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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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1950 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, 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.-- Prior to Nov. 15, 1958, effluent from Arlington Heights sewage-treatment plant entered Weller Creek above station.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those greater than 100 ft3/s, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 1.3   .43 .18 .59 e.91 2.4   .36 4.5   9.6 1.6   9.7 3.4  
2 1.2   .38 .14 .66 e.92 1.9   .29 3.2   16    20      11    3.6  
3 39      .36 2.0   3.0   e.94 1.8   .28 2.9   3.1 108      4.6 4.0  
4 9.7   .43 22      e3.6   e.97 1.6   .26 2.3   3.8 5.8   3.1 4.7  
5 .94 .40 133      1.8   e.98 1.4   .24 1.3   44    6.2   7.1 5.2  
 
6 .62 .44 14      .70 e1.0   1.2   .18 1.0   5.9 3.8   5.8 5.3  
7 .45 .48 3.9   .98 e1.0   1.0   13      1.1   3.8 1.2   6.5 5.9  
8 .37 .75 1.4   .58 e1.1   1.1   15      4.3   2.7 .85 2.3 10     
9 .42 .18 .98 9.7   e1.4   .91 3.1   44      1.7 .94 1.5 7.7  
10 .35 .16 .89 11      e2.3   .71 1.4   5.9   1.5 72      2.5 8.2  
 
11 .39 .20 .81 3.7   e2.8   .61 1.6   11      23    5.0   5.8 72     
12 .38 .31 .82 1.3   e2.7   .62 .82 2.6   12    3.0   3.1 79     
13 .45 .31 .69 1.0   e2.3   .63 .49 1.1   2.9 6.4   1.4 3.8  
14 .55 .29 .73 e.86 e2.2   .64 .37 .62 3.2 1.6   1.3 13     
15 .40 .26 e1.4   e.82 4.2   3.3   .48 .57 2.5 2.2   1.4 .71
 
16 .51 .29 e1.4   e.79 5.5   3.3   19      4.2   1.7 1.2   1.1 .20
17 .38 .30 e1.0   .77 5.0   1.0   58      1.8   1.4 .57 32    .20
18 .31 .20 e.68 .87 3.9   .73 7.5   36      1.4 .59 5.4 .16
19 .28 .12 e.63 1.4   21      1.0   83      16      2.4 2.0   5.2 .21
20 .29 .13 e.72 e1.2   25      18      250      3.1   11    2.1   1.8 7.4  
 
21 .21 .15 1.1   e1.1   37      2.9   164      2.0   5.1 2.7   1.5 2.9  
22 .25 .18 e1.2   e1.0   70      1.4   28      1.7   2.0 2.9   1.5 54     
23 .21 1.6   e1.0   e.97 31      1.1   22      1.5   1.8 2.5   1.5 65     
24 .22 .12 e1.2   e.94 38      2.0   11      1.2   45    3.3   4.1 17     
25 .26 .14 e1.9   e.90 17      1.3   7.0   .26 15    3.6   3.2 4.5  
 
26 .22 .14 e2.7   e.88 7.9   .99 6.0   .84 2.9 2.1   14    2.0  
27 .30 .13 e1.4   e.84 4.9   2.3   5.6   5.0   1.8 2.6   3.9 1.0  
28 .29 .14 e2.3   e.80 3.2   .98 3.0   16      1.6 18      2.2 .80
29 .19 .16 e3.0   e.82 2.3   .83 4.0   4.2   2.0 4.8   3.1 .75
30 .26 .22 4.7   e.96 ---      .51 2.8   2.6   1.1 5.1   3.7 .53
 
31 .37 ---      .91 e.93 ---      .39 ---      18      ---    65      3.9 ---     

TOTAL 61.07 9.40 208.78 55.46 297.42 58.55 708.77 200.79 231.9 357.65 155.2 383.16
MEAN 1.97 .31 6.73 1.79 10.3 1.89 23.6 6.48 7.73 11.5 5.01 12.8
MAX 39 1.6 133 11 70 18 250 44 45 108 32 79
MIN .19 .12 .14 .58 .91 .39 .18 .26 1.1 .57 1.1 .16
CFSM .15 .02 .51 .14 .78 .14 1.79 .49 .59 .87 .38 .97
IN. .17 .03 .59 .16 .84 .17 2.00 .57 .65 1.01 .44 1.08

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.87 7.93 6.87 6.84 9.03 14.5 19.4 12.4 12.3 8.98 10.3 8.17
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 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 3669.52 2728.15
ANNUAL MEAN 10.1   7.45 10.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.4       1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.07     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 318          Apr 23 250          Apr 20 1120          Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .12     Nov 19,24 .12     Nov 19,24 .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .15     Nov 24 .15     Nov 24 .00     Nov 4 1958
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 531          Apr 20 1590          Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 5.12     Apr 20 15.09 B Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .00     C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .76 .56 .78    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.34 7.69 10.60    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21      16      21         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.5   1.6   2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .30 .29 .26    
A - At times in most years.
B - Present datum.
 C - Several days.


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