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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 to current year.

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.
 

REMARKS.-- 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, 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, 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 7.3 9.5 11    11    8.7 5.8 17    337  25    6.0 10    e2.4
2 13    9.6 9.4 10    9.9 6.7 15    219  22    5.6 9.9 e2.6
3 14    9.7 10    10    11    e6.6 15    115  23    5.5 25    e2.4
4 19    13    11    12    e12    e6.4 42    86  22    6.0 35    e2.0
5 29    11    9.7 9.5 e9.8 e6.4 107    278  20    10    17    e1.8
 
6 19    11    9.7 9.5 e8.0 e6.3 63    176  18    9.9 13    e1.7
7 15    11    9.1 9.2 e7.2 6.0 47    114  19    8.0 30    e1.7
8 12    11    9.5 9.7 e6.8 e6.1 39    87  28    8.4 16    e1.7
9 11    9.8 9.8 9.9 e6.4 e6.0 35    185  43    11    13    e1.7
10 9.7 11    9.0 e9.3 e6.2 e5.8 42    149  28    13    10    e1.7
 
11 10    11    9.0 e8.6 e6.2 5.7 35    608  22    9.9 e7.8 e1.7
12 9.5 15    8.7 8.1 e6.1 8.9 28    325  20    8.2 e7.0 e1.7
13 8.9 12    9.3 7.7 e6.0 33    24    153  19    6.7 e6.0 e2.3
14 9.3 9.8 9.4 7.9 6.1 26    21    123  17    5.8 e5.0 e6.2
15 8.9 10    9.1 7.9 6.2 18    19    150  15    39    e7.7 e3.5
 
16 8.8 9.8 9.2 8.0 6.0 17    18    109  13    30    e6.9 e2.3
17 8.6 9.0 8.8 7.8 5.9 18    16    86  12    16    e7.0 e1.9
18 9.4 8.9 12    7.6 5.9 16    15    70  12    20    e6.0 e1.8
19 9.9 14    22    7.9 6.0 15    15    63  13    14    e4.0 e1.7
20 9.6 13    19    7.9 6.3 20    17    65  10    10    e2.8 e1.7
 
21 9.3 12    15    7.5 7.2 20    16    52  9.5 11    e2.0 e1.7
22 9.8 12    13    7.0 7.4 17    15    45  9.2 9.3 e1.8 e5.2
23 9.4 10    13    7.0 e7.2 15    13    39  8.7 8.5 e1.7 e3.5
24 9.1 11    11    7.8 e6.7 14    12    36  8.1 7.2 e1.6 e1.8
25 12    9.5 11    8.3 e6.4 19    12    33  8.1 6.3 e1.5 e1.7
 
26 14    9.4 9.8 8.1 6.2 20    11    30  8.5 5.8 e1.6 e3.0
27 13    11    e9.8 8.9 5.8 17    10    28  7.9 5.5 e1.7 e9.6
28 12    10    e9.8 8.8 5.7 17    9.6 28  6.9 9.2 e1.8 e7.2
29 11    10    10    8.3 ---    29    9.2 28  6.7 12    e2.0 e3.0
30 10    11    11    8.2 ---    22    29    27  6.2 8.4 e2.2 e2.4
 
31 10    ---    11    8.3 ---    21    ---    28  ---    7.2 e2.3 ---   

TOTAL 361.5 325.0 339.1 267.7 199.3 450.7 766.8 3872 480.8 333.4 259.3 83.6
MEAN 11.7 10.8 10.9 8.64 7.12 14.5 25.6 125 16.0 10.8 8.36 2.79
MAX 29 15 22 12 12 33 107 608 43 39 35 9.6
MIN 7.3 8.9 8.7 7.0 5.7 5.7 9.2 27 6.2 5.5 1.5 1.7
CFSM 0.23 0.21 0.21 0.17 0.14 0.28 0.49 2.42 0.31 0.21 0.16 0.05
IN. 0.26 0.23 0.24 0.19 0.14 0.32 0.55 2.79 0.35 0.24 0.19 0.06
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 22.5 35.2 36.1 35.9 50.7 68.7 70.4 56.2 47.2 25.2 25.3 23.1
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 14.5 16.4 7.87 3.07 1.05 1.65 1.64
(WY) 1964 1972 1964 1977 1963 2003 1977 1989 1977 1961 1964 1976

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 15504.7   7739.2      
ANNUAL MEAN 42.5   21.2       41.8      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 76.7       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 8.72     1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 986          Jun 5 608              May 11 1620          Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 4.8       Aug 12 1.5   A     Aug 25 0.10     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 7.1       Aug 6 1.7   A     Aug 22 0.23     Aug 26 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 807              May 11 2580  C,D Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 5.34         May 11 9.66 E Feb 8 1965
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.10     F
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.82 0.41     0.81    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.16 5.57     10.98    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 82      33          88         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 20      9.8       22         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.0   3.3       4.5      

A - Estimated.

B - Several days in 1961.

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

D - Gage height, 8.77 ft.

E - From floodmark, ice jam.

F - Several days in 1961 and 1965.


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