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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05531300       SALT CREEK AT ELMHURST, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°53'12", long 87°57'34", in SW1/4NW1/4 sec.11, T.39 N., R.11 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of the Illinois Prairie Path Bikeway bridge in Elmhurst, and at mile 20.1.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 91.5 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: June 1989 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1961-80.
PRECIPITATION: October 1989 to March 1996 and December 1996 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-77-1: 1961-76(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 652.65 ft above sea level. Water years 1997 and 1998, datum incorrectly published as 655.00 ft above sea level. Prior to October 1, 1996, at site 990 ft upstream at datum 2.35 ft higher. Prior to June 1, 1989, crest-stage gage at datum 7.84 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation by sewage treatment plants upstream from station. Since May 28, 1996, some flow temporarily diverted for flood control to Elmhurst Quarry Flood Control Reservoir about 1.0 miles upstream from gage. 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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,230 ft3/s, Aug. 27, 1972, gage height, 12.76 ft, datum 660.49 ft above sea level.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.67 in., September 11, 2000, but may have been greater during periods of missing record.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum, 3.67 in., September 11, 2000.

PRECIPITATION, TOTAL, INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY SUM VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 s0.01 0.04 0.00 0.12 0.26 0.00 0.13 0.00
2 .03 .00 .00 .03 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 1.61 .16 .00
3 e.74 .00 .15 .28 s.26 .00 .00 .00 .00 .28 .00 .00
4 .00 .00 e.99 .00 s.01 .00 .00 .00 .05 .00 .00 .00
5 .00 .00 e.74 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .28 .00 .39 .00
6 .00 .00 .02 .00 s.02 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .56 .00
7 .00 .00 .00 .00 s.07 .00 .27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
8 .00 .00 .00 .02 .00 .10 .11 1.54 .00 .00 .00 .01
9 .00 .00 .07 .14 .00 .00 .00 .78 .00 .00 .00 .00
10 .00 .00 .00 .15 .00 .00 .10 .00 .00 1.25 .00 .02
11 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .34 .78 .00 .00 3.67
12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 1.38 .47 .00 .01 .06
13 .01 .00 .01 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .27 .00 .00 .01
14 .00 .00 .09 .00 s.03 .00 .00 .00 1.43 .00 .00 .53
15 .00 .00 .17 .00 .00 .76 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
16 .16 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 1.03 .27 .10 .00 .00 .00
17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .03 .00 .00 .58 .00
18 .00 .00 s.08 .00 .00 .00 .00 .63 .01 .01 .00 .00
19 .00 .03 .00 .00 s.06 .18 .76 .04 .00 .00 .00 .00
20 .00 .00 .05 .00 s.10 .36 2.35 .00 .35 .00 .00 .41
21 .00 .01 .00 .00 s.26 .01 .34 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
22 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .04 .00 .00 .00 1.02
23 .00 e.62 .00 .00 .00 .00 .18 .00 .15 .00 .00 .12
24 .00 .01 .00 .00 .55 .11 .00 .00 1.29 .00 .00 .19
25 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
26 .00 .05 .00 .00 .10 .15 .00 .09 .00 .00 .01 .00
27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .03 .00 .65 .00 .00 .00 .00
28 .00 .00 .00 s.04 .00 .02 .01 .24 .26 .00 .01 .00
29 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .02 .00 .00
30 .00 .00 .00 .00 -- .00 .00 .26 .00 .63 .02 .00
31 .03 -- .00 .00 -- .00 -- .56 -- .85 .00 --

TOTAL 0.98 0.74 2.37 0.66 1.47 1.77 5.17 6.97 5.70 4.65 1.87 6.04
s Snowfall-affected precipitation
e Estimated


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data