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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551700       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR YORKVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°40'18", long 88°26'29" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.21, T.37 N., R.7 E., Kendall County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank 300 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 47, 2.0 mi north of Yorkville, and at mile 3.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 70.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1960 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 612.34 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

REMARKS.-- Diversion about 7 miles upstream near Jericho Rd. that crosses the watershed divide during overbank flow.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE -WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,510 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 3,900 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 13.16 ft, backwater from debris jam; minimum, 0.10 ft3/s, Dec. 7, 1962, result of freeze up.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharge, 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 7.6 13  11  e10    14  11  16  120  50  9.7 55    4.6
2 9.3 12  15  e10    14  11  14  245  40  8.7 61    5.4
3 13    14  13  11    16  10  14  180  42  8.4 67    4.3
4 13    14  13  11    17  11  23  134  39  7.8 57    3.2
5 20    14  12  e10    17  11  85  182  33  8.4 49    3.3
 
6 19    14  12  e10    14  11  95  210  30  15    30    3.1
7 15    14  13  e10    14  11  71  152  29  17    40    2.6
8 13    14  12  e9.8 13  11  58  132  34  20    33    1.9
9 11    14  12  e9.0 14  12  47  215  45  27    28    2.1
10 12    15  12  8.6 e13  11  43  298  41  28    25    2.5
 
11 11    15  12  10    e12  11  43  261  36  23    22    1.8
12 10    15  13  e10    e12  14  37  221  32  18    19    1.7
13 9.7 14  13  e10    e11  29  31  167  29  14    17    1.6
14 9.6 14  14  e11    e11  40  26  138  25  12    15    2.6
15 9.5 16  14  12    e11  23  23  123  22  39    13    2.5
 
16 10    16  13  13    e11  20  22  110  19  97    11    2.3
17 9.4 14  14  13    e11  20  22  92  18  52    11    1.8
18 9.9 14  18  13    e11  25  21  78  18  80    9.0 1.8
19 11    14  21  e12    e11  23  20  69  22  57    7.8 1.6
20 11    15  21  e12    e11  25  19  70  22  40    6.8 1.3
 
21 11    16  18  e12    e11  28  19  63  18  35    6.0 1.4
22 10    17  14  e13    e12  25  18  54  15  29    6.5 1.9
23 11    15  12  e12    e11  23  17  48  14  24    5.7 1.9
24 11    14  e11  e11    e11  19  17  43  12  20    4.7 2.9
25 12    14  e11  e12    e11  18  15  38  13  16    4.1 3.4
 
26 13    14  e10  e12    e11  18  17  33  14  13    4.0 4.2
27 14    14  e10  e11    12  16  15  30  14  16    4.2 5.7
28 14    14  e10  e11    12  17  14  28  12  18    3.9 5.4
29 15    16  e10  e11    ---  19  15  32  12  26    3.4 4.9
30 14    14  e10  e12    ---  20  20  35  12  23    3.1 4.8
 
31 13    ---  e11  e13    ---  17  ---  57  ---  22    3.4 ---   

TOTAL 372.0 433 405 345.4 349 560 897 3658 762 824.0 625.6 88.5
MEAN 12.0 14.4 13.1 11.1 12.5 18.1 29.9 118 25.4 26.6 20.2 2.95
MAX 20 17 21 13 17 40 95 298 50 97 67 5.7
MIN 7.6 12 10 8.6 11 10 14 28 12 7.8 3.1 1.3
CFSM 0.17 0.21 0.19 0.16 0.18 0.26 0.43 1.68 0.36 0.38 0.29 0.04
IN. 0.20 0.23 0.21 0.18 0.18 0.30 0.48 1.94 0.40 0.44 0.33 0.05
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 31.0 41.8 45.8 43.4 61.9 84.4 87.6 77.8 63.8 46.0 28.5 31.0
MAX 126 175 217 146 202 360 249 221 197 381 172 131
(WY) 1973 1986 1983 1993 1997 1979 1979 1974 1974 1996 1987 1987
MIN 5.42 7.44 4.16 4.25 5.46 18.1 27.2 16.7 14.3 8.43 4.21 2.95
(WY) 1964 1964 1964 1977 1963 2003 1963 1989 1977 1961 1991 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 17704.1   9319.5  
ANNUAL MEAN 48.5   25.5   53.5      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 97.8       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 16.7       1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 489          Jun 6 298          May 10 3460          Jul 19 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 7.2       Sep 14 1.3       Sep 20 1.3       Sep 20 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 7.5       Sep 10 1.7       Sep 17 1.7       Sep 17 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 313          May 10 5510      A Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.59     May 10 13.16 B Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.65     Sep 20 0.10 C Dec 7 1962
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.69 0.36 0.76    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.38 4.94 10.36    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 105      49      110         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 25      14      31         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 10      5.4   9.9      

A - From rating curve extended above 3,900 ft3/s.

B - Backwater from debris jam.

C - Result of freeze up.


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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