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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551675       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR MONTGOMERY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'27", long 88°23'00" (NAD of 1983), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.38 N., R.7 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at bridge on Jericho Rd., 1.0 mi west of Montgomery, and at mile 13.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.0 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: June 1998 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1998 to current year.

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 654.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (653.77 ft NAVD 1988).
 

REMARKS.-- 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, 1,040 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 8.61 ft; minimum, 0.16 ft3/s, Sept. 6,7, 2003.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.62 in, October 13, 2001.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum measured, 1,170 ft3/s, Feb. 22, 1997, gage height unknown.
 

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 4.9 23  45  21  e18  64  42  15    7.3 2.5 4.2   0.96
2 7.0 42  42  27  e18  57  45  14    7.0 2.6 2.8   0.75
3 6.8 34  37  31  e18  50  45  14    6.6 2.9 2.1   0.48
4 5.5 33  33  40  26  49  41  13    7.1 3.2 1.6   0.51
5 5.8 31  32  37  31  46  39  12    7.3 3.5 1.8   0.48
 
6 5.6 28  38  e30  45  44  36  12    6.2 3.3 1.4   0.39
7 6.6 29  67  e27  74  48  36  14    5.0 2.9 1.2   0.49
8 11    21  95  28  92  48  33  12    4.5 2.6 1.7   0.41
9 13    19  74  25  75  46  30  11    4.0 2.5 1.4   e0.38
10 9.5 18  62  25  61  43  30  14    4.0 2.5 0.85 e0.45
 
11 8.6 17  49  26  55  42  29  16    3.8 2.7 1.6   e0.40
12 8.0 15  42  40  50  39  33  16    4.5 2.4 2.4   e0.27
13 7.6 14  37  213  55  37  48  15    4.4 2.3 2.9   e0.33
14 7.2 13  e30  220  159  35  38  15    3.5 2.2 2.3   e0.40
15 8.2 13  e25  151  176  34  28  13    3.3 2.0 1.9   e0.45
 
16 8.1 14  e25  107  141  35  24  12    2.8 2.3 1.6   e0.33
17 7.9 14  e21  e72  105  35  24  11    2.3 2.1 1.4   e0.45
18 8.3 16  e19  e60  82  33  22  11    2.1 2.2 1.4   e0.52
19 8.4 20  e18  e45  66  33  20  24    2.4 1.9 1.9   e0.40
20 8.9 21  e18  e36  62  34  20  48    2.2 2.4 4.3   e0.27
 
21 8.8 20  e18  e33  67  33  16  36    2.0 3.5 5.8   e0.26
22 9.6 19  e17  e32  62  32  20  26    2.1 3.8 2.6   e0.36
23 28    21  e16  e31  58  33  23  21    2.2 2.4 1.3   e0.42
24 25    19  e16  e28  57  30  22  17    2.4 2.3 1.7   e0.42
25 20    19  e16  e27  52  39  21  13    3.1 2.9 1.4   e0.38
 
26 18    20  e16  e25  47  43  19  11    e3.2 3.6 1.2   e0.33
27 17    36  e16  e24  45  41  17  9.9 e3.0 5.0 1.1   e0.37
28 14    71  e16  e22  60  39  16  9.1 e2.8 3.8 1.2   e0.39
29 15    57  e16  e21  ---  37  15  9.4 e2.5 2.7 0.96 e0.36
30 16    47  e17  e20  ---  37  14  8.8 2.9 2.8 0.90 e0.35
 
31 17    ---  e18  e18  ---  46  ---  7.8 ---    3.8 0.99 ---     

TOTAL 345.3 764 991 1542 1857 1262 846 481.0 116.5 87.6 59.90 12.76
MEAN 11.1 25.5 32.0 49.7 66.3 40.7 28.2 15.5 3.88 2.83 1.93 0.43
MAX 28 71 95 220 176 64 48 48 7.3 5.0 5.8 0.96
MIN 4.9 13 16 18 18 30 14 7.8 2.0 1.9 0.85 0.26
CFSM 0.20 0.46 0.58 0.90 1.21 0.74 0.51 0.28 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.01
IN. 0.23 0.52 0.67 1.04 1.26 0.85 0.57 0.33 0.08 0.06 0.04 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 34.6 31.6 28.0 33.5 54.1 49.7 60.9 60.7 63.2 32.1 19.1 11.6
MAX 86.5 53.2 41.6 106 137 72.5 156 107 146 90.8 35.4 26.8
(WY) 2002 2001 2004 1999 2001 2001 1999 2002 2004 1998 2000 2001
MIN 11.1 9.69 6.87 7.99 10.2 18.8 28.2 15.5 3.88 2.83 1.93 0.43
(WY) 2005 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 13726.1     8365.06      
ANNUAL MEAN 37.5     22.9         38.9        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 64.6         1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 22.9         2005
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 768            Jun 13 220                Jan 14 768            Jun 13 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 4.6         Sep 30 0.26   A     Sep 21 0.26   A Sep 21 2005
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 5.4         Sep 25 0.35           Sep 20 0.35       Sep 20 2005
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 255                Jan 13 1040            Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 5.85           Jan 13 8.61       Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.28   B     Sep 6 0.16       C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.682 0.417     0.707    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.29   5.66       9.61      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 69        49            79           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 20        16            23           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.0     1.2         6.4        

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of missing record, Sept. 9-30, 2005.

B - May have been less during period of missing record, Sept. 9-30.

C - Sept. 6, 7, 2003.


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