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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551675       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR MONTGOMERY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'27", long 88°23'00" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.38 N., R.7 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at bridge on Jericho Rd., 1.0 mi west of Montgomery, and at mile 13.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.0 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: June 1998 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1998-2002.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 654.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,040 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 8.61 ft; minimum, 2.9 ft3/s, Sept. 27, 1999.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.62 in, October 13, 2001.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum measured, 1,170 ft3/s, Feb. 22, 1997, gage height unknown.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for Jan. 9 to Aug. 13, which are fair, and 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 19  50  47  e21  24  37  42  69  55  26  13    10   
2 18  47  42  e21  24  e36  45  65  53  25  12    10   
3 17  42  40  e21  23  e31  44  59  64  23  9.9 11   
4 17  39  37  e22  e22  e27  41  54  175  22  11    10   
5 57  35  34  e22  e20  e28  39  50  450  21  22    9.4
 
6 51  34  33  e21  18  32  36  50  453  20  18    8.8
7 39  35  31  e21  17  37  39  48  215  19  14    8.9
8 31  33  29  e21  16  84  72  45  147  23  13    8.4
9 27  31  27  e23  17  188  193  51  109  34  11    7.6
10 26  30  26  e24  32  179  166  48  104  56  10    7.4
 
11 27  28  25  e24  46  130  120  71  91  40  9.4 7.2
12 41  27  25  23  43  104  96  291  78  31  9.1 7.0
13 113  26  47  22  44  89  80  357  71  26  13    7.0
14 368  30  51  22  39  78  70  239  65  24  124    7.3
15 253  34  48  22  37  70  63  177  59  22  83    7.2
 
16 146  31  42  22  34  62  57  167  53  19  46    6.7
17 103  28  44  24  31  58  53  223  53  19  31    6.5
18 79  27  47  22  28  54  50  179  54  18  24    8.1
19 66  29  66  22  32  50  48  141  47  20  20    9.3
20 58  28  56  20  87  49  72  118  44  18  16    14   
 
21 52  27  45  21  111  46  71  104  41  16  14    13   
22 47  25  45  19  85  40  80  92  38  15  48    14   
23 133  26  46  21  67  40  69  85  37  14  98    14   
24 179  29  42  23  58  40  64  80  35  13  64    13   
25 217  41  e38  22  53  36  63  78  33  12  43    11   
 
26 139  41  e34  21  47  36  57  74  34  12  31    10   
27 97  38  e31  20  43  35  59  69  32  13  24    9.9
28 77  34  e29  22  40  34  101  64  30  16  20    9.6
29 67  32  e26  21  ---  40  90  65  28  20  17    8.4
30 61  41  e24  21  ---  49  77  61  28  18  14    8.1
 
31 56  ---  e22  27  ---  44  ---  58  ---  15  12    ---   

TOTAL 2681 998 1179 678 1138 1863 2157 3332 2776 670 894.4 282.8
MEAN 86.48 33.27 38.03 21.87 40.64 60.10 71.90 107.5 92.53 21.61 28.85 9.427
MAX 368 50 66 27 111 188 193 357 453 56 124 14
MIN 17 25 22 19 16 27 36 45 28 12 9.1 6.5
CFSM 1.57 0.61 0.69 0.40 0.74 1.09 1.31 1.96 1.68 0.39 0.52 0.17
IN. 1.81 0.68 0.80 0.46 0.77 1.26 1.46 2.25 1.88 0.45 0.61 0.19
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 51.19 36.97 28.89 40.84 70.75 54.05 81.47 63.57 67.00 40.59 22.96 16.69
MAX 86.5 53.2 38.1 106 137 72.5 156 107 92.5 90.8 35.4 26.8
(WY) 2002 2001 1999 1999 2001 2001 1999 2002 2002 1998 2000 2001
MIN 16.6 11.5 19.4 15.2 30.3 23.9 46.6 27.6 46.1 10.6 5.80 9.43
(WY) 2000 2000 2001 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 16639.9       18649.2  
ANNUAL MEAN 45.59     51.09
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 64.6   1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 30.3   2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 500      A     Feb 10 453          Jun 6 760      Apr 24 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.4           Aug 14 6.5       Sep 17 3.4   Aug 14 2001
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 4.0           Aug 9 7.0       Sep 11 4.0   Aug 9 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 608          Jun 6 1040      Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.63     Jun 6 8.61 Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 6.1       Sep 13,17 2.9 Sep 27 1999
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.83     0.93
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.26     12.62
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 84          99     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 31          35     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.2       13     

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.


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