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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551700       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR YORKVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°40'18", long 88°26'29" (NAD of 1983), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.21, T.37 N., R.7 E., Kendall County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank 300 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 47, 2.0 mi north of Yorkville, and at mile 3.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 70.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1960 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Water year 1990.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 612.34 ft above NGVD of 1929 (612.10 ft NAVD 1988).
 

REMARKS.-- Diversion about 7 miles upstream near Jericho Rd. that crosses the watershed divide during overbank flow.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE -WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,510 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 3,900 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 13.16 ft, backwater from debris jam; minimum, 0.10 ft3/s, Dec. 7, 1962, result of freeze up.
 

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 7.3 18  50  21  e26  92  57  28  13    3.6 2.7   0.82
2 8.3 36  44  27  e26  83  58  28  13    3.1 3.3   0.66
3 8.4 35  40  36  28  73  60  29  13    3.1 2.8   0.50
4 7.9 35  35  43  28  67  55  27  14    3.7 2.1   0.62
5 7.3 32  33  44  33  64  51  27  15    3.8 1.9   0.83
 
6 6.5 28  35  39  46  59  48  26  13    3.4 1.6   0.65
7 8.3 25  72  35  77  61  46  26  12    3.4 1.5   0.44
8 14    25  122  e32  120  64  44  26  11    2.8 1.3   0.61
9 22    18  97  28  103  62  40  24  11    2.7 1.3   0.55
10 18    16  74  26  82  57  39  25  11    2.2 1.0   0.43
 
11 15    15  58  27  68  55  37  28  10    2.2 1.6   0.67
12 12    15  43  48  61  52  43  31  10    2.4 1.5   0.47
13 13    13  36  238  62  49  59  30  12    2.2 1.7   0.32
14 12    12  29  363  163  46  60  29  11    2.1 2.2   0.50
15 15    12  e23  249  257  44  50  26  9.9 1.7 2.1   0.51
 
16 14    12  e23  150  208  45  45  23  8.7 1.5 2.2   0.66
17 15    13  e22  113  154  46  44  22  7.3 1.6 1.9   0.49
18 14    13  e20  98  115  45  42  20  6.1 1.5 2.1   0.96
19 13    19  18  86  88  45  38  33  5.9 1.4 1.7   1.1  
20 11    21  e18  67  79  45  38  67  6.0 1.5 1.8   0.82
 
21 12    19  e17  55  84  44  34  61  5.4 1.6 4.7   0.55
22 11    17  e17  51  e78  43  36  45  5.0 2.3 3.7   0.53
23 26    17  e17  e46  e70  43  43  35  4.7 2.7 2.0   0.78
24 38    19  e16  e42  e62  42  40  30  4.3 2.1 1.2   1.1  
25 26    19  e16  e38  59  49  38  24  3.7 3.2 1.3   1.1  
 
26 19    18  e16  e34  55  59  37  20  3.9 7.3 1.3   1.0  
27 17    28  e16  e31  50  56  34  17  3.3 9.1 1.0   0.87
28 14    77  e16  e29  73  52  30  15  3.3 5.8 0.93 1.0  
29 12    68  e16  e28  ---  50  30  15  2.9 4.1 0.73 0.94
30 13    53  e16  e27  ---  49  28  15  4.3 3.2 0.86 0.93
 
31 16    ---  e18  e26  ---  60  ---  14  ---    2.6 0.77 ---     

TOTAL 446.0 748 1073 2177 2355 1701 1304 866 253.7 93.9 56.79 21.41
MEAN 14.4 24.9 34.6 70.2 84.1 54.9 43.5 27.9 8.46 3.03 1.83 0.71
MAX 38 77 122 363 257 92 60 67 15 9.1 4.7 1.1
MIN 6.5 12 16 21 26 42 28 14 2.9 1.4 0.73 0.32
CFSM 0.20 0.36 0.49 1.00 1.20 0.78 0.62 0.40 0.12 0.04 0.03 0.01
IN. 0.24 0.40 0.57 1.15 1.25 0.90 0.69 0.46 0.13 0.05 0.03 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 30.3 41.4 45.5 43.4 61.5 83.9 86.0 76.4 66.7 44.8 27.7 29.9
MAX 126 175 217 146 202 360 249 221 248 381 172 131
(WY) 1973 1986 1983 1993 1997 1979 1979 1974 2004 1996 1987 1987
MIN 5.42 7.44 4.16 4.25 5.46 18.1 27.2 16.7 8.46 3.03 1.83 0.71
(WY) 1964 1964 1964 1977 1963 2003 1963 1989 2005 2005 2005 2005

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 19093.6     11095.80  
ANNUAL MEAN 52.2     30.4     53.0        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 97.8         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 16.7         1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1030            Jun 13 363            Jan 14 3460            Jul 19 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 6.5         Oct 6 0.32       Sep 13 0.32       Sep 13 2005
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 7.7         Sep 30 0.49       Sep 9 0.49       Sep 9 2005
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 403            Jan 14 5510        A Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 5.96       Jan 14 13.16   B Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.12       Sep 13 0.10   C Dec 7 1962
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.743 0.433 0.755    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.12   5.88   10.26      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 98        64        109           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 23        19        30           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 12        1.2     9.7        

A - From rating curve extended above 3,900 ft3/s.

B - Backwater from debris jam.

C - Result of freezeup.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data