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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551200       FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°55'58", long 88°20'28" (NAD of 1927), 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 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

PRECIPITATION: August 2000 to current year.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Pigment and biomass, Water year 2000.

 

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 NGVD of 1929.

 

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, 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, 3.27 in., August 13, 2002.

 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum daily total, 2.81 in., May 30.



Precipitation, total, inches
WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
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 0.01 0.16 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.24 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.18 0.00
4 0.00 1.15 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.32 0.00
5 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.00 0.00 0.73 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 0.00 0.00 1.01 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 0.00 0.02 1.03 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.22 0.69 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.27 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
13 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
14 0.91 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 0.00 0.06 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.32
16 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.01
17 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00
18 0.00 1.44 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.49 0.00
19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.28 0.03 0.55 1.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
22 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 0.00
23 0.00 0.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.24 0.00
24 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00
25 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.24 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.00
26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00
27 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.53 0.00
28 0.00 0.00 0.37 0.00 0.00 0.87 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.49 0.00
29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --- 0.19 0.24 2.81 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00
31 0.00 --- 0.00 0.00 --- 0.00 --- 0.55 --- 0.01 0.00 ---

TOTAL 1.51 3.48 2.91 0.39 0.78 4.61 0.94 5.74 0.97 0.45 3.96 0.35
MEAN 0.05 0.12 0.09 0.01 0.03 0.15 0.03 0.19 0.03 0.01 0.13 0.01
MAX 0.91 1.44 1.03 0.27 0.28 0.87 0.55 2.81 0.69 0.40 1.18 0.32

CAL YR 2003 TOTAL 26.53 MEAN 0.07 MAX 1.44
WTR YR 2004 TOTAL 26.09 MEAN 0.07 MAX 2.81


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Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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