LOCATION.-- Lat 41°43'05", long 88°04'14" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.3, T.37 N., R.10 E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on downstream side of bridge on Royce Road, 0.5 mi north of Bolingbrook, 4.8 mi northwest of Lemont, and at mile 6.0. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 75.8 mi2. |
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PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE |
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DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year. |
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STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. |
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PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum gage height, water years 1962-70 (published as "at Barbers Corners"). |
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PRECIPITATION: May 1989 to September 1995. |
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GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 625.28 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1988, at datum 17.07 ft higher. |
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REMARKS.-- Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by sewage treatment plants upstream from station. For precipitation records, snowfall-affected data can result during cold weather when snow fills the rain-gage funnel and then melts as temperatures rise. Snowfall-affected data are subject to appreciable errors. |
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EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,980 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 23.75 ft; minimum discharge, 2.4 ft3/s, Aug. 5, 1993. |
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PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded, 3.80 in., May 9, 1990 but may have been greater during periods of missing record. |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |