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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540060       KRESS CREEK AT WEST CHICAGO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°51'23", long 88°12'15" (NAD of 1927), 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 to current year.

 

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 NGVD of 1929. Prior to November 8, 1985 at datum 5.44 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,980 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 9.24 ft; minimum discharge, .02 ft3/s, Sept. 1, 2, 9, 1988.

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

 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily total, 2.22 in., April 30.



Precipitation, total, inches
WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
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 0.06 0.00 0.00 1.28 0.00 0.00 0.53 0.41
2 0.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.13 0.00
3 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.32 0.00 0.17 0.00 0.12 0.00
4 0.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 1.21 1.26 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
5 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.40 0.00 0.00
6 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.29 0.03 0.00
7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.00 0.00
8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.02 0.69 0.61 0.39 0.07 0.00
9 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.79 0.00 0.11 0.01 0.00
10 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.46 0.03 0.04 0.00 0.00
11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
14 0.00 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.76
15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.90 0.00 0.00
16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 0.21 0.01 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 1.06 0.02 0.00
18 0.01 0.17 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.42 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.37 0.08 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.05 0.10 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00
21 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.00 0.03
22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.22
23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05
24 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05
25 0.27 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00
26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.00 0.07 0.47
27 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
28 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.00 0.16 0.04 0.34 0.00 0.06
29 0.08 0.03 0.00 0.00 --- 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 --- 0.00 2.22 0.68 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 0.00 --- 0.00 0.28 --- 0.03 --- 0.02 --- 0.31 0.19 ---

TOTAL 1.73 0.62 0.86 0.34 0.20 1.17 4.25 5.76 1.68 4.25 1.18 2.08
MEAN 0.06 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.14 0.19 0.06 0.14 0.04 0.07
MAX 0.55 0.17 0.77 0.28 0.10 0.43 2.22 1.28 0.61 1.06 0.53 0.76

CAL YR 2002 TOTAL 31.21 MEAN 0.09 MAX 4.49
WTR YR 2003 TOTAL 24.12 MEAN 0.07 MAX 2.22


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