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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05532000       ADDISON CREEK AT BELLWOOD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°52'54", long 87°52'09" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.9, T.39 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Washington Boulevard in Bellwood, 1,050 ft upstream from railroad bridge, and at mile 3.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 17.9 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1950 to June 1951, October 1951 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91, July 2000.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Pigment and biomass, Water year 2000.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1338: 1952. WSP 1708: 1958, 1959(P). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 617.65 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to Oct. 26, 1951, at datum 2.00 ft higher.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,120 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 12.84 ft; no flow Sept. 14, 1962.
 

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 5.1 5.0 14    6.7 e5.6 30    25    12    61    3.9 3.9 16   
2 13    34    12    18    e6.0 21    18    4.6 52    3.6 3.6 15   
3 13    107    5.0 7.7 e6.0 10    9.9 4.2 47    33    24    6.9
4 8.2 120    9.7 5.3 5.9 56    9.0 5.7 46    61    81    5.5
5 5.0 96    55    8.4 15    124    8.8 5.8 25    23    22    3.8
 
6 4.5 58    21    6.4 21    27    8.6 4.3 12    15    17    3.7
7 5.3 51    17    4.2 6.5 15    7.7 6.1 11    11    8.2 3.5
8 6.0 29    7.3 e6.2 6.7 12    7.7 6.9 9.0 14    6.0 11   
9 4.7 17    23    e6.0 4.8 24    5.9 5.1 8.7 64    5.5 9.7
10 5.0 7.9 103    e5.8 4.8 71    5.6 8.7 98    37    6.3 3.9
 
11 4.5 8.1 47    4.6 5.4 47    6.0 8.1 83    25    14    3.0
12 5.0 6.9 24    9.7 4.7 20    5.3 26    85    27    5.9 2.8
13 4.1 5.4 19    8.2 4.7 16    6.9 30    42    7.6 4.9 2.7
14 85    4.2 19    7.2 17    23    8.7 91    46    8.6 4.8 2.8
15 19    3.6 20    8.8 4.9 31    5.1 19    22    6.0 4.3 8.7
 
16 13    3.9 19    6.0 4.1 45    5.3 10    13    5.6 4.0 22   
17 12    19    21    e7.0 4.8 33    7.7 8.4 10    4.8 9.4 5.3
18 4.9 137    12    e6.8 5.6 24    4.9 60    9.3 5.2 8.3 3.4
19 3.9 57    8.2 e6.6 8.4 7.7 4.6 14    8.4 4.2 27    3.0
20 3.3 36    8.4 e5.8 57    42    25    42    7.4 4.1 6.3 2.8
 
21 4.8 40    9.6 e5.5 37    8.5 26    62    57    4.6 4.8 7.4
22 4.7 28    7.5 5.3 15    4.9 6.4 96    36    45    4.9 7.7
23 5.0 47    7.9 e5.4 23    9.3 8.2 58    14    19    4.4 3.2
24 5.5 45    7.4 e5.3 22    43    12    35    15    7.1 92    2.9
25 41    22    7.6 5.2 15    25    48    28    8.0 4.0 59    2.8
 
26 6.6 15    5.9 5.5 12    90    12    18    5.6 4.4 32    2.7
27 5.1 7.7 6.7 e5.6 11    32    5.1 19    4.7 4.8 53    2.7
28 5.3 6.6 17    5.6 9.6 55    9.0 15    5.6 4.9 167    5.6
29 5.2 5.7 7.6 5.6 8.8 69    4.7 7.1 4.3 3.8 48    12   
30 5.3 5.3 7.3 e6.0 ---    36    4.5 113    4.5 5.6 22    4.2
 
31 5.3 ---    8.3 e5.6 ---    30    ---    88    ---    3.9 18    ---   

TOTAL 318.3 1028.3 557.4 206.0 352.3 1081.4 321.6 911.0 850.5 470.7 771.5 186.7
MEAN 10.3 34.3 18.0 6.65 12.1 34.9 10.7 29.4 28.4 15.2 24.9 6.22
MAX 85 137 103 18 57 124 48 113 98 64 167 22
MIN 3.3 3.6 5.0 4.2 4.1 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.3 3.6 3.6 2.7
CFSM 0.57 1.91 1.00 0.37 0.68 1.95 0.60 1.64 1.58 0.85 1.39 0.35
IN. 0.66 2.14 1.16 0.43 0.73 2.25 0.67 1.89 1.77 0.98 1.60 0.39
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 13.4 14.9 13.8 12.8 15.8 23.0 26.7 21.0 17.5 14.1 17.0 14.1
MAX 59.9 44.5 53.5 39.2 51.5 72.6 59.0 57.9 41.5 46.6 103 61.4
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1993 1997 1979 1983 1990 1993 1957 1987 1961
MIN 0.22 0.46 1.63 0.98 1.38 6.69 7.87 4.25 1.64 0.68 0.42 0.31
(WY) 1953 1954 1954 1954 1963 1956 1971 1952 1956 1955 1953 1952

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1950 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 6683.3   7055.7      
ANNUAL MEAN 18.3   19.3       17.1    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 27.6     1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.98   1953
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 177          May 1 167              Aug 28 768        Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.4       Jul 27,Aug 18 2.7           Sep 13,26,27 0.00   Sep 14 1962
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.5       Jul 25 3.9           Sep 22 0.10   Oct 6 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 516              Aug 28 1120        Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.69         Aug 28 12.84   Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 2.6   A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.02 1.08     0.954
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.89 14.66     12.96  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 50      51          38       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.5   8.4       8.5    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.2   4.3       2.7    

A - Several days.


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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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