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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551200       FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°55'58", long 88°20'28" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.40 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Randall Road, 2.4 mi northwest of St. Charles, and at mile 2.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 51.7 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: December 1960 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

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

PRECIPITATION: August 2000 to current year.

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-82-2: 1966(M), 1968(M), 1970-71(M), 1973(M), 1978-79(M).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 704.84 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,580, Feb. 21, 1997, from rating curve extended above 1,960 ft3/s, gage height, 8.77 ft; maximum gage height, 9.66 ft, Feb. 8, 1965, from floodmark, ice jam; minimum discharge, 0.10 ft3/s, several days in 1961 and 1965.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded daily total, 3.27 in., August 13, 2002.
 

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 8.6 42  49  24  e23  34  38  43  26  20    7.9 18   
2 7.8 38  41  24  e22  37  42  148  23  15    6.7 21   
3 7.7 35  37  23  e20  38  40  105  23  13    5.9 31   
4 6.7 33  35  23  e20  44  37  75  504  13    6.1 20   
5 19    31  33  23  e20  38  35  63  986  11    18    15   
 
6 16    29  33  23  20  32  34  56  345  11    12    14   
7 12    29  30  21  20  37  39  46  178  10    8.8 12   
8 10    28  29  20  19  131  98  44  126  9.7 7.2 11   
9 9.0 27  27  22  20  270  244  52  102  59    6.1 11   
10 9.8 26  25  22  54  183  154  42  88  39    5.4 10   
 
11 12    25  25  21  67  110  108  68  74  23    5.2 9.5
12 22    26  25  20  52  89  87  515  64  18    4.8 9.2
13 93    26  51  20  44  76  74  332  56  15    79    8.9
14 258    27  50  20  38  66  66  159  78  13    391    9.1
15 124    29  42  20  36  59  59  108  70  12    138    8.5
 
16 73    27  38  19  35  50  53  121  52  10    62    8.3
17 51    24  40  e19  32  45  49  206  43  9.3 39    7.6
18 40    24  37  e18  29  43  42  123  40  9.0 27    8.1
19 33    25  37  e18  38  40  40  96  36  8.3 22    11   
20 28    24  37  e17  111  39  40  80  34  8.4 19    14   
 
21 26    23  33  17  126  37  43  65  30  7.9 16    13   
22 24    22  33  17  84  33  46  58  28  7.6 256    14   
23 260    22  38  20  64  34  42  54  25  7.7 392    13   
24 295    31  35  22  55  33  39  49  22  7.0 156    10   
25 247    54  e34  21  48  30  45  48  22  6.6 91    9.1
 
26 139    43  e32  20  44  29  37  46  22  8.1 63    8.9
27 97    38  31  20  39  29  39  40  21  12    45    8.5
28 74    34  29  20  36  31  73  36  19  12    36    8.7
29 60    36  25  21  ---  38  57  36  17  14    27    8.6
30 52    45  26  20  ---  49  48  32  18  12    23    8.3
 
31 46    ---  25  e21  ---  43  ---  28  ---  9.1 20    ---   

TOTAL 2160.6 923 1062 636 1216 1847 1848 2974 3172 430.7 1996.1 359.3
MEAN 69.70 30.77 34.26 20.52 43.43 59.58 61.60 95.94 105.7 13.89 64.39 11.98
MAX 295 54 51 24 126 270 244 515 986 59 392 31
MIN 6.7 22 25 17 19 29 34 28 17 6.6 4.8 7.6
CFSM 1.35 0.60 0.66 0.40 0.84 1.15 1.19 1.86 2.05 0.27 1.25 0.23
IN. 1.55 0.66 0.76 0.46 0.87 1.33 1.33 2.14 2.28 0.31 1.44 0.26
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 22.74 35.75 36.73 36.57 51.76 69.96 71.49 54.56 46.50 25.55 25.67 23.57
MAX 99.3 151 159 134 170 303 186 148 159 113 141 170
(WY) 1973 1986 1983 1969 1997 1979 1993 1996 1993 1996 1987 1972
MIN 1.61 2.39 1.98 1.63 3.31 17.1 16.4 7.87 3.07 1.05 1.65 1.64
(WY) 1964 1972 1964 1977 1963 1968 1977 1989 1977 1961 1964 1976

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 15656.0   18624.7  
ANNUAL MEAN 42.89 51.03 42.08    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 76.7       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 8.72     1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 587          Feb 10 986          Jun 5 1620          Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.2       Aug 15 4.8       Aug 12 0.10     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.8       Aug 9 7.1       Aug 6 0.23     Aug 26 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1430          Jun 5 2580  B,C Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.73     Jun 5 9.66 D Feb 8 1965
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 4.2       Aug 12 0.10     E
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.83 0.99 0.81    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.27 13.40 11.06    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 86      97      89         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 28      31      22         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.1   9.1   4.4      

A - Several days in 1961.

B - From rating curve extended above 1,960 ft3/s.

C - Gage height, 8.77 ft.

D - From floodmark, ice jam.

E - Several days in 1961 and 1965.


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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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