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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 to current year.
 

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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 4.5   1.5   1.9   1.6   e1.0   e1.0 8.5 110  14      0.38 6.1   1.3  
2 10      1.4   2.1   1.5   e1.2   e1.0 8.2 92  11      0.30 5.0   1.2  
3 7.6   1.3   1.9   1.6   e1.4   e1.0 11    66  9.8   0.15 19      1.7  
4 18      1.1   1.8   1.8   e1.7   e1.1 62    53  8.0   2.7   27      1.4  
5 17      1.4   1.6   1.5   e2.1   e1.1 80    121  6.3   13      16      1.1  
 
6 12      1.2   1.6   1.5   e1.9   e1.1 53    110  6.1   23      20      0.80
7 7.2   1.1   1.2   2.3   e1.6   e1.9 43    77  5.5   25      26      0.69
8 4.9   0.72 1.2   1.6   e1.2   4.2 39    34  13      16      17      0.54
9 3.4   0.89 1.3   1.3   e1.0   2.9 36    75  11      12      11      0.46
10 3.3   1.1   1.2   1.6   e0.89 4.3 35    58  9.1   11      7.6   0.45
 
11 2.7   1.1   1.3   e1.7   e0.83 16    31    131  6.1   8.3   5.5   0.42
12 3.3   1.1   0.94 e1.8   e0.81 22    25    124  5.1   5.7   4.3   3.6  
13 2.2   0.90 0.83 e1.6   e0.81 21    21    96  4.1   4.5   3.8   1.7  
14 1.7   1.1   0.84 e1.7   e0.80 26    18    71  3.5   3.4   4.5   6.6  
15 1.7   1.3   0.88 e1.5   e0.80 22    15    52  3.1   60      5.1   1.4  
 
16 1.4   0.83 0.91 e1.4   e0.78 12    13    32  2.7   37      4.9   0.91
17 1.4   0.82 1.0   e1.3   e0.78 12    11    15  2.4   30      4.1   0.67
18 1.4   2.0   7.8   e1.3   e0.78 13    9.9 e21  2.7   19      3.2   0.61
19 1.0   3.6   9.0   e1.2   e0.78 12    9.2 e29  2.3   12      2.4   0.47
20 1.0   2.4   7.6   e1.1   e0.80 14    8.6 41  2.0   13      1.7   0.48
 
21 1.0   3.4   5.7   e1.0   e0.82 14    8.1 37  1.8   14      1.4   0.69
22 1.0   2.6   5.1   e1.0   e0.78 11    7.6 28  1.6   10      1.1   2.0  
23 0.84 2.5   5.3   e1.1   e0.79 9.2 6.9 21  1.2   7.5   0.88 0.68
24 1.3   2.0   3.6   e1.1   e0.80 7.8 6.3 17  0.96 4.9   0.83 0.59
25 4.3   1.9   3.1   e1.0   e0.96 11    5.9 14  0.87 3.7   1.2   0.62
 
26 2.7   1.6   2.8   e0.94 e0.92 9.8 5.2 12  0.91 2.8   1.4   6.4  
27 2.2   1.4   2.7   e0.88 e0.92 8.9 4.7 11  0.67 2.3   0.79 2.8  
28 1.8   1.3   2.2   e0.82 e0.98 13    4.3 24  1.4   2.4   0.66 3.0  
29 1.5   1.1   1.8   e0.83 ---      16    1.3 22  0.75 2.1   0.75 2.4  
30 1.5   1.4   1.9   e0.86 ---      14    12    17  0.48 1.9   0.59 1.4  
 
31 1.5   ---      1.6   e0.91 ---      10    ---    15  ---      2.0   1.0   ---     

TOTAL 125.34 46.06 82.70 41.34 28.93 314.3 599.7 1626 138.44 350.03 204.80 47.08
MEAN 4.04 1.54 2.67 1.33 1.03 10.1 20.0 52.5 4.61 11.3 6.61 1.57
MAX 18 3.6 9.0 2.3 2.1 26 80 131 14 60 27 6.6
MIN 0.84 0.72 0.83 0.82 0.78 1.0 1.3 11 0.48 0.15 0.59 0.42
CFSM 0.21 0.08 0.14 0.07 0.05 0.52 1.02 2.68 0.24 0.58 0.34 0.08
IN. 0.24 0.09 0.16 0.08 0.05 0.60 1.14 3.09 0.26 0.66 0.39 0.09
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 9.83 14.5 15.8 14.1 21.0 32.5 36.3 24.7 18.4 11.2 11.2 10.8
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 6402.70 3604.72    
ANNUAL MEAN 17.5   9.88     18.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.9       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.00     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 279          Aug 22 131              May 11 525          Dec 3 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.26     Jul 17 0.15         Jul 3 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.38     Jul 15 0.59         Jun 27 0.00     Aug 22 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 193              Jul 15 887          Jul 22 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 4.33         Jul 15 7.94     Jul 22 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00 B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.89 0.50     0.94    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.15 6.84     12.71    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 38      24          44         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.3   2.3       7.8      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.0   0.81     0.49    

A - At times in several years.

B - April 29, 30 and July 3, 4.


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