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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530000       WELLER CREEK AT DES PLAINES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°02'58", long 87°55'05" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.18, T.41 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 58 (Golf Road) in Des Plaines, 2 mi west of U.S. Highway 45, and at mile 3.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1950 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1915: 1957-60. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 634.02 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to Sept. 9, 1968, at site 90 ft downstream and at datum 1.00 ft higher. Sept. 9, 1968, to Sept. 10, 1970, at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher.
 

REMARKS.-- Prior to Nov. 15, 1958, effluent from Arlington Heights sewage-treatment plant entered Weller Creek above station.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,590 ft3/s, June 10, 1967, gage height, 15.09 ft, present datum; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for discharges greater than 100 ft3/s, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.61 0.97 0.79 e0.72 e0.51 5.7 5.3 4.8 20    2.4 1.3 1.0  
2 0.55 44      0.74 e0.73 e0.52 4.5 4.7 3.5 9.7 2.2 1.4 0.89
3 8.3   105      0.78 e0.75 e0.58 2.4 4.1 3.2 6.3 156    37    0.72
4 4.2   81      0.90 e0.76 e0.72 35    3.8 2.9 5.7 137    72    0.68
5 1.5   63      7.3   e0.78 e0.63 146    3.6 2.9 4.2 12    5.5 0.65
 
6 1.00 7.8   2.4   e0.80 e0.62 15    3.6 2.7 3.8 5.6 3.7 0.62
7 0.87 5.7   1.3   e0.74 e0.72 6.2 3.3 3.0 3.0 4.5 3.2 0.65
8 0.70 1.7   1.2   e0.66 e0.80 4.7 3.2 3.0 2.8 4.0 2.8 0.53
9 0.41 2.0   16      e0.64 e0.76 3.9 3.2 2.9 3.0 14    1.9 0.92
10 0.54 1.1   72      e0.64 e0.60 3.5 3.1 25    125    57    2.1 0.47
 
11 0.77 1.00 9.8   e0.65 e0.64 3.3 3.1 7.9 74    5.2 1.7 0.48
12 1.1   0.78 4.6   e0.68 e0.62 3.8 2.9 13    105    4.0 1.5 0.55
13 0.63 0.68 3.1   e0.70 e0.60 2.8 2.8 60    10    3.5 1.6 0.55
14 59      0.81 2.2   e0.69 e0.63 4.0 2.8 100    8.9 2.8 1.3 0.76
15 10      0.65 1.9   e0.64 e0.60 3.0 2.8 17    5.5 2.8 1.2 2.3  
 
16 3.0   0.80 1.7   e0.61 e0.58 3.1 2.8 5.6 4.2 2.6 1.2 2.7  
17 1.9   0.98 1.7   e0.62 e0.56 3.5 4.5 4.3 3.7 2.4 3.4 0.48
18 0.93 88      1.8   e0.69 e0.58 3.9 3.1 61    3.4 2.6 3.7 0.40
19 0.83 11      1.8   e0.68 7.6   3.4 2.7 7.6 3.2 2.6 5.0 0.41
20 0.76 4.2   1.6   e0.60 39      3.2 12    25    3.1 2.5 2.7 0.49
 
21 0.77 2.6   1.3   e0.58 38      2.9 9.7 84    38    26    2.3 0.95
22 0.43 1.8   1.1   e0.55 36      2.8 4.5 176    6.8 13    2.2 0.43
23 0.39 15      1.2   e0.53 15      2.9 3.7 36    4.0 3.9 2.2 0.65
24 0.42 7.8   1.5   e0.52 4.9   21    11    10    4.1 3.2 8.5 0.92
25 3.3   2.4   1.1   e0.51 3.2   4.9 13    10    3.9 3.2 4.4 1.1  
 
26 0.37 1.8   e0.80 e0.53 2.5   23    4.3 5.6 3.2 2.9 e3.5 1.3  
27 0.45 1.5   0.96 e0.54 2.0   5.1 3.7 4.6 3.3 2.5 2.4 1.2  
28 0.48 1.3   2.8   e0.53 1.8   94    4.0 3.8 2.9 2.4 115    1.2  
29 0.62 1.1   1.3   e0.53 1.9   61    3.1 3.6 2.7 2.4 7.5 1.7  
30 0.62 0.97 1.00 e0.52 ---      9.7 4.8 186    2.5 2.4 2.3 1.4  
 
31 0.56 ---      e0.80 e0.52 ---      6.2 ---    131    ---    1.5 e1.4 ---     

TOTAL 106.01 457.44 147.47 19.64 163.17 494.4 139.2 1005.9 475.9 489.1 305.9 27.10
MEAN 3.42 15.2 4.76 0.63 5.63 15.9 4.64 32.4 15.9 15.8 9.87 0.90
MAX 59 105 72 0.80 39 146 13 186 125 156 115 2.7
MIN 0.37 0.65 0.74 0.51 0.51 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.5 1.5 1.2 0.40
CFSM 0.26 1.16 0.36 0.05 0.43 1.21 0.35 2.46 1.20 1.20 0.75 0.07
IN. 0.30 1.29 0.42 0.06 0.46 1.39 0.39 2.83 1.34 1.38 0.86 0.08
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.28 7.97 6.62 6.53 8.96 14.7 18.8 13.3 12.2 9.06 11.1 8.49
MAX 39.0 46.4 34.3 43.2 38.2 107 54.1 64.0 54.1 38.4 69.9 55.7
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1975 1974 1972 1957 1987 1972
MIN 0.13 0.31 0.08 0.08 0.19 0.72 2.24 1.44 0.90 2.41 0.32 0.60
(WY) 1963 1963 1964 1959 1972 1968 1989 1982 1982 1998 1973 1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 3787.50       3831.23      
ANNUAL MEAN 10.4         10.5         10.4        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.4         1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.07       1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 282                May 1 186                May 30 1120            Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00           Feb 9 0.37           Oct 26 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.01   B     Feb 7 0.52   B     Jan 27 0.00       Nov 4 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 768                Jul 3 1590            Jun 10 1967
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.98           Jul 3 15.09   C Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00   D     Jan 7
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.786     0.793     0.788    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.67       10.80       10.71      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 29            22            21           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.3         2.7         2.2        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.22       0.58       0.26      

A - At times in most years.

B - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

C - Present datum.

D - Result of freezeup.


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