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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05531300       SALT CREEK AT ELMHURST, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°53'10", long 87°57'33" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NW1/4 sec.11, T.39 N., R.11 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of the Illinois Prairie Path Bikeway bridge in Elmhurst, and at mile 20.1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 91.5 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: June 1989 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1961-80.

PRECIPITATION: October 1989 to March 1996 and December 1996 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-77-1: 1961-76(M).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 652.65 ft above NGVD of 1929. Water years 1997 and 1998, datum incorrectly published as 655.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to October 1, 1996, at site 990 ft upstream at datum 2.35 ft higher. Prior to June 1, 1989, crest-stage gage at datum 7.84 ft higher.
 

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation by sewage treatment plants upstream from station. Since May 28, 1996, some flow temporarily diverted for flood control to Elmhurst Quarry Flood Control Reservoir about 1.0 miles upstream from gage. 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, 2,230 ft3/s, Aug. 27, 1972, gage height, 12.76 ft, datum 660.49 ft above NGVD of 1929, maximum gage height, 13.56 ft, Aug. 6, 1989; minimum discharge, 18 ft3/s, July 1, 1989.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.67 in., September 11, 2000, but may have been greater during periods of missing record.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good.
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 64  47  50  51  52  42  84  945  108  42  271  81 
2 106  46  51  50  57  44  78  1120  89  37  342  59 
3 95  45  51  49  64  45  82  796  91  39  312  50 
4 156  45  48  46  65  47  312  466  78  44  485  43 
5 169  49  48  48  57  47  500  716  69  94  375  44 
 
6 126  48  47  52  53  51  386  798  67  113  255  40 
7 98  47  45  48  49  48  255  539  63  143  379  38 
8 73  46  46  48  46  53  217  345  129  149  330  38 
9 65  45  46  49  45  53  189  715  162  154  193  37 
10 55  49  46  49  46  49  193  816  116  152  127  39 
 
11 55  50  43  44  43  48  169  713  94  110  101  39 
12 52  45  45  45  43  68  135  643  80  77  82  38 
13 53  52  44  45  42  87  114  472  69  60  87  38 
14 51  69  44  39  42  91  121  340  60  55  136  110 
15 50  72  45  e39  43  88  126  430  55  273  127  100 
 
16 47  54  46  39  42  94  117  394  52  301  100  66 
17 46  48  45  40  42  98  93  272  49  211  63  52 
18 53  49  145  41  44  92  67  200  76  166  54  45 
19 49  59  171  41  42  90  66  165  159  96  51  40 
20 48  58  130  42  43  110  67  174  119  76  49  37 
 
21 48  64  99  41  43  113  67  161  85  208  48  36 
22 43  69  77  40  44  98  65  134  67  212  44  50 
23 40  57  66  e40  45  86  60  114  59  132  42  43 
24 42  54  60  e40  47  75  57  94  54  92  39  41 
25 71  54  56  e41  44  90  59  79  48  72  39  38 
 
26 67  53  52  43  43  92  55  69  51  61  44  62 
27 61  53  52  42  45  78  57  68  45  51  46  82 
28 57  52  51  42  45  106  57  89  45  54  43  66 
29 54  52  49  42  ---  137  53  106  42  50  41  55 
30 49  52  53  42  ---  117  233  107  38  46  37  48 
 
31 42  ---  53  52  ---  99  ---  118  ---  48  36  --- 

TOTAL 2085 1583 1904 1370 1316 2436 4134 12198 2319 3418 4378 1555
MEAN 67.3 52.8 61.4 44.2 47.0 78.6 138 393 77.3 110 141 51.8
MAX 169 72 171 52 65 137 500 1120 162 301 485 110
MIN 40 45 43 39 42 42 53 68 38 37 36 36
CFSM 0.74 0.58 0.67 0.48 0.51 0.86 1.51 4.30 0.85 1.21 1.54 0.57
IN. 0.85 0.64 0.77 0.56 0.54 0.99 1.68 4.96 0.94 1.39 1.78 0.63
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 120 135 99.9 125 159 168 218 207 153 97.4 142 102
MAX 419 251 186 282 350 263 430 431 360 229 338 266
(WY) 2002 1991 1992 1993 1997 1993 1993 1996 1996 1993 1990 2001
MIN 56.8 47.9 46.1 44.2 47.0 70.2 99.4 58.4 53.1 38.1 50.7 48.8
(WY) 1993 2000 1990 2003 2003 2000 1994 1992 1992 1991 1991 1994

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 49445      38696     
ANNUAL MEAN 135      106      143     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 196      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 106      2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1160          Aug 23 1120          May 2 1450      Aug 21 1990
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 40          Oct 23 36          Aug 31,Sep 21 29      Jul 1 1989
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 45          Dec 11 38          Sep 7 32      Sep 16 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1170          May 2 1580      Aug 6 1989
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.61     May 2 13.56 Aug 6 1989
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 32          Sep 21 18      Jul 1 1989
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.48 1.16 1.56
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 20.11 15.74 21.25
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 261      203      299     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 80      55      86     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 46      42      44     



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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data