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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05529500                         McDONALD CREEK NEAR MOUNT PROSPECT, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 42°05'43", long 87°54'46", in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.23, T.42 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Camp McDonald Road, 2.5 mi northeast of Mount Prospect, and at mile 2.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.--7.93 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1952 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1915: 1958. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.12 ft above sea level (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to May 9, 1978, at site 55 ft downstream at same datum. Mar. 7 to Sept. 30, 1994, at temporary site 50 ft upstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .57 2.8 4.0 3.0 13    4.3 26    5.9 1.6   5.3   .54 1.6  
2 .48 2.0 3.2 4.0 22    3.8 19    5.1 1.2   3.5   .56 1.3  
3 .40 1.6 4.0 11    15    3.9 12    4.6 1.0   4.8   .65 1.2  
4 .41 1.4 3.8 27    12    3.9 8.5 4.3 .97 6.7   5.7   1.1  
5 .48 1.5 2.7 30    9.4 3.4 6.6 5.8 1.3   3.4   5.8   1.1  
 
6 .53 6.3 2.0 33    7.8 3.3 5.4 8.6 1.2   2.7   5.3   1.2  
7 .51 3.7 1.6 36    6.7 3.1 9.1 73    1.0   10      9.2   30     
8 .48 2.7 1.4 29    6.0 25    39    58    .94 6.1   11      13     
9 1.0   2.0 1.5 31    5.4 31    36    25    4.1   3.6   5.7   6.3  
10 .85 1.6 6.7 19    5.2 20    20    13    3.4   2.6   3.7   4.2  
 
11 .62 1.4 9.6 14    22    14    13    7.9 15      2.1   2.6   2.9  
12 .58 1.2 6.3 11    26    11    9.8 6.3 11      1.8   2.1   2.1  
13 5.3   1.2 3.4 e7.6 16    8.9 8.2 7.6 17      1.5   1.6   1.7  
14 3.6   1.3 4.3 e7.0 11    8.0 8.4 6.2 6.9   2.0   1.4   5.3  
15 2.2   3.8 3.8 e6.6 8.0 7.1 9.2 4.9 4.1   2.2   1.4   12     
 
16 1.5   4.1 4.1 5.9 7.6 6.8 18    3.9 2.9   1.7   1.2   5.4  
17 1.2   3.1 3.8 5.1 19    17    12    3.1 2.5   1.4   1.1   3.2  
18 1.1   2.5 3.3 e4.5 23    56    8.4 2.7 7.8   1.2   .88 2.4  
19 .96 2.1 2.9 e4.2 14    37    6.4 2.4 16      1.7   .77 1.9  
20 .79 2.2 2.6 3.8 9.5 24    9.9 2.1 6.2   1.5   .72 3.9  
 
21 .69 3.0 2.2 3.7 7.5 17    28    1.8 3.8   1.4   .79 5.2  
22 .58 2.6 2.6 4.1 5.9 11    23    1.6 2.8   1.4   8.1   2.8  
23 .60 1.9 2.4 4.7 5.0 8.7 15    1.7 2.2   1.3   8.2   1.9  
24 1.3   1.7 2.6 4.4 6.1 7.3 11    3.4 1.9   1.0   6.1   1.9  
25 1.3   1.5 6.6 3.9 4.7 6.4 8.0 2.5 3.2   .91 12      1.5  
 
26 13      1.2 5.4 4.0 4.2 6.0 11    2.0 53      .84 4.6   1.4  
27 26      2.9 3.9 4.3 6.6 5.2 9.3 1.8 30      .78 3.0   1.1  
28 9.7   4.7 3.3 4.7 4.7 6.7 6.9 1.8 46      .74 8.1   .90
29 5.4   5.0 3.1 e7.0 ---    5.5 8.0 2.5 21      .65 4.4   .93
30 3.8   5.5 2.9 e7.2 ---    4.9 6.6 2.4 11      .59 2.7   2.0  
 
31 3.0   ---    2.4 7.5 ---    27    ---    2.1 ---      .52 2.0   ---     

TOTAL 88.93 78.5 112.4 348.2 303.3 397.2 411.7 274.0 281.01 75.93 121.91 121.43
MEAN 2.87 2.62 3.63 11.2 10.8 12.8 13.7 8.84 9.37 2.45 3.93 4.05
MAX 26 6.3 9.6 36 26 56 39 73 53 10 12 30
MIN .40 1.2 1.4 3.0 4.2 3.1 5.4 1.6 .94 .52 .54 .90
CFSM .36 .33 .46 1.42 1.37 1.62 1.73 1.11 1.18 .31 .50 .51
IN. .42 .37 .53 1.63 1.42 1.86 1.93 1.29 1.32 .36 .57 .57

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 3.40 5.25 4.99 4.28 6.15 10.2 11.7 7.61 7.00 4.72 4.99 3.85
MAX 16.9 28.5 27.2 19.5 26.5 36.2 32.3 31.3 33.5 26.2 39.7 23.9
(WY) 1955 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1983 1996 1970 1957 1987 1972
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.58 2.05 1.46 .50 .019 .000 .000
(WY) 1953 1954 1954 1954 1954 1956 1989 1988 1963 1953 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 2226.79 2614.51
ANNUAL MEAN 6.10 7.16 6.18
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 11.7   1972
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.17 1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 222          Feb 21 73          May 7 476      Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .40     Sep 15, Oct 3 .40     Oct 3 .00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .46     Sep 9 .47     Oct 2 .00 Sep 12 1952
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 111          May 7 806      Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 3.83     May 7 8.08 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .33     Oct 3,4,5
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .77 .90 .78
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.45 12.26 10.58
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 10      17      14     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.9   4.0   2.2  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .88 1.0   .01
A - At times in several years.


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