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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05532000       ADDISON CREEK AT BELLWOOD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°52'54", long 87°52'09" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.9, T.39 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Washington Boulevard in Bellwood, 1,050 ft upstream from railroad bridge, and at mile 3.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 17.9 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1950 to June 1951, October 1951 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91, July 2000.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1338: 1952. WSP 1708: 1958, 1959(P). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 617.65 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to Oct. 26, 1951, at datum 2.00 ft higher.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,120 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 12.84 ft; no flow Sept. 14, 1962.
 

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 12  44    13    7.3 21    9.0 19  15    7.1 3.7 1.7 5.1
2 11  35    10    5.6 12    18    33  30    6.8 3.5 7.0 56   
3 11  30    9.3 6.2 9.6 20    24  23    8.4 2.5 3.2 13   
4 46  12    8.9 5.7 11    15    18  12    144    6.2 8.0 15   
5 82  8.4 9.6 5.7 9.2 11    12  10    79    3.2 24    12   
 
6 47  8.8 10    6.0 8.2 23    11  15    59    2.7 12    4.3
7 38  8.0 8.3 5.3 10    30    31  11    20    2.1 6.2 2.8
8 16  8.5 8.5 5.6 15    73    82  16    26    2.4 5.5 2.6
9 10  8.0 7.4 6.9 20    103    81  34    6.3 143    5.5 5.7
10 16  8.2 7.0 6.4 29    58    34  12    31    42    3.6 12   
 
11 19  7.2 7.1 6.1 21    37    28  104    56    24    4.0 4.6
12 63  6.5 12    6.3 25    32    32  145    41    14    3.6 2.6
13 242  6.7 46    5.6 22    26    26  76    32    13    44    2.0
14 133  15    22    6.1 14    25    24  74    47    11    50    9.4
15 83  8.6 10    6.1 11    25    23  39    36    10    38    8.7
 
16 84  6.9 12    6.6 9.9 21    13  88    24    5.7 22    2.6
17 75  6.9 18    e7.3 8.6 12    23  66    15    2.0 13    6.6
18 78  6.3 12    e7.8 8.7 11    11  48    14    1.5 12    14   
19 48  18    18    e6.5 30    10    12  29    12    1.6 17    17   
20 43  16    13    6.1 50    12    50  26    8.6 1.7 4.9 20   
 
21 42  7.0 10    6.5 32    9.7 41  25    4.5 3.0 2.7 18   
22 35  6.3 10    8.4 19    9.2 22  21    3.3 2.1 211    16   
23 108  5.8 13    7.5 15    9.4 14  12    5.3 9.3 80    5.4
24 127  15    8.4 7.0 12    8.4 31  13    11    9.2 61    13   
25 82  28    8.5 6.7 11    9.1 24  15    25    8.9 55    6.1
 
26 61  10    8.2 6.5 13    10    13  11    10    3.8 41    3.9
27 e48  18    7.4 6.1 10    9.5 47  9.1 4.8 9.7 40    11   
28 e50  16    7.5 6.5 9.4 9.2 45  8.9 5.0 4.3 38    4.2
29 e49  18    7.0 6.5 ---    46    30  9.6 5.4 19    31    9.2
30 e49  40    7.0 7.4 ---    23    21  9.2 4.3 9.9 15    7.3
 
31 48  ---    6.9 14    ---    13    ---  7.8 ---    2.9 13    ---   

TOTAL 1856 433.1 356.0 208.3 466.6 727.5 875 1014.6 751.8 377.9 872.9 310.1
MEAN 59.87 14.44 11.48 6.719 16.66 23.47 29.17 32.73 25.06 12.19 28.16 10.34
MAX 242 44 46 14 50 103 82 145 144 143 211 56
MIN 10 5.8 6.9 5.3 8.2 8.4 11 7.8 3.3 1.5 1.7 2.0
CFSM 3.34 0.81 0.64 0.38 0.93 1.31 1.63 1.83 1.40 0.68 1.57 0.58
IN. 3.86 0.90 0.74 0.43 0.97 1.51 1.82 2.11 1.56 0.79 1.81 0.64
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 13.54 14.70 13.73 13.06 16.05 23.00 27.09 20.25 17.48 14.03 16.80 14.29
MAX 59.9 44.5 53.5 39.2 51.5 72.6 59.0 57.9 41.5 46.6 103 61.4
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1993 1997 1979 1983 1990 1993 1957 1987 1961
MIN 0.22 0.46 1.63 0.98 1.38 6.69 7.87 4.25 1.64 0.68 0.42 0.31
(WY) 1953 1954 1954 1954 1963 1956 1971 1952 1956 1955 1953 1952

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1950 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 9318.3   8249.8      
ANNUAL MEAN 25.53 22.60     17.05
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 27.6   1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.98 1953
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 242          Oct 13 242              Oct 13 768      Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.7       Jul 21 1.5           Jul 18 0.00 Sep 14 1962
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.4       Jun 30 2.5           Jul 16 0.10 Oct 6 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 652              Oct 13 1120      Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.97         Oct 13 12.84 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.4   A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.43 1.26     0.95
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 19.37 17.14     12.94
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 61      50          38     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 14      12          8.6  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.5   5.0       2.7  

A - July 7, 18-20, and Aug. 1.


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Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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