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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530990       SALT CREEK AT ROLLING MEADOWS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°03'38", long 88°01'00" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4NW1/4 sec.8, T.41 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Algonquin Road in Rolling Meadows, 0.25 mi downstream from Arlington Heights Branch Salt Creek, and at mile 35.6.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 30.5 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1973 to current year. August 1950 to September 1971, and October 1972 to September 1973 at site 0.9 mi downstream, published as Salt Creek near Arlington Heights. Records may not be equivalent.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water year 1972.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-93-2: 1992.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 686.40 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark) (686.13 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,650 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 14.03 ft; no flow, Jan. 12-Feb. 8, 1977, as a result of freezeup, Aug. 20, 25, 1986, and Sept. 8, 9, 11, 1999.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for October 1 to July 6, which are fair, and 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 0.97 51    68    14    6.3 35    60    3.0 1.9 21      0.75 1.4  
2 3.9   46    48    45    8.0 26    134    2.6 2.1 18      0.61 1.2  
3 0.61 20    40    41    16    21    64    2.4 2.2 18      1.3   0.94
4 0.37 52    37    36    21    19    41    2.5 6.6 47      1.2   0.92
5 0.71 26    36    28    30    20    32    6.0 3.4 16      0.51 0.99
 
6 0.64 14    51    25    48    19    27    4.5 2.6 5.1   0.45 1.6  
7 0.39 9.3 160    20    102    36    21    1.9 1.6 8.1   0.47 4.6  
8 37      6.5 82    16    91    31    16    1.4 1.2 7.5   0.72 3.9  
9 12      5.0 47    13    56    23    12    1.8 1.1 6.0   1.9   4.3  
10 3.8   4.4 37    13    41    22    10    4.1 1.2 5.9   3.5   4.4  
 
11 2.2   3.8 34    31    33    22    8.6 30    2.0 6.9   3.9   5.0  
12 1.5   3.5 26    167    28    20    49    13    2.2 8.3   58      5.6  
13 1.2   3.4 19    405    62    14    41    13    4.0 7.2   9.3   6.2  
14 1.0   3.1 14    140    151    12    24    6.5 2.9 8.2   3.6   9.3  
15 1.7   3.1 10    62    105    11    17    3.8 3.3 8.8   2.2   13     
 
16 1.3   3.5 9.1 47    77    9.8 12    2.7 4.2 9.0   1.5   20     
17 0.98 3.6 8.0 33    53    13    9.6 2.1 7.9 9.4   1.4   3.0  
18 0.93 11    7.1 23    36    12    8.1 1.9 9.2 9.3   47      1.4  
19 0.87 58    e5.8 19    28    18    7.1 111    11    9.8   19      16     
20 0.90 39    5.1 e16    45    17    6.3 82    12    27      154      7.1  
 
21 1.2   24    e3.8 e13    49    14    5.5 34    16    7.7   28      2.4  
22 1.4   18    e2.9 e11    40    12    32    20    17    2.3   9.6   25     
23 84      14    e2.4 e10    32    12    25    12    19    1.7   4.5   34     
24 22      25    2.2 e10    26    11    14    9.2 19    1.2   3.5   13     
25 10      40    2.0 11    22    23    9.7 6.2 18    17      4.2   12     
 
26 6.1   37    e2.0 11    21    18    7.5 5.6 19    26      4.8   13     
27 4.2   99    e2.1 7.3 20    14    6.2 5.4 31    14      12      4.3  
28 3.2   75    2.2 7.0 48    12    5.2 6.3 25    2.9   3.2   17     
29 3.9   49    2.4 6.2 ---    10    4.4 3.0 28    1.7   2.0   13     
30 11      53    3.8 5.9 ---    27    3.6 4.2 32    1.2   1.7   3.4  
 
31 3.9   ---    e10    6.3 ---    42    ---    3.3 ---    0.92 1.6   ---     

TOTAL 223.87 800.2 779.9 1292.7 1295.3 595.8 712.8 405.4 306.6 333.12 386.41 247.95
MEAN 7.22 26.7 25.2 41.7 46.3 19.2 23.8 13.1 10.2 10.7 12.5 8.27
MAX 84 99 160 405 151 42 134 111 32 47 154 34
MIN 0.37 3.1 2.0 5.9 6.3 9.8 3.6 1.4 1.1 0.92 0.45 0.92
CFSM 0.24 0.87 0.82 1.37 1.52 0.63 0.78 0.43 0.34 0.35 0.41 0.27
IN. 0.27 0.98 0.95 1.58 1.58 0.73 0.87 0.49 0.37 0.41 0.47 0.30
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1974 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 18.7 29.4 27.8 24.2 34.1 48.7 56.0 44.2 28.3 18.1 26.7 19.1
MAX 111 120 107 85.7 113 202 136 148 87.6 83.6 136 77.0
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1999 1997 1979 1983 1996 1996 1993 1987 2001
MIN 2.42 2.32 0.62 0.13 0.92 10.5 9.73 7.33 3.15 3.00 2.56 1.47
(WY) 1980 1977 1977 1977 2003 2000 1989 1977 1988 1979 1986 2004

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1974 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 10221.69   7380.05  
ANNUAL MEAN 27.9     20.2     31.2  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 52.1   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.25 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 489            Mar 5 405            Jan 13 1180      Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.21       Sep 29 0.37       Oct 4 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.30       Sep 24 0.75       Aug 2 0.00 Jan 12 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 505            Jan 13 1650      Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.24       Jan 13 14.03 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.17       Oct 1
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.916 0.663 1.02
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.47   9.00   13.91
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 68        47        71     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.8     10        13     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.97   1.4     1.6  

A - Jan. 12 - Feb. 8, 1977, result of freezeup; Aug. 20, 25, 1986 and Sept. 8, 9, 11, 1999.


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