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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05556500       BIG BUREAU CREEK AT PRINCETON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°21'57", long 89°29'54" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.18, T.16 N., R.9 E., Bureau County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on right bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highways 6 and 34, 0.6 mi downstream from Epperson Run, 1.5 mi west of Princeton, and at mile 20.5.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 196 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: March 1936 to current year. Prior to October 1974, published as Bureau Creek at Princeton.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

BIOLOGICAL: Benthic macroinvertebrates, water year 1997.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1940-41, 1948. WSP 1308: 1942(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 555.39 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to July 18, 1940, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft upstream at datum 30.00 ft lower. July 18, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1944, water-stage recorder at site 500 ft upstream at present datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 12,500 ft3/s, May 17, 1974, gage height, 16.01 ft, from rating curve extended above 11,800 ft3/s; no flow during January 1940 and for several days in October and November 1953.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for Oct. 1-4, Oct. 29-Nov. 21 and 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 2.2 3.4 3.4 4.9 e3.2 e3.6 7.2 352  75  28  18    10   
2 4.8 3.7 3.5 4.8 e3.4 e3.6 6.2 112  65  24  14    5.7
3 5.0 3.6 3.3 4.7 e3.8 e3.7 6.0 77  68  22  12    4.9
4 18    3.7 3.4 4.6 e4.2 3.9 25    89  67  20  12    4.5
5 5.5 3.9 3.5 e4.4 e4.1 4.1 16    376  60  17  10    4.2
 
6 3.7 3.9 3.3 e4.2 e3.9 4.2 12    218  59  17  11    3.9
7 3.9 4.1 3.5 e4.1 e3.8 4.2 13    124  58  19  9.5 3.8
8 3.9 4.0 3.3 e3.9 e3.7 4.4 11    93  59  56  8.1 3.9
9 3.8 3.9 3.2 e3.8 e3.6 4.0 10    618  54  55  7.3 3.8
10 3.7 3.8 3.4 e3.7 e3.6 3.8 9.5 560  56  82  6.7 3.8
 
11 3.5 4.2 3.4 e3.7 e3.6 4.5 8.8 2930  48  71  7.5 3.8
12 3.6 4.1 3.6 e3.7 e3.6 6.7 8.0 1060  46  68  7.2 3.9
13 3.8 4.0 3.6 e3.6 e3.5 7.1 7.1 581  42  82  6.3 6.0
14 3.7 3.9 3.7 e3.6 e3.5 6.6 6.7 467  40  56  6.0 5.5
15 3.9 3.9 3.9 e3.6 e3.5 9.4 6.4 325  36  39  5.9 4.4
 
16 4.0 4.0 3.9 e3.6 e3.6 13    6.0 240  32  31  5.5 4.1
17 3.9 3.8 3.6 e3.7 e3.6 21    6.0 192  29  32  5.4 3.9
18 3.9 3.7 29    e3.7 e3.6 19    5.6 160  34  26  5.0 3.9
19 3.9 3.7 12    e3.6 e3.8 19    5.6 145  108  22  4.8 3.9
20 3.8 3.6 7.3 e3.5 e4.0 20    6.5 563  81  20  4.6 4.1
 
21 5.0 3.7 e5.8 e3.4 e4.1 15    6.1 373  53  24  4.6 4.0
22 4.3 3.6 e5.4 e3.3 e3.8 12    5.8 227  43  28  4.3 5.7
23 4.1 3.4 e5.1 e3.2 e3.7 10    5.5 180  39  30  4.0 4.4
24 4.2 3.4 e4.8 e3.1 e3.6 9.1 5.3 152  34  22  3.8 4.9
25 7.2 3.5 e4.4 e3.0 e3.6 9.4 5.1 130  38  17  3.8 4.6
 
26 4.1 3.6 e4.3 e3.0 e3.5 7.9 4.9 113  42  14  3.9 15   
27 4.0 3.5 e4.2 e2.9 e3.5 7.2 4.8 101  32  21  3.9 5.8
28 4.1 3.3 e4.3 e2.9 e3.5 12    5.0 96  28  48  3.7 4.4
29 4.3 3.5 e4.4 e2.9 ---    9.0 4.9 92  30  39  4.4 4.4
30 3.5 3.4 e4.6 e3.0 ---    7.5 62    91  38  28  4.0 4.2
 
31 3.1 ---    e4.7 e3.0 ---    6.9 ---    85  ---  21  12    ---   

TOTAL 140.4 111.8 159.8 113.1 102.9 271.8 292.0 10922 1494 1079 219.2 149.4
MEAN 4.53 3.73 5.15 3.65 3.67 8.77 9.73 352 49.8 34.8 7.07 4.98
MAX 18 4.2 29 4.9 4.2 21 62 2930 108 82 18 15
MIN 2.2 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.6 4.8 77 28 14 3.7 3.8
CFSM 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.05 1.80 0.25 0.18 0.04 0.03
IN. 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.05 0.06 2.07 0.28 0.20 0.04 0.03
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1936 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 62.6 84.9 92.4 126 190 257 245 232 212 99.3 55.4 53.7
MAX 523 556 572 626 851 1439 832 915 716 624 356 567
(WY) 1942 1993 1983 1969 1949 1979 1973 1995 1972 1982 1972 1970
MIN 0.92 0.37 1.79 0.000 3.67 8.77 9.73 9.94 10.2 0.63 2.29 1.93
(WY) 1954 1954 1977 1940 2003 2003 2003 1989 1977 1936 1944 1943

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1936 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 63237.9   15055.4      
ANNUAL MEAN 173      41.2       143         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 365          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 14.6       1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 6720          Jun 5 2930              May 11 8730          Jun 24 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.8       Sep 29 2.2           Oct 1 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.0       Sep 25 3.0   B     Jan 25 0.00     Jan 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3510              May 11 12500      C May 17 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.45         May 11 16.01     May 17 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.8           Oct 1
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.88 0.21     0.73    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.00 2.86     9.89    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 386      73          336         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 58      4.8       56         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.4   3.5       3.2      

A - January 1940 and several days in October and November 1953.

B - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

C - From rating curve extended above 11,800 ft3/s.


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