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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536500       TINLEY CREEK NEAR PALOS PARK, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°38'48", long 87°45'59" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.32, T.37 N., R.13 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 135th Street, 1.5 mi west of State Highway 50, 3 mi southeast of Palos Park, and at mile 1.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: July 1951 to current year. Prior to October 1952, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin (WSP 1237).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Water year 2000.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

FISH: Water year 2001.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000-01.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-81-2: 1955(M), 1957(M), 1970(M), 1978(M).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 607.40 ft above NGVD of 1929 (607.10 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,010 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, from rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement of flow through culvert, gage height, 10.25 ft; maximum gage height, 10.30 ft, discharge, 1,930 ft3/s, Oct. 10, 1954; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good 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 0.63 60    86    2.9 1.7 15    10    2.2 1.2   0.41 0.49 0.00
2 6.4   90    25    84    1.7 9.5 15    2.0 1.0   0.35 0.38 0.00
3 4.3   16    14    111    1.7 6.8 11    1.9 1.7   0.23 0.21 0.00
4 2.3   141    10    70    2.3 4.7 7.5 1.6 4.3   0.17 0.12 0.00
5 1.5   55    7.2 26    7.9 5.7 5.8 1.5 10      0.14 0.07 0.00
 
6 1.0   13    11    18    13    5.7 5.3 1.4 3.8   0.22 0.02 0.00
7 0.78 6.8 185    e12    26    6.6 4.8 1.6 2.0   0.18 0.02 0.00
8 1.5   4.5 71    9.0 25    5.5 4.0 1.4 1.4   0.11 0.04 0.00
9 7.5   3.3 23    7.2 15    4.2 3.4 1.3 1.2   0.08 0.00 0.00
10 3.7   2.9 14    7.0 10    3.7 3.1 1.8 0.94 0.06 0.00 0.00
 
11 2.6   2.3 11    16    7.8 5.0 2.7 6.9 0.76 0.05 2.7   0.00
12 2.0   2.0 8.1 213    6.5 5.8 19    8.9 0.68 0.05 7.3   0.00
13 1.6   1.8 5.7 438    15    5.8 29    7.2 0.53 0.12 5.3   0.00
14 1.4   1.6 4.0 82    147    4.5 12    8.5 0.96 0.21 5.8   0.00
15 3.3   1.5 3.4 35    60    4.2 6.8 4.4 1.4   0.14 2.6   0.52
 
16 5.0   1.4 3.0 21    52    3.8 4.9 2.8 0.94 0.10 1.5   18     
17 3.0   1.4 3.4 13    21    3.7 4.1 2.1 0.66 0.06 0.97 6.6  
18 2.3   1.5 3.2 8.9 15    3.5 3.4 1.7 0.51 0.04 0.74 2.4  
19 2.0   11    2.4 7.8 10    5.3 2.9 25    0.46 0.01 4.9   4.4  
20 1.6   11    2.2 6.6 11    5.4 2.5 17    0.36 0.00 11      5.6  
 
21 1.7   6.0 2.0 5.4 19    4.1 2.2 6.8 0.26 0.06 6.2   2.2  
22 1.7   3.9 1.7 e3.8 13    3.9 15    4.2 0.24 0.25 2.5   1.1  
23 31      3.0 1.5 e3.5 9.3 5.7 15    3.1 0.24 0.15 1.4   0.66
24 21      2.9 e1.4 e3.2 7.4 5.5 7.2 2.4 0.34 0.45 0.94 0.41
25 5.9   16    e1.3 e3.0 6.3 18    4.9 2.1 0.53 0.48 0.88 0.45
 
26 3.3   14    e1.2 e2.9 5.5 24    3.8 2.0 0.23 3.1   0.63 2.5  
27 2.8   95    e1.1 e2.8 4.8 14    3.2 1.9 0.26 27      0.40 1.8  
28 3.3   78    e1.1 2.7 15    9.8 2.7 2.2 0.47 6.8   0.48 1.7  
29 2.8   19    e1.2 2.2 ---    7.4 2.4 2.0 0.22 2.5   0.14 12     
30 7.3   17    e1.3 1.9 ---    6.6 2.3 1.6 0.19 1.3   0.04 3.8  
 
31 6.0   ---    e1.6 1.8 ---    19    ---    1.3 ---      0.72 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 141.21 682.8 508.0 1221.6 529.9 232.4 215.9 130.8 37.78 45.54 57.77 64.14
MEAN 4.56 22.8 16.4 39.4 18.9 7.50 7.20 4.22 1.26 1.47 1.86 2.14
MAX 31 141 185 438 147 24 29 25 10 27 11 18
MIN 0.63 1.4 1.1 1.8 1.7 3.5 2.2 1.3 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.41 2.03 1.46 3.52 1.69 0.67 0.64 0.38 0.11 0.13 0.17 0.19
IN. 0.47 2.27 1.69 4.06 1.76 0.77 0.72 0.43 0.13 0.15 0.19 0.21
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.48 10.0 9.83 11.0 13.5 20.7 21.1 15.6 11.7 6.76 5.22 5.35
MAX 87.0 47.1 57.7 43.1 69.8 90.2 50.7 43.7 56.9 58.5 28.3 38.2
(WY) 1955 2004 1983 1999 1997 1979 1970 2002 2000 1996 1987 1993
MIN 0.00 0.17 0.15 0.06 0.19 2.24 1.52 1.79 0.67 0.15 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1953 1954 1964 1977 1963 1981 1963 1963 1965 1956 1964 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 5533.57 3867.84  
ANNUAL MEAN 15.1   10.6     11.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 22.7       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.27     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 386          Jun 12 438            Jan 13 891          Oct 10 1954
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.60     Sep 27 0.00       A 0.00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.68     Sep 25 0.00       Aug 31 0.00     B
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 712            Jan 13 2010  C,D Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.99       Jan 13 10.30 E Oct 10 1954
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.35 0.946 1.02    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 18.38 12.85   13.84    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 30      18        25         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.3   2.9     2.7      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.2   0.14   0.20    

A - Several days.

B - At times in most years.

C - From rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement of flow through culvert.

D - Gage height, 10.25 ft.

E - Discharge, 1,930 ft3/s.


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