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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05528500       BUFFALO CREEK NEAR WHEELING, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°09'07", long 87°57'28" (NAD of 1983), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.4, T.42 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Short Aptakisic Road, 1.0 mi downstream from unnamed tributary, 2.5 mi west of Wheeling, and at mile 5.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 19.6 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-94-2: 1986-93 (P), 1993.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 658.60 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark) (658.34 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 887 ft3/s, July 22, 1982, gage height, 7.94 ft; no flow at times in several years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 1.0   18    56    13    7.6 26  23    3.6 e2.0   e2.6 e1.5   1.3  
2 2.0   26    50    25    7.5 21  52    3.0 e1.9   e2.6 e1.0   1.5  
3 0.66 21    41    35    8.1 18  42    3.2 e5.6   8.2 e1.1   0.97
4 0.40 27    36    37    9.8 16  31    3.6 e7.0   21    e1.0   e0.78
5 0.33 21    33    e30    18    17  25    3.1 e7.6   18    e0.82 e0.86
 
6 0.37 14    39    e25    34    18  20    2.7 e6.0   12    e0.66 e0.35
7 0.86 11    88    e23    68    27  17    2.1 e3.3   9.1 e0.52 0.33
8 10      7.7 91    e21    73    26  15    1.8 e3.8   e8.0 e0.45 e0.36
9 7.4   6.6 57    e19    50    20  12    3.3 e3.5   e5.6 e1.0   e0.34
10 4.4   9.5 45    18    37    18  10    3.9 e3.8   e2.8 11      e0.38
 
11 2.5   13    40    26    30    17  8.5 12    e5.4   e5.0 15      e0.35
12 1.6   15    33    87    26    17  18    11    e6.4   e8.4 30      e0.52
13 1.1   17    27    206    36    14  22    9.9 e7.2   e8.2 21      e0.70
14 0.97 18    21    179    84    13  17    7.8 e8.0   e6.2 13      e1.5  
15 1.3   20    e19    126    83    11  13    4.8 e5.0   e6.2 e6.0   e3.0  
 
16 0.87 22    e17    51    59    10  11    4.1 e4.2   e3.6 e4.0   e6.2  
17 0.70 25    e16    39    43    11  8.4 7.3 e2.8   e4.0 e6.6   e1.1  
18 0.62 29    15    31    33    12  7.3 3.4 e3.0   e3.6 e6.0   e3.8  
19 0.87 38    e13    23    27    15  6.4 29    e2.7   12    e4.7   e7.0  
20 0.91 40    e12    18    30    17  6.4 39    e2.1   18    e5.2   e1.0  
 
21 0.79 34    e11    16    35    17  5.3 25    e1.3   8.0 e3.0   e3.5  
22 0.73 29    10    e15    32    15  11    14    e0.66 8.0 1.5   e6.0  
23 38      26    9.0 e14    29    14  13    7.8 e0.70 9.7 1.6   e1.6  
24 17      32    7.9 e14    25    13  14    10    e0.66 10    1.1   e2.5  
25 6.5   41    7.5 14    21    14  9.8 5.2 e3.0   15    1.1   3.9  
 
26 4.0   42    7.2 13    18    14  6.8 5.9 e4.6   13    1.3   6.0  
27 3.3   61    6.8 11    17    14  5.9 5.0 e5.8   11    2.3   4.8  
28 2.8   74    6.7 11    26    12  5.0 5.5 e6.6   7.4 1.4   10     
29 2.6   54    6.5 10    ---    11  4.4 e5.6 e4.1   4.1 0.64 9.3  
30 5.3   49    7.4 8.8 ---    17  3.9 e5.0 e3.7   e3.0 0.41 6.7  
 
31 2.7   ---    12    8.0 ---    25  ---    e2.5 ---      e2.0 0.78 ---     

TOTAL 122.58 840.8 841.0 1166.8 967.0 510 444.1 250.1 122.42 256.3 145.68 86.64
MEAN 3.95 28.0 27.1 37.6 34.5 16.5 14.8 8.07 4.08 8.27 4.70 2.89
MAX 38 74 91 206 84 27 52 39 8.0 21 30 10
MIN 0.33 6.6 6.5 8.0 7.5 10 3.9 1.8 0.66 2.0 0.41 0.33
CFSM 0.20 1.43 1.38 1.92 1.76 0.84 0.76 0.41 0.21 0.42 0.24 0.15
IN. 0.23 1.60 1.60 2.21 1.84 0.97 0.84 0.47 0.23 0.49 0.28 0.16
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 9.59 15.2 16.1 14.4 21.2 32.7 35.5 25.1 18.5 11.2 11.0 10.4
MAX 84.3 89.6 92.8 53.1 69.9 147 97.1 116 103 46.1 64.5 65.4
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1983 1996 1970 1978 1987 1972
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.04 0.12 4.80 4.26 3.33 0.74 0.06 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1953 1954 1954 1954 1963 1956 1963 1977 1963 1953 1955 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 8566.92 5753.42  
ANNUAL MEAN 23.4   15.8     18.4    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.9     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.00   1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 191          May 31 206            Jan 13 525        Dec 3 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.33     Oct 5 0.33       A 0.00   B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.48     Sep 21 0.38       Sep 6 0.00   Aug 22 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 247            Jan 13 887        Jul 22 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 4.85       Jan 13 7.94   Jul 22 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00       Sep 7
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.19 0.804 0.938
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 16.26 10.92   12.75  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 55      36        44       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 10      9.3     7.8    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.91 1.0     0.50  

A - Oct. 5, Sept. 7.

B - At times in several years.


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