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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05550500       POPLAR CREEK AT ELGIN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°01'34", long 88°15'20" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.19, T.41 N., R.9 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank 35 ft upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway B.R. 20 (Villa Street) in Elgin, and at mile 2.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 35.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1951 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91.
 

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

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

FISH: Water year 2001.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1338: 1952-53. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 716.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,180 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1997, gage height, 6.78 ft; no flow, July 10, 1957, Sept. 14, 1958, July 18, 1989, Oct. 6, 1997.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for those estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plants upstream averaged 43 ft3/s during the year. The maximum monthly average was 52 ft3/s in May, and the minimum was 36 ft3/s in September.
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 13  37    54  12    e9.0 22  25  31  11    2.7 1.7   13   
2 11  30    40  10    e8.6 22  27  160  9.2 2.4 1.5   24   
3 11  27    32  9.3 e8.6 27  29  129  10    2.0 1.2   35   
4 13  23    29  8.8 e8.7 32  27  66  287    1.7 4.1   34   
5 34  23    27  8.8 e8.8 22  23  43  546    1.6 7.1   25   
 
6 28  22    26  8.8 e9.0 21  20  33  305    1.9 2.7   18   
7 22  21    24  8.2 e9.9 26  23  28  156    2.0 2.1   13   
8 16  18    23  7.9 11    110  70  25  93    2.2 1.8   12   
9 13  18    20  8.2 14    187  188  28  57    10    1.2   9.1
10 13  17    16  8.4 36    173  155  23  37    5.3 1.0   7.6
 
11 19  14    14  8.4 43    114  106  59  50    7.0 0.87 7.2
12 39  13    16  8.3 39    87  72  328  51    5.8 0.72 6.4
13 141  12    44  8.1 33    65  54  267  35    4.6 77      6.1
14 540  13    43  8.1 28    49  44  152  28    3.4 109      5.7
15 442  13    36  8.2 26    39  40  95  22    2.3 62      5.0
 
16 250  12    30  8.3 24    34  37  111  18    1.7 27      4.4
17 164  11    30  7.9 22    28  31  182  15    1.5 17      4.1
18 115  10    28  8.2 20    24  27  124  13    2.4 11      4.3
19 73  11    29  8.0 26    23  25  74  10    2.4 8.5   13   
20 54  11    29  7.6 92    24  24  53  9.2 2.1 6.6   30   
 
21 44  9.7 26  7.5 117    21  28  40  7.9 1.8 4.6   32   
22 42  9.4 25  7.4 82    18  33  32  7.9 1.7 313      34   
23 239  9.3 29  8.4 58    17  29  28  7.8 1.4 518      28   
24 326  17    26  9.7 45    15  26  26  7.2 1.1 322      21   
25 293  33    23  10    38    14  28  25  6.1 1.2 185      15   
 
26 191  29    21  10    33    14  24  23  6.1 1.4 111      11   
27 137  28    20  10    28    13  35  19  5.5 2.8 62      8.6
28 102  25    19  10    25    12  57  17  4.4 3.1 41      7.4
29 75  23    17  9.9 ---    21  48  15  3.7 4.3 31      7.8
30 53  45    16  9.4 ---    32  29  13  3.2 2.7 23      7.5
 
31 44  ---    15  e9.2 ---    28  ---  12  ---    2.0 15      ---   

TOTAL 3557 584.4 827 273.0 902.6 1334 1384 2261 1822.2 88.5 1969.69 449.2
MEAN 114.7 19.48 26.68 8.806 32.24 43.03 46.13 72.94 60.74 2.855 63.54 14.97
MAX 540 45 54 12 117 187 188 328 546 10 518 35
MIN 11 9.3 14 7.4 8.6 12 20 12 3.2 1.1 0.72 4.1
CFSM 3.26 0.55 0.76 0.25 0.92 1.22 1.31 2.07 1.73 0.08 1.81 0.43
IN. 3.76 0.62 0.87 0.29 0.95 1.41 1.46 2.39 1.93 0.09 2.08 0.47
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 15.55 21.58 22.94 21.86 30.66 48.11 53.44 35.75 28.13 15.21 16.54 14.52
MAX 115 133 113 85.1 129 235 146 130 102 92.4 103 94.6
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1993 1997 1979 1983 1974 1996 1993 1990 1972
MIN 0.50 0.25 0.60 0.91 0.72 4.76 9.51 3.50 0.97 1.27 0.87 0.25
(WY) 1957 1954 1957 1959 1978 1956 1986 1989 1963 1988 1956 1956

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 14628.81 15452.59
ANNUAL MEAN 40.08 42.34 26.99
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 52.6   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 4.69 1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 540          Oct 14 546          Jun 5 861      Feb 22 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.93     Jul 14 0.72     Aug 12 0.10 Sep 16 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.2       Jul 11 1.5       Aug 6 0.10 Sep 9 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 637          Oct 14 1180      Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 4.67     Oct 14 6.78 Feb 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.62     Aug 12 0.00 A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.14 1.20 0.77
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 15.46 16.33 10.42
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 73      107      65     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 22      22      11     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.2   3.6   1.3  

A - July 10, 1957; Sept. 14, 1958; July 18, 1989; Oct. 6, 1997.


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Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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