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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05529500       MCDONALD CREEK NEAR MOUNT PROSPECT, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°05'43", long 87°54'46" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.
 

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 NGVD of 1929 (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 good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.2 7.4   e13      e0.40 4.3 2.7 5.3 12    2.3   0.98 0.81 3.4
2 2.1 6.0   e13      e0.39 3.7 4.2 6.5 46    1.7   0.91 0.57 24   
3 2.1 4.7   e8.0   e0.35 3.1 5.3 4.8 17    5.9   0.89 0.56 17   
4 4.1 4.0   e8.0   e0.31 2.7 5.6 3.8 11    107      0.89 1.1   8.4
5 11    e2.4   e4.4   e0.30 2.8 4.1 4.2 7.1 53      0.75 2.7   5.4
 
6 5.2 e2.0   e4.4   e0.32 2.5 4.3 3.5 6.0 30      1.0   1.2   4.1
7 3.4 e1.6   e2.7   e0.30 2.6 6.2 6.0 4.8 18      0.83 0.86 3.2
8 2.7 e1.8   e2.0   e0.28 3.0 28    23    4.4 20      0.86 0.82 2.9
9 2.2 e1.4   e1.5   e0.28 4.6 28    46    8.6 15      2.7   0.89 2.7
10 2.6 e1.4   e1.9   e0.28 9.9 9.3 22    5.0 7.3   1.2   0.81 2.4
 
11 4.0 e0.70 e1.1   e0.27 6.8 23    13    24    14      0.94 0.76 2.2
12 20    e0.64 e1.3   e0.27 5.7 26    9.2 92    9.0   0.89 0.68 2.1
13 125    e0.60 e12      e0.27 4.7 15    6.7 39    5.0   0.81 30      2.0
14 223    e0.56 e13      e0.32 4.7 9.0 6.0 19    6.2   0.73 37      2.2
15 79    e0.54 e10      e0.36 5.2 6.9 5.3 11    7.1   e0.70 13      1.9
 
16 60    e0.72 e7.0   e0.36 4.3 5.2 4.7 32    3.6   0.67 6.5   1.9
17 35    e0.48 e10      e0.46 3.5 4.4 4.6 32    2.5   0.62 4.1   1.9
18 21    e0.44 e5.2   e0.43 3.3 3.9 4.2 15    2.1   0.59 2.7   2.4
19 13    e0.58 e5.8   e0.37 7.5 3.6 3.7 9.2 1.7   0.61 3.5   13   
20 9.4 e0.58 e13      e0.33 20    3.6 3.3 6.3 1.4   0.66 2.5   17   
 
21 7.2 e0.44 e5.4   e0.36 14    3.2 7.4 5.2 1.2   0.72 13      11   
22 14    e0.38 e5.0   e0.35 9.4 2.9 6.5 4.4 1.2   0.60 274      21   
23 85    e0.35 e6.4   e0.97 7.1 2.8 4.7 3.8 1.2   0.46 147      9.5
24 58    e1.2   e4.3   e1.0   5.9 2.5 4.6 3.1 1.2   0.50 54      6.7
25 33    e3.8   e3.2   e0.72 4.6 2.3 4.2 3.8 1.1   0.59 28      3.6
 
26 40    e2.5   e2.3   e0.68 4.1 2.3 3.1 3.4 1.2   0.66 17      3.0
27 37    e1.8   e1.6   e0.90 3.6 2.3 6.4 2.9 1.0   1.2   11      2.6
28 20    e1.5   e1.2   e1.1   3.1 2.4 9.7 2.8 1.00 1.0   7.7   2.3
29 20    e3.7   e0.80 e0.92 ---    10    6.3 2.9 0.94 2.4   5.8   5.6
30 17    e15      e0.56 1.1   ---    8.9 4.9 2.6 1.0   1.2   4.5   3.9
 
31 10    ---      e0.46 2.5   ---    6.1 ---    2.5 ---      0.92 3.8   ---   

TOTAL 968.2 69.21 168.52 17.25 156.7 244.0 243.6 438.8 323.84 28.48 676.86 189.3
MEAN 31.23 2.307 5.436 0.556 5.596 7.871 8.120 14.15 10.79 0.919 21.83 6.310
MAX 223 15 13 2.5 20 28 46 92 107 2.7 274 24
MIN 2.1 0.35 0.46 0.27 2.5 2.3 3.1 2.5 0.94 0.46 0.56 1.9
CFSM 3.94 0.29 0.69 0.07 0.71 0.99 1.02 1.78 1.36 0.12 2.75 0.80
IN. 4.54 0.32 0.79 0.08 0.74 1.14 1.14 2.06 1.52 0.13 3.18 0.89
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.123 5.152 4.888 4.511 6.406 9.782 12.06 7.768 7.275 4.581 5.325 4.294
MAX 31.2 28.5 27.2 20.7 26.5 36.2 35.0 31.3 33.5 26.2 39.7 23.9
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1999 1997 1979 1999 1996 1970 1957 1987 1972
MIN 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.58 2.05 1.46 0.50 0.019 0.000 0.000
(WY) 1953 1954 1954 1954 1954 1956 1989 1988 1963 1953 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 3592.09       3524.76      
ANNUAL MEAN 9.841     9.657     6.344
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 11.7     1972
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.17   1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 223                Oct 14 274                Aug 22 476        Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.35   A     Nov 23 0.27   A     Jan 11-13 0.00   B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.46           Nov 17 0.28           Jan 7 0.00   Sep 12 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 345        C     Aug 22 806        Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.75   D     Oct 13 8.08   Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW  E
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.24       1.22       0.80  
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 16.85       16.53       10.87  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 20            20            14       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.0         3.6         2.2    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.3         0.58       0.08  

A - Estimated.

B - At times in several years.

C - Gage height, 6.59 ft.

D - Discharge, 338 ft3/s.

E - Minimum not determined. Occurred during period of ice effect.


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