05548280 DATA: Precipitation Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05548280 NIPPERSINK CREEK NEAR SPRING GROVE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°26'37", long 88°14'51", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.25, T.46 N., R.8 E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on Winn Road, 0.6 mi west of Spring Grove, and at mile 7.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 192 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: August 1966 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1976-91.

SEDIMENT: Dec. 1997 to May 1999.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 2115: 1969-70(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-85-2: 1966-67(M), 1971.

GAGE.-- Water stage recorder, phone telemeter, rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 746.00 ft above sea level.

REMARKS.-- Suspended-sediment samples were collected twice weekly with more frequent samples collected during high runoff periods. 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.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily, 244 mg/L, May 17, 1999; minimum daily, 8 mg/L, Nov. 24, 1998.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOAD: Maximum daily, 247 tons, May 17, 1999; minimum daily, 1.9 tons, Nov. 24, 1998.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum, 2.82 in., June 12, 2000.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood in April 1960 reached a stage of 13.7 ft, from information by local resident, and flood in July 1938 reached a stage of about 4 to 6 ft higher than that in April 1960.

PRECIPITATION, TOTAL, INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 DAILY SUM VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP
1	.01	.00	.00	.00	.00	.01	.02	.12	1.27	.00	.00	.00
2	.03	.00	.00	.06	.00	.01	.01	.00	.02	1.76	.02	.00
3	.54	.00	.08	.08	.00	.43	.02	.00	.00	.01	.00	.04
4	.00	.00	.74	.00	.01	.00	.00	.00	.29	.00	.00	.01
5	.00	.00	.47	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.22	.01	.88	.00
6	.00	.00	.02	.06	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.04	.00
7	.00	.00	.02	.00	.01	.10	.30	.00	.00	.00	.01	.00
8	.00	.00	.00	.14	.04	.00	.25	.44	.00	.02	.00	.05
9	.00	.00	.05	.07	.32	.01	.02	.80	.00	.00	.00	.00
10	.00	.00	.00	.12	.00	.00	.00	.00	.05	1.64	.00	.01
11	.00	.00	.01	.00	.01	.00	.08	.36	.35	.00	.00	1.53
12	.00	.00	.00	.00	.04	.08	.00	.01	2.82	.00	.00	.21
13	.04	.00	.00	.01	.00	.00	.00	.00	.65	.00	.04	.00
14	.00	.00	.01	.00	.00	.01	.00	.00	.06	.01	.00	.57
15	.00	.00	.19	.00	.00	.05	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
16	.08	.00	.00	.01	.00	1.29	.23	.16	.02	.00	.00	.00
17	.00	.00	.00	.00	.03	.00	.03	.40	.00	.00	.75	.00
18	.00	.00	.00	.01	.00	.00	.00	1.66	.00	.00	.05	.00
19	.00	.03	.05	.00	.01	.00	1.28	.01	.00	.00	.00	.00
20	.00	.00	.03	---	.01	.00	1.32	.00	.21	.03	.00	.69
21	.00	.00	.00	---	1.05	.00	.02	.00	.05	.00	.00	.00
22	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.13	.00	.00	.13	2.65
23	.00	.31	.00	.00	.10	.00	.15	.00	.03	.00	.01	.03
24	.00	.00	.00	.00	.03	.12	.00	.00	.83	.00	.00	.00
25	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.01	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
26	.00	.05	.00	.00	.03	.03	.00	.33	.12	.00	.00	.00
27	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.03	.00	.39	.00	.00	.00	.00
28	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.02	.11	.27	.09	.01	.00	.00
29	.00	.00	.03	.00	.13	.01	.06	.00	.01	.00	.00	.00
30	.00	.00	.00	.01	---	.01	.00	.06	.00	.24	.00	.00
31	.00	---	.00	.00	---	.00	---	.69	---	1.21	.00	---

TOTAL	0.70	0.39	1.70	---	1.82	2.22	3.90	5.83	7.09	4.94	1.93	5.79
MEAN	.02	.01	.05	---	.06	.07	.13	.19	.24	.16	.06	.19
MAX	.54	.31	.74	---	1.05	1.29	1.32	1.66	2.82	1.76	.88	2.65
MIN	.00	.00	.00	---	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00

CAL YR 1999 TOTAL 41.86 MEAN .11 MAX 8.09 MIN .00