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 to current year. | |
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY | |
MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000. | |
PRECIPITATION: August 2000 to current year. | |
BIOLOGICAL | |
ALGAE: Pigment and biomass, Water year 2000. | |
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. | |
REMARKS.-- 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.-- | |
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 daily total, 2.81 in., May 30. | |
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Precipitation, total, inches WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY SUM VALUES | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAY | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP |
| 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 3 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.18 | 0.00 |
| 4 | 0.00 | 1.15 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.00 |
| 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 10 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 1.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 11 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 12 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 13 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 14 | 0.91 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 15 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 |
| 16 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| 17 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 |
| 18 | 0.00 | 1.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.00 |
| 19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.55 | 1.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 23 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.00 |
| 24 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.00 |
| 25 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.00 |
| 26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| 27 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.00 |
| 28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.87 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.00 |
| 29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.19 | 0.24 | 2.81 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 31 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.55 | --- | 0.01 | 0.00 | --- |
| TOTAL | 1.51 | 3.48 | 2.91 | 0.39 | 0.78 | 4.61 | 0.94 | 5.74 | 0.97 | 0.45 | 3.96 | 0.35 |
| MEAN | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.01 |
| MAX | 0.91 | 1.44 | 1.03 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.87 | 0.55 | 2.81 | 0.69 | 0.40 | 1.18 | 0.32 |
| CAL YR 2003 TOTAL 26.53 MEAN 0.07 MAX 1.44 | |
| WTR YR 2004 TOTAL 26.09 MEAN 0.07 MAX 2.81 |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |