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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551200       FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°55'58", long 88°20'28", in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.40 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Randall Road, 2.4 mi northwest of St. Charles, and at mile 2.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 51.7 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: December 1960 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

PRECIPITATION: August 2000 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.


REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-82-2: 1966(M), 1968(M), 1970-71(M), 1973(M), 1978-79(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 704.84 ft above sea level.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,580, Feb. 21, 1997, from rating curve extended above 1,960 ft3/s, gage height, 8.77 ft; maximum gage height, 9.66 ft, Feb. 8, 1965, from floodmark, ice jam; minimum discharge, 0.10 ft3/s, several days in 1961 and 1965.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded daily total, 1.61 in., June 5, 2001.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum daily total, 1.43 in., September 11.

PRECIPITATION, TOTAL, INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY SUM VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
1---------------------------------.00
2---------------------------------.00
3---------------------------------.00
4---------------------------------.00
5---------------------------------.00
6---------------------------------.00
7---------------------------------.00
8---------------------------------.07
9---------------------------------.00
10---------------------------------.05
11---------------------------------1.43
12---------------------------------.00
13---------------------------------.00
14---------------------------------.47
15---------------------------------.00
16---------------------------------.00
17---------------------------------.00
18---------------------------------.00
19---------------------------------.00
20---------------------------------.49
21---------------------------------.00
22---------------------------------.87
23---------------------------------.08
24---------------------------------.13
25---------------------------------.00
26---------------------------------.00
27---------------------------------.00
28---------------------------------.00
29------------------------------.00.00
30------------------------------.00.00
31------------------------------.00---

TOTAL---------------------------------3.59
MEAN---------------------------------.12
MAX---------------------------------1.43
MIN---------------------------------.00



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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data