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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05550500       POPLAR CREEK AT ELGIN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°01'34", long 88°15'20" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.19, T.41 N., R.9 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank 35 ft upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway B.R. 20 (Villa Street) in Elgin, and at mile 2.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 35.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1951 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91.
 

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.-- WSP 1338: 1952-53. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 716.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,180 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1997, gage height, 6.78 ft; no flow, July 10, 1957, Sept. 14, 1958, July 18, 1989, Oct. 6, 1997.
 

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 7.7 4.5 4.1 4.1   e0.94 e0.70 26    320    11    1.7 3.0 2.7  
2 18    3.8 4.0 4.0   e1.1   e0.80 23    344    9.7 1.4 12    2.4  
3 14    3.7 3.7 3.3   e1.2   e0.86 19    157    8.7 1.9 10    1.6  
4 27    3.6 3.3 3.4   e0.84 e0.94 70    91    9.2 1.8 45    1.3  
5 35    3.7 3.1 3.3   e0.74 e1.1   117    247    8.3 6.0 37    1.1  
 
6 27    4.5 2.9 3.2   e0.65 e1.2   91    206    6.8 5.2 18    0.90
7 20    3.5 2.8 3.2   e0.64 e1.4   52    119    6.8 4.1 14    e0.73
8 15    3.2 2.7 3.3   e0.62 e1.4   43    75    14    6.0 12    e0.66
9 9.8 3.4 2.5 3.6   e0.62 e1.4   39    151    14    10    10    e0.60
10 7.8 3.6 2.5 3.1   e0.61 e1.3   42    177    11    13    7.6 0.62
 
11 7.2 3.6 2.4 3.2   e0.62 e1.3   37    460    8.1 10    5.8 0.68
12 6.8 3.3 2.4 2.6   e0.61 e7.0   29    289    8.8 6.5 4.9 0.66
13 7.3 3.0 2.5 2.4   e0.61 e16      23    148    7.1 4.6 3.6 0.79
14 6.9 2.9 2.5 2.1   e0.60 e26      18    148    5.3 3.1 2.9 1.8  
15 7.0 3.6 2.5 1.8   e0.59 e28      16    262    4.2 18    5.1 1.8  
 
16 6.4 3.5 2.5 1.7   e0.58 e29      14    135    3.8 37    6.0 1.3  
17 6.6 3.1 2.5 1.5   e0.59 e26      13    75    3.1 23    4.7 1.3  
18 7.9 3.3 8.5 1.4   e0.60 e21      12    51    3.7 16    2.9 1.0  
19 7.1 4.8 16    e1.3   e0.64 e28      10    39    14    9.9 2.1 0.97
20 6.8 4.1 17    e1.2   e0.70 e35      10    32    14    6.2 1.5 0.82
 
21 6.7 6.3 13    e1.1   e0.73 29      10    29    8.0 10    1.2 0.90
22 6.4 6.7 8.7 e1.0   e0.70 27      9.3 23    5.6 18    e1.1 1.5  
23 6.3 5.6 6.9 e0.92 e0.64 23      10    18    4.0 11    e1.1 1.7  
24 5.8 4.9 5.7 e0.80 e0.63 20      11    16    2.9 7.3 e1.0 1.5  
25 8.3 4.4 5.1 e0.75 e0.61 25      10    14    2.8 5.2 e1.1 1.5  
 
26 7.5 4.4 4.6 e0.70 e0.59 25      8.2 11    2.9 3.3 1.3 2.6  
27 6.5 3.8 4.4 e0.68 e0.62 22      6.0 9.0 2.5 2.4 1.4 5.1  
28 6.3 3.8 4.2 e0.66 e0.64 27      5.1 9.2 2.1 2.5 1.1 2.4  
29 6.0 3.9 3.8 e0.64 ---      43      4.1 10    1.8 2.2 1.6 2.0  
30 5.4 3.9 5.1 e0.64 ---      38      26    10    1.5 1.8 1.6 1.9  
 
31 5.3 ---    4.1 e0.72 ---      29      ---    12    ---    1.2 1.5 ---     

TOTAL 321.8 120.4 156.0 62.31 19.26 536.40 803.7 3687.2 205.7 250.3 222.1 44.83
MEAN 10.4 4.01 5.03 2.01 0.69 17.3 26.8 119 6.86 8.07 7.16 1.49
MAX 35 6.7 17 4.1 1.2 43 117 460 14 37 45 5.1
MIN 5.3 2.9 2.4 0.64 0.58 0.70 4.1 9.0 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.60
CFSM 0.29 0.11 0.14 0.06 0.02 0.49 0.76 3.38 0.19 0.23 0.20 0.04
IN. 0.34 0.13 0.16 0.07 0.02 0.57 0.85 3.90 0.22 0.26 0.23 0.05
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 15.5 21.2 22.6 21.5 30.1 47.5 52.9 37.3 27.7 15.1 16.4 14.3
MAX 115 133 113 85.1 129 235 146 130 102 92.4 103 94.6
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1993 1997 1979 1983 1974 1996 1993 1990 1972
MIN 0.50 0.25 0.60 0.91 0.69 4.76 9.51 3.50 0.97 1.27 0.87 0.25
(WY) 1957 1954 1957 1959 2003 1956 1986 1989 1963 1988 1956 1956

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 11082.39 6430.00    
ANNUAL MEAN 30.4   17.6       26.8  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 52.6   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 4.69 1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 546          Jun 5 460              May 11 861      Feb 22 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.72     Aug 12 0.58 A     Feb 16 0.10 Sep 16 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.5       Aug 6 0.60 A     Feb 12 0.10 Sep 9 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 552              May 11 1180      Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 4.30         May 11 6.78 Feb 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.46         Sep 11,12 0.00 B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.86 0.50     0.76
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.71 6.80     10.35
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 65      29          65     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.8   4.4       11     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.5   0.74     1.3  

A - Estimated.

B - July 10, 1957; Sept. 14, 1958; July 18, 1989; Oct. 6, 1997.


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