Station list     Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551330       MILL CREEK NR BATAVIA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°50'45", long 88°20'57" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.39 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left bank at bridge on Deer Path road, 1 mi. west of Batavia, and at mile 2.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.6 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1998 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 685.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi upstream. 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, 1,080 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 7.52 ft; minimum discharge, 0.30 ft3/s, several days in 2003.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.84 in, August 13, 2002.

 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.08 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 0.04 0.00 0.00 1.15 0.00 0.00 0.47 0.09
2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.00 0.18 0.00
3 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.57 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.21 0.00
4 0.46 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.90 1.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.32 0.01 0.00
6 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.51 0.02 0.00
7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.39 0.03 0.00
8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.80 0.71 0.48 0.00 0.00
9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.90 0.00 0.17 0.00 0.00
10 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.27 0.04 0.16 0.00 0.00
11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04
14 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.28
15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 1.87 0.00 0.00
16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 0.04 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.00
18 0.02 0.18 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.39 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.39 0.12 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.04 0.15 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.00
21 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.00
22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29
23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
24 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00
26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.06 0.61
27 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
28 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 0.14 0.06 0.49 0.00 0.02
29 0.08 0.03 0.00 0.00 --- 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00
30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --- 0.00 2.08 0.68 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 0.00 --- 0.00 0.34 --- 0.01 --- 0.01 --- 0.65 0.22 ---

TOTAL 0.68 0.38 0.59 0.45 0.15 1.09 3.81 5.52 1.95 5.49 1.30 1.41
MEAN 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.13 0.18 0.07 0.18 0.04 0.05
MAX 0.46 0.18 0.49 0.34 0.08 0.40 2.08 1.18 0.71 1.87 0.47 0.61

WTR YR 2003 TOTAL 22.82 MEAN 0.06 MAX 2.08


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data