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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530990       SALT CREEK AT ROLLING MEADOWS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°03'37", long 88°01'00" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NW1/4 sec.8, T.41 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Algonquin Road in Rolling Meadows, 0.25 mi downstream from Arlington Heights Branch Salt Creek, and at mile 35.6.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 30.5 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1973 to current year. August 1950 to September 1971, and October 1972 to September 1973 at site 0.9 mi downstream, published as Salt Creek near Arlington Heights. Records may not be equivalent.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water year 1972.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-93-2: 1992.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 686.40 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,650 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 14.03 ft; no flow, Jan. 12-Feb. 8, 1977, as a result of freezeup, Aug. 20, 25, 1986, and Sept. 8, 9, 11, 1999.
 

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 4.6 2.1 5.1 4.8   e1.1   e0.80 21    550  21    1.2 69      6.0  
2 39    2.3 3.3 4.2   e1.2   e0.81 18    203  15    1.0 24      2.3  
3 15    2.4 4.0 3.8   e1.5   e0.85 25    76  14    1.0 107      1.5  
4 54    2.6 3.7 e3.2   e1.4   e0.91 170    94  11    1.3 66      1.2  
5 36    3.8 3.1 e3.0   e1.30 e0.97 163    385  8.3 29    34      1.3  
 
6 19    4.2 2.9 e2.9   e1.2   e0.99 66    118  7.0 38    89      1.0  
7 11    3.0 3.3 e3.0   e1.0   e1.0   59    72  5.6 50    75      1.0  
8 7.6 2.8 3.3 e3.2   e1.0   e1.0   50    69  32    49    33      0.90
9 5.5 2.8 2.8 e3.4   e0.98 e1.1   56    272  16    35    19      0.99
10 7.2 4.9 2.8 e2.7   e0.96 e1.4   56    120  9.9 30    11      0.98
 
11 9.0 3.2 2.9 e2.1   e0.95 3.6   43    316  9.2 13    8.2   1.1  
12 4.6 3.0 3.3 e1.5   e0.88 16      33    162  5.9 6.6 7.4   2.0  
13 3.8 2.6 3.4 e1.3   e0.82 29      25    78  5.1 4.1 5.7   1.3  
14 3.2 4.2 3.4 e1.2   e0.79 30      20    103  4.2 3.3 17      19     
15 3.4 7.0 3.4 e1.1   e0.77 31      16    92  3.2 152    10      4.3  
 
16 2.7 4.0 3.2 e1.1   e0.74 33      14    53  3.2 41    5.3   1.9  
17 3.6 3.5 3.2 e1.0   e0.72 32      11    40  2.3 21    4.0   1.3  
18 5.0 4.4 40    e0.97 e0.74 26      10    34  16    12    2.8   1.1  
19 3.3 14    31    e0.92 e0.75 24      9.3 31  20    5.8 2.2   1.1  
20 2.7 7.2 20    e0.92 e0.74 39      11    39  6.8 48    2.3   0.85
 
21 2.5 15    14    e0.90 e0.73 32      9.3 50  4.2 141    2.1   0.79
22 2.4 10    9.5 e0.88 e0.74 25      7.8 40  3.0 33    1.6   5.0  
23 2.1 6.2 8.1 e0.86 e0.75 20      6.5 27  2.7 15    1.4   1.9  
24 2.9 4.6 6.1 e0.84 e0.76 19      8.0 18  6.1 8.6 1.2   1.4  
25 15    4.6 5.9 e0.82 e0.77 33      12    15  4.2 5.3 1.4   0.93
 
26 6.8 4.0 5.2 e0.82 e0.78 23      6.2 13  1.9 3.5 3.5   15     
27 4.5 4.6 4.8 e0.82 e0.82 17      8.5 12  1.4 2.8 1.8   12     
28 3.6 3.7 4.7 e0.84 e0.79 37      10    22  1.3 3.5 1.3   2.5  
29 3.0 3.9 4.1 e0.86 ---      41      8.9 25  1.2 2.8 1.1   1.5  
30 2.7 5.2 4.7 e0.90 ---      28      71    23  1.6 2.3 0.97 1.1  
 
31 2.6 ---    5.5 e0.96 ---      22      ---    40  ---    1.9 1.6   ---     

TOTAL 288.3 145.8 220.7 55.81 25.68 570.43 1024.5 3192 243.3 762.0 609.87 93.24
MEAN 9.30 4.86 7.12 1.80 0.92 18.4 34.1 103 8.11 24.6 19.7 3.11
MAX 54 15 40 4.8 1.5 41 170 550 32 152 107 19
MIN 2.1 2.1 2.8 0.82 0.72 0.80 6.2 12 1.2 1.0 0.97 0.79
CFSM 0.30 0.16 0.23 0.06 0.03 0.60 1.12 3.38 0.27 0.81 0.65 0.10
IN. 0.35 0.18 0.27 0.07 0.03 0.70 1.25 3.89 0.30 0.93 0.74 0.11
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1974 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 19.4 27.9 27.4 24.3 34.1 48.5 58.1 44.5 28.4 18.5 27.6 20.1
MAX 111 120 107 85.7 113 202 136 148 87.6 83.6 136 77.0
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1999 1997 1979 1983 1996 1996 1993 1987 2001
MIN 2.42 2.32 0.62 0.13 0.92 10.5 9.73 7.33 3.15 3.00 2.56 1.63
(WY) 1980 1977 1977 1977 2003 2000 1989 1977 1988 1979 1986 1974

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1974 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 10621.77 7231.63    
ANNUAL MEAN 29.1   19.8       31.5  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 52.1   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.25 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 982          Aug 22 550              May 1 1180      Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.37     Aug 12 0.72 A     Feb 17 0.00 B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.98     Aug 6 0.74 A     Feb 16 0.00 Jan 12 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 811              May 1 1650      Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.67         May 1 14.03 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.62         Sep 21
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.95 0.65     1.03
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.96 8.82     14.04
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 55      45          72     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.7   4.2       13     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.2   0.93     1.6  

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Jan. 12 - Feb. 8, 1977, result of freezeup; Aug. 20, 25, 1986 and Sept. 8, 9, 11, 1999.


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