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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551030       BREWSTER CREEK AT VALLEY VIEW, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°58'19", long 88°16'47" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec. 12, T. 40 N., R. 8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on private property about 500 feet upstream of state Highway 25 at Valley View, 2.5 miles southeast of South Elgin, and at mile 0.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 14.0 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: May 2002 to current year.
 

STAGE: May 2002 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962 to 1979, at site 500 ft downstream on State Highway 25 and at datum 10.08 ft higher.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

SEDIMENT: June 2002 to current year.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2002-03

PRECIPITATION: May 2002 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1:Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, automatic water sampler, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 700.00 ft above NAVD of 1988.
 

REMARKS.-- Occasional pumpage from quarry into creek about 0.5 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, 685 ft3/s, June 10, 1967, gage height, 1.65 ft, site and datum then in use; minimum discharge, 0.40 ft3/s, Sept. 26, 2004, due to pumping.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.32 in., August 13, 2002.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 1450 mg/L, Mar. 29, 2004; minimum daily, 10 mg/L, June 25, 2004.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 217 tons, Mar. 29, 2004; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Sept. 16, 19-20, 2003, and Sept. 25-26, 2004.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 1450 mg/L, Mar. 29; minimum daily, 10 mg/L, June 25.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 217 tons, Mar. 29; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Sept. 25-26.
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
MEAN MEAN MEAN
MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT
DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE
DAY (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY) (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY) (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY)
 
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
1 1.1 53 0.20 2.0 32 0.17 3.6 21 0.21
2 0.69 42 0.08 4.2 41 0.49 3.4 23 0.21
3 0.71 43 0.08 8.7 112 2.7 3.4 24 0.21
4 0.87 44 0.10 8.9 241 7.5 3.3 25 0.22
5 0.89 45 0.11 17 243 11 4.4 26 0.31
 
6 0.91 46 0.11 8.0 57 1.3 4.2 27 0.31
7 0.63 47 0.08 4.2 23 0.28 3.8 28 0.29
8 0.97 48 0.12 3.1 15 0.12 3.6 29 0.29
9 1.2 49 0.16 2.1 17 0.09 4.6 31 0.38
10 1.0 50 0.14 1.8 18 0.09 32 74 7.0
 
11 0.96 51 0.13 2.2 21 0.12 32 66 5.8
12 1.00 52 0.14 2.2 25 0.14 31 70 5.9
13 0.81 53 0.12 1.8 29 0.14 22 68 4.0
14 2.6 94 0.67 1.6 33 0.14 17 66 3.0
15 3.1 85 0.72 1.5 37 0.15 13 64 2.2
 
16 2.3 46 0.30 1.4 42 0.16 11 61 1.8
17 2.3 61 0.43 1.3 40 0.15 8.3 59 1.3
18 1.9 33 0.17 17 165 8.7 7.2 57 1.1
19 1.9 30 0.15 23 165 10 6.0 55 0.89
20 1.8 27 0.13 17 77 3.6 6.2 53 0.89
 
21 2.4 28 0.18 15 41 1.7 5.4 51 0.74
22 2.7 28 0.21 12 37 1.2 5.2 48 0.68
23 2.3 28 0.17 10 51 1.6 5.1 47 0.64
24 2.3 26 0.16 14 72 2.7 4.7 46 0.59
25 2.6 22 0.16 9.3 44 1.1 4.5 45 0.55
 
26 2.3 23 0.14 8.2 28 0.64 4.2 45 0.50
27 1.9 35 0.18 6.8 17 0.32 4.1 44 0.49
28 2.1 41 0.24 5.6 18 0.26 6.6 44 0.77
29 1.8 14 0.07 4.6 19 0.23 6.1 43 0.71
30 1.9 19 0.10 4.1 20 0.23 e5.2 54 1.9
 
31 2.1 27 0.15 --- --- --- e4.9 51 0.82
 
TOTAL 52.04 --- 5.90 218.6 --- 57.02 276.0 --- 44.70
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 5.0 44 0.59 e2.0 17 0.25 9.6 103 2.7
2 5.3 43 0.61 e1.9 16 0.21 11 136 3.9
3 5.1 42 0.58 e2.0 15 0.18 11 170 5.2
4 4.3 41 0.48 e2.0 14 0.16 17 263 15
5 4.3 40 0.47 e2.1 16 0.17 61 508 85
 
6 e3.9 39 0.49 e2.1 18 0.24 51 358 50
7 e3.5 39 0.38 e2.2 20 0.26 38 109 12
8 e3.4 38 0.38 e2.2 22 0.26 31 36 3.0
9 e3.4 37 0.38 e2.2 24 0.27 24 26 1.7
10 e3.3 36 0.35 e2.2 26 0.26 18 22 1.0
 
11 e3.3 35 0.33 e2.1 28 0.30 12 23 0.75
12 e3.2 34 0.34 e2.0 31 0.31 9.8 85 2.5
13 e3.2 33 0.30 e2.0 33 0.34 8.1 64 1.4
14 e3.1 32 0.28 e1.9 35 0.36 7.0 52 1.0
15 e3.1 32 0.28 e1.9 37 0.35 5.9 43 0.68
 
16 e3.1 31 0.28 e1.8 39 0.39 6.3 40 0.68
17 e3.0 30 0.28 e1.7 41 0.44 6.7 38 0.69
18 e3.0 29 0.26 e1.7 41 0.45 6.8 36 0.65
19 e2.9 28 0.27 e2.2 44 0.44 7.2 33 0.64
20 e2.9 27 0.24 e3.9 107 2.5 5.8 31 0.48
 
21 e2.8 26 0.23 e6.8 159 5.7 4.8 30 0.39
22 e2.7 25 0.24 e7.2 80 2.5 4.0 33 0.36
23 e2.4 25 0.26 e8.2 158 4.5 4.0 37 0.40
24 e2.3 24 0.20 9.5 111 2.8 13 125 5.2
25 e2.2 23 0.22 9.4 79 2.0 11 101 3.2
 
26 e2.2 22 0.25 9.1 83 2.1 31 333 28
27 e2.3 21 0.23 7.9 67 1.4 28 94 7.1
28 e2.3 20 0.17 7.2 65 1.3 31 523 75
29 e2.2 19 0.25 6.8 71 1.3 55 1450 217
30 e2.1 18 0.21 --- --- --- 47 323 42
 
31 e2.0 17 0.24 --- --- --- 36 80 8.0
 
TOTAL 97.8 --- 10.07 114.2 --- 31.74 612.0 --- 575.62
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 26 36 2.5 4.1 55 0.61 86 188 44
2 17 25 1.2 3.6 50 0.48 75 311 61
3 12 17 0.54 3.2 51 0.44 52 99 14
4 10 20 0.54 2.8 76 0.58 41 57 6.3
5 7.8 24 0.50 2.7 102 0.75 34 47 4.2
 
6 7.1 28 0.53 2.8 122 0.93 29 34 2.7
7 7.0 32 0.60 2.9 119 0.95 26 27 1.9
8 6.3 36 0.61 2.6 115 0.80 22 35 2.1
9 5.7 40 0.62 2.4 120 0.79 18 45 2.2
10 5.1 43 0.59 2.6 154 1.1 36 151 19
 
11 4.7 45 0.57 3.8 222 2.3 54 134 22
12 4.2 48 0.54 4.0 221 2.5 83 538 122
13 6.0 52 0.85 14 218 10 81 219 48
14 5.8 57 0.89 19 261 16 69 73 14
15 4.8 64 0.83 26 156 11 52 41 5.9
 
16 4.0 77 0.83 16 103 4.1 41 35 3.9
17 3.4 91 0.83 9.0 97 2.3 35 30 2.8
18 3.2 101 0.88 20 205 11 30 24 2.0
19 2.8 95 0.73 13 60 2.2 24 21 1.4
20 4.6 88 1.1 15 233 21 19 21 1.1
 
21 11 187 7.5 39 350 56 27 301 31
22 9.7 164 4.7 79 655 139 35 71 7.1
23 4.7 100 1.3 78 264 56 26 22 1.6
24 4.3 116 1.6 66 193 35 19 15 0.79
25 6.6 269 5.0 47 91 12 16 10 0.45
 
26 4.6 109 1.4 37 59 5.9 13 12 0.43
27 4.7 73 0.95 32 42 3.6 9.8 16 0.41
28 3.9 54 0.57 26 30 2.1 8.9 18 0.43
29 3.1 63 0.52 22 27 1.6 7.8 18 0.38
30 3.6 60 0.59 59 561 101 6.5 18 0.32
 
31 --- --- --- 84 104 24 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 203.7 --- 40.41 738.5 --- 526.03 1076.0 --- 423.41
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 6.8 18 0.33 1.7 109 0.49 2.7 30 0.22
2 6.8 18 0.33 1.7 129 0.58 2.3 29 0.18
3 6.6 18 0.32 2.8 170 1.7 2.0 27 0.14
4 8.0 18 0.39 16 190 9.3 1.7 25 0.12
5 6.8 19 0.35 7.3 55 1.1 1.8 24 0.12
 
6 5.6 20 0.30 4.1 28 0.31 1.8 30 0.14
7 5.1 21 0.29 2.9 29 0.23 1.6 35 0.15
8 4.6 22 0.27 2.6 33 0.23 1.4 40 0.15
9 4.5 22 0.27 2.4 36 0.23 1.4 41 0.15
10 6.8 23 0.42 2.9 36 0.28 1.5 41 0.17
 
11 5.9 22 0.35 2.9 37 0.29 1.7 47 0.21
12 4.9 21 0.27 2.6 39 0.28 1.7 48 0.22
13 4.4 21 0.25 2.5 48 0.32 1.6 43 0.19
14 3.7 30 0.30 2.0 58 0.32 1.5 42 0.17
15 3.6 41 0.40 1.6 65 0.28 1.5 43 0.18
 
16 4.2 50 0.57 1.6 66 0.29 2.3 59 0.37
17 4.0 53 0.57 2.2 65 0.38 1.9 48 0.25
18 3.5 55 0.52 2.1 65 0.37 1.6 43 0.19
19 3.0 57 0.46 3.3 67 0.60 1.4 42 0.16
20 2.7 59 0.43 2.6 68 0.48 1.2 42 0.13
 
21 3.0 60 0.48 2.2 68 0.40 7.9 43 0.98
22 3.0 63 0.51 2.0 64 0.34 4.3 43 0.53
23 2.5 71 0.48 1.9 60 0.31 2.1 44 0.26
24 2.1 79 0.44 2.0 57 0.31 0.79 43 0.09
25 2.0 85 0.47 2.3 59 0.37 0.55 42 0.06
 
26 2.1 84 0.47 2.9 62 0.49 0.52 42 0.06
27 2.1 82 0.47 3.9 64 0.67 0.61 43 0.07
28 1.8 80 0.38 18 142 7.5 3.3 47 0.48
29 1.7 75 0.34 9.5 66 1.8 1.3 44 0.16
30 1.8 72 0.36 5.8 35 0.55 0.59 43 0.07
 
31 2.0 89 0.48 3.5 31 0.29 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 125.6 --- 12.27 121.8 --- 31.09 56.56 --- 6.37
 
YEAR 3692.80 1764.63
e Estimated


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