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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536255                   BUTTERFIELD CREEK AT FLOSSMOOR, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 41°32'25", long 87°38'55", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.8, T.35 N., R.14 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of Riegel Road Bridge at Homewood city limits, 0.1 mi north of Holbrook Road, 0.8 mi east of Flossmoor, and at mile 1.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.--23.5 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1948 to current year. Prior to October 1974, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River Basin (WSP 1307, 1727, 1911, 2111, WDR IL 1971-74).

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1437: 1948(M), 1953, 1955. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-81-2: 1955(M), 1957(M), 1968(M), 1974(M).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 616.80 ft above sea level. Prior to Sept. 9, 1948, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

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 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 6.3   2.3   6.0   e.65 22    8.1 4.4 42    109    16      .30 .61
2 3.4   1.7   1.6   e.60 38    8.4 3.6 31    261    5.6   .52 .36
3 12      1.2   1.3   e.96 33    15    3.5 23    85    3.1   .30 .26
4 4.0   .95 1.1   e.93 24    9.3 9.7 17    43    2.3   .30 .19
5 1.9   3.7   1.1   e.90 17    11    5.0 13    23    2.3   .25 .18
 
6 7.5   2.7   47      e.87 15    29    9.6 22    13    1.9   .20 .21
7 4.6   1.3   70      e.85 13    21    5.4 14    8.3 3.8   .16 .37
8 2.4   1.2   18      e.83 11    15    6.5 10    5.8 3.5   .72 .34
9 1.2   1.9   8.7   e.81 10    14    71    8.0 6.2 2.1   .50 .25
10 .81 47      5.9   e.79 8.2 14    41    6.6 53    .98 .27 .22
 
11 1.0   21      4.1   e.78 10    14    57    6.5 55    .72 .14 .27
12 1.0   9.1   3.1   e.76 14    15    31    62    40    .73 5.5   .50
13 .71 4.9   2.7   e.75 8.2 17    20    50    101    .76 5.0   1.9  
14 .63 3.0   2.2   e.74 6.3 15    14    27    77    .72 3.1   .73
15 .61 2.5   1.8   e.74 5.9 19    44    17    33    .63 1.2   .26
 
16 .55 1.8   1.6   e1.3   6.9 38    233    13    18    .55 .70 .11
17 .89 1.5   1.4   e4.6   5.8 68    102    23    11    1.5   .35 .09
18 14      1.9   1.1   e40      5.0 40    52    19    7.0 2.8   .44 .08
19 6.3   1.4   .97 e22      4.5 24    36    11    5.8 .93 24      .12
20 2.8   1.2   .86 e19      4.1 17    27    7.7 4.7 3.9   4.7   .12
 
21 1.2   1.3   1.0   e21      3.7 13    25    8.7 4.2 3.9   2.0   .24
22 .80 .80 .92 e260      3.5 11    123    26    14    13      .95 .18
23 .75 1.0   .70 472      3.2 8.5 366    34    13    2.6   .76 .19
24 .80 .74 .67 269      3.2 7.2 108    25    17    1.5   14      .16
25 .75 .81 .64 120      3.8 6.0 59    13    7.6 1.1   15      .22
 
26 .57 1.1   .74 69      4.2 5.4 38    8.9 4.6 .80 5.5   .18
27 2.6   1.4   .70 69      14    5.1 217    6.5 4.1 .81 2.8   .21
28 15      .88 .63 72      11    4.7 395    5.2 3.3 .67 1.8   11     
29 5.0   .72 .64 44      ---    4.2 113    4.1 2.6 .43 1.0   10     
30 6.6   2.0   .77 33      ---    3.8 64    3.4 2.3 .39 .68 2.2  
 
31 4.3   ---      .68 26      ---    4.0 ---    7.8 ---    .33 .45 ---     

TOTAL 110.97 123.00 188.62 1553.86 308.5 484.7 2283.7 565.4 1032.5 80.35 93.59 31.75
MEAN 3.58 4.10 6.08 50.1 11.0 15.6 76.1 18.2 34.4 2.59 3.02 1.06
MAX 15 47 70 472 38 68 395 62 261 16 24 11
MIN .55 .72 .63 .60 3.2 3.8 3.5 3.4 2.3 .33 .14 .08
CFSM .15 .17 .26 2.13 .47 .67 3.24 .78 1.46 .11 .13 .05
IN. .18 .19 .30 2.46 .49 .77 3.62 .90 1.63 .13 .15 .05

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.62 14.0 17.2 18.2 21.7 34.2 33.8 26.1 21.2 12.3 8.14 8.39
MAX 76.1 96.7 105 73.7 88.4 120 97.7 95.6 119 85.9 60.0 77.1
(WY) 1955 1991 1983 1969 1997 1979 1970 1996 1993 1957 1968 1961
MIN .27 .20 .073 .032 .38 4.42 3.57 2.49 1.14 .55 .32 .25
(WY) 1953 1954 1977 1977 1978 1981 1986 1992 1988 1988 1948 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 9559.24 6856.94
ANNUAL MEAN 26.2   18.8   18.6  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 42.3   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 4.82 1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 610          May 7 472          Jan 23 1500      Jul 13 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .55     Oct 16 .08     Sep 18 .00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .67     Dec 23 .13     Sep 16 .00 Aug 8 1975
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 710          Apr 28 2220      Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 9.82     Apr 28 12.59 Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .06     Sep 16 - 19
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.11 .80 .79
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 15.13 10.85 10.75
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 69      42      42     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.6   4.1   4.5  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .94 .45 .45
A - At times in many years.


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