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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540060       KRESS CREEK AT WEST CHICAGO, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°51'23", long 88°12'15", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.22, T.39 N., R.9 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left downstream side of bridge at intersection of Wilson Street and Joliet Road, 0.5 mi south of West Chicago, and at mile 0.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 18.1 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: November 1985 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1961-80.
PRECIPITATION: April 1986 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 700.00 ft above sea level. Prior to November 8, 1985 at datum 5.44 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- 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.--
PRECIPITATION: Maximum, 6.88 in., July 17, 1996, but may have been greater during periods of missing record.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum, 2.78 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 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.09 0.10 0.00 0.17 0.00
2 .02 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .01 .00 .01 e.63 .08 .00
3 .76 .00 e.17 .20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 e.88 .00 .00
4 .00 .00 e.95 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .03 .00 .00 .00
5 .00 .00 e.69 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .39 .00 .47 .00
6 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .71 .00
7 .00 .00 .00 .00 s.12 .00 .44 .02 .00 .00 .00 .00
8 .00 .00 .00 .03 s.02 .01 .04 .48 .00 .00 .00 .00
9 .00 .00 e.04 .12 s.08 .00 .00 .92 .00 .00 .00 .00
10 .00 .00 .00 .10 .00 .01 .09 .00 .00 e1.04 .00 .00
11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .42 .96 .00 .00 2.78
12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .11 .41 .00 .00 .02
13 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .02 .00 .00 .31 .00 .01 .00
14 .00 .00 e.03 s.01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .15 .00 .00 .47
15 .00 .00 e.11 .00 s.01 .42 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
16 .09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 1.64 .22 e.06 .00 .00 .00
17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .04 .00 .00 .73 .00
18 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .38 .00 .02 .00 .00
19 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .12 1.01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
20 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .26 2.18 .00 e.36 .00 .00 .42
21 .00 .00 .00 .00 s.40 .00 .17 .00 e.01 .00 .00 .00
22 .00 e.02 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .08 .00 .00 .00 .59
23 .00 e.51 .00 .00 .00 .00 .20 .00 e.15 .00 .00 .12
24 .00 .00 .00 .00 .56 .08 .00 .00 e1.16 .00 .00 .15
25 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
26 .00 e.03 .00 .00 .02 .15 .00 .07 .00 .00 .00 .00
27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .03 .00 .14 .00 .00 .00 .00
28 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .25 e.08 .00 .00 .00
29 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
30 .00 .00 .00 .00 -- .00 .00 .05 .00 .67 .00 .00
31 .01 -- .00 .00 -- .00 -- .69 -- .94 .00 --

TOTAL 0.89 0.56 2.00 0.48 1.21 1.16 5.84 3.96 4.18 4.18 2.17 4.55
s Snowfall-affected precipitation
e Estimated


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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