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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05550500       POPLAR CREEK AT ELGIN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°01'34", long 88°15'20" (NAD of 1983), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.19, T.41 N., R.9 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank 35 ft upstream from bridge on Villa Street in Elgin, and at mile 2.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 35.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1951 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91.
 

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.-- WSP 1338: 1952-53. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 716.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (715.74 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,180 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1997, gage height, 6.78 ft; no flow, July 10, 1957, Sept. 14, 1958, July 18, 1989, Oct. 6, 1997.
 

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 4.5 21    26    5.9 e11  41  27  9.6 3.9 2.4   0.77 0.70
2 5.8 47    25    15    e11  37  103  8.6 3.7 1.9   0.75 0.54
3 5.0 26    21    19    e11  30  118  7.7 3.3 1.9   0.68 0.51
4 4.7 29    15    21    13  26  80  7.0 4.8 5.4   0.76 0.53
5 4.0 25    12    17    19  24  53  6.4 5.6 6.0   0.89 0.70
 
6 3.6 15    15    e15    41  24  40  5.7 4.3 2.9   0.72 0.52
7 3.1 9.2 69    e12    121  31  33  5.7 3.7 2.5   0.77 0.57
8 13    6.3 92    e11    142  31  26  5.2 3.3 1.9   0.67 0.72
9 9.6 5.1 62    10    113  27  21  5.8 3.1 1.7   0.95 0.56
10 7.5 5.2 39    8.7 79  23  18  7.0 2.8 1.4   1.9   0.85
 
11 6.4 5.0 27    10    55  23  17  15    2.6 1.1   2.3   0.67
12 5.1 3.8 20    57    43  22  46  19    2.5 1.1   18      0.59
13 4.2 3.1 15    311    55  19  106  15    2.8 1.0   6.6   0.52
14 4.0 2.6 9.7 356    163  17  64  13    2.9 0.97 4.2   0.70
15 4.2 2.3 7.8 264    164  16  42  10    2.6 1.0   3.0   0.89
 
16 4.7 2.2 7.0 202    141  16  30  8.4 2.8 1.1   2.5   2.1  
17 4.8 2.1 6.2 e100    101  15  26  7.3 2.7 0.96 1.9   1.5  
18 4.2 2.3 e5.4 e50    72  15  20  5.4 2.5 0.72 5.1   1.2  
19 4.0 7.4 e4.7 e34    44  16  17  31    2.2 0.75 6.9   1.1  
20 4.1 11    e4.1 27    42  16  15  41    2.0 1.7   48      1.6  
 
21 4.4 9.4 e3.1 23    54  16  14  27    1.9 2.7   34      0.94
22 4.4 6.7 e2.9 18    52  16  23  17    1.6 1.8   13      1.8  
23 26    5.1 e2.6 e17    43  15  32  13    1.6 1.4   4.8   3.7  
24 27    4.7 e2.2 e15    37  14  27  9.0 1.6 1.7   2.7   1.6  
25 15    6.9 e2.1 e14    31  19  19  7.1 1.7 1.4   1.8   2.5  
 
26 10    8.2 e2.0 e13    28  21  16  6.3 6.1 4.6   1.3   3.3  
27 6.7 36    e2.0 e12    24  21  14  5.6 18    6.1   1.2   2.2  
28 5.0 60    e1.9 e12    37  20  13  6.2 5.4 2.3   1.1   2.1  
29 4.8 40    2.0 e12    ---  18  12  6.5 3.9 1.7   0.95 3.5  
30 8.8 26    2.3 e11    ---  16  11  5.6 3.1 1.3   0.81 2.0  
 
31 5.6 ---    5.2 e11    ---  20  ---  4.8 ---    1.0   0.84 ---     

TOTAL 224.2 433.6 511.2 1703.6 1747 665 1083 341.9 109.0 64.40 169.86 40.71
MEAN 7.23 14.5 16.5 55.0 62.4 21.5 36.1 11.0 3.63 2.08 5.48 1.36
MAX 27 60 92 356 164 41 118 41 18 6.1 48 3.7
MIN 3.1 2.1 1.9 5.9 11 14 11 4.8 1.6 0.72 0.67 0.51
CFSM 0.21 0.41 0.47 1.56 1.77 0.61 1.03 0.31 0.10 0.06 0.16 0.04
IN. 0.24 0.46 0.54 1.80 1.85 0.70 1.14 0.36 0.12 0.07 0.18 0.04
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 15.1 21.5 22.6 21.8 30.3 47.7 52.1 37.5 27.9 14.7 16.1 13.8
MAX 115 133 113 85.1 129 235 146 130 102 92.4 103 94.6
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1993 1997 1979 1983 1974 1996 1993 1990 1972
MIN 0.50 0.25 0.60 0.91 0.69 4.76 9.51 3.50 0.97 1.27 0.87 0.25
(WY) 1957 1954 1957 1959 2003 1956 1986 1989 1963 1988 1956 1956

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 9498.1     7093.47  
ANNUAL MEAN 26.0     19.4     26.7    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 52.6     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 4.69   1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 314            May 31 356            Jan 14 861        Feb 22 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.6         Sep 10 0.51       Sep 3 0.10   Sep 16 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.8         Sep 7 0.58       Sep 1 0.10   Sep 9 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 407            Jan 14 1180        Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 3.68       Jan 14 6.78   Feb 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.27       Sep 13 0.00   A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.737 0.552 0.759
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.04   7.50   10.31  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 62        42        65       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.4     6.9     11       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.2     1.1     1.3    

A - July 10, 1957; Sept. 14, 1958; July 18, 1989; Oct. 6, 1997.


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