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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540091       SPRING BROOK AT FOREST PRESERVE NEAR WARRENVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°50'07", long 88°10'58" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.26, T.39 N., R.9 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank on upstream side of footbridge in Roy C. Blackwell Forest Preserve, 0.7 mi upstream from the confluence with the West Branch Du Page River and 1 mi northwest of Warrenville.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 6.83 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1991 to current year.
 

STAGE: December 1993 to February 1994, April 1994 to current year.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 690.15 ft above NGVD of 1929 (689.89 ft NAVD 1988).
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 3 mi upstream.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 393 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 12.60 ft; no flow, Nov. 25, 1999.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good.
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 8.3 26    25    8.9 11  21  17  11    6.6 5.3 5.8 2.9
2 15    22    17    23    10  19  33  11    6.4 6.0 5.6 3.7
3 9.7 13    15    23    11  18  22  10    6.4 4.7 5.5 3.0
4 8.5 24    14    22    13  17  19  7.6 14    4.6 5.2 2.5
5 7.6 15    13    19    17  17  18  6.7 15    6.5 4.7 2.8
 
6 6.9 12    19    17    21  16  17  8.5 9.8 6.1 4.8 4.0
7 6.3 9.7 46    15    36  17  17  8.8 6.0 6.6 4.4 3.9
8 22    9.2 28    14    30  15  16  8.7 7.6 5.1 5.7 4.7
9 13    8.2 24    13    26  14  15  10    7.5 4.6 5.7 3.5
10 8.3 6.4 20    14    22  14  14  11    6.5 4.2 6.7 3.4
 
11 7.6 7.3 16    17    19  16  14  14    6.1 4.5 8.6 4.1
12 8.7 8.2 15    60    20  15  37  14    4.8 5.3 15    4.2
13 8.5 7.3 14    139    28  13  29  11    6.0 4.5 11    4.0
14 8.7 7.1 13    56    59  13  21  8.3 9.1 4.1 6.3 5.1
15 9.2 7.9 12    38    38  13  18  9.0 8.5 5.1 7.8 5.7
 
16 9.5 7.7 12    28    33  12  19  8.1 7.1 4.5 6.5 11   
17 9.1 7.2 11    22    28  12  17  8.0 5.9 4.3 6.0 5.0
18 9.1 7.7 11    20    25  12  16  7.0 5.1 5.1 7.9 4.4
19 8.2 20    11    19    24  14  15  36    5.4 5.1 11    6.3
20 7.9 13    10    18    27  13  14  20    6.0 7.3 32    7.0
 
21 7.6 9.5 10    17    26  12  13  16    5.5 9.7 9.0 4.9
22 7.5 8.7 9.6 16    22  12  22  12    5.4 6.7 6.3 5.5
23 22    8.6 9.2 14    21  11  19  12    5.3 7.0 5.9 5.4
24 13    11    9.3 14    19  11  15  11    5.2 5.5 4.6 4.2
25 9.6 17    8.6 13    18  19  14  9.9 5.4 8.3 4.4 5.9
 
26 8.1 14    8.0 14    17  17  13  7.5 4.2 30    5.6 6.0
27 7.7 33    8.3 12    18  14  12  7.4 5.5 23    4.5 4.4
28 7.7 24    8.3 12    27  14  11  7.3 6.2 9.5 2.7 6.4
29 9.4 18    7.9 11    ---  13  12  7.2 5.9 7.2 3.8 11   
30 11    18    8.0 11    ---  15  11  7.5 5.6 6.1 5.1 5.9
 
31 9.5 ---    9.6 12    ---  20  ---  6.4 ---    5.6 4.4 ---   

TOTAL 305.2 400.7 442.8 731.9 666 459 530 332.9 204.0 222.1 222.5 150.8
MEAN 9.85 13.4 14.3 23.6 23.8 14.8 17.7 10.7 6.80 7.16 7.18 5.03
MAX 22 33 46 139 59 21 37 36 15 30 32 11
MIN 6.3 6.4 7.9 8.9 10 11 11 6.4 4.2 4.1 2.7 2.5
CFSM 1.44 1.96 2.09 3.46 3.48 2.17 2.59 1.57 1.00 1.05 1.05 0.74
IN. 1.66 2.18 2.41 3.99 3.63 2.50 2.89 1.81 1.11 1.21 1.21 0.82


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1992 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 13.0 13.8 12.3 15.3 16.4 18.2 21.7 18.5 17.3 11.6 11.3 10.2
MAX 38.2 20.9 17.9 29.5 35.4 28.5 34.4 30.0 30.2 29.6 17.4 19.3
(WY) 2002 1995 1993 1993 1997 1998 1993 2003 1993 1996 1997 2001
MIN 7.08 6.49 7.72 8.06 7.37 10.1 8.35 6.98 6.80 7.16 7.18 5.03
(WY) 2004 1994 1994 2003 1996 2000 1994 1994 2005 2005 2005 2005

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1992 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 5268.4   4667.9  
ANNUAL MEAN 14.4   12.8   14.9  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 18.8   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 11.3   1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 101          Jun 12 139          Jan 13 309      Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 5.1       Sep 29 2.5       Sep 4 2.5   Sep 4 2005
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 6.4       Sep 24 3.3       Sep 1 3.3   Sep 1 2005
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 190          Jan 13 393      Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.26     Jan 13 12.60 Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.8       Aug 28,Sep 4,5 0.00 Nov 25 1999
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 2.11 1.87 2.19
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 28.69 25.42 29.73
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 24      22      27     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.8   10      11     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.8   4.9   6.4  



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