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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05533400       SAWMILL CREEK NEAR LEMONT, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°42'28", long 87°57'47" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.10, T.37 N., R.11 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on concrete abutment on right bank, 50 ft upstream from bridge on Bluff Road at south edge of Argonne National Laboratory, 2.5 mi northeast of Lemont, and at mile 1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13.0 mi2
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: December 1985 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1961-79.

PRECIPITATION: April 1986 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Pigment and biomass, Water year 2000.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

FISH: Water year 2001.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-77-1: 1961-76(M).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 630.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Oct. 11, 1961, to Sept. 30, 1976, crest-stage gage on bridge 50 ft downstream at datum 11.22 ft higher.
 

REMARKS.-- For precipitation records, snowfall-affected data can result during cold weather when snow fills the rain-gage funnel and then melts as temperatures rise. Snowfall-affected data are subject to appreciable errors.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,070 ft3/s, July 18,1996, gage height, 17.53 ft; no flow at times in most years.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 6.17 in., July 17, 1996.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except 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 0.44 0.89 3.6 e2.0   e0.94 15    9.9 4.5 43      0.78 0.95 8.0  
2 0.11 22      3.3 e1.9   e0.94 15    7.1 3.1 27      0.45 1.1   4.7  
3 1.6   67      3.1 e1.8   e0.94 8.4 5.4 2.4 16      14      4.2   3.3  
4 2.2   72      4.1 e2.0   e0.95 45    4.2 1.9 7.1   8.8   34      3.1  
5 1.1   127      29    e2.0   e0.98 225    3.9 1.7 4.5   2.8   7.2   2.5  
 
6 0.48 33      15    e1.8   e1.0   63    4.6 1.5 3.5   21      3.7   2.3  
7 0.19 16      8.3 e1.6   e1.0   38    3.8 2.0 2.9   13      2.6   1.8  
8 0.00 8.2   6.3 e1.5   e0.96 23    3.4 1.4 2.2   4.6   2.2   1.8  
9 0.28 5.2   17    e1.4   e0.90 13    3.1 1.1 1.9   13      1.8   1.4  
10 0.24 4.3   84    e1.4   e0.90 11    2.8 1.1 43      17      1.6   1.0  
 
11 0.16 3.9   35    e1.5   e0.86 7.7 2.5 1.4 92      5.0   1.5   0.89
12 0.10 3.4   17    e1.6   e0.90 5.4 2.4 4.4 111      3.3   0.72 0.69
13 0.00 2.7   12    e1.5   e0.96 4.4 2.2 34    33      3.0   0.30 0.71
14 20      2.4   8.4 e1.5   e0.96 11    2.0 72    32      2.1   0.25 0.65
15 5.8   2.4   6.9 e1.4   e0.92 6.0 1.9 29    15      1.8   0.14 1.2  
 
16 2.9   2.7   6.1 e1.5   e0.90 5.5 1.8 11    8.5   1.4   0.09 4.2  
17 2.1   2.7   4.9 e1.6   e0.92 6.8 2.6 6.2 6.3   1.1   0.22 1.7  
18 1.4   124      4.4 e1.6   e1.0   12    1.7 16    4.8   0.60 1.4   1.0  
19 1.1   56      3.8 e1.5   e1.3   11    1.4 6.2 3.9   0.70 2.2   0.66
20 0.91 26      3.7 e1.4   30      8.4 13    4.2 3.0   0.34 0.81 0.52
 
21 0.50 19      3.2 e1.3   25      5.9 17    8.1 11      16      0.23 0.84
22 0.16 7.9   3.3 e1.2   16      5.6 4.3 23    7.1   9.4   0.17 1.6  
23 0.12 32      3.5 e1.1   20      4.8 2.9 30    3.7   4.9   0.08 1.6  
24 0.14 40      3.2 e1.1   19      23    2.6 14    3.0   2.9   18      1.7  
25 12      15      3.0 e1.0   11      15    21    11    2.6   2.0   15      1.7  
 
26 3.0   9.0   2.7 e1.0   8.5   39    5.5 5.6 2.1   1.5   17      1.7  
27 2.0   6.8   2.7 e1.0   6.9   24    3.5 3.9 1.8   1.2   33      1.9  
28 1.6   5.5   6.1 e1.0   6.0   81    2.8 2.9 1.9   0.75 259      0.27
29 1.3   4.6   e4.0 e0.98 6.1   82    2.1 2.6 1.6   0.41 54      0.00
30 1.0   4.1   e2.5 e0.96 ---      38    4.9 104    0.97 1.9   24      0.00
 
31 0.97 ---      e2.2 e0.94 ---      17    ---    91    ---      1.6   14      ---     

TOTAL 63.90 725.69 312.3 44.08 166.73 869.9 146.3 501.2 496.37 157.33 501.46 53.43
MEAN 2.06 24.2 10.1 1.42 5.75 28.1 4.88 16.2 16.5 5.08 16.2 1.78
MAX 20 127 84 2.0 30 225 21 104 111 21 259 8.0
MIN 0.00 0.89 2.2 0.94 0.86 4.4 1.4 1.1 0.97 0.34 0.08 0.00
CFSM 0.16 1.86 0.77 0.11 0.44 2.16 0.38 1.24 1.27 0.39 1.24 0.14
IN. 0.18 2.08 0.89 0.13 0.48 2.49 0.42 1.43 1.42 0.45 1.43 0.15
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.65 11.8 8.44 10.1 13.2 14.7 16.8 16.9 12.0 10.0 9.12 6.57
MAX 24.7 37.4 28.7 30.6 54.5 28.1 53.4 49.3 57.6 58.6 28.2 20.6
(WY) 2002 1991 1988 1993 1997 2004 1999 1990 1993 1996 1998 1989
MIN 1.11 0.68 0.22 0.17 0.16 3.54 4.88 1.25 1.02 0.14 0.50 0.10
(WY) 1993 2003 2003 2003 2003 2000 2004 1992 1992 1991 1991 1995

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 2995.95   4038.69  
ANNUAL MEAN 8.21   11.0     11.2    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 17.9     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.39   2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 146            May 9 259            Aug 28 1220        Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       A 0.00       B 0.00   C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.01       Sep 7 0.14       Oct 7 0.00   Jul 24 1991
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 615            Aug 28 3070        Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 12.74       Aug 28 17.53   Jul 18 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.631 0.849 0.860
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.57   11.56   11.69  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 20        28        24       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.4     3.0     3.5    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.14   0.74   0.28  

A - Many days.

B - Oct. 8, 13, Sept. 29, 30.

C - At times in most years.


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