
 
16 7.3 6.4 8.3 36    42  33  203  40  23    13    6.2 15   
17 7.1 5.5 8.7 30    53  49  157  32  24    12    5.4 11   
18 6.4 5.0 8.4 28    50  220  100  29  21    11    5.7 10   
19 7.5 6.0 8.6 24    41  243  73  26  69    17    5.3 9.1
20 6.5 5.8 9.0 21    36  143  69  25  40    16    4.7 8.3
 
21 7.9 7.3 8.9 20    31  103  196  22  25    12    4.5 7.4
22 6.7 7.2 8.8 19    29  80  155  19  19    11    4.2 7.5
23 6.4 6.2 9.0 18    27  62  105  18  17    11    4.0 7.1
24 7.1 5.9 9.9 17    28  60  75  21  13    10    4.4 8.6
25 8.6 6.0 13    16    25  52  65  19  11    8.9 77    11   
 
26 8.9 6.2 12    15    23  50  77  16  104    7.9 46    11   
27 29    6.4 11    15    29  46  79  15  57    9.1 21    9.8
28 13    9.8 11    14    30  44  56  17  71    7.7 34    7.8
29 7.1 11    9.6 17    ---  40  54  19  50    7.0 35    9.9
30 5.7 27    10    20    ---  38  52  15  32    5.9 19    14   
 
31 5.0 ---    9.8 20    ---  97  ---  13  ---    5.5 13    ---   

TOTAL 232.1 204.6 331.6 1661.4 1310 2036 3058 1941 961.5 743.0 467.1 301.6
MEAN 7.49 6.82 10.7 53.6 46.8 65.7 102 62.6 32.0 24.0 15.1 10.1
MAX 29 27 21 241 132 243 207 475 110 107 77 20
MIN 3.9 4.5 7.9 9.4 23 21 44 13 7.2 5.5 4.0 6.4
CFSM .14 .13 .21 1.04 .90 1.27 1.97 1.21 .62 .46 .29 .19
IN. .17 .15 .24 1.20 .94 1.46 2.20 1.40 .69 .53 .34 .22

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 20.6 36.2 37.9 35.7 49.4 72.0 70.7 54.3 45.0 25.9 25.8 24.3
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 17.1 16.4 7.87 3.07 1.05 1.65 1.64
(WY) 1964 1972 1964 1977 1963 1968 1977 1989 1977 1961 1964 1976

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1961 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 14290.7   13247.9  
ANNUAL MEAN 39.2   36.3   42.0      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 76.7       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 8.72     1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1620          Feb 21 475          May 8 1620          Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.2       Sep 15 3.9       Oct 3 .10     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 4.0       Sep 27 4.2       Oct 2 .23     Aug 26 1961
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 556          May 8 2580  B,C Feb 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 4.56     May 8 9.66 D Feb 8 1965
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 3.4       E .10     F
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .76 .70 .81    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.28 9.53 11.04    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 73      85      87         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 15      17      22         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.8   5.7   4.1      
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 - Oct. 2, 7, Nov. 24.
F - Several days in 1961 and 1965.


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