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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540091       SPRING BROOK AT FOREST PRESERVE NEAR WARRENVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°50'07", long 88°10'58" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.26, T.39 N., R.9 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank on upstream side of footbridge in Roy C. Blackwell Forest Preserve, 0.7 mi upstream from the confluence with the West Branch Du Page River and 1 mi northwest of Warrenville.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 6.83 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1991 to current year.

 

STAGE: December 1993 to February 1994, April 1994 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 690.15 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 3 mi upstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 393 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 12.60 ft; no flow, Nov. 25, 1999.

 

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 e17    8.1 7.5 8.4 9.7 7.2 9.8 125    14    6.6 17    e13   
2 e15    8.1 8.3 8.2 9.9 7.2 9.2 50    12    6.8 24    e8.0
3 e13    8.2 7.6 8.4 11    7.8 8.8 31    15    5.5 20    e6.4
4 e12    8.2 7.5 8.2 12    7.8 41    35    13    6.0 19    e5.6
5 e29    8.4 7.4 8.7 8.6 7.9 37    71    11    14    12    e5.2
 
6 e30    8.8 7.5 9.2 7.9 7.8 22    34    11    14    15    e5.2
7 e18    8.1 7.3 8.7 7.7 8.0 19    30    11    13    26    e5.1
8 e14    8.0 7.4 8.7 7.4 8.2 19    26    18    14    14    e5.1
9 e12    7.8 7.7 8.5 7.5 8.6 17    70    19    17    12    e5.0
10 e10    8.3 7.2 8.3 7.9 8.6 18    49    12    12    9.3 e5.0
 
11 e9.8 8.1 6.9 8.1 7.6 8.0 16    54    12    8.1 8.1 e5.0
12 e9.4 7.9 6.8 8.1 7.1 14    14    35    10    6.4 7.2 e5.0
13 e9.6 7.5 7.0 8.5 6.6 20    12    30    9.1 7.0 e7.2 e5.6
14 e9.4 7.6 6.8 8.0 7.0 15    12    31    7.6 8.2 e7.2 e11   
15 e9.0 9.5 7.1 7.9 7.0 13    11    27    8.8 25    e6.4 e8.0
 
16 e8.3 8.3 7.3 7.7 e7.3 13    11    21    7.7 15    e6.0 e6.2
17 e8.6 8.3 6.9 7.4 7.3 13    10    18    6.9 11    e6.5 e5.5
18 e9.6 8.7 21    7.5 8.0 12    9.8 16    7.4 30    e5.8 e4.8
19 e9.0 9.9 28    7.6 7.2 11    9.6 15    12    12    e5.9 e4.7
20 e8.8 9.2 16    7.8 6.9 17    9.9 17    8.1 9.6 e5.8 e4.3
 
21 e8.7 8.6 13    7.8 7.5 15    9.9 15    6.6 39    e5.4 e4.7
22 e8.0 8.6 11    7.6 7.4 14    9.6 13    7.8 17    e5.2 e5.4
23 e7.4 7.9 10    7.8 7.6 11    9.3 12    7.2 10    e5.0 e4.8
24 e8.0 7.7 9.5 7.6 7.9 11    9.2 9.8 7.1 6.4 e4.8 e4.7
25 e13    8.1 8.8 7.6 7.4 12    9.1 10    6.2 6.4 e5.2 e5.6
 
26 e11    7.8 8.3 7.7 7.2 12    8.8 9.0 6.4 7.0 e5.6 e8.8
27 e10    7.8 8.5 8.1 7.2 10    8.3 9.7 5.3 7.2 e5.4 e8.4
28 e9.6 7.8 8.4 8.0 7.1 13    7.8 11    6.6 8.7 e5.2 e6.0
29 e8.6 7.6 7.9 7.7 ---    19    6.3 16    5.5 7.3 e5.8 e5.4
30 e7.6 7.9 8.8 7.8 ---    12    22    14    6.1 7.2 e5.2 e5.2
 
31 7.7 ---    9.2 8.2 ---    10    ---    26    ---    6.3 e6.5 ---   

TOTAL 361.1 246.8 292.6 249.8 220.9 354.1 416.4 930.5 290.4 363.7 293.7 182.7
MEAN 11.6 8.23 9.44 8.06 7.89 11.4 13.9 30.0 9.68 11.7 9.47 6.09
MAX 30 9.9 28 9.2 12 20 41 125 19 39 26 13
MIN 7.4 7.5 6.8 7.4 6.6 7.2 6.3 9.0 5.3 5.5 4.8 4.3
CFSM 1.71 1.20 1.38 1.18 1.16 1.67 2.03 4.39 1.42 1.72 1.39 0.89
IN. 1.97 1.34 1.59 1.36 1.20 1.93 2.27 5.07 1.58 1.98 1.60 1.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1992 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 13.8 13.7 11.9 15.2 16.2 17.7 22.5 19.0 17.5 12.2 11.7 10.9
MAX 38.2 20.9 17.9 29.5 35.4 28.5 34.4 30.0 30.2 29.6 17.4 19.3
(WY) 2002 1995 1993 1993 1997 1998 1993 2003 1993 1996 1997 2001
MIN 7.35 6.49 7.72 8.06 7.37 10.1 8.35 6.98 7.41 8.44 7.33 6.09
(WY) 1995 1994 1994 2003 1996 2000 1994 1994 1992 1995 1999 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1992 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 5278.3   4202.7      
ANNUAL MEAN 14.5   11.5       15.2  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 18.8   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 11.3   1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 126          May 12 125              May 1 309      Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 5.3       Aug 9 4.3   A     Sep 20 3.8   Nov 25 1999
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 6.9       Jul 20 4.8   A     Sep 18 4.6   Nov 5 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 178              May 1 393      Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.27         May 1 12.60 Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 2.9           Jul 3 0.00 Nov 25 1999
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 2.12 1.69     2.22
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 28.75 22.89     30.17
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 25      19          27     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 10      8.4       11     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.3   5.9       6.5  

A - Estimated.



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