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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05556500       BIG BUREAU CREEK AT PRINCETON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°21'57", long 89°29'54" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.18, T.16 N., R.9 E., Bureau County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on right bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highways 6 and 34, 0.6 mi downstream from Epperson Run, 1.5 mi west of Princeton, and at mile 20.5.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 196 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: March 1936 to current year. Prior to October 1974, published as Bureau Creek at Princeton.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Water year 1997.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1940-41, 1948. WSP 1308: 1942(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 555.39 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (555.13 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to July 18, 1940, nonrecording gage at bridge 425 ft upstream at datum 30.00 ft lower. July 18, 1940, to Sept. 18, 1944, water-stage recorder at site 500 ft upstream at present datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 12,500 ft3/s, May 17, 1974, gage height, 16.01 ft; no flow during January 1940 and for several days in October and November 1953.
 

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 5.0 34  116  55  95  199  190  90  53  13    2.5 1.8
2 6.8 32  109  66  93  176  183  87  51  11    2.1 1.8
3 4.2 30  104  72  95  167  176  86  50  10    2.0 1.6
4 4.2 37  99  87  116  162  167  83  50  11    2.0 1.6
5 4.1 33  96  90  140  156  161  82  52  11    2.0 1.7
 
6 4.0 30  115  64  150  147  153  81  51  11    1.9 1.8
7 4.0 27  175  e60  285  156  148  82  46  10    1.8 1.6
8 10    24  242  e56  381  161  135  82  63  9.3 2.0 1.8
9 4.8 21  226  e52  240  156  127  83  71  8.6 1.8 1.9
10 4.3 20  193  e54  181  156  126  82  55  8.0 1.9 1.8
 
11 4.7 18  160  66  150  157  124  82  48  7.4 4.5 1.8
12 4.2 17  139  107  143  145  148  79  49  8.2 4.1 1.8
13 4.5 16  124  984  168  126  170  82  44  8.0 2.3 2.4
14 5.0 15  99  757  652  122  159  81  41  6.9 2.0 19   
15 5.8 14  e94  448  708  113  152  81  40  6.6 2.3 2.7
 
16 4.4 15  e86  327  497  110  146  75  38  6.1 2.2 16   
17 4.7 15  e76  260  394  111  142  70  35  6.4 1.9 2.6
18 4.8 16  e60  229  309  110  140  68  32  5.6 2.0 2.0
19 5.1 20  e52  e190  270  110  135  75  30  5.0 1.9 2.8
20 4.8 20  e45  e170  248  106  131  79  28  5.5 4.5 2.2
 
21 4.6 25  e42  e150  228  100  123  92  26  5.6 2.1 2.0
22 18    24  e39  e140  198  100  134  82  25  5.4 2.0 4.8
23 54    24  e36  e132  177  110  124  79  28  5.1 1.8 4.1
24 13    25  e35  e129  171  110  113  76  23  4.8 1.8 13   
25 13    25  e34  e120  166  162  111  70  20  6.2 2.0 3.8
 
26 9.8 24  e34  e118  158  253  110  65  18  31    2.3 2.9
27 8.8 39  e35  e115  154  270  106  62  17  10    2.0 2.3
28 7.0 85  e36  e112  185  256  98  62  16  4.6 1.7 3.4
29 11    131  e37  105  ---  231  94  62  15  3.2 1.7 2.9
30 12    117  e39  100  ---  213  92  60  14  2.5 1.7 2.4
 
31 9.1 ---  e46  97  ---  201  ---  57  ---  2.4 1.8 ---   

TOTAL 259.7 973 2823 5512 6752 4852 4118 2377 1129 249.4 68.6 112.3
MEAN 8.38 32.4 91.1 178 241 157 137 76.7 37.6 8.05 2.21 3.74
MAX 54 131 242 984 708 270 190 92 71 31 4.5 19
MIN 4.0 14 34 52 93 100 92 57 14 2.4 1.7 1.6
CFSM 0.04 0.17 0.46 0.91 1.23 0.80 0.70 0.39 0.19 0.04 0.01 0.02
IN. 0.05 0.18 0.54 1.05 1.28 0.92 0.78 0.45 0.21 0.05 0.01 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1936 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 61.0 83.1 92.3 125 188 254 242 232 211 97.3 54.1 52.4
MAX 523 556 572 626 851 1439 832 915 716 624 356 567
(WY) 1942 1993 1983 1969 1949 1979 1973 1995 1972 1982 1972 1970
MIN 0.92 0.37 1.79 0.00 3.67 8.77 9.73 9.94 10.2 0.63 2.21 1.93
(WY) 1954 1954 1977 1940 2003 2003 2003 1989 1977 1936 2005 1943

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1936 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 37966.3     29226.0    
ANNUAL MEAN 104        80.1     141       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 365        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 14.6     1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2200            May 31 984            Jan 13 8730        Jun 24 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 4.0         Oct 6,7 1.6         A 0.00   B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 4.6         Oct 1 1.7         Sep 1 0.00   Jan 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1460            Jan 13 12500        May 17 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 5.52       Jan 13 16.01   May 17 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.2         Sep 4
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.529 0.409 0.720
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.21   5.55   9.78  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 265        175        331       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 39        50        55       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.0     2.1     3.3    

A - Sept. 3, 4, 7.

B - During month of January 1940 and several days in October and November 1953.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data