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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551330       MILL CREEK NR BATAVIA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°50'45", long 88°20'57" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.39 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left bank at bridge on Deer Path road, 1 mi. west of Batavia, and at mile 2.9.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.6 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1998-2002.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 685.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi upstream. Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,080 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 7.52 ft; minimum discharge, 0.40 ft3/s, Aug. 11, 2001.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.84 in, August 13, 2002.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for June 5 to Aug. 8 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi. upstream averaged 0.47 ft ft3/s during the year. The maximum average was 0.57 ft3/s in June and the minimum was 0.40 ft3/s in November.
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 4.8 20    23    e8.2 11    15  19  21  15    8.3 5.4 8.3
2 3.9 18    21    e8.0 10    e15  21  27  14    7.5 4.8 8.4
3 3.5 15    18    e8.0 9.5 e14  19  24  15    7.1 4.4 8.3
4 3.7 13    17    e8.4 9.3 e13  17  19  193    6.7 5.8 7.4
5 18    11    15    9.0 8.9 e12  16  16  315    6.3 15    7.0
 
6 16    10    14    8.7 8.4 e15  15  14  127    6.0 9.8 6.7
7 12    9.6 13    7.8 8.6 23  19  13  79    5.8 7.1 6.2
8 9.0 9.1 12    8.2 8.6 73  53  12  57    5.4 6.3 6.0
9 7.0 8.3 11    8.6 9.4 125  127  17  45    235    5.5 6.1
10 6.8 7.8 11    8.0 20    104  99  14  39    141    4.8 6.1
 
11 9.1 7.0 11    7.7 24    66  61  42  39    60    4.4 5.9
12 20    6.5 11    7.8 21    48  49  249  37    37    3.9 5.8
13 85    7.7 24    7.7 20    40  35  164  34    27    33    5.6
14 197    10    23    7.8 17    34  28  86  42    20    183    5.5
15 99    11    20    7.6 16    30  23  59  40    15    77    5.3
 
16 64    9.1 19    7.4 15    25  20  75  31    12    39    5.4
17 46    8.5 19    8.0 14    22  17  99  25    8.4 26    4.8
18 36    8.0 18    7.3 13    20  15  66  22    11    19    6.3
19 30    9.1 18    7.3 16    19  14  50  19    8.9 17    9.4
20 24    11    17    7.0 43    19  18  41  18    8.4 15    13   
 
21 20    11    16    7.2 45    17  23  36  16    7.8 12    13   
22 20    11    16    6.8 33    15  31  32  15    6.9 84    17   
23 115    10    19    8.0 28    14  24  30  13    6.3 104    15   
24 128    14    18    8.9 24    14  21  29  11    5.6 63    10   
25 123    21    e14    9.0 21    12  22  31  11    5.9 39    8.0
 
26 70    20    e13    8.6 19    12  18  28  11    6.2 27    6.8
27 47    18    e12    8.6 18    12  23  24  11    7.4 19    6.1
28 37    16    e11    8.6 17    12  48  22  9.7 6.9 14    5.4
29 31    16    e10    8.6 ---    17  36  22  9.1 8.1 12    5.5
30 26    24    e9.2 8.4 ---    22  27  19  8.7 7.3 14    5.5
 
31 23    ---    e8.6 11    ---    19  ---  17  ---    6.7 9.1 ---   

TOTAL 1334.8 370.7 481.8 252.2 507.7 898 958 1398 1321.5 711.9 883.3 229.8
MEAN 43.06 12.36 15.54 8.135 18.13 28.97 31.93 45.10 44.05 22.96 28.49 7.660
MAX 197 24 24 11 45 125 127 249 315 235 183 17
MIN 3.5 6.5 8.6 6.8 8.4 12 14 12 8.7 5.4 3.9 4.8
CFSM 1.56 0.45 0.56 0.29 0.66 1.05 1.16 1.63 1.59 0.83 1.03 0.28
IN. 1.80 0.50 0.65 0.34 0.68 1.21 1.29 1.88 1.78 0.96 1.19 0.31
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 26.60 16.59 13.29 19.17 34.73 23.76 42.18 26.52 31.78 20.21 12.51 10.99
MAX 43.8 26.5 19.1 49.1 68.4 30.3 89.5 45.1 44.0 45.8 28.5 18.7
(WY) 1999 2001 1999 1999 2001 2001 1999 2002 2002 1998 2002 2001
MIN 8.80 4.49 8.05 5.82 18.1 9.65 23.1 11.9 23.4 3.40 2.41 5.56
(WY) 2000 2000 2001 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 1998

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 8035.01 9347.7  
ANNUAL MEAN 22.01 25.61 22.80
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.4   1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 13.4   2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 369          Feb 9 315          Jun 5 754      Apr 23 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.47     Aug 14 3.5       Oct 3 0.47 Aug 14 2001
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.59     Aug 9 5.5       Sep 11 0.59 Aug 9 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 406          Jun 5 1080      Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.47     Jun 5 7.52 Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 2.2       Aug 4 0.40 Aug 11 2001
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.80 0.93 0.83
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.82 12.59 11.22
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 48      51      48     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 13      15      12     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.4   6.3   4.1  



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