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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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 1.3   12  40    13    e2.5 59  54  25    97    4.6 1.5   6.3  
2 1.2   81  38    e9.6 e2.6 60  43  17    51    4.7 1.3   4.9  
3 12      252  38    e10    e2.7 46  37  13    39    63    23      3.0  
4 5.2   190  38    e11    e3.0 80  31  11    35    74    104      3.3  
5 1.7   237  68    e9.0 e3.2 489  27  9.6 15    31    23      4.0  
 
6 1.2   86  56    e7.8 e3.3 205  24  8.2 10    23    9.1   2.7  
7 1.1   58  51    e6.0 e3.4 89  22  7.4 7.5 12    4.2   1.8  
8 1.0   44  49    e5.0 e3.6 67  21  6.7 5.2 7.7 2.4   1.0  
9 0.98 38  78    e4.4 e3.5 67  24  6.8 3.7 13    1.5   0.86
10 0.95 36  314    e4.3 e3.6 64  19  20    83    71    1.1   0.63
 
11 1.2   36  133    e4.3 e4.0 47  16  22    104    26    0.78 0.67
12 3.0   32  67    e4.4 e4.4 37  14  30    240    14    0.64 0.50
13 2.2   31  50    e4.5 e4.3 28  13  68    109    9.1 0.62 0.66
14 63      29  41    e4.4 e4.2 38  12  126    70    7.2 0.47 0.58
15 26      30  35    e4.1 e4.1 30  11  72    49    4.2 0.44 1.1  
 
16 12      30  32    e4.2 4.0 31  10  40    41    3.2 0.53 4.3  
17 6.7   32  27    e4.6 3.9 32  15  29    31    2.5 3.5   0.97
18 4.8   272  23    e4.4 4.2 34  11  163    24    2.0 1.4   0.56
19 4.7   142  19    e4.0 7.2 33  10  74    18    1.8 1.3   0.48
20 4.6   78  15    e3.7 48    33  23  43    12    1.8 0.68 0.40
 
21 5.0   59  13    e3.3 60    26  37  62    78    11    0.44 0.39
22 6.2   50  13    e2.8 47    21  22  282    66    21    0.40 1.4  
23 5.8   73  13    e2.6 66    24  21  135    37    13    0.41 1.5  
24 6.6   85  12    e2.6 72    69  23  52    28    6.0 2.0   0.39
25 21      60  9.7 e2.7 57    63  55  34    21    4.1 3.1   0.28
 
26 13      54  8.6 e2.8 51    137  34  19    15    3.0 2.1   0.39
27 11      50  8.2 e2.8 45    87  21  10    11    2.4 12      0.35
28 9.3   47  26    e2.8 41    188  16  6.1 16    2.8 164      0.25
29 9.1   44  23    e2.7 40    268  14  3.6 8.1 1.6 42      0.21
30 10      43  19    e2.6 ---    100  23  366    5.6 1.9 19      0.24
 
31 12      ---  15    e2.5 ---    69  ---  326    ---    2.0 9.0   ---     

TOTAL 263.83 2311 1372.5 152.9 598.7 2621 703 2087.4 1330.1 444.6 435.91 44.11
MEAN 8.51 77.0 44.3 4.93 20.6 84.5 23.4 67.3 44.3 14.3 14.1 1.47
MAX 63 272 314 13 72 489 55 366 240 74 164 6.3
MIN 0.95 12 8.2 2.5 2.5 21 10 3.6 3.7 1.6 0.40 0.21
CFSM 0.28 2.53 1.45 0.16 0.68 2.77 0.77 2.21 1.45 0.47 0.46 0.05
IN. 0.32 2.82 1.67 0.19 0.73 3.20 0.86 2.55 1.62 0.54 0.53 0.05
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1974 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 19.0 29.5 27.9 23.7 33.7 49.6 57.0 45.2 28.9 18.4 27.1 19.5
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 1.47
(WY) 1980 1977 1977 1977 2003 2000 1989 1977 1988 1979 1986 2004

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1974 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 10524.16       12365.05
ANNUAL MEAN 28.8         33.8   31.6  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 52.1   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.25 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 550                May 1 489          Mar 5 1180      Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.72   A     Feb 17 0.21     Sep 29 0.00 B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.74   A     Feb 16 0.30     Sep 24 0.00 Jan 12 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 854          May 30 1650      Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.85     May 30 14.03 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.17     Sep 29,30
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.945     1.11 1.04
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.84       15.08 14.07
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 69            74      72     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.3         13      13     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.93       1.2   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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