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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551030       BREWSTER CREEK AT VALLEY VIEW, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°58'19", long 88°16'47" (NAD of 1983), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec. 12, T. 40 N., R. 8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on private property about 500 feet upstream of state Highway 25 at Valley View, 2.5 miles southeast of South Elgin, and at mile 0.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 14.0 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: May 2002 to current year.
 

STAGE: May 2002 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962 to 1979, at site 500 ft downstream on State Highway 25 and at datum 10.08 ft higher.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

SEDIMENT: June 2002 to current year.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2002-03

PRECIPITATION: May 2002 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1:Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, pumping sampler, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 700.00 ft above NAVD of 1988.
 

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, 685 ft3/s, June 10, 1967, gage height, 1.65 ft, site and datum then in use; minimum discharge, 0.45 ft3/s, June 17, 2003, due to pumping.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.32 in., August 13, 2002.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 332 mg/L, July 15, 2003; minimum daily, 14 mg/L, Oct. 31, 2002.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 20 tons, May 1, 2003; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Sept. 16, 19-20, 2003.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for October 1 - December 13, those above 50 ft3/s, and 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 2.2 6.8 3.8 2.6 e2.0 e1.8 3.3 81    6.4 2.2 3.1 1.9  
2 3.5 7.3 3.8 2.4 e2.4 e1.9 3.1 75    5.5 2.1 2.9 1.6  
3 3.7 7.5 3.6 2.3 e3.1 e1.9 3.3 45    5.4 2.2 2.6 1.3  
4 6.6 8.0 3.6 2.3 e3.5 e2.1 16    30    4.8 2.5 2.1 1.1  
5 5.9 6.6 3.4 2.4 e3.5 e2.3 29    63    4.9 3.5 2.2 1.0  
 
6 3.7 5.1 3.2 2.4 e3.2 e2.3 22    46    4.4 3.7 2.8 1.4  
7 3.1 2.8 3.4 2.4 e2.9 e2.5 19    31    4.8 3.5 2.6 1.2  
8 2.5 4.3 3.3 2.6 e2.8 e2.5 15    22    11    3.4 2.5 0.96
9 2.4 5.1 2.9 2.7 e2.6 e2.7 14    53    12    4.1 2.7 1.1  
10 2.8 4.8 3.1 2.4 e2.4 e2.8 12    55    8.6 4.1 2.7 1.3  
 
11 2.6 4.1 3.1 2.4 e2.3 e2.5 8.7 65    6.8 3.0 2.8 1.4  
12 2.6 4.1 3.2 2.6 e2.3 7.3 7.2 45    6.0 2.4 2.8 1.3  
13 2.8 3.6 2.8 3.0 e2.3 5.9 7.0 35    5.3 2.2 2.8 1.1  
14 3.0 3.6 2.5 3.1 e2.4 4.8 6.6 29    4.6 1.9 3.0 1.1  
15 3.2 3.9 2.5 2.8 e2.2 4.6 5.6 29    3.7 8.7 4.2 1.1  
 
16 3.4 3.7 2.3 2.6 e2.2 5.7 5.1 24    3.8 4.9 3.3 1.00
17 3.8 3.6 2.2 2.3 e2.3 5.7 4.8 20    3.6 3.4 3.1 1.3  
18 4.5 3.6 5.4 2.3 e2.2 4.9 4.3 16    3.3 3.0 2.5 1.2  
19 4.4 4.2 5.5 2.2 e2.3 4.4 4.5 13    3.8 2.7 2.5 0.91
20 4.6 3.9 3.6 2.2 e2.5 6.4 4.9 11    4.2 2.2 3.5 0.90
 
21 4.8 4.0 3.3 2.1 e2.5 5.6 4.8 8.4 2.4 2.4 2.7 1.0  
22 4.6 3.7 3.4 1.9 e2.4 7.7 5.5 6.9 2.1 2.1 2.3 1.1  
23 5.3 3.6 4.1 1.9 e2.4 6.7 5.3 6.4 2.1 2.0 2.3 1.1  
24 5.3 3.8 3.3 1.7 e2.4 4.9 4.4 5.7 2.2 2.3 2.1 1.1  
25 7.2 3.8 3.0 e1.8 e2.5 5.7 4.2 5.8 2.5 3.0 1.9 1.2  
 
26 9.5 3.7 2.6 e1.7 e2.2 4.2 4.1 5.3 3.2 3.1 2.0 1.3  
27 11    3.5 2.5 e1.7 e2.0 3.6 4.3 5.4 2.7 2.8 2.6 1.5  
28 8.6 3.5 2.5 e1.7 e1.9 4.7 4.7 5.6 2.5 2.8 2.4 1.4  
29 8.1 3.7 2.4 e1.7 ---    5.6 5.1 5.7 2.3 2.2 2.2 0.99
30 6.9 3.6 3.3 e1.7 ---    3.8 17    5.8 2.2 2.1 1.9 0.82
 
31 6.3 ---    3.0 e1.8 ---    3.3 ---    5.9 ---    2.8 1.6 ---     

TOTAL 148.9 133.5 100.6 69.7 69.7 130.8 254.8 854.9 137.1 93.3 80.7 35.68
MEAN 4.80 4.45 3.25 2.25 2.49 4.22 8.49 27.6 4.57 3.01 2.60 1.19
MAX 11 8.0 5.5 3.1 3.5 7.7 29 81 12 8.7 4.2 1.9
MIN 2.2 2.8 2.2 1.7 1.9 1.8 3.1 5.3 2.1 1.9 1.6 0.82
CFSM 0.34 0.32 0.23 0.16 0.18 0.30 0.61 1.97 0.33 0.21 0.19 0.08
IN. 0.40 0.35 0.27 0.19 0.19 0.35 0.68 2.27 0.36 0.25 0.21 0.09
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.80 4.45 3.25 2.25 2.49 4.22 8.49 27.6 10.7 3.78 10.6 2.68
MAX 4.80 4.45 3.25 2.25 2.49 4.22 8.49 27.6 16.8 4.56 18.6 4.16
(WY) 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2002
MIN 4.80 4.45 3.25 2.25 2.49 4.22 8.49 27.6 4.57 3.01 2.60 1.19
(WY) 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 2109.68    
ANNUAL MEAN 5.78    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.78         2003
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.78         2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 81              May 1 81              May 1 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.82         Sep 30 0.82         Sep 30 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.0           Sep 18 1.0           Sep 18 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 100              May 2 100              May 2 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.34         May 2 13.34         May 2 2003
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.45 A     Jun 17 0.45 A     Jun 17 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.41    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 5.61    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.5       8.5      
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.2       3.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.8       1.8      

A - Due to pumpage.


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