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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551330       MILL CREEK NR BATAVIA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°50'45", long 88°20'57" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.39 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left bank at bridge on Deer Path road, 1 mi. west of Batavia, and at mile 2.9.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.6 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1998 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 685.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi upstream. 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, 1,080 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 7.52 ft; minimum discharge, 0.30 ft3/s, several days in 2003.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.84 in, August 13, 2002.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi. upstream averaged 0.46 ft3/s during the year. The maximum average was 0.56 ft3/s in May and the minimum was 0.40 ft3/s in February.
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 4.5 5.9 4.2 5.5 e2.2 e2.4 8.8 227  18      0.64 7.1   0.56
2 8.2 6.3 4.3 4.8 e2.3 e2.4 7.0 158  13      0.58 7.2   0.55
3 8.9 6.2 3.9 4.7 e2.7 e2.3 6.7 69  16      0.56 8.4   0.50
4 16    5.1 3.8 4.2 e2.9 e2.2 28    55  13      0.54 15      0.44
5 21    5.6 3.7 e4.0 e2.6 e2.3 67    185  10      0.67 9.8   0.43
 
6 14    6.0 3.4 e4.1 e2.5 e2.4 41    93  9.0   1.5   4.0   0.39
7 10    4.7 3.8 e3.8 e2.4 e2.3 30    56  9.0   1.7   2.1   0.38
8 7.8 5.4 3.8 e3.6 e2.3 e2.3 24    43  20      3.2   1.6   0.37
9 6.9 e5.2 3.0 e3.2 e2.3 e2.2 22    216  27      5.2   1.1   0.33
10 6.5 e5.4 3.9 e3.0 e2.4 e2.3 23    147  21      5.5   0.93 0.32
 
11 6.1 e6.8 3.6 e2.7 e2.3 e2.5 19    167  16      2.6   0.76 0.31
12 5.3 4.8 3.4 e2.7 e2.3 14    14    95  13      1.2   0.70 0.33
13 5.5 4.6 3.9 e2.6 e2.2 25    11    58  11      0.83 0.65 0.36
14 4.9 4.6 4.2 e2.5 e2.2 21    9.3 48  7.6   0.63 0.61 0.47
15 4.6 5.4 4.3 e2.2 e2.2 16    7.4 45  5.3   35      0.58 0.45
 
16 4.8 5.1 4.5 e2.2 e2.3 13    5.2 37  4.0   31      0.60 0.37
17 4.5 4.8 4.1 e2.2 e2.3 12    4.4 31  2.9   13      0.51 0.35
18 5.8 4.1 9.6 e2.2 e2.3 11    3.4 27  4.1   17      0.46 0.35
19 5.4 5.6 13    e2.1 e2.3 12    3.1 24  10      11      0.45 0.33
20 4.8 6.5 12    e2.1 e2.4 16    4.5 27  6.6   4.3   0.43 0.32
 
21 5.0 6.0 10    e2.0 e3.0 15    3.8 24  3.1   4.6   0.42 0.33
22 5.1 6.0 8.7 e2.0 e3.1 13    2.9 20  1.8   3.6   0.37 0.40
23 5.0 5.3 8.9 e2.0 e2.5 10    1.9 18  1.3   1.9   0.39 0.41
24 5.8 5.7 7.1 e2.0 e2.4 8.4 1.5 15  0.99 1.2   0.37 0.40
25 7.7 5.1 6.5 e2.0 e2.4 9.6 1.4 14  0.93 0.94 0.35 0.41
 
26 6.8 4.7 5.6 e2.0 e2.3 8.9 1.3 13  1.5   0.76 0.36 0.53
27 6.0 4.8 5.2 e2.0 e2.2 8.1 1.1 12  1.1   0.70 0.36 0.42
28 5.6 4.6 5.4 e2.0 e2.3 12    1.1 12  1.0   1.5   0.32 0.40
29 6.3 5.1 5.3 e2.0 ---    15    1.1 15  0.89 1.4   0.36 0.38
30 6.6 5.4 6.4 e2.0 ---    13    20    16  0.75 1.0   0.36 0.34
 
31 5.4 ---    6.7 e2.0 ---    10    ---    24  ---      1.1   0.41 ---     

TOTAL 220.8 160.8 176.2 86.4 67.6 288.6 374.9 1991 249.86 155.35 67.05 11.93
MEAN 7.12 5.36 5.68 2.79 2.41 9.31 12.5 64.2 8.33 5.01 2.16 0.40
MAX 21 6.8 13 5.5 3.1 25 67 227 27 35 15 0.56
MIN 4.5 4.1 3.0 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.1 12 0.75 0.54 0.32 0.31
CFSM 0.26 0.19 0.21 0.10 0.09 0.34 0.45 2.33 0.30 0.18 0.08 0.01
IN. 0.30 0.22 0.24 0.12 0.09 0.39 0.50 2.68 0.34 0.21 0.09 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 22.7 14.3 11.8 15.9 28.3 20.9 36.2 34.1 27.9 17.7 10.8 9.22
MAX 43.8 26.5 19.1 49.1 68.4 30.3 89.5 64.2 44.0 45.8 28.5 18.7
(WY) 1999 2001 1999 1999 2001 2001 1999 2003 2002 1998 2002 2001
MIN 7.12 4.49 5.68 2.79 2.41 9.31 12.5 11.9 8.33 3.40 2.16 0.40
(WY) 2003 2000 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2000 2003 2001 2003 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 7718.2   3850.49
ANNUAL MEAN 21.1   10.5   20.4  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.4   1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 10.5   2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 315          Jun 5 227          May 1 754      Apr 23 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.0       Dec 9 0.31     Sep 11 0.31 Sep 11 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.6       Dec 6 0.34     Sep 7 0.34 Sep 7 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 272          May 1 1080      Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 5.79     May 1 7.52 Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.30     A 0.30 B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.77 0.38 0.74
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.40 5.19 10.01
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 42      20      42     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.7   4.2   9.6  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.8   0.45 2.4  

A - Several days.

B - Several days in 2003.


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