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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 1994-2001.

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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,590 ft3/s, June 10, 1967, gage height, 15.09 ft, present datum; no flow at times in most years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those greater than 100 ft3/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .35 5.4 3.9   e.88 7.7 9.2 14      1.2   47      .93 .17 8.8
2 .37 8.1 3.1   e.82 e4.6 6.8 12      1.5   35      .96 .45 5.5
3 7.3   6.5 2.1   e.82 e2.5 6.2 12      1.2   4.8   .88 .55 7.1
4 65      4.4 2.2   e.82 e2.2 5.6 12      .78 2.7   .87 .94 6.8
5 6.6   4.5 2.0   e.90 e1.9 5.0 23      .49 28      .84 .48 6.4
 
6 6.6   38    e1.8   e.92 1.8 8.2 26      4.2   7.3   .80 .32 29   
7 2.1   68    e1.6   e.90 2.7 6.2 14      7.2   3.5   21      55      21   
8 1.5   11    e1.4   e.88 60    3.8 12      3.0   2.5   1.5   53      4.7
9 1.2   125    e1.3   e.86 227    4.6 21      .78 1.4   1.5   62      17   
10 1.1   29    e1.1   e2.0   40    7.7 16      53      1.7   1.4   58      8.9
 
11 1.1   12    e1.0   e5.0   11    15    27      111      2.5   2.0   15      3.8
12 1.5   8.9 e.94 16      7.4 19    15      14      20      1.2   12      2.8
13 .68 16    e.90 21      6.9 14    .97 5.4   2.0   1.1   11      2.6
14 .74 9.0 e.86 61      20    9.4 .64 5.6   1.1   .94 11      6.4
15 3.2   6.7 e.82 26      14    39    5.1   4.4   4.4   .97 12      7.4
 
16 2.2   11    e.82 7.9   11    36    1.2   6.5   2.5   1.0   65      5.8
17 e1.6   6.2 e.84 4.1   e7.0 28    .52 2.0   1.8   18      19      11   
18 1.0   5.1 e.86 2.7   e4.0 24    .49 1.4   14      4.0   24      23   
19 .61 4.0 e.90 2.0   e3.2 27    .61 .91 3.1   5.5   58      408   
20 .68 3.6 e.92 4.0   3.0 25    8.4   .88 1.5   3.7   20      158   
 
21 .55 4.9 e.92 7.5   e3.5 21    9.4   3.1   3.5   1.7   10      198   
22 .54 4.0 e.90 2.2   e3.4 20    11      1.5   2.0   77      111      25   
23 .55 3.3 e.86 .80 9.5 18    57      1.4   1.9   52      108      70   
24 1.8   4.0 e.84 .67 86    17    16      5.4   1.7   15      27      22   
25 .64 6.0 e.82 e.69 62    16    9.9   1.3   1.3   73      64      12   
 
26 .55 11    e.82 .79 15    16    6.1   24      1.1   7.2   20      8.3
27 .56 4.9 e.86 e.90 10    15    3.1   29      1.2   2.2   9.3   6.6
28 .51 4.0 e.90 1.5   11    14    2.0   4.6   .89 .89 7.4   5.7
29 2.2   5.5 e.92 32      ---    14    1.7   2.6   .83 .51 6.4   5.2
30 4.8   3.7 e.92 46      ---    14    3.5   2.0   1.0   .29 36      5.1
 
31 5.5   ---    e.90 18      ---    13    ---      16      ---      .19 51      ---   

TOTAL 123.63 433.7 39.02 270.55 638.3 477.7 341.63 316.34 202.22 299.07 928.01 1101.9
MEAN 3.99 14.5 1.26 8.73 22.8 15.4 11.4 10.2 6.74 9.65 29.9 36.7
MAX 65 125 3.9 61 227 39 57 111 47 77 111 408
MIN .35 3.3 .82 .67 1.8 3.8 .49 .49 .83 .19 .17 2.6
CFSM .30 1.10 .10 .66 1.73 1.17 .86 .77 .51 .73 2.27 2.78
IN. .35 1.22 .11 .76 1.80 1.35 .96 .89 .57 .84 2.62 3.11
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.82 8.06 6.76 6.88 9.30 14.5 19.3 12.3 12.2 8.99 10.7 8.73
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 2000 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2001 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL 3045.25 5172.07
ANNUAL MEAN 8.32 14.2   10.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.4       1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.07     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 250          Apr 20 408          Sep 19 1120          Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .16     Sep 18 .17     Aug 1 .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .29     Mar 31 .44     Jul 28 .00     Nov 4 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 890          Sep 19 1590          Jun 10 1967
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.00     Sep 19 15.09 B Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .00     C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .63 1.07 .79    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.58 14.58 10.67    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 17      33      21         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.3   4.6   2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .64 .82 .26    

A - At times in most years.
B - Present datum.
C - Several days.


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