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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536500       TINLEY CREEK NEAR PALOS PARK, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°38'48", long 87°45'59" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.32, T.37 N., R.13 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 135th Street, 1.5 mi west of State Highway 50, 3 mi southeast of Palos Park, and at mile 1.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: July 1951 to current year. Prior to October 1952, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin (WSP 1237).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

FISH: Water year 2001.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-81-2: 1955(M), 1957(M), 1970(M), 1978(M).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 607.40 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,010 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, from rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement of flow through culvert, gage height, 10.25 ft; maximum gage height, 10.30 ft, Oct. 10, 1954; no flow at times in most 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 2.4 3.6 14    e1.9 18    6.1 7.3 10    3.0 1.5   0.62 0.25
2 1.7 7.8 7.0 e1.8 21    e7.5 78    8.5 2.7 1.3   0.53 1.0  
3 1.2 6.4 4.7 e1.7 8.7 e11    37    6.7 2.6 0.99 0.34 4.7  
4 1.4 4.1 3.7 e1.7 7.7 e9.0 16    5.7 9.1 1.1   0.31 e2.4  
5 108    3.6 3.3 1.7 6.6 8.0 10    4.9 14    1.7   19      1.3  
 
6 23    3.4 3.0 1.7 5.0 12    7.8 15    6.2 1.1   7.2   0.94
7 7.2 3.3 2.7 1.7 4.1 54    15    14    4.0 0.96 2.5   0.75
8 4.5 3.1 2.5 1.7 4.5 144    140    69    2.9 0.72 1.6   0.59
9 3.4 2.6 2.2 1.8 11    203    168    205    2.6 35      0.92 0.56
10 2.9 2.5 2.1 1.8 61    72    51    52    7.6 15      0.72 0.44
 
11 2.9 2.3 2.0 1.7 34    27    23    168    33    4.6   0.49 1.2  
12 59    2.2 3.1 1.7 17    16    15    440    10    2.3   0.34 1.1  
13 96    2.1 5.6 1.7 15    12    10    94    5.2 1.6   0.31 0.70
14 205    2.5 7.3 1.7 10    6.9 8.0 41    6.1 1.3   0.51 0.46
15 56    3.7 9.2 1.9 9.3 7.7 6.6 21    6.7 0.96 0.37 0.38
 
16 24    2.6 5.6 1.9 9.0 6.9 5.6 39    4.1 0.85 0.47 0.29
17 13    2.2 14    e2.0 7.4 6.2 12    43    2.8 0.90 1.7   0.22
18 8.2 2.2 13    e2.0 5.9 5.7 9.0 19    2.5 0.65 0.95 7.3  
19 6.1 2.5 7.2 e1.9 9.9 5.2 6.1 13    2.0 0.59 2.3   5.7  
20 4.7 4.2 5.9 e1.8 44    5.2 107    10    1.7 0.57 3.5   9.8  
 
21 5.0 3.2 4.6 e1.8 26    5.1 53    7.1 1.4 0.73 1.6   10     
22 4.6 2.2 4.2 e2.5 14    4.4 40    5.2 1.3 0.99 10      6.2  
23 55    1.7 6.5 3.6 9.0 4.1 19    4.3 1.3 0.59 11      4.8  
24 62    1.9 5.0 3.9 7.0 4.1 15    16    1.2 0.39 6.0   2.5  
25 52    5.9 4.4 3.3 6.0 3.7 21    12    1.7 0.31 2.8   1.5  
 
26 15    5.7 3.5 2.6 7.0 4.3 11    8.2 6.0 0.35 1.6   1.1  
27 8.8 4.6 3.0 2.5 7.3 4.1 49    5.6 12    0.84 1.0   1.1  
28 6.7 4.1 2.7 2.6 6.4 4.0 77    5.1 5.5 1.6   0.71 0.82
29 4.8 5.0 2.4 2.3 ---    13    26    5.3 3.1 1.1   0.52 0.80
30 4.0 27    2.2 3.2 ---    23    15    4.1 2.3 1.2   0.60 2.3  
 
31 3.6 ---    e2.1 11    ---    9.4 ---    3.5 ---    0.90 0.33 ---     

TOTAL 852.1 128.2 158.7 75.1 391.8 704.6 1058.4 1355.2 164.6 82.69 80.84 71.20
MEAN 27.49 4.273 5.119 2.423 13.99 22.73 35.28 43.72 5.487 2.667 2.608 2.373
MAX 205 27 14 11 61 203 168 440 33 35 19 10
MIN 1.2 1.7 2.0 1.7 4.1 3.7 5.6 3.5 1.2 0.31 0.31 0.22
CFSM 2.45 0.38 0.46 0.22 1.25 2.03 3.15 3.90 0.49 0.24 0.23 0.21
IN. 2.83 0.43 0.53 0.25 1.30 2.34 3.52 4.50 0.55 0.27 0.27 0.24
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.638 9.168 9.811 10.86 13.80 21.00 21.89 15.25 11.72 6.407 5.075 5.358
MAX 87.0 46.2 57.7 43.1 69.8 90.2 50.7 43.7 56.9 58.5 28.3 38.2
(WY) 1955 1991 1983 1999 1997 1979 1970 2002 2000 1996 1987 1993
MIN 0.000 0.17 0.15 0.062 0.19 2.24 1.52 1.79 0.67 0.15 0.003 0.000
(WY) 1953 1954 1964 1977 1963 1981 1963 1963 1965 1956 1964 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 5377.98 5123.43
ANNUAL MEAN 14.73 14.04 11.37    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 22.7       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.27     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 364          Feb 9 440          May 12 891          Oct 10 1954
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.49     Jul 17 0.22     Sep 17 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.66     Jul 11 0.46     Aug 10 0.00     Oct 1 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 830          May 12 2010  B,C Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.55     May 12 10.30 D Oct 10 1954
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.21     Sep 17,18
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.32 1.25 1.02    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 17.86 17.02 13.80    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 42      29      25         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.6   4.3   2.7      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.8   0.83 0.20    

A - At times in most years.

B - From rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement

of flow through culvert.

C - Gage height, 10.25 ft.

D - Discharge, 1,930 ft3/s.


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