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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551200       FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°55'58", long 88°20'28" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.40 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Randall Road, 2.4 mi northwest of St. Charles, and at mile 2.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 51.7 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: December 1960 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

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

PRECIPITATION: August 2000 to current year.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Pigment and biomass, Water year 2000.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-82-2: 1966(M), 1968(M), 1970-71(M), 1973(M), 1978-79(M).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 704.84 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

REMARKS.-- 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, 2,580, Feb. 21, 1997, from rating curve extended above 1,960 ft3/s, gage height, 8.77 ft; maximum gage height, 9.66 ft, Feb. 8, 1965, from floodmark, ice jam; minimum discharge, 0.10 ft3/s, several days in 1961 and 1965.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded daily total, 3.27 in., August 13, 2002.
 

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 3.6 110  e12  20    e9.7 57  73  17    374  25    9.6 12   
2 1.3 125  e11  20    e9.4 74  58  15    166  24    7.0 10   
3 e2.2 181  11  21    e9.7 59  48  13    111  23    8.2 9.0
4 e1.8 142  14  21    e9.4 57  40  11    78  28    47    8.6
5 e1.8 208  26  e19    e8.9 328  35  11    59  27    25    9.3
 
6 e1.7 98  30  e18    e8.6 236  35  10    47  25    14    9.2
7 e1.7 57  24  e16    e8.4 132  32  11    39  24    11    7.8
8 e1.7 34  21  e15    e8.2 89  28  9.9 33  23    10    6.6
9 e1.7 25  29  e14    e8.1 73  24  9.6 29  19    8.6 6.0
10 e1.8 22  303  e14    e7.8 56  23  9.6 52  30    8.6 4.7
 
11 e2.2 21  327  14    e7.4 52  21  38    118  24    8.7 4.5
12 e2.1 20  138  14    7.3 39  19  23    780  20    8.7 4.5
13 e13    e20  85  14    e7.4 33  18  38    586  17    8.5 3.8
14 e23    e20  57  13    7.5 39  17  94    226  18    8.2 3.6
15 e2.4 e21  46  e12    e7.8 36  17  159    145  15    7.2 5.9
 
16 e2.1 e23  42  11    e8.0 33  16  85    105  15    6.1 7.3
17 e2.0 53  35  e10    e8.4 33  15  58    86  15    7.1 6.0
18 e2.0 174  30  e9.9 e9.4 35  13  100    72  14    7.5 4.4
19 e2.0 176  26  e9.5 15    38  14  85    62  13    13    4.1
20 e2.0 77  e24  9.3 22    39  15  69    54  13    11    3.7
 
21 e2.1 e45  22  9.1 52    33  32  284    62  13    10    3.2
22 e2.2 e38  20  8.8 47    29  25  859    84  14    9.4 3.0
23 e3.8 e34  e18  7.9 96    31  19  615    54  13    9.0 3.0
24 e7.4 e30  e16  9.0 114    63  17  242    47  12    9.4 3.1
25 e4.0 e27  e15  9.0 73    99  39  151    47  11    10    3.1
 
26 e2.4 e22  e14  9.2 59    166  32  114    37  9.9 11    2.9
27 e2.2 e20  13  e9.5 51    150  24  87    32  9.4 14    2.9
28 e2.2 e17  26  e9.6 45    116  19  67    30  11    26    2.9
29 e2.3 e14  35  e9.6 45    246  18  51    28  9.4 21    2.8
30 e7.2 e13  28  e9.6 ---    147  16  209    25  8.3 15    2.7
 
31 e8.6 ---  23  e9.6 ---    98  ---  702    ---  8.7 13    ---   

TOTAL 116.5 1867 1521 395.6 770.4 2716 802 4247.1 3668 531.7 382.8 160.6
MEAN 3.76 62.2 49.1 12.8 26.6 87.6 26.7 137 122 17.2 12.3 5.35
MAX 23 208 327 21 114 328 73 859 780 30 47 12
MIN 1.3 13 11 7.9 7.3 29 13 9.6 25 8.3 6.1 2.7
CFSM 0.07 1.20 0.95 0.25 0.51 1.69 0.52 2.65 2.36 0.33 0.24 0.10
IN. 0.08 1.34 1.09 0.28 0.55 1.95 0.58 3.06 2.64 0.38 0.28 0.12
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 22.0 35.8 36.4 35.4 50.2 69.1 69.4 58.0 48.9 25.0 25.0 22.7
MAX 99.3 151 159 134 170 303 186 148 159 113 141 170
(WY) 1973 1986 1983 1969 1997 1979 1993 1996 1993 1996 1987 1972
MIN 1.61 2.39 1.98 1.63 3.31 14.5 16.4 7.87 3.07 1.05 1.65 1.64
(WY) 1964 1972 1964 1977 1963 2003 1977 1989 1977 1961 1964 1976

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 10218.1         17178.7        
ANNUAL MEAN 28.0         46.9         41.9        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 76.7         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 8.72       1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 608                May 11 859                May 22 1620            Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.3     A     Oct 2 1.3     A     Oct 2 0.10       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.7             Aug 22 1.7             Oct 2 0.23       Aug 26 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1160                Jun 12 2580    C,D Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.16           Jun 12 9.66   E Feb 8 1965
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.95   A     Oct 2 0.10       F
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.541     0.908     0.811    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.35       12.36       11.02      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 57            106            88           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 10            18            22           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.0         3.8         4.5        

A - But may have been less during estimated period, Oct. 3-31.

B - Several days in 1961.

C - From rating curve extended above 1,960 ft3/s.

D - Gage height, 8.77 ft.

E - From floodmark, ice jam.

F - Several days in 1961 and 1965.


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