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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 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.9 1.5   1.9   e.64 6.3 2.9 1.6 4.0   41      27      .32 .33
2 8.7 1.4   1.1   e.64 14    4.5 1.5 3.4   35      2.4   .32 .34
3 12    1.8   1.1   e.62 8.8 3.3 1.5 3.2   2.7   1.5   .31 .34
4 4.0 3.1   1.4   e.64 6.3 2.3 2.4 2.7   1.7   1.2   .28 .34
5 75    2.1   1.0   e.66 7.6 2.3 2.6 3.3   1.5   1.3   .30 .34
 
6 15    1.6   51      e.64 6.6 4.7 2.7 6.3   2.9   .96 .31 .34
7 10    1.3   18      e.64 4.6 3.9 1.7 3.3   2.1   .90 .31 .36
8 4.1 1.9   3.3   e.62 4.2 3.2 43    2.3   1.4   .75 .27 .38
9 2.9 3.7   2.2   e.64 3.8 4.3 167    1.8   2.1   35      .26 .43
10 2.3 125      1.5   e.66 3.0 4.5 16    1.6   1.7   .90 .46 .36
 
11 1.9 12      1.4   e.64 17    4.5 8.5 12      26      .39 .56 .36
12 1.8 3.5   1.3   e.64 8.0 4.6 5.6 75      4.9   .33 10      1.9  
13 1.6 2.4   e1.2   e.62 4.6 3.9 3.7 5.1   179      .32 3.0   .99
14 1.6 2.0   e1.1   e.62 2.8 3.7 2.9 2.8   39      .31 1.9   .41
15 1.6 1.5   e1.0   e2.0   2.6 5.1 27    2.4   5.4   .32 .52 .40
 
16 1.5 1.4   e1.0   8.4   2.8 11    87    2.1   2.6   .32 .47 .45
17 288    1.3   .98 69      2.7 16    14    37      2.1   .36 .39 .43
18 263    1.2   .88 82      2.5 8.1 7.5 4.8   1.8   .32 .43 .46
19 36    1.0   .82 31      2.2 4.9 6.1 2.8   1.4   .35 23      1.3  
20 e15    .76 .74 11      2.1 3.7 8.3 2.4   1.4   .30 .83 1.8  
 
21 e4.5 .78 e.72 25      1.6 2.9 65    14      1.3   22      .42 .51
22 2.0 .74 e.70 245      2.1 2.5 217    13      1.7   6.1   .39 .39
23 1.5 1.0   e.68 214      1.8 2.3 318    6.1   1.4   4.1   6.2   .34
24 1.3 .74 e.66 74      2.1 2.1 79    3.4   1.5   5.6   25      .33
25 1.3 .61 e.68 15      2.0 1.7 24    3.2   1.3   .51 38      .30
 
26 1.1 .63 e.70 8.8   6.5 1.6 7.4 1.4   1.2   .39 2.9   .28
27 16    .64 e.72 24      19    1.6 65    1.4   1.3   .33 .50 3.1  
28 5.6 .83 e.70 16      4.9 1.5 75    1.1   1.0   .32 .43 118     
29 7.9 1.0   e.72 7.4   ---    1.5 9.1 .99 .80 .32 .39 20     
30 5.4 8.6   e.68 6.5   ---    1.4 5.5 .87 .70 .30 .35 2.7  
 
31 2.1 ---      e.66 5.8   ---    1.4 ---    2.1   ---      .32 .34 ---     

TOTAL 797.6 186.03 100.54 853.82 152.5 121.9 1275.6 225.86 367.90 115.52 119.16 158.01
MEAN 25.7 6.20 3.24 27.5 5.45 3.93 42.5 7.29 12.3 3.73 3.84 5.27
MAX 288 125 51 245 19 16 318 75 179 35 38 118
MIN 1.1 .61 .66 .62 1.6 1.4 1.5 .87 .70 .30 .26 .28
CFSM 1.95 .47 .25 2.09 .41 .30 3.22 .55 .93 .28 .29 .40
IN. 2.25 .52 .28 2.41 .43 .34 3.59 .64 1.04 .33 .34 .45

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.97 8.09 6.88 6.95 9.00 14.7 19.4 12.5 12.4 8.93 10.5 8.07
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 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 3665.11 4474.44
ANNUAL MEAN 10.0   12.3   10.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.4       1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.07     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 288          Oct 17 318          Apr 23 1120          Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .44     Sep 6 .26     Aug 9 .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .66     Sep 1 .29     Aug 3 .00     Nov 4 1958
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 792          Oct 17 1590          Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 7.18     Oct 17 15.09 B Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .18     Sep 26
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .76 .93 .78    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.33 12.61 10.66    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 25      24      21         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.0   1.9   2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .70 .36 .25    
A - At times in most years.
B - Present datum.


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