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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551200       FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°55'58", long 88°20'28", in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.40 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Randall Road, 2.4 mi northwest of St. Charles, and at mile 2.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 51.7 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: December 1960 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.
PRECIPITATION August 2000 to current year.
BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-82-2: 1966(M), 1968(M), 1970-71(M), 1973(M), 1978-79(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 704.84 ft above sea level.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,580, Feb. 21, 1997, from rating curve extended above 1,960 ft3/s, gage height, 8.77 ft; maximum gage height, 9.66 ft, Feb. 8, 1965, from floodmark, ice jam; minimum discharge, 0.10 ft3/s, several days in 1961 and 1965.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded daily total, 1.61 in., June 5, 2001.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum recorded daily total, 1.61 in., June 5.

PRECIPITATION, TOTAL, INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY SUM VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .43 --- --- ---
2 .00 .27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 --- .24 ---
3 .84 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- --- ---
4 .29 .00 .00 .00 .02 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- --- ---
5 .15 .00 .01 .19 .00 .00 .20 .00 1.61 --- --- ---
6 .00 1.51 .00 .00 .01 .00 .18 .05 .00 --- --- ---
7 .05 .00 .00 .00 .09 .00 .00 .30 .00 --- --- ---
8 .00 .06 .00 .00 .53 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- --- ---
9 .00 1.35 .00 .00 .40 .00 .09 .02 .00 --- --- ---
10 .00 .00 .06 .00 .00 .13 .00 .58 .00 --- --- ---
11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .03 .53 .02 .13 --- --- ---
12 .00 .00 .00 .10 .02 .20 .00 .00 .03 --- --- ---
13 .00 .12 .00 .12 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- --- ---
14 .01 .00 .00 .14 .32 .02 .01 .08 .05 --- --- ---
15 .09 .00 .00 .19 .01 .54 .41 .00 .12 --- --- ---
16 .00 .02 .14 .00 .00 .07 .00 .00 .00 --- --- ---
17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .17 .00 .03 .28 --- --- ---
18 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .05 --- --- ---
19 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .04 .00 .00 --- --- ---
20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .10 .02 --- --- --- ---
21 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .19 .35 --- --- --- ---
22 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .08 .18 --- --- --- ---
23 .18 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .21 .03 --- --- .00 ---
24 .04 .00 .00 .00 .40 .00 .00 .07 --- --- --- ---
25 .00 .28 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .73 --- --- --- ---
26 .00 .04 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .64 --- --- --- ---
27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .04 --- --- --- ---
28 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- --- --- ---
29 .00 .11 .00 .78 --- .00 .00 .00 --- --- --- ---
30 .00 .00 .00 .22 --- .00 .00 .00 --- --- --- ---
31 .00 --- .00 .00 --- .12 --- .78 --- --- --- ---

TOTAL 1.65 3.77 0.22 1.74 1.82 1.28 2.04 3.92 --- --- --- ---
MEAN .05 .13 .01 .06 .06 .04 .07 .13 --- --- --- ---
MAX .84 1.51 .14 .78 .53 .54 .53 .78 --- --- --- ---
MIN .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- --- --- ---



Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data