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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05550500       POPLAR CREEK AT ELGIN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°01'34", long 88°15'20" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.19, T.41 N., R.9 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank 35 ft upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway B.R. 20 (Villa Street) in Elgin, and at mile 2.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 35.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1951 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91.
 

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.-- WSP 1338: 1952-53. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 716.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,180 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1997, gage height, 6.78 ft; no flow, July 10, 1957, Sept. 14, 1958, July 18, 1989, Oct. 6, 1997.
 

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 2.0 7.8 12    11    3.5 24  92    16    216    6.4 3.2 7.5
2 2.0 26    11    10    3.5 31  65    15    111    6.7 3.2 5.5
3 3.0 132    9.3 11    3.6 30  46    13    64    6.9 7.0 4.1
4 4.5 149    8.9 11    3.7 33  36    11    40    9.5 48    3.4
5 2.6 138    13    e10    3.8 249  30    9.6 31    7.3 34    2.7
 
6 2.3 106    15    e9.6 3.9 289  25    8.2 24    6.6 16    2.3
7 2.0 51    13    e8.8 4.0 167  24    7.7 20    6.0 9.8 2.1
8 1.8 30    12    8.3 4.1 119  24    7.0 15    5.6 7.3 1.8
9 1.8 21    14    7.7 4.1 79  20    6.2 11    5.7 5.8 1.8
10 2.0 16    123    7.1 4.0 53  18    14    37    11    4.8 1.6
 
11 1.8 14    169    7.0 3.8 42  16    27    109    12    4.3 1.9
12 3.1 13    108    7.1 3.6 33  14    20    305    9.0 3.9 2.0
13 4.3 11    58    7.3 3.7 28  13    39    282    7.2 3.8 1.7
14 22    9.1 38    7.2 3.5 29  12    102    132    6.5 3.9 2.2
15 18    8.3 27    6.9 3.5 27  12    138    72    9.1 3.6 3.8
 
16 17    8.0 22    6.3 3.4 24  11    66    44    7.5 3.1 4.7
17 9.5 7.7 19    e6.0 3.3 23  10    35    32    6.0 3.1 3.8
18 6.8 69    15    e5.8 3.2 24  9.5 83    25    5.3 3.2 3.2
19 5.2 124    13    e5.5 3.4 27  9.5 77    19    4.6 6.1 2.7
20 5.2 82    11    5.3 9.7 28  11    47    15    4.2 3.9 2.3
 
21 4.6 46    10    5.0 24    24  23    68    25    4.8 3.4 2.2
22 4.4 32    9.5 5.1 25    20  18    277    47    9.7 3.2 3.2
23 4.2 29    9.3 4.1 34    18  15    275    30    9.4 3.1 3.5
24 4.8 47    8.9 4.3 41    46  13    155    19    6.6 3.6 2.4
25 7.2 37    7.9 4.3 36    63  25    94    17    5.2 4.9 3.1
 
26 8.1 27    7.7 4.3 32    111  23    59    13    4.5 4.4 4.4
27 7.4 24    7.4 4.3 26    115  17    41    11    3.9 7.8 3.5
28 7.9 20    13    4.3 22    107  14    31    9.8 3.5 49    3.4
29 7.3 16    16    4.1 21    306  12    23    8.4 3.4 40    3.0
30 7.0 14    14    3.8 ---    208  13    107    7.2 3.2 18    3.6
 
31 8.2 ---    12    3.6 ---    137  ---    314    ---    3.5 11    ---   

TOTAL 188.0 1314.9 826.9 206.1 340.3 2514 671.0 2185.7 1791.4 200.8 326.4 93.4
MEAN 6.06 43.8 26.7 6.65 11.7 81.1 22.4 70.5 59.7 6.48 10.5 3.11
MAX 22 149 169 11 41 306 92 314 305 12 49 7.5
MIN 1.8 7.7 7.4 3.6 3.2 18 9.5 6.2 7.2 3.2 3.1 1.6
CFSM 0.17 1.25 0.76 0.19 0.33 2.30 0.64 2.00 1.70 0.18 0.30 0.09
IN. 0.20 1.39 0.87 0.22 0.36 2.66 0.71 2.31 1.89 0.21 0.34 0.10
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 15.3 21.7 22.7 21.2 29.7 48.2 52.4 38.0 28.3 14.9 16.2 14.1
MAX 115 133 113 85.1 129 235 146 130 102 92.4 103 94.6
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1993 1997 1979 1983 1974 1996 1993 1990 1972
MIN 0.50 0.25 0.60 0.91 0.69 4.76 9.51 3.50 0.97 1.27 0.87 0.25
(WY) 1957 1954 1957 1959 2003 1956 1986 1989 1963 1988 1956 1956

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 8161.60       10658.9    
ANNUAL MEAN 22.4         29.1     26.9    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 52.6     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 4.69   1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 460                May 11 314            May 31 861        Feb 22 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.58   A     Feb 16 1.6         Sep 10 0.10   Sep 16 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.60   A     Feb 12 1.8         Sep 7 0.10   Sep 9 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 367            Mar 6 1180        Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 3.54       Mar 6 6.78   Feb 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.1         Sep 10 0.00   B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.635     0.827 0.763
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.63       11.26   10.37  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 45            78        65       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.1         10        11       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.74       3.2     1.3    

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - July 10, 1957; Sept. 14, 1958; July 18, 1989; Oct. 6, 1997.


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data