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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530000       WELLER CREEK AT DES PLAINES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°02'58", long 87°55'05" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.18, T.41 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 58 (Golf Road) in Des Plaines, 2 mi west of U.S. Highway 45, and at mile 3.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1950 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1915: 1957-60. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 634.02 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to Sept. 9, 1968, at site 90 ft downstream and at datum 1.00 ft higher. Sept. 9, 1968, to Sept. 10, 1970, at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher.
 

REMARKS.-- Prior to Nov. 15, 1958, effluent from Arlington Heights sewage-treatment plant entered Weller Creek above station.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,590 ft3/s, June 10, 1967, gage height, 15.09 ft, present datum; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for October 1 - August 20, which are fair, and 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 4.2 2.2   1.7   e0.60 8.6   1.3   3.1   38      0.44 0.10 1.3 0.70
2 4.5 1.7   0.61 e0.59 2.5   6.0   2.5   112      0.41 0.11 1.7 73     
3 4.3 0.98 0.54 e0.54 1.5   3.3   0.91 20      19      0.09 2.0 10     
4 16    1.1   0.31 e0.50 3.4   2.4   0.65 12      316      0.09 9.7 1.4  
5 41    0.88 0.26 e0.50 1.1   1.7   0.49 10      81      0.09 7.0 0.67
 
6 5.4 0.84 0.24 e0.52 0.89 2.8   0.45 8.3   15      0.11 4.3 0.40
7 2.9 1.0   0.22 e0.56 1.0   4.3   7.7   4.2   4.5   0.12 5.6 0.30
8 2.0 0.73 0.21 e0.58 1.8   54      51      3.6   2.5   0.10 8.5 0.22
9 1.5 0.78 0.16 e0.56 4.0   77      55      23      1.5   75      12    0.22
10 3.6 0.79 0.20 e0.54 11      16      16      5.7   2.7   0.48 21    0.76
 
11 9.3 0.80 0.15 e0.52 5.1   11      7.8   132      33      e0.40 29    0.74
12 57    0.81 2.6   e0.54 3.1   8.0   4.6   200      2.2   0.27 43    0.36
13 359    1.0   25      e0.58 2.8   6.2   2.9   43      0.93 0.16 215    0.27
14 248    0.90 2.5   e0.64 2.6   3.4   2.4   18      16      0.15 54    0.24
15 53    0.88 1.0   0.96 2.5   1.2   2.4   8.2   4.7   0.16 e15    0.36
 
16 24    0.74 3.7   0.94 2.1   0.77 1.7   107      0.61 0.16 e6.6 0.43
17 3.3 0.77 4.1   1.3   1.8   0.57 2.8   39      0.43 0.25 e2.5 0.35
18 2.2 0.78 1.5   1.0   1.9   0.48 1.7   18      0.28 0.17 e1.1 1.6  
19 1.9 1.4   5.4   1.1   9.7   0.36 2.1   10      0.20 0.20 e1.4 39     
20 1.4 0.83 2.1   0.93 22      0.44 12      6.5   0.17 0.23 e1.0 35     
 
21 1.1 2.5   1.3   0.85 7.4   0.38 35      4.0   0.16 0.29 6.0 10     
22 23    0.94 2.1   0.88 2.7   0.32 13      3.2   0.15 0.34 392    35     
23 168    0.80 4.3   1.1   2.2   0.42 5.7   3.2   0.16 0.42 167    8.3  
24 117    6.6   1.4   0.94 1.6   0.22 15      2.4   0.16 0.50 34    4.2  
25 26    5.1   1.3   0.82 1.3   0.20 14      8.8   0.17 0.53 16    3.1  
 
26 11    1.00 1.2   0.81 2.2   0.23 5.9   1.9   0.20 0.54 10    2.2  
27 6.7 0.98 e0.93 0.69 2.0   0.22 27      1.3   0.16 4.1   6.3 1.4  
28 3.9 0.87 1.1   0.80 1.8   0.16 22      0.86 0.13 0.81 3.0 1.5  
29 3.0 2.4   e0.74 0.92 ---      23      7.9   0.72 0.12 1.6   2.4 33     
30 2.8 12      e0.64 1.1   ---      4.7   5.0   0.58 0.12 1.0   1.6 7.7  
 
31 2.4 ---      e0.59 5.6   ---      1.2   ---      0.59 ---      1.2   1.1 ---     

TOTAL 1209.4 53.10 68.10 28.51 110.59 232.27 328.70 846.05 503.10 89.77 1081.1 272.42
MEAN 39.01 1.770 2.197 0.920 3.950 7.493 10.96 27.29 16.77 2.896 34.87 9.081
MAX 359 12 25 5.6 22 77 55 200 316 75 392 73
MIN 1.1 0.73 0.15 0.50 0.89 0.16 0.45 0.58 0.12 0.09 1.0 0.22
CFSM 2.96 0.13 0.17 0.07 0.30 0.57 0.83 2.07 1.27 0.22 2.64 0.69
IN. 3.41 0.15 0.19 0.08 0.31 0.65 0.93 2.38 1.42 0.25 3.05 0.77
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.436 7.941 6.675 6.764 9.195 14.37 19.13 12.62 12.25 8.877 11.19 8.734
MAX 39.0 46.4 34.3 43.2 38.2 107 54.1 64.0 54.1 38.4 69.9 55.7
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1975 1974 1972 1957 1987 1972
MIN 0.13 0.31 0.077 0.077 0.19 0.72 2.24 1.44 0.90 2.41 0.32 0.60
(WY) 1963 1963 1964 1959 1972 1968 1989 1982 1982 1998 1973 1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 5906.32 4823.11
ANNUAL MEAN 16.18 13.21 10.42    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.4       1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.07     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 408          Sep 19 392          Aug 22 1120          Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.15     Dec 11 0.09     Jul 3-5 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.21     Dec 5 0.10     Jun 30 0.00     Nov 4 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1070          Oct 13 1590          Jun 10 1967
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 9.84     Oct 13 15.09 B Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00     C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.23 1.00 0.79    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 16.65 13.59 10.73    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 37      26      21         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.2   1.7   2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.79 0.22 0.26    

A - At times in most years.

B - Present datum.

C - Several days.


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