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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551330       MILL CREEK NR BATAVIA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°50'45", long 88°20'57" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.39 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left bank at bridge on Deer Path road, 1 mi. west of Batavia, and at mile 2.9.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.6 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1998 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 685.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 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, 1,080 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 7.52 ft; minimum discharge, 0.22 ft3/s, September 29, 2004.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.84 in, August 13, 2002.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi. upstream averaged 0.55 ft3/s during the year. The maximum average was 0.69 ft3/s in June and the minimum was 0.47 ft3/s in October.
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 0.30 1.6   1.7   11    e2.7 21  41    12    183    8.5 2.7   2.5  
2 0.31 2.3   1.3   10    e2.7 24  34    9.5 90    7.8 2.6   2.4  
3 0.44 18      1.0   11    e2.7 21  29    7.9 63    8.2 3.0   1.7  
4 0.43 30      0.98 9.5 e2.7 24  25    7.0 44    8.6 14      1.3  
5 0.43 62      5.3   9.6 e2.7 124  22    6.0 33    8.1 12      0.83
 
6 0.41 42      6.8   7.4 e2.7 97  20    5.9 26    7.8 6.9   0.92
7 0.36 22      6.2   6.3 e2.7 56  18    6.2 23    7.1 3.4   0.85
8 0.35 12      4.3   e6.1 e2.7 41  16    6.0 21    6.9 2.6   0.90
9 0.35 9.4   7.2   e5.9 e2.7 32  14    5.2 17    13    1.6   0.72
10 0.38 6.3   98      5.7 e2.7 26  13    5.6 20    18    1.2   0.74
 
11 0.44 5.0   106      e5.6 e2.8 23  12    5.2 45    14    1.2   1.2  
12 0.51 2.5   59      e5.6 e2.7 20  11    6.2 265    12    1.3   0.63
13 0.59 1.6   41      e5.6 e2.7 19  9.9 11    199    8.5 1.2   0.52
14 1.3   2.0   33      e5.5 e2.6 20  8.8 26    90    7.3 1.1   0.76
15 1.2   1.5   27      e5.0 e2.6 19  8.8 36    65    6.0 0.94 0.81
 
16 0.96 1.4   24      e4.7 e2.6 18  8.0 25    48    6.2 0.87 0.97
17 0.76 0.97 20      e4.4 e2.6 17  9.0 17    37    5.2 1.0   1.1  
18 0.69 47      17      e4.1 e2.6 17  10    20    31    4.6 1.2   0.80
19 0.69 64      14      e3.9 e2.9 19  9.9 19    26    4.2 1.2   0.74
20 0.56 41      13      3.7 15    20  12    16    23    4.1 1.2   0.69
 
21 0.73 24      12      3.8 24    18  18    40    29    4.1 1.2   1.1  
22 0.70 16      12      3.4 29    15  15    85    38    5.8 1.6   0.94
23 0.72 13      12      e3.4 37    14  12    79    29    8.9 0.97 0.86
24 0.72 17      11      e3.3 37    24  11    53    25    6.3 0.96 0.61
25 1.1   14      9.5   e3.2 28    34  21    41    21    5.5 1.00 0.51
 
26 1.1   12      8.2   e3.1 25    56  18    31    17    4.1 1.6   0.81
27 1.1   8.8   8.0   e3.0 21    56  14    25    15    3.7 2.5   0.36
28 1.3   6.1   14      e2.9 17    53  12    21    13    3.4 9.1   0.57
29 1.2   4.0   17      e2.8 16    86  10    16    12    2.8 11      0.36
30 1.1   2.9   15      e2.8 ---    63  10    76    9.9 2.8 7.0   0.66
 
31 1.2   ---      14      e2.8 ---    52  ---    254    ---    2.9 4.1   ---     

TOTAL 22.43 490.37 619.48 165.1 300.1 1129 472.4 973.7 1557.9 216.4 102.24 27.86
MEAN 0.72 16.3 20.0 5.33 10.3 36.4 15.7 31.4 51.9 6.98 3.30 0.93
MAX 1.3 64 106 11 37 124 41 254 265 18 14 2.5
MIN 0.30 0.97 0.98 2.8 2.6 14 8.0 5.2 9.9 2.8 0.87 0.36
CFSM 0.03 0.59 0.72 0.19 0.37 1.32 0.57 1.14 1.88 0.25 0.12 0.03
IN. 0.03 0.66 0.83 0.22 0.40 1.52 0.64 1.31 2.10 0.29 0.14 0.04
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 19.0 14.7 13.1 14.1 25.2 23.5 32.8 33.6 31.3 16.1 9.72 8.04
MAX 43.8 26.5 20.0 49.1 68.4 36.4 89.5 64.2 51.9 45.8 28.5 18.7
(WY) 1999 2001 2004 1999 2001 2004 1999 2003 2004 1998 2002 2001
MIN 0.72 4.49 5.68 2.79 2.41 9.31 12.5 11.9 8.33 3.40 2.16 0.40
(WY) 2004 2000 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2000 2003 2001 2003 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 4424.97   6076.98  
ANNUAL MEAN 12.1     16.6     19.7    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.4     1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 10.5     2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 227            May 1 265            Jun 12 754        Apr 23 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.30       Oct 1 0.30       Oct 1 0.30   Oct 1 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.34       Sep 7 0.38       Oct 1 0.34   Sep 7 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 331            Jun 12 1080        Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.08       Jun 12 7.52   Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.22       Sep 29 0.22   Sep 29 2004
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.439 0.601 0.714
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 5.96   8.18   9.70  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 27        40        42       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.5     7.6     9.4    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.41   0.81   2.0    



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