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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551330       MILL CREEK NR BATAVIA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°50'45", long 88°20'57" (NAD of 1983), in NW1/4NW1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.39 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left bank at bridge on Deer Path road, 1 mi. west of Batavia, and at mile 2.9.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.6 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1998 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 685.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (684.77 ft NAVD 1988).
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi upstream. Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,080 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 7.52 ft; no flow, Sept. 11, 12, 13, 14, 2005.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.84 in, August 13, 2002.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi. upstream averaged 0.51 ft3/s during the year. The maximum average was 0.58 ft3/s in February and the minimum was 0.47 ft3/s in August.
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 0.86 25    19    3.6 e7.7 31  17    3.7 3.0   0.71 0.19 0.16
2 0.92 35    16    9.9 7.0 27  23    3.0 3.0   0.66 1.2   0.09
3 0.65 24    14    14    7.6 26  21    2.6 3.3   0.51 1.6   0.08
4 0.87 18    13    17    7.8 21  18    2.1 4.1   0.67 0.77 0.09
5 0.89 16    12    15    14    20  16    1.9 5.8   0.86 0.19 0.08
 
6 0.97 13    14    14    23    19  15    1.8 3.7   0.79 0.13 0.07
7 0.61 11    36    13    54    21  15    2.0 2.9   0.76 0.11 0.05
8 4.9   8.3 45    11    58    21  13    2.0 2.8   0.68 0.11 0.07
9 5.9   6.9 31    9.2 45    18  11    2.2 2.8   0.54 0.12 0.06
10 4.8   6.0 20    8.5 34    17  9.1 4.2 2.6   0.34 0.13 0.05
 
11 3.3   5.2 15    9.9 28    17  7.4 5.1 2.5   0.28 0.21 0.02
12 2.2   4.3 12    31    25    16  15    7.1 2.6   0.29 0.35 0.01
13 2.6   3.8 9.5 155    33    18  25    6.3 2.5   0.44 0.17 0.02
14 3.9   3.7 8.1 115    89    14  20    5.7 2.1   0.53 0.17 0.07
15 4.1   3.0 6.9 71    86    13  16    4.1 2.0   0.53 0.17 0.09
 
16 1.9   2.9 6.4 44    68    13  13    3.3 1.8   0.50 0.16 0.17
17 1.6   2.8 5.6 31    49    13  10    2.3 1.5   0.45 0.15 0.09
18 1.4   2.9 e5.2 25    41    13  10    2.1 1.4   0.43 0.35 0.06
19 1.5   7.9 e4.7 23    31    13  7.4 22    1.3   0.40 0.22 0.21
20 1.6   8.8 e4.0 19    31    13  6.2 30    1.1   0.80 2.0   0.10
 
21 1.4   8.0 e3.5 17    35    12  5.2 20    0.97 0.38 3.5   0.07
22 1.4   7.1 3.1 e15    33    12  12    14    0.83 0.27 3.6   0.14
23 20      7.4 2.9 e14    28    12  18    9.8 0.79 0.27 2.4   0.13
24 23      6.4 e2.8 e13    26    11  15    7.6 0.77 0.42 2.7   0.17
25 19      8.7 e2.8 e12    23    16  12    6.2 0.52 0.58 2.2   0.15
 
26 15      9.2 e2.7 e11    21    18  9.5 5.1 0.53 0.76 1.8   0.20
27 13      24    e2.8 e10    19    17  7.2 4.1 0.48 0.83 0.75 0.21
28 13      40    e2.8 e9.7 31    15  5.3 3.9 0.43 0.41 0.51 0.31
29 17      30    e2.9 e9.2 ---    15  4.8 3.6 0.96 0.29 0.35 0.42
30 21      20    e3.1 e8.6 ---    15  3.9 3.4 0.77 0.23 0.26 0.39
 
31 19      ---    4.5 e8.1 ---    17  ---    3.1 ---      0.20 0.21 ---     

TOTAL 208.27 369.3 331.3 766.7 955.1 524 381.0 194.3 59.85 15.81 26.78 3.83
MEAN 6.72 12.3 10.7 24.7 34.1 16.9 12.7 6.27 2.00 0.51 0.86 0.13
MAX 23 40 45 155 89 31 25 30 5.8 0.86 3.6 0.42
MIN 0.61 2.8 2.7 3.6 7.0 11 3.9 1.8 0.43 0.20 0.11 0.01
CFSM 0.24 0.45 0.39 0.90 1.24 0.61 0.46 0.23 0.07 0.02 0.03 0.00
IN. 0.28 0.50 0.45 1.03 1.29 0.71 0.51 0.26 0.08 0.02 0.04 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 17.3 14.3 12.8 15.6 26.5 22.5 30.0 29.7 27.6 14.2 8.61 7.05
MAX 43.8 26.5 20.0 49.1 68.4 36.4 89.5 64.2 51.9 45.8 28.5 18.7
(WY) 1999 2001 2004 1999 2001 2004 1999 2003 2004 1998 2002 2001
MIN 0.72 4.49 5.68 2.79 2.41 9.31 12.5 6.27 1.99 0.51 0.86 0.13
(WY) 2004 2000 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 5853.57   3836.24  
ANNUAL MEAN 16.0     10.5     18.4    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.4     1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 10.5     2005
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 265            Jun 12 155            Jan 13 754        Apr 23 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.36       Sep 27,29 0.01       Sep 12 0.01   Sep 12 2005
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.55       Sep 24 0.04       Sep 7 0.04   Sep 7 2005
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 181            Jan 13 1080        Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 5.27       Jan 13 7.52   Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00       A 0.00   A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.579 0.381 0.667
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.88   5.17   9.06  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 35        25        39       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.8     4.8     8.9    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.1     0.20   1.2    

A - Sept. 11, 12, 13, 14, 2005.


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