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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05528500       BUFFALO CREEK NEAR WHEELING, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°09'06", long 87°57'26" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.4, T.42 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Short Aptakisic Road, 1.0 mi downstream from unnamed tributary, 2.5 mi west of Wheeling, and at mile 5.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 19.6 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-94-2: 1986-93 (P), 1993.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 658.60 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 887 ft3/s, July 22, 1982, gage height, 7.94 ft; no flow at times in several years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 11    23    36    e6.0 12    15    18  25    7.5 2.0   1.2   3.7  
2 9.3 20    26    e6.0 12    19    19  68    7.2 1.7   0.84 37     
3 8.2 16    19    e5.4 10    21    18  48    20    1.2   0.64 39     
4 12    14    16    e5.0 11    22    16  35    168    1.1   10      24     
5 21    13    16    e4.6 13    17    15  28    193    0.77 18      14     
 
6 15    12    15    e4.4 6.8 17    14  23    181    2.1   8.5   9.2  
7 9.4 10    13    4.3 6.7 20    18  19    116    0.99 3.5   6.3  
8 7.4 9.7 11    4.3 7.9 62    50  17    47    0.67 1.9   4.6  
9 5.8 9.6 9.4 3.9 11    110    117  23    34    5.1   1.2   3.6  
10 7.8 8.5 7.7 4.0 24    94    100  17    27    2.5   0.88 3.0  
 
11 8.9 7.9 6.9 4.3 32    65    57  45    38    1.7   0.62 2.2  
12 33    7.3 8.9 4.2 26    47    40  144    34    1.5   0.54 1.6  
13 240    6.8 24    3.9 22    37    31  133    27    1.2   53      1.4  
14 276    6.7 24    4.2 18    29    26  98    26    0.65 52      1.3  
15 236    6.8 20    4.1 16    27    22  49    25    0.56 25      1.1  
 
16 211    6.4 17    4.4 15    22    19  69    20    0.41 15      1.00
17 155    6.0 17    4.5 13    19    16  94    15    0.26 9.2   0.71
18 58    6.5 15    7.2 14    18    15  84    12    0.27 5.7   1.4  
19 39    7.3 17    4.6 19    16    13  54    11    0.31 6.8   11     
20 30    5.8 16    3.8 44    16    14  35    8.6 0.28 4.5   16     
 
21 22    5.2 14    3.5 53    15    20  27    6.8 0.59 12      10     
22 27    4.9 14    3.5 42    13    21  22    6.0 0.80 279      14     
23 257    4.7 14    4.4 32    11    18  18    5.0 0.60 215      8.9  
24 250    9.1 12    5.0 29    9.5 16  16    4.5 0.64 189      5.3  
25 221    14    e11    5.0 24    8.4 16  17    4.0 0.73 129      3.7  
 
26 183    11    e10    4.9 21    8.3 14  15    3.6 0.74 38      4.0  
27 104    10    e8.8 4.8 19    8.5 20  14    2.9 1.9   22      2.8  
28 54    9.1 e7.6 5.1 18    8.5 27  12    2.8 1.3   14      2.0  
29 42    12    e7.0 5.0 ---    18    24  11    2.5 3.7   9.5   8.0  
30 32    35    e6.4 4.6 ---    23    20  9.6 2.3 2.3   6.7   5.5  
 
31 26    ---    e6.0 8.5 ---    20    ---  8.0 ---    1.6   4.6   ---     

TOTAL 2611.8 318.3 445.7 147.4 571.4 836.2 834 1277.6 1057.7 40.17 1137.82 246.31
MEAN 84.25 10.61 14.38 4.755 20.41 26.97 27.80 41.21 35.26 1.296 36.70 8.210
MAX 276 35 36 8.5 53 110 117 144 193 5.1 279 39
MIN 5.8 4.7 6.0 3.5 6.7 8.3 13 8.0 2.3 0.26 0.54 0.71
CFSM 4.30 0.54 0.73 0.24 1.04 1.38 1.42 2.10 1.80 0.07 1.87 0.42
IN. 4.96 0.60 0.85 0.28 1.08 1.59 1.58 2.42 2.01 0.08 2.16 0.47
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 9.947 14.81 16.03 14.33 21.44 32.96 36.58 24.14 18.72 11.21 11.26 10.94
MAX 84.3 89.6 92.8 53.1 69.9 147 97.1 116 103 46.1 64.5 65.4
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1983 1996 1970 1978 1987 1972
MIN 0.000 0.000 0.032 0.042 0.12 4.80 4.26 3.33 0.74 0.058 0.000 0.000
(WY) 1953 1954 1954 1954 1963 1956 1963 1977 1963 1953 1955 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 10216.86 9524.40
ANNUAL MEAN 27.99 26.09 18.51
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.9   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.00 1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 309          Sep 19 279          Aug 22 525      Dec 3 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.28     Aug 8 0.26     Jul 17 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.90     Aug 2 0.38     Jul 15 0.00 Aug 22 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 742          Oct 13 887      Jul 22 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.51     Oct 13 7.94 Jul 22 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.11     Jul 17
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.43 1.33 0.94
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 19.39 18.08 12.83
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 56      53      44     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 13      12      7.9  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.9   1.7   0.46

A - At times in several years.


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