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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551675       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR MONTGOMERY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'27", long 88°23'00" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.38 N., R.7 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at bridge on Jericho Rd., 1.0 mi west of Montgomery, and at mile 13.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.0 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: June 1998 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1998 to current year.

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 654.00 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, 1,040 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 8.61 ft; minimum, 0.16 ft3/s, Sept. 6,7, 2003.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.62 in, October 13, 2001.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum measured, 1,170 ft3/s, Feb. 22, 1997, gage height unknown.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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 7.6 e11    6.0 e6.0 e11    e9.2 e25  172  42  8.0 89    2.0  
2 12    e11    7.5 e5.8 e11    e9.2 e34  227  38  5.2 76    1.3  
3 12    e12    6.1 e5.6 e12    e8.4 69  126  41  5.4 86    1.0  
4 13    e12    5.8 e5.6 e14    e9.2 86  80  37  12    80    1.5  
5 22    e12    5.8 e5.6 e13    e9.2 84  191  33  14    48    1.6  
 
6 17    e11    5.0 e5.6 e12    e9.2 68  164  32  16    40    0.46
7 15    e9.6 6.1 e5.6 e11    e9.2 56  102  31  19    46    0.62
8 13    8.2 5.5 e5.4 e11    e9.2 47  92  37  23    36    0.80
9 14    7.6 4.4 e5.2 e11    e10    40  253  45  29    28    1.9  
10 13    8.5 5.2 e4.8 e11    e9.2 40  305  39  29    22    0.74
 
11 12    8.8 5.2 e4.6 e10    e10    37  242  36  25    18    1.0  
12 11    7.8 5.3 e7.8 e9.8 e12    32  194  33  16    16    1.2  
13 12    7.8 5.8 e8.8 e9.6 e39    27  136  30  17    14    1.3  
14 11    9.4 5.7 9.9 e9.2 33    24  105  e24  18    12    2.9  
15 e10    13    4.9 8.6 e9.2 26    23  91  e22  54    11    2.8  
 
16 e9.4 9.3 5.5 9.8 e9.0 24    23  78  e20  54    10    2.5  
17 e9.0 9.5 4.8 8.6 e9.0 26    22  68  e19  29    9.3 2.0  
18 e9.0 9.8 7.2 8.9 e9.0 19    22  61  e21  129    7.6 1.5  
19 e9.0 11    11    10    e9.0 18    20  57  e20  78    6.0 2.1  
20 e9.4 11    15    11    e9.0 32    22  57  e17  55    5.6 2.0  
 
21 e9.2 12    14    10    e9.2 36    21  52  e15  47    6.4 1.4  
22 e9.0 10    13    9.0 e10    31    19  47  e14  35    7.6 2.0  
23 e9.2 8.5 10    8.5 e9.6 e26    18  44  e13  27    5.0 3.0  
24 e9.4 9.1 e7.0 8.7 e9.6 e23    16  40  e13  20    4.8 2.6  
25 e10    8.8 e6.2 e10    e9.0 e20    19  36  e14  15    5.2 2.8  
 
26 e12    11    e6.0 e10    e9.0 e19    17  33  e13  13    3.1 4.0  
27 e12    8.9 e5.8 e9.8 e9.2 e18    15  30  e12  13    4.7 e5.2  
28 e12    7.9 e5.6 e9.4 e9.2 e19    15  30  e11  24    3.9 e5.0  
29 e12    7.4 e5.8 e9.4 ---    e21    15  34  e10  29    4.5 e4.6  
30 e12    6.9 e5.8 e9.6 ---    e21    23  35  e10  23    3.2 4.5  
 
31 e11    ---    e6.0 e10    ---    e18    ---  50  ---  22    1.7 ---     

TOTAL 358.2 290.8 213.0 247.6 284.6 583.0 979 3232 742 903.6 710.6 66.32
MEAN 11.6 9.69 6.87 7.99 10.2 18.8 32.6 104 24.7 29.1 22.9 2.21
MAX 22 13 15 11 14 39 86 305 45 129 89 5.2
MIN 7.6 6.9 4.4 4.6 9.0 8.4 15 30 10 5.2 1.7 0.46
CFSM 0.21 0.18 0.12 0.15 0.18 0.34 0.59 1.90 0.45 0.53 0.42 0.04
IN. 0.24 0.20 0.14 0.17 0.19 0.39 0.66 2.19 0.50 0.61 0.48 0.04
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 43.3 31.5 24.5 34.3 58.7 47.0 71.7 71.7 58.5 38.7 23.0 14.3
MAX 86.5 53.2 38.1 106 137 72.5 156 107 92.5 90.8 35.4 26.8
(WY) 2002 2001 1999 1999 2001 2001 1999 2002 2002 1998 2000 2001
MIN 11.6 9.69 6.87 7.99 10.2 18.8 32.6 27.6 24.7 10.6 5.80 2.21
(WY) 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2001 2003 2001 2001 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 14653.2   8610.72
ANNUAL MEAN 40.1   23.6   41.9  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 64.6   1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.6   2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 453          Jun 6 305          May 10 760      Apr 24 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 4.4       Dec 9 0.46     Sep 6 0.46 Sep 6 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 5.2       Dec 9 0.96     Sep 6 0.96 Sep 6 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 344          May 10 1040      Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.55     May 10 8.61 Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.16     Sep 6,7 0.16 A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.73 0.43 0.76
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.92 5.83 10.36
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 84      49      84     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 22      11      25     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.6   4.8   8.4  

A - September 6, 7, 2003.


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