LOCATION.-- Lat 41°49'21", long 88°10'24" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.35, T.39 N., R.9 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank 400 ft upstream from Warrenville Forest Preserve Dam in Warrenville, 0.6 mi downstream from Spring Brook, and at mile 38.9. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 90.4 mi2. |
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PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE |
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DISCHARGE: October 1968 to current year. |
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STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. |
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SURFACE-WATER QUALITY |
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CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. |
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REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. |
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GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage and masonry dam. Datum of gage is 688.59 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Illinois Department of Transportation bench mark). |
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REMARKS.-- Flow slightly regulated by sewage- treatment plants upstream. |
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EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,470 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 6.41 ft; minimum daily discharge, 7.8 ft3/s, Sept. 14, 1971, Oct. 26, 1972. |
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EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Oct. 11, 1954, reached a stage of 5.54 ft, from floodmark, discharge not determined. |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |