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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551030       BREWSTER CREEK AT VALLEY VIEW, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°58'19", long 88°16'47" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec. 12, T. 40 N., R. 8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on private property about 500 feet upstream of state Highway 25 at Valley View, 2.5 miles southeast of South Elgin, and at mile 0.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 14.0 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: May 2002 to current year.
 

STAGE: May 2002 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962 to 1979, at site 500 ft downstream on State Highway 25 and at datum 10.08 ft higher.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

SEDIMENT: June 2002 to current year.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2002-03

PRECIPITATION: May 2002 to current year.
 

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, automatic water sampler, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 700.00 ft above NAVD of 1988.
 

REMARKS.-- Occasional pumpage from quarry into creek about 0.5 mi. upstream. Collection, computation and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 685 ft3/s, June 10, 1967, gage height, 1.65 ft, site and datum then in use; minimum discharge, 0.40 ft3/s, Sept. 26, 2004.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.32 in., August 13, 2002.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 1450 mg/L, Mar. 29, 2004; minimum daily, 10 mg/L, June 25, 2004.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 217 tons, Mar. 29, 2004; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Sept. 16, 19-20, 2003, and Sept. 25-26, 2004.
 

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 1.1   2.0 3.6 5.0 e2.0 9.6 26    4.1 86    6.8 1.7 2.7  
2 0.69 4.2 3.4 5.3 e1.9 11    17    3.6 75    6.8 1.7 2.3  
3 0.71 8.7 3.4 5.1 e2.0 11    12    3.2 52    6.6 2.8 2.0  
4 0.87 8.9 3.3 4.3 e2.0 17    10    2.8 41    8.0 16    1.7  
5 0.89 17    4.4 4.3 e2.1 61    7.8 2.7 34    6.8 7.3 1.8  
 
6 0.91 8.0 4.2 e3.9 e2.1 51    7.1 2.8 29    5.6 4.1 1.8  
7 0.63 4.2 3.8 e3.5 e2.2 38    7.0 2.9 26    5.1 2.9 1.6  
8 0.97 3.1 3.6 e3.4 e2.2 31    6.3 2.6 22    4.6 2.6 1.4  
9 1.2   2.1 4.6 e3.4 e2.2 24    5.7 2.4 18    4.5 2.4 1.4  
10 1.0   1.8 32    e3.3 e2.2 18    5.1 2.6 36    6.8 2.9 1.5  
 
11 0.96 2.2 32    e3.3 e2.1 12    4.7 3.8 54    5.9 2.9 1.7  
12 1.00 2.2 31    e3.2 e2.0 9.8 4.2 4.0 83    4.9 2.6 1.7  
13 0.81 1.8 22    e3.2 e2.0 8.1 6.0 14    81    4.4 2.5 1.6  
14 2.6   1.6 17    e3.1 e1.9 7.0 5.8 19    69    3.7 2.0 1.5  
15 3.1   1.5 13    e3.1 e1.9 5.9 4.8 26    52    3.6 1.6 1.5  
 
16 2.3   1.4 11    e3.1 e1.8 6.3 4.0 16    41    4.2 1.6 2.3  
17 2.3   1.3 8.3 e3.0 e1.7 6.7 3.4 9.0 35    4.0 2.2 1.9  
18 1.9   17    7.2 e3.0 e1.7 6.8 3.2 20    30    3.5 2.1 1.6  
19 1.9   23    6.0 e2.9 e2.2 7.2 2.8 13    24    3.0 3.3 1.4  
20 1.8   17    6.2 e2.9 e3.9 5.8 4.6 15    19    2.7 2.6 1.2  
 
21 2.4   15    5.4 e2.8 e6.8 4.8 11    39    27    3.0 2.2 7.9  
22 2.7   12    5.2 e2.7 e7.2 4.0 9.7 79    35    3.0 2.0 4.3  
23 2.3   10    5.1 e2.4 e8.2 4.0 4.7 78    26    2.5 1.9 2.1  
24 2.3   14    4.7 e2.3 9.5 13    4.3 66    19    2.1 2.0 0.79
25 2.6   9.3 4.5 e2.2 9.4 11    6.6 47    16    2.0 2.3 0.55
 
26 2.3   8.2 4.2 e2.2 9.1 31    4.6 37    13    2.1 2.9 0.52
27 1.9   6.8 4.1 e2.3 7.9 28    4.7 32    9.8 2.1 3.9 0.61
28 2.1   5.6 6.6 e2.3 7.2 31    3.9 26    8.9 1.8 18    3.3  
29 1.8   4.6 6.1 e2.2 6.8 55    3.1 22    7.8 1.7 9.5 1.3  
30 1.9   4.1 e5.2 e2.1 ---    47    3.6 59    6.5 1.8 5.8 0.59
 
31 2.1   ---    e4.9 e2.0 ---    36    ---    84    ---    2.0 3.5 ---     

TOTAL 52.04 218.6 276.0 97.8 114.2 612.0 203.7 738.5 1076.0 125.6 121.8 56.56
MEAN 1.68 7.29 8.90 3.15 3.94 19.7 6.79 23.8 35.9 4.05 3.93 1.89
MAX 3.1 23 32 5.3 9.5 61 26 84 86 8.0 18 7.9
MIN 0.63 1.3 3.3 2.0 1.7 4.0 2.8 2.4 6.5 1.7 1.6 0.52
CFSM 0.12 0.52 0.64 0.23 0.28 1.41 0.48 1.70 2.56 0.29 0.28 0.13
IN. 0.14 0.58 0.73 0.26 0.30 1.63 0.54 1.96 2.86 0.33 0.32 0.15
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 3.24 5.87 6.07 2.70 3.23 12.0 7.64 25.7 19.1 3.87 8.38 2.41
MAX 4.80 7.29 8.90 3.15 3.94 19.7 8.49 27.6 35.9 4.56 18.6 4.16
(WY) 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2004 2002 2002 2002
MIN 1.68 4.45 3.25 2.25 2.49 4.22 6.79 23.8 4.57 3.01 2.60 1.19
(WY) 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 2273.32   3692.80  
ANNUAL MEAN 6.23   10.1    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 10.1   2004
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.78 2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 81            May 1 86            Jun 1 86      Jun 1 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.63       Oct 7 0.52       Sep 26 0.52 Sep 26 2004
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.81       Oct 2 0.81       Oct 2 0.81 Oct 2 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 111            Jun 12 111      Jun 12 2004
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.41       Jun 12 13.41 Jun 12 2004
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.40       Sep 26 0.40 Sep 26 2004
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.445 0.721
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 6.04   9.81  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 13        29        19     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.8     4.0     3.5  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.3     1.7     1.7  



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