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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551675       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR MONTGOMERY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'27", long 88°23'00" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.38 N., R.7 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at bridge on Jericho Rd., 1.0 mi west of Montgomery, and at mile 13.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.0 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: June 1998 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1998 to current year.

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 654.00 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, 1,040 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 8.61 ft; minimum, 0.16 ft3/s, Sept. 6,7, 2003.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.62 in, October 13, 2001.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum measured, 1,170 ft3/s, Feb. 22, 1997, gage height unknown.
 

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 5.3 23  17  e22  e12  29  110  24  394  29  10    13   
2 5.8 27  15  e20  e12  37  86  24  247  27  9.5 11   
3 6.2 64  14  e20  e12  35  68  22  167  27  9.8 9.8
4 8.6 65  16  e20  e12  36  55  22  102  29  25    9.2
5 8.0 100  24  e18  e12  147  50  23  84  28  23    8.4
 
6 5.0 60  24  e14  e12  183  48  21  68  27  18    7.9
7 4.6 45  21  e14  e12  126  46  21  58  25  15    7.5
8 3.2 36  21  e14  e12  93  43  20  49  24  14    7.1
9 4.2 27  26  e14  e12  76  39  20  43  31  12    6.3
10 6.4 22  143  e14  e12  62  35  19  43  46  11    6.1
 
11 4.5 23  209  e13  e12  56  34  19  71  36  11    5.9
12 3.7 23  140  e13  e12  47  33  19  520  31  10    5.9
13 4.4 19  98  e13  e12  43  31  24  768  27  9.6 5.7
14 25    16  e68  e12  e12  43  29  44  465  25  9.6 5.3
15 31    18  e54  e12  e12  41  27  67  244  22  8.9 5.6
 
16 24    19  e45  e11  e12  41  27  51  173  21  8.5 7.5
17 20    19  e37  e11  e12  41  26  40  123  19  9.1 6.9
18 15    66  e31  e11  e12  40  24  37  98  17  9.8 6.2
19 9.7 91  e27  e11  e12  40  26  35  81  16  11    6.0
20 11    65  e24  e10  e15  40  36  32  68  17  9.6 6.3
 
21 14    48  e26  e10  e26  36  39  35  66  17  8.4 6.0
22 16    37  e24  e10  e40  33  29  107  79  18  7.8 6.2
23 17    32  e21  e10  e50  32  26  115  67  17  8.0 5.9
24 24    37  e20  e10  e66  40  25  81  57  14  8.0 5.7
25 31    33  e18  e10  37  58  34  63  52  13  9.2 5.7
 
26 31    31  e19  e11  30  89  36  52  46  13  12    6.1
27 28    27  e19  e11  25  120  31  44  41  11  18    5.6
28 25    24  e21  e11  25  103  35  37  38  11  26    5.7
29 23    21  e23  e12  25  169  33  32  34  10  26    4.9
30 24    20  e24  e12  ---  153  25  101  32  11  20    4.6
 
31 21    ---  e21  e12  ---  143  ---  328  ---  11  16    ---   

TOTAL 459.6 1138 1290 406 567 2232 1186 1579 4378 670 403.8 204.0
MEAN 14.8 37.9 41.6 13.1 19.6 72.0 39.5 50.9 146 21.6 13.0 6.80
MAX 31 100 209 22 66 183 110 328 768 46 26 13
MIN 3.2 16 14 10 12 29 24 19 32 10 7.8 4.6
CFSM 0.27 0.69 0.76 0.24 0.36 1.31 0.72 0.93 2.65 0.39 0.24 0.12
IN. 0.31 0.77 0.87 0.27 0.38 1.51 0.80 1.07 2.96 0.45 0.27 0.14
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 38.5 32.6 27.3 30.7 52.0 51.2 66.3 68.2 73.1 36.2 21.5 13.2
MAX 86.5 53.2 41.6 106 137 72.5 156 107 146 90.8 35.4 26.8
(WY) 2002 2001 2004 1999 2001 2001 1999 2002 2004 1998 2000 2001
MIN 11.6 9.69 6.87 7.99 10.2 18.8 32.6 27.6 24.7 10.6 5.80 2.21
(WY) 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2001 2003 2001 2001 2003

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 10636.32   14513.4    
ANNUAL MEAN 29.1     39.7     41.5    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 64.6     1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.6     2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 305            May 10 768            Jun 13 768        Jun 13 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.46       Sep 6 3.2         Oct 8 0.46   Sep 6 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.96       Sep 6 4.4         Oct 7 0.96   Sep 6 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 822            Jun 13 1040        Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.12       Jun 13 8.61   Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 2.7         Oct 8 0.16   A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.530 0.721 0.756
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.20   9.82   10.27  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 65        80        83       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 19        24        24       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.5     7.9     8.4    

A - Sept. 6, 7, 2003.


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