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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05531044       SALT CREEK NEAR ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°01'01", long 88°00'03" (NAD of 1983), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.29, T.41 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of concrete dam in Busse Woods Forest Preserve, 0.1 mi northwest of Elk Grove Village and at mile 31.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 51.9 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
 

DISCHARGE: October 2004 to current year.
 

STAGE: June 1992 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, Water years 2003-2004.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 674.75 ft above NGVD of 1929 (674.47 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge 799 ft3/s, January 13, 2005, gage height, 13.12 ft; maximum gage height, 14.78 ft, Feb. 21, 1997; minimum recorded gage height, 10.72 ft, Aug. 3, 1998; no flow many days.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height of approximately 16.0 ft was reached during the flood on Aug. 14, 1987, from information furnished by Illinois Department of Transportation.
 

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 0.00 46    120    18  16  73  74  13    4.6   0.00 2.3   1.1  
2 0.00 124    103    53  15  55  204  11    3.5   0.00 1.6   0.15
3 0.00 87    77    76  19  40  180  9.7 3.1   0.00 1.0   0.00
4 0.00 103    58    85  24  35  119  8.0 4.7   1.1   0.42 0.00
5 0.00 97    46    74  32  33  86  7.5 8.0   8.9   0.00 0.00
 
6 0.00 64    59    63  66  31  68  8.7 7.0   7.9   0.00 0.00
7 0.00 41    161    47  144  36  51  8.7 5.1   5.4   0.00 1.8  
8 16      29    250    36  200  40  37  7.4 4.3   3.5   0.00 7.8  
9 36      22    156    30  145  36  31  6.9 3.1   3.0   0.00 0.00
10 27      19    104    26  104  33  26  8.4 2.1   2.1   0.00 0.00
 
11 19      17    83    32  76  34  22  23    0.75 0.73 0.48 0.00
12 14      14    65    106  58  34  48  33    0.06 0.06 43      0.00
13 11      12    47    672  67  30  111  32    1.9   0.01 44      0.00
14 9.0   11    31    496  208  26  83  29    2.0   0.00 27      0.00
15 9.8   8.9 26    230  233  24  55  23    1.8   0.00 17      0.00
 
16 10      9.3 23    122  184  23  38  16    0.88 0.00 11      2.7  
17 8.1   9.7 21    75  126  23  31  13    0.15 0.00 7.9   3.4  
18 6.6   11    19    49  83  24  26  10    0.00 0.00 22      2.9  
19 6.5   50    16    38  57  28  22  83    0.00 0.00 47      5.6  
20 6.4   73    14    34  61  29  20  177    0.00 1.1   203      7.9  
 
21 5.7   53    12    e32  91  28  14  105    0.00 5.9   157      5.8  
22 5.5   37    9.7 e29  84  27  30  58    0.00 5.2   67      11     
23 78      31    8.0 e26  63  26  58  34    0.00 3.6   32      46     
24 98      31    5.9 e24  50  25  48  24    0.00 2.6   20      34     
25 56      49    5.6 e21  40  33  34  17    0.00 2.8   12      29     
 
26 35      54    5.5 e20  35  37  29  13    0.00 22      9.6   29     
27 27      108    4.8 e18  31  36  24  9.7 0.00 30      9.0   22     
28 20      172    4.9 e17  60  32  19  10    0.00 16      7.0   21     
29 23      119    5.4 16  ---  27  17  8.3 0.00 9.7   5.2   30     
30 29      95    6.2 16  ---  28  15  7.0 0.00 6.2   3.8   21     
 
31 25      ---    16    16  ---  71  ---  6.1 ---      3.7   2.7   ---     

TOTAL 581.60 1596.9 1563.0 2597 2372 1057 1620 820.4 53.04 141.50 753.00 282.15
MEAN 18.8 53.2 50.4 83.8 84.7 34.1 54.0 26.5 1.77 4.56 24.3 9.40
MAX 98 172 250 672 233 73 204 177 8.0 30 203 46
MIN 0.00 8.9 4.8 16 15 23 14 6.1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.36 1.03 0.97 1.61 1.63 0.66 1.04 0.51 0.03 0.09 0.47 0.18
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2005 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 18.8 53.2 50.4 83.8 84.7 34.1 54.0 26.5 1.77 4.56 24.3 9.41
MAX 18.8 53.2 50.4 83.8 84.7 34.1 54.0 26.5 1.77 4.56 24.3 9.41
(WY) 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005
MIN 18.8 53.2 50.4 83.8 84.7 34.1 54.0 26.5 1.77 4.56 24.3 9.41
(WY) 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2005 WATER YEAR
ANNUAL TOTAL 13437.59  
ANNUAL MEAN 36.8    
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 672            Jan 13
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00       Oct 1
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 779            Jan 13
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.12       Jan 13
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.709
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 89       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.00  

A - Many days.


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