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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 to current year.

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, discharge, 1,930 ft3/s, 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, 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 1.8   1.6   2.9   2.5   e0.40 e1.1 e5.8 e54    e1.1   e1.8 e32      118     
2 2.9   1.1   2.3   1.9   e0.50 e1.0 e5.0 e9.4 e4.4   e1.4 e47      51     
3 3.6   0.81 2.1   1.5   e0.70 e1.2 e6.9 e6.2 e24      e1.2 e5.1   14     
4 30      0.89 2.1   1.3   e1.2   e1.6 e90    e11    e1.7   e1.0 e22      7.7  
5 27      0.94 1.9   1.2   e0.95 e1.8 e62    e84    e2.2   e67    e12      4.9  
 
6 6.7   3.4   1.7   1.4   e0.75 e2.0 e30    e7.5 e8.4   e16    e5.9   3.7  
7 3.1   4.1   1.3   1.5   e0.60 e2.2 e18    e8.4 e4.8   e42    e11      3.0  
8 1.6   4.3   1.3   1.4   e0.50 e10    e18    e6.0 e2.7   e19    e3.5   2.6  
9 1.0   4.5   0.99 1.3   e0.44 e23    e15    e135    e4.4   e25    e2.5   2.4  
10 0.71 3.8   3.1   1.1   e0.40 e13    e9.1 e19    e7.4   e17    e2.0   e2.0  
 
11 0.57 7.7   1.5   e0.95 e0.41 e12    e4.7 e56    e7.1   e12    e23      1.6  
12 0.62 6.0   1.0   e0.84 e0.45 e23    e4.8 e16    e2.4   e9.1 e27      1.5  
13 1.8   4.6   1.00 e0.73 e0.50 e36    e4.5 e14    e1.7   e2.3 e15      2.5  
14 1.4   4.3   1.1   e0.64 e0.45 e18    e4.0 e10    e1.3   e1.5 e8.0   15     
15 0.81 11      1.1   e0.57 e0.40 e10    e4.9 e7.0 e1.0   e82    e4.1   9.1  
 
16 0.53 10      0.95 e0.51 e0.37 e8.5 e11    e5.0 e0.80 e16    e2.5   4.3  
17 0.40 6.2   0.77 e0.46 e0.35 e9.5 e9.0 e4.0 e0.73 e13    e3.0   2.7  
18 0.30 4.4   28      e0.42 e0.34 e8.4 e3.3 e3.0 e0.65 e58    e2.2   2.0  
19 0.36 4.1   31      e0.39 e0.40 e10    e3.5 e2.6 e22      e7.6 e1.9   1.6  
20 0.55 6.4   9.9   e0.36 e0.52 e22    e9.3 e33    e4.0   e7.0 1.9   1.2  
 
21 0.51 4.9   5.3   e0.34 e4.0   e17    e4.0 e6.4 e2.2   e184    1.6   0.96
22 0.42 12      3.6   e0.32 e4.8   e5.2 e3.0 e4.5 e1.3   e20    1.5   1.9  
23 0.38 8.2   2.4   e0.31 e2.8   e5.3 e2.0 e3.6 e1.0   e6.0 1.2   2.5  
24 0.30 4.9   2.0   e0.30 e2.2   e5.6 e2.2 e3.0 e1.2   e3.0 1.1   2.9  
25 0.58 3.5   1.9   e0.30 e1.8   e9.3 e1.7 e2.3 e1.1   e1.5 1.0   4.6  
 
26 1.9   3.1   2.0   e0.30 e1.5   e7.3 e1.3 e2.0 e12      e1.0 0.79 4.5  
27 1.6   2.8   1.8   e0.30 e1.4   e5.1 e1.2 e3.5 e4.3   e141    1.2   14     
28 1.2   3.0   1.6   e0.31 e1.2   e12    e1.3 e5.0 e1.2   e128    1.4   5.6  
29 1.1   2.7   1.5   e0.32 ---      e17    e4.2 e9.8 e5.1   e41    19      2.9  
30 1.2   3.0   1.7   e0.34 ---      e2.5 e37    e3.3 e2.4   e14    12      1.9  
 
31 1.9   ---      3.3   e0.36 ---      e5.3 ---    e8.1 ---      e17    10      ---     

TOTAL 96.84 138.24 123.11 24.47 30.33 305.9 376.7 542.6 134.58 956.4 282.39 292.56
MEAN 3.12 4.61 3.97 0.79 1.08 9.87 12.6 17.5 4.49 30.9 9.11 9.75
MAX 30 12 31 2.5 4.8 36 90 135 24 184 47 118
MIN 0.30 0.81 0.77 0.30 0.34 1.0 1.2 2.0 0.65 1.0 0.79 0.96
CFSM 0.28 0.41 0.35 0.07 0.10 0.88 1.12 1.56 0.40 2.75 0.81 0.87
IN. 0.32 0.46 0.41 0.08 0.10 1.02 1.25 1.80 0.45 3.18 0.94 0.97
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.57 9.08 9.70 10.7 13.6 20.8 21.7 15.3 11.6 6.88 5.15 5.44
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 4342.62 3304.12    
ANNUAL MEAN 11.9   9.05     11.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 22.7       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.27     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 440          May 12 184      A     Jul 21 891          Oct 10 1954
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.22     Sep 17 0.30         B 0.00     C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.40     Oct 18 0.31 D     Jan 22 0.00     Oct 1 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 350      A     Jul 21 2010  E,F Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE     unknown 10.30 G Oct 10 1954
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.25 H     Oct 18, 19, 24
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.06 0.81     1.01    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.42 10.97     13.74    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 23      19          25         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.3   2.8       2.7      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.60 0.51     0.20    

A - Estimated.

B - Oct. 18, 24, and Jan. 24-27 (estimated due to backwater from ice).

C - At times in most years.

D - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

E - From rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement of flow through culvert.

F - Gage height, 10.25 ft.

G - Discharge, 1,930 ft3/s.

H - Minimum recorded.


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