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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540060       KRESS CREEK AT WEST CHICAGO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°51'23", long 88°12'15" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.22, T.39 N., R.9 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left downstream side of bridge at intersection of Wilson Street and Joliet Road, 0.5 mi south of West Chicago, and at mile 0.5.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 18.1 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: November 1985 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

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

PRECIPITATION: April 1986 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 700.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to November 8, 1985 at datum 5.44 ft higher.
 

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, 1,980 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 9.24 ft; minimum discharge, .02 ft3/s, Sept. 1, 2, 9, 1988.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 6.88 in., July 17, 1996, but may have been greater during periods of missing record.
 

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 2.3   1.5   0.53 0.64 e0.66 e0.47 2.3 169    7.9 1.4 11      2.0  
2 8.4   1.9   0.59 e0.63 e0.80 e0.48 2.3 127    5.0 1.2 6.0   2.0  
3 6.6   2.1   0.56 e0.61 e0.90 e0.49 5.6 71    8.6 1.3 8.5   1.3  
4 15      2.7   e0.54 e0.60 e0.85 e0.49 32    62    5.4 1.5 14      0.90
5 11      3.7   e0.51 e0.64 e0.78 e0.49 33    133    5.1 6.6 11      0.82
 
6 6.5   2.8   e0.50 e0.64 e0.54 e0.48 21    79    3.9 9.8 6.6   0.75
7 4.1   2.6   e0.50 e0.62 e0.52 e0.48 18    56    4.6 8.0 4.4   0.71
8 2.9   2.5   e0.49 e0.60 e0.52 e0.49 15    47    17    9.3 3.5   0.71
9 1.7   2.4   e0.51 e0.59 e0.53 e0.52 14    145    15    9.9 2.5   0.71
10 1.2   2.2   0.51 e0.58 e0.54 e0.54 14    123    9.4 7.4 2.1   0.71
 
11 0.96 2.9   e0.47 e0.58 e0.52 e0.56 10    85    8.3 4.5 2.0   0.71
12 1.0   3.9   e0.46 e0.59 e0.52 e0.50 8.4 60    7.4 2.6 1.9   0.71
13 1.3   3.0   e0.46 e0.60 e0.51 9.2   7.2 49    5.8 2.4 1.9   0.71
14 2.1   2.7   e0.45 e0.56 e0.49 5.4   6.1 43    4.1 2.0 1.5   4.6  
15 1.5   3.4   e0.48 e0.54 e0.47 3.9   5.5 37    4.1 20    1.4   2.1  
 
16 1.8   3.9   e0.53 e0.54 e0.50 3.4   5.2 30    2.9 8.7 1.9   1.3  
17 2.2   3.3   0.60 e0.54 e0.51 3.1   4.6 25    3.3 17    2.0   0.57
18 2.9   3.2   e4.8   e0.53 e0.50 2.5   3.3 20    4.1 32    1.3   0.37
19 2.0   4.7   e4.0   e0.50 e0.50 3.6   3.4 18    7.3 14    1.1   0.35
20 1.6   3.1   e2.5   e0.46 e0.49 6.6   3.3 16    4.6 11    1.0   0.35
 
21 1.5   2.1   e1.2   e0.45 e0.49 5.0   2.5 12    3.8 21    0.91 0.35
22 1.4   1.1   e0.90 e0.50 e0.50 2.7   2.9 11    2.8 16    0.85 0.50
23 1.8   0.86 e0.80 e0.54 e0.52 2.5   2.3 10    2.6 12    0.82 0.58
24 1.7   0.77 e0.74 e0.54 e0.52 1.8   2.8 9.3 2.6 7.7 0.82 0.66
25 3.5   0.68 e0.70 e0.56 e0.54 3.0   2.1 6.0 2.3 4.8 0.82 0.39
 
26 3.0   e0.56 e0.66 e0.58 e0.54 2.7   1.9 6.4 3.4 2.6 0.94 2.1  
27 2.8   e0.55 e0.65 e0.58 e0.50 1.9   2.1 5.4 3.2 1.7 0.83 2.1  
28 1.9   e0.54 e0.62 e0.56 e0.46 5.4   1.9 7.2 2.2 4.9 0.82 1.8  
29 1.8   e0.54 e0.64 e0.56 ---      7.0   1.7 7.0 2.1 6.2 0.83 0.96
30 1.5   e0.56 e0.66 e0.60 ---      4.6   33    11    2.3 4.0 0.82 0.51
 
31 1.5   ---      e0.67 e0.64 ---      2.9   ---    14    ---    4.2 0.84 ---     

TOTAL 99.46 66.76 28.23 17.70 15.72 83.19 267.4 1494.3 161.1 255.7 94.90 32.33
MEAN 3.21 2.23 0.91 0.57 0.56 2.68 8.91 48.2 5.37 8.25 3.06 1.08
MAX 15 4.7 4.8 0.64 0.90 9.2 33 169 17 32 14 4.6
MIN 0.96 0.54 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.47 1.7 5.4 2.1 1.2 0.82 0.35
CFSM 0.18 0.12 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.15 0.49 2.66 0.30 0.46 0.17 0.06
IN. 0.20 0.14 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.17 0.55 3.07 0.33 0.53 0.20 0.07
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 11.3 14.3 12.1 13.3 19.4 20.6 24.6 23.2 18.8 12.6 11.4 8.04
MAX 55.7 36.0 40.5 36.9 57.6 44.4 62.9 48.2 48.3 80.8 82.1 29.1
(WY) 2002 1996 1988 1993 1997 1990 1993 2003 1996 1996 1987 1987
MIN 2.37 0.90 0.91 0.57 0.56 2.68 6.09 3.99 2.01 3.12 1.51 1.08
(WY) 1993 2000 2003 2003 2003 2003 1989 1989 1992 1991 1986 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 5382.55     2616.79
ANNUAL MEAN 14.7       7.17 16.0  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 24.0   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 7.17 2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 208              May 12 169          May 1 1210      Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.45 A     Dec 14 0.35     Sep 19-21 0.04 Sep 9 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.48         Dec 9 0.44     Sep 17 0.09 Sep 3 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 195          May 1 1980      Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 5.99     May 1 9.24 Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.35     B 0.02 C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.81     0.40 0.88
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.06     5.38 12.01
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 36          14      37     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.2       2.0   7.5  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.98     0.50 1.1  

A - Estimated.

B - Sept. 18-22, 25, 26.

C - Sept. 1, 2, 9, 1988.


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