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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05556500       BIG BUREAU CREEK AT PRINCETON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°21'57", long 89°29'54" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.18, T.16 N., R.9 E., Bureau County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on right bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highways 6 and 34, 0.6 mi downstream from Epperson Run, 1.5 mi west of Princeton, and at mile 20.5.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 196 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: March 1936 to current year. Prior to October 1974, published as Bureau Creek at Princeton.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1940-41, 1948. WSP 1308: 1942(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 555.39 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to July 18, 1940, nonrecording gage at bridge 425 ft upstream at datum 30.00 ft lower. July 18, 1940, to Sept. 18, 1944, water-stage recorder at site 500 ft upstream at present datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 12,500 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 11,800 ft3/s, May 17, 1974, gage height, 16.01 ft; no flow during January 1940 and for several days in October and November 1953.
 

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 4.1 4.8 7.4 38  e18  76  317  118  1100  76  14    11   
2 4.2 12    7.1 37  e17  80  277  113  732  70  13    9.4
3 5.0 37    7.2 38  e18  75  242  109  526  67  22    8.6
4 5.5 28    7.2 40  e18  81  213  105  386  64  48    8.1
5 5.1 22    10    34  e17  260  189  104  321  68  24    8.1
 
6 5.5 11    8.8 39  e17  489  176  103  279  88  20    7.1
7 5.3 9.2 7.8 46  e16  302  168  106  243  99  16    6.8
8 5.4 7.7 7.7 42  e16  229  155  98  212  85  14    6.4
9 5.3 7.0 18    37  e15  191  142  96  189  75  12    6.0
10 5.3 6.6 271    35  e15  162  129  106  250  85  11    5.9
 
11 5.2 6.5 609    34  e14  147  124  149  716  64  9.4 5.7
12 5.4 6.4 344    37  e14  123  118  133  417  56  9.2 5.4
13 5.4 5.7 207    36  e13  126  114  260  316  50  8.6 5.3
14 13    6.0 170    33  e13  116  112  587  298  70  8.1 5.1
15 5.0 6.0 136    35  e12  111  108  913  333  68  7.6 19   
 
16 7.3 6.4 114    32  e12  108  105  591  278  49  7.4 13   
17 5.0 6.3 94    34  e12  108  103  420  228  42  7.8 7.4
18 4.6 29    88    43  e13  112  99  433  195  37  8.6 6.2
19 4.6 11    73    56  e16  115  95  375  169  34  10    5.6
20 4.9 10    65    35  e19  121  101  318  153  35  9.1 5.5
 
21 5.1 11    75    27  e50  120  120  281  149  64  8.7 5.4
22 5.1 16    65    32  e150  109  125  432  143  48  8.0 4.9
23 5.6 14    57    27  e130  107  120  536  126  36  7.4 4.8
24 5.1 11    44    25  e140  124  115  358  115  29  8.4 4.7
25 8.5 10    48    23  e115  159  126  320  108  26  12    4.6
 
26 5.1 9.5 48    23  e100  235  128  276  100  23  20    4.6
27 4.7 8.8 43    23  89  334  125  244  94  21  16    4.7
28 4.6 8.0 48    23  81  327  123  215  90  19  18    4.6
29 4.8 7.8 46    e22  77  348  121  186  86  17  14    4.7
30 5.1 7.8 45    e21  ---  383  117  689  81  16  11    4.7
 
31 4.9 ---    41    e19  ---  341  ---  2200  ---  15  12    ---   

TOTAL 169.7 342.5 2812.2 1026 1237 5719 4307 10974 8433 1596 415.3 203.3
MEAN 5.47 11.4 90.7 33.1 42.7 184 144 354 281 51.5 13.4 6.78
MAX 13 37 609 56 150 489 317 2200 1100 99 48 19
MIN 4.1 4.8 7.1 19 12 75 95 96 81 15 7.4 4.6
CFSM 0.03 0.06 0.46 0.17 0.22 0.94 0.73 1.81 1.43 0.26 0.07 0.03
IN. 0.03 0.07 0.53 0.19 0.23 1.09 0.82 2.08 1.60 0.30 0.08 0.04
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1936 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 61.7 83.9 92.3 125 188 256 244 234 213 98.6 54.8 53.1
MAX 523 556 572 626 851 1439 832 915 716 624 356 567
(WY) 1942 1993 1983 1969 1949 1979 1973 1995 1972 1982 1972 1970
MIN 0.92 0.37 1.79 0.00 3.67 8.77 9.73 9.94 10.2 0.63 2.29 1.93
(WY) 1954 1954 1977 1940 2003 2003 2003 1989 1977 1936 1944 1943

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1936 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 17967.8         37235.0    
ANNUAL MEAN 49.2         102        142           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 365            1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 14.6         1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2930                May 11 2200            May 31 8730            Jun 24 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.9     A     Jan 27-29 4.1         Oct 1 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.0             Jan 25 4.7         Sep 24 0.00       Jan 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2670            May 31 12500        C May 17 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.39       May 31 16.01       May 17 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 3.6         Oct 2
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.251     0.519 0.725    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 3.41       7.07   9.85      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 91            277        335           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.2         37        55           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.7         5.4     3.3        

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Month of January 1940 and several days in October and November 1953.

C - From rating curve extended above 11,800 ft3/s.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data