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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551200       FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°55'58", long 88°20'28" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

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

PRECIPITATION: August 2000 to current year.

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 NGVD of 1929.

 

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, 3.27 in., August 13, 2002.

 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum recorded daily total, 3.27 in., August 13.



PRECIPITATION (CR10), in INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY SUM VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
1---0.000.000.000.050.000.140.420.000.000.000.00
2---0.000.000.000.000.200.080.000.000.000.000.11
3---0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.630.000.000.00
4---0.000.000.000.000.000.000.001.110.001.000.00
5---0.000.000.000.000.040.000.000.080.000.000.00
6---0.000.000.030.010.370.000.020.000.000.000.00
7---0.000.000.000.220.000.490.000.000.000.000.00
8---0.000.000.000.000.241.050.100.000.090.000.00
90.000.000.000.000.060.520.060.260.001.620.000.00
100.430.000.000.000.120.000.000.000.000.000.000.04
110.010.000.000.000.000.000.002.19---0.000.000.00
120.550.000.640.000.000.000.000.230.000.000.000.00
132.180.030.020.000.000.000.000.000.480.003.270.00
140.010.370.030.070.000.000.000.000.300.000.010.00
150.060.000.000.000.000.000.000.010.000.000.000.00
160.000.000.130.010.000.000.000.770.000.000.000.00
170.000.000.010.000.000.000.050.010.000.000.000.00
180.000.090.000.000.000.000.040.000.000.000.000.18
190.000.040.190.000.760.030.250.000.000.000.110.99
200.000.000.000.000.490.020.030.000.000.000.000.25
210.000.000.000.030.010.000.320.000.000.000.010.00
220.970.000.190.050.000.000.010.000.000.002.730.63
230.760.090.000.010.000.000.000.180.000.000.080.00
240.810.630.000.000.000.000.320.030.000.000.000.00
250.000.090.000.000.000.000.000.220.020.020.000.00
260.000.030.000.000.000.000.000.000.250.240.000.00
270.000.010.000.000.000.000.560.000.000.370.000.00
280.000.100.000.000.000.010.020.010.000.230.000.01
290.000.030.000.00---0.540.000.010.000.030.000.14
300.020.310.000.00---0.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
310.00---0.000.12---0.01---0.00---0.000.00---

TOTAL---1.821.210.321.721.983.424.46---2.607.212.35
MEAN---0.060.040.010.060.060.110.14---0.080.230.08
MAX---0.630.640.120.760.541.052.19---1.623.270.99
MIN---0.000.000.000.000.000.000.00---0.000.000.00


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data