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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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 639.12 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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 806 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 8.08 ft; no flow at times in several years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 1.9 1.1   2.1 e1.4 14    5.4 2.4 2.4 16    1.3 1.5   6.2
2 1.6 1.7   2.0 e1.4 8.3 4.4 2.1 2.1 18    1.2 1.9   4.1
3 2.0 1.1   1.7 e1.4 6.1 3.8 1.9 2.0 10    1.4 1.3   3.1
4 18    1.0   1.7 e1.4 5.0 3.2 1.7 1.6 7.2 1.2 1.1   2.4
5 9.1 .98 1.6 e1.5 4.3 2.6 4.6 1.7 16    1.1 1.0   2.1
 
6 8.0 5.6   e1.5 e1.6 3.8 2.3 8.7 1.9 15    1.2 .95 3.9
7 4.1 28      e1.4 e1.7 3.6 2.2 6.6 3.7 10    6.0 .93 4.8
8 2.6 10      e1.2 e1.6 16    2.2 3.2 3.4 7.3 2.8 .98 3.0
9 2.0 43      e1.0 e1.5 109    2.0 4.9 2.8 5.6 2.4 5.1   4.3
10 1.7 34      e1.0 e1.4 60    1.9 3.9 14    4.4 1.9 6.7   3.8
 
11 1.5 14      e1.0 e1.8 29    2.4 8.2 62    4.3 1.6 3.8   2.6
12 1.5 8.1   e1.0 e3.0 16    3.3 12    34    19    1.5 2.6   2.1
13 1.4 8.5   e1.1 4.9 11    3.3 6.3 20    12    1.3 2.8   1.8
14 1.3 5.9   e1.2 7.9 13    3.0 5.0 16    7.6 1.2 2.0   1.4
15 1.2 4.6   e1.2 12    12    14    5.3 11    5.6 1.2 1.7   1.3
 
16 1.5 3.8   e1.3 11    8.6 21    4.3 8.2 4.2 1.2 11      1.3
17 1.1 3.1   e1.3 8.2 6.1 19    4.1 6.2 3.2 2.6 5.7   1.4
18 1.1 2.4   e1.3 6.7 5.1 16    3.0 4.6 6.1 1.6 3.9   2.5
19 1.6 2.2   e1.2 5.3 4.7 14    2.9 3.6 4.3 1.6 11      170   
20 1.5 2.0   e1.3 4.4 4.2 11    5.8 3.2 3.0 2.0 6.0   95   
 
21 1.3 1.7   e1.3 4.5 3.7 9.2 8.4 4.3 3.4 1.9 3.8   79   
22 1.5 1.7   e1.2 3.8 3.8 7.3 8.3 3.7 3.0 9.0 31      37   
23 1.4 1.6   e1.2 3.3 3.2 6.1 16    3.4 2.6 8.4 52      35   
24 3.1 1.6   e1.2 3.2 25    4.5 10    4.2 2.0 6.1 28      24   
25 1.6 1.7   e1.1 3.2 45    3.4 6.9 3.9 2.0 19    25      12   
 
26 1.6 3.7   e1.2 3.4 21    3.0 5.6 7.0 1.8 7.7 35      8.0
27 1.6 2.8   e1.2 3.2 11    2.7 3.8 17    1.5 4.5 17      5.6
28 1.2 2.2   e1.2 3.1 7.0 2.5 3.0 10    1.9 2.9 9.9   4.0
29 1.0 2.6   e1.2 9.7 ---    2.4 2.7 7.3 2.0 2.4 5.6   3.1
30 1.0 2.3   e1.2 32    ---    2.2 2.5 5.6 1.6 2.2 5.4   2.5
 
31 1.1 ---      e1.5 24    ---    2.3 ---    6.9 ---    1.8 14      ---   

TOTAL 81.1 202.98 40.6 173.5 459.5 182.6 164.1 277.7 200.6 102.2 298.66 527.3
MEAN 2.62 6.77 1.31 5.60 16.4 5.89 5.47 8.96 6.69 3.30 9.63 17.6
MAX 18 43 2.1 32 109 21 16 62 19 19 52 170
MIN 1.0 .98 1.0 1.4 3.2 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.1 .93 1.3
CFSM .33 .85 .17 .71 2.07 .74 .69 1.13 .84 .42 1.21 2.22
IN. .38 .95 .19 .81 2.16 .86 .77 1.30 .94 .48 1.40 2.47
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 3.57 5.21 4.88 4.59 6.42 9.82 12.1 7.64 7.20 4.66 4.99 4.25
MAX 16.9 28.5 27.2 20.7 26.5 36.2 35.0 31.3 33.5 26.2 39.7 23.9
(WY) 1955 1986 1983 1999 1997 1979 1999 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 2000 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2001 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL 2220.36 2710.84
ANNUAL MEAN 6.07 7.43 6.28
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 11.7   1972
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.17 1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 116          Apr 21 170          Sep 19 476      Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .37     Jul 29,30 .93     Aug 7 .00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .40     Jul 24 1.1       Dec 8 .00 Sep 12 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 206          Sep 19 806      Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 5.27     Sep 19 8.08 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .73     Jul 6
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .77 .94 .79
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.42 12.72 10.75
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 15      16      14     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.1   3.2   2.2  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .62 1.2   .06

A - At times in several years.


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