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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536500       TINLEY CREEK NEAR PALOS PARK, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°38'48", long 87°45'59" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.32, T.37 N., R.13 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 135th Street, 1.5 mi west of State Highway 50, 3 mi southeast of Palos Park, and at mile 1.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: July 1951 to current year. Prior to October 1952, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin (WSP 1237).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

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

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Water year 2000.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

FISH: Water year 2001.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-81-2: 1955(M), 1957(M), 1970(M), 1978(M).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 607.40 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,010 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, from rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement of flow through culvert, gage height, 10.25 ft; maximum gage height, 10.30 ft, discharge, 1,930 ft3/s, Oct. 10, 1954; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good 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 1.4   2.2 4.0 3.2 e1.2 12    11    22    89    1.2 1.4   3.8  
2 1.1   132    3.4 3.1 e1.2 11    7.7 11    31    1.1 1.1   2.9  
3 0.96 134    3.1 3.1 e1.3 7.8 6.0 6.3 21    1.1 1.3   2.4  
4 3.0   30    3.2 3.1 e1.3 39    4.9 4.5 12    39    69      2.2  
5 2.0   172    36    e3.5 e1.3 321    4.1 3.5 6.9 12    18      2.0  
 
6 1.4   34    25    e3.9 e1.3 90    3.7 2.8 5.0 7.4 6.7   1.9  
7 1.1   11    13    e3.3 e1.3 29    3.5 2.8 3.7 7.9 3.7   1.9  
8 0.88 6.9 8.2 e2.8 e1.2 17    3.3 3.2 3.1 3.9 2.6   1.6  
9 0.80 4.9 7.0 e2.4 e1.2 13    3.0 2.6 2.6 4.2 1.9   1.5  
10 0.90 4.4 79    e2.2 e1.2 10    2.7 8.5 35    11    1.6   1.3  
 
11 1.0   3.8 33    e2.0 e1.2 7.7 2.6 4.9 125    5.0 1.5   0.96
12 1.1   4.2 14    e1.7 e1.2 5.1 2.4 8.0 386    2.9 1.5   0.94
13 1.2   4.3 9.0 e2.0 e1.2 4.0 2.2 132    76    2.2 1.2   0.81
14 20      3.7 6.2 e2.0 e1.2 6.0 2.0 230    48    1.9 1.1   0.70
15 17      3.4 5.4 e1.8 e1.2 6.5 1.8 74    24    1.7 1.0   0.82
 
16 6.2   3.5 6.4 e1.6 e1.2 5.5 1.8 24    13    1.5 0.78 55     
17 3.9   5.2 5.6 e1.4 e1.2 5.2 2.0 14    7.6 1.4 0.68 12     
18 2.7   343    4.5 e1.7 e1.2 6.7 2.2 89    5.1 1.2 0.63 3.9  
19 2.2   187    3.8 e1.8 e1.4 9.5 1.7 30    3.8 1.0 1.7   2.2  
20 2.2   42    3.3 e1.7 e6.0 7.5 3.5 16    3.0 1.0 1.8   1.5  
 
21 2.0   18    3.0 e1.6 e30    5.6 15    13    4.9 4.9 1.5   1.4  
22 1.7   12    2.9 e1.5 e26    3.9 7.1 18    8.7 32    1.1   1.2  
23 1.7   54    3.1 e1.7 e29    3.6 4.0 66    4.0 21    0.75 1.1  
24 1.7   128    3.0 e1.6 e28    8.7 3.1 21    2.8 7.0 0.84 0.95
25 12      27    2.8 e1.5 e20    17    27    24    2.4 3.3 7.6   0.85
 
26 7.2   14    2.5 e1.4 14    16    12    16    2.0 2.3 17      0.73
27 3.6   9.8 2.5 e1.3 11    13    5.9 9.1 1.6 2.0 26      0.60
28 2.8   7.2 6.2 e1.3 7.8 31    4.1 6.1 1.4 1.6 148      0.61
29 2.5   5.6 8.4 e1.2 7.7 116    3.2 4.6 1.7 1.3 44      0.66
30 2.3   4.7 5.6 e1.2 ---    27    7.1 183    1.3 1.4 13      0.65
 
31 2.5   ---    4.1 e1.2 ---    18    ---    238    ---    2.0 5.9   ---     

TOTAL 111.04 1411.8 317.2 63.8 203.0 873.3 160.6 1287.9 931.6 187.4 384.88 109.08
MEAN 3.58 47.1 10.2 2.06 7.00 28.2 5.35 41.5 31.1 6.05 12.4 3.64
MAX 20 343 79 3.9 30 321 27 238 386 39 148 55
MIN 0.80 2.2 2.5 1.2 1.2 3.6 1.7 2.6 1.3 1.0 0.63 0.60
CFSM 0.32 4.20 0.91 0.18 0.62 2.52 0.48 3.71 2.77 0.54 1.11 0.32
IN. 0.37 4.69 1.05 0.21 0.67 2.90 0.53 4.28 3.09 0.62 1.28 0.36
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.51 9.80 9.71 10.5 13.4 20.9 21.4 15.8 11.9 6.86 5.29 5.41
MAX 87.0 47.1 57.7 43.1 69.8 90.2 50.7 43.7 56.9 58.5 28.3 38.2
(WY) 1955 2004 1983 1999 1997 1979 1970 2002 2000 1996 1987 1993
MIN 0.00 0.17 0.15 0.06 0.19 2.24 1.52 1.79 0.67 0.15 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1953 1954 1964 1977 1963 1981 1963 1963 1965 1956 1964 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 4785.97 6041.60
ANNUAL MEAN 13.1   16.5   11.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 22.7       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.27     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 343          Nov 18 386          Jun 12 891          Oct 10 1954
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.30     A 0.60     Sep 27 0.00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.31     Jan 22 0.72     Sep 24 0.00     B
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 690          May 30 2010  C,D Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.91     May 30 10.30 E Oct 10 1954
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.57     F
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.17 1.47 1.02    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 15.90 20.07 13.86    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 27      31      25         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.7   3.5   2.7      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.72 1.2   0.20    

A - Jan. 24-27, estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - At times in most years.

C - From rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement of flow through culvert.

D - Gage height, 10.25 ft.

E - Discharge, 1,930 ft3/s.

F - Several days.


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