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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 to current year.
 

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 of present location at same datum. May 1978 to Mar. 1994, at present location. Mar. 7 to Sept. 30, 1994, at temporary site 50 ft upstream of present location at same datum. Oct. 1994, moved back to present location.
 

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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.8   0.71 0.74 1.0   e0.05 e0.14 2.8   106    3.1   0.42 5.9   1.4  
2 7.9   1.2   0.79 1.00 e0.04 e0.30 2.2   52    2.4   0.42 4.7   1.1  
3 5.1   1.4   0.76 0.95 e0.03 0.70 3.2   17    2.5   0.44 9.8   1.1  
4 13      1.4   0.80 2.4   e0.03 0.97 38      17    2.1   1.1   8.4   0.90
5 7.0   1.7   0.81 1.0   e0.03 1.4   39      80    1.9   4.0   5.9   0.95
 
6 3.6   1.9   2.5   1.1   e0.02 3.1   13      29    2.0   16      7.9   0.95
7 2.8   1.9   2.6   1.2   e0.02 5.0   10      11    2.3   20      9.7   0.92
8 2.4   2.1   e2.1   1.1   e0.02 8.4   9.5   6.3 6.4   15      5.8   0.88
9 1.8   2.1   e2.3   1.1   e0.02 11      10      60    4.2   16      3.7   0.91
10 1.5   2.2   e2.0   1.0   e0.02 11      9.8   31    2.5   12      3.1   0.91
 
11 1.3   2.1   e1.4   e0.80 e0.02 16      7.1   57    2.0   5.3   2.6   1.0  
12 1.2   2.1   e1.3   e0.61 e0.02 27      5.0   27    1.8   3.1   2.4   1.4  
13 1.1   2.1   e1.0   e0.41 e0.02 29      4.0   12    1.5   2.1   2.2   1.8  
14 0.94 2.3   e0.72 e0.37 e0.02 23      3.9   16    1.3   1.9   2.2   9.6  
15 0.89 1.4   e0.70 e0.32 e0.02 16      3.9   21    1.0   45      2.5   2.7  
 
16 0.80 0.77 e0.63 e0.33 e0.02 10      2.7   9.5 0.87 16      2.3   1.5  
17 0.91 0.81 e0.62 e0.28 e0.02 6.3   2.0   5.9 0.75 17      2.5   1.3  
18 1.0   1.1   11      e0.25 e0.02 4.3   1.7   4.4 1.5   17      2.0   1.2  
19 0.76 1.9   6.6   e0.22 e0.02 3.1   1.9   3.6 1.2   8.1   1.9   0.95
20 0.66 0.95 3.4   e0.20 e0.02 6.3   1.9   3.0 0.86 5.9   1.7   0.71
 
21 0.63 1.6   2.2   e0.18 e0.02 4.2   1.7   2.1 0.77 10      1.6   0.68
22 0.59 1.3   2.0   e0.17 e0.02 3.0   1.5   1.8 0.74 5.8   1.3   1.2  
23 0.66 0.97 2.1   e0.11 e0.02 2.5   1.3   1.6 0.68 4.5   1.2   0.87
24 0.66 0.71 1.6   e0.12 e0.03 2.2   1.3   1.5 0.59 4.8   1.2   0.72
25 1.6   0.67 1.5   e0.15 e0.03 4.1   1.3   1.4 0.52 5.0   1.1   0.57
 
26 1.2   0.65 1.4   e0.14 e0.04 2.3   1.2   1.3 0.51 3.8   1.4   2.7  
27 0.87 0.75 1.4   e0.12 e0.06 2.2   1.2   1.3 0.39 3.0   1.0   2.7  
28 0.77 0.75 1.4   e0.10 e0.09 5.3   1.2   14    0.40 2.6   0.98 1.2  
29 0.69 1.0   1.3   e0.07 ---      5.1   0.97 8.9 0.44 2.3   0.94 0.94
30 0.71 0.78 1.5   e0.06 ---      3.2   11      4.8 0.44 2.1   0.83 0.83
 
31 0.68 ---      1.1   e0.06 ---      2.9   ---      5.2 ---      2.0   0.91 ---     

TOTAL 66.52 41.32 60.27 16.92 0.79 220.01 194.27 612.6 47.66 252.68 99.66 44.59
MEAN 2.15 1.38 1.94 0.55 0.028 7.10 6.48 19.8 1.59 8.15 3.21 1.49
MAX 13 2.3 11 2.4 0.09 29 39 106 6.4 45 9.8 9.6
MIN 0.59 0.65 0.62 0.06 0.02 0.14 0.97 1.3 0.39 0.42 0.83 0.57
CFSM 0.27 0.17 0.25 0.07 0.00 0.89 0.82 2.49 0.20 1.03 0.41 0.19
IN. 0.31 0.19 0.28 0.08 0.00 1.03 0.91 2.87 0.22 1.19 0.47 0.21
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.08 5.08 4.83 4.43 6.28 9.73 12.0 8.00 7.16 4.65 5.28 4.24
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 2486.94     1657.29    
ANNUAL MEAN 6.81     4.54     6.31    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 11.7       1972
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.17     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 274              Aug 22 106              May 1 476          Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.27 A     Jan 11-13 0.02 A,B 0.00 C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.28         Jan 7 0.02 A 0.00     Sep 12 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 135              May 1 806          Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 4.26         May 1 8.08     Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW  D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.86     0.57     0.80    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.67     7.77     10.81    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 14          11          14         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.5       1.5       2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.66     0.14     0.08    

A - Estimated.

B - Several days.

C - At times in several years.

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


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