LOCATION.-- Lat 41°58'17", long 88°16'33" (NAD of 1983) in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.12, T.40 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left bank at downstream side of footbridge on YWCA Camp Tu-Endie-Wei, 0.9 mi east of Valley View, 2.5 mi southeast of South Elgin and at mile 1.1. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13.88 mi2. | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
STAGE: May 2002 to current year. | |
PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water years 2003, 2004. | |
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY | |
SEDIMENT: June 2002 to current year. | |
MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years, 2002-03. | |
GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, and automatic water sampler. Datum of gage is 700.00 ft above NAVD of 1988. | |
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height, 22.48 ft, May 12 2002; minimum, 19.13 ft, Sept. 26, 2004. | |
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 421 mg/L, Mar. 29, 2004; minimum daily, 10 mg/L, Oct. 25-26, 2003. | |
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 62 tons, Mar. 29, 2004; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Oct. 26, 2003, and Sept. 25-26, 2004. | |
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- | |
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 421 mg/L, Mar. 29; minimum daily, 10 mg/L, Oct. 25-26. | |
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 62 tons, Mar. 29; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Oct. 26, and Sept. 25-26. | |
| SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAN | MEAN | MEAN | |||||||
| MEAN | CONCEN- | SEDIMENT | MEAN | CONCEN- | SEDIMENT | MEAN | CONCEN- | SEDIMENT | |
| DISCHARGE | TRATION | DISCHARGE | DISCHARGE | TRATION | DISCHARGE | DISCHARGE | TRATION | DISCHARGE | |
| DAY | (CFS) | (MG/L) | (TONS/DAY) | (CFS) | (MG/L) | (TONS/DAY) | (CFS) | (MG/L) | (TONS/DAY) |
| OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER | |||||||
| 1 | 1.1 | 41 | 0.13 | 2.0 | 20 | 0.10 | 3.6 | 42 | 0.41 |
| 2 | 0.69 | 43 | 0.08 | 4.2 | 35 | 0.42 | 3.4 | 45 | 0.41 |
| 3 | 0.71 | 43 | 0.08 | 8.7 | 88 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 47 | 0.43 |
| 4 | 0.87 | 43 | 0.10 | 8.9 | 99 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 44 | 0.39 |
| 5 | 0.89 | 43 | 0.10 | 17 | 91 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 41 | 0.49 |
| 6 | 0.91 | 48 | 0.12 | 8.0 | 44 | 0.98 | 4.2 | 37 | 0.42 |
| 7 | 0.63 | 50 | 0.08 | 4.2 | 19 | 0.23 | 3.8 | 34 | 0.34 |
| 8 | 0.97 | 62 | 0.16 | 3.1 | 27 | 0.24 | 3.6 | 30 | 0.29 |
| 9 | 1.2 | 66 | 0.22 | 2.1 | 22 | 0.13 | 4.6 | 29 | 0.39 |
| 10 | 1.0 | 56 | 0.15 | 1.8 | 25 | 0.12 | 32 | 244 | 24 |
| 11 | 0.96 | 46 | 0.12 | 2.2 | 28 | 0.16 | 32 | 137 | 12 |
| 12 | 1.0 | 41 | 0.11 | 2.2 | 29 | 0.17 | 31 | 86 | 7.3 |
| 13 | 0.81 | 40 | 0.09 | 1.8 | 30 | 0.15 | 22 | 68 | 4.1 |
| 14 | 2.6 | 85 | 0.63 | 1.6 | 30 | 0.13 | 17 | 52 | 2.3 |
| 15 | 3.1 | 73 | 0.62 | 1.5 | 31 | 0.12 | 13 | 39 | 1.4 |
| 16 | 2.3 | 43 | 0.28 | 1.4 | 32 | 0.12 | 11 | 36 | 1.1 |
| 17 | 2.3 | 47 | 0.32 | 1.3 | 39 | 0.14 | 8.3 | 33 | 0.74 |
| 18 | 1.9 | 37 | 0.19 | 17 | 79 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 30 | 0.59 |
| 19 | 1.9 | 25 | 0.13 | 23 | 31 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 31 | 0.50 |
| 20 | 1.8 | 16 | 0.08 | 17 | 34 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 31 | 0.53 |
| 21 | 2.4 | 15 | 0.10 | 15 | 41 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 32 | 0.47 |
| 22 | 2.7 | 15 | 0.11 | 12 | 45 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 33 | 0.46 |
| 23 | 2.3 | 14 | 0.08 | 10 | 60 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 33 | 0.46 |
| 24 | 2.3 | 12 | 0.07 | 14 | 74 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 34 | 0.44 |
| 25 | 2.6 | 10 | 0.07 | 9.3 | 59 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 35 | 0.42 |
| 26 | 2.3 | 10 | 0.06 | 8.2 | 61 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 35 | 0.40 |
| 27 | 1.9 | 15 | 0.08 | 6.8 | 63 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 36 | 0.40 |
| 28 | 2.1 | 29 | 0.17 | 5.6 | 54 | 0.82 | 6.6 | 37 | 0.65 |
| 29 | 1.8 | 18 | 0.09 | 4.6 | 46 | 0.57 | 6.1 | 37 | 0.62 |
| 30 | 1.9 | 16 | 0.08 | 4.1 | 39 | 0.44 | e5.2 | 78 | 3.5 |
| 31 | 2.1 | 16 | 0.09 | --- | --- | --- | e4.9 | 47 | 0.75 |
| TOTAL | 52.04 | --- | 4.79 | 218.6 | --- | 33.44 | 276.0 | --- | 66.70 |
| JANUARY | FEBRUARY | MARCH | |||||||
| 1 | 5.0 | 45 | 0.60 | e2.0 | 21 | 0.32 | 9.6 | 42 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 5.3 | 44 | 0.63 | e1.9 | 20 | 0.28 | 11 | 40 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 5.1 | 43 | 0.60 | e2.0 | 20 | 0.24 | 11 | 39 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 43 | 0.50 | e2.0 | 19 | 0.21 | 17 | 73 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 42 | 0.49 | e2.1 | 20 | 0.20 | 61 | 241 | 41 |
| 6 | e3.9 | 41 | 0.51 | e2.1 | 20 | 0.27 | 51 | 235 | 33 |
| 7 | e3.5 | 40 | 0.40 | e2.2 | 21 | 0.27 | 38 | 67 | 7.2 |
| 8 | e3.4 | 40 | 0.40 | e2.2 | 22 | 0.26 | 31 | 33 | 2.8 |
| 9 | e3.4 | 39 | 0.40 | e2.2 | 23 | 0.25 | 24 | 28 | 1.8 |
| 10 | e3.3 | 38 | 0.37 | e2.2 | 23 | 0.23 | 18 | 25 | 1.2 |
| 11 | e3.3 | 37 | 0.35 | e2.1 | 24 | 0.25 | 12 | 27 | 0.88 |
| 12 | e3.2 | 37 | 0.36 | e2.0 | 25 | 0.25 | 9.8 | 30 | 0.78 |
| 13 | e3.2 | 36 | 0.32 | e2.0 | 25 | 0.26 | 8.1 | 32 | 0.71 |
| 14 | e3.1 | 35 | 0.30 | e1.9 | 26 | 0.27 | 7.0 | 35 | 0.67 |
| 15 | e3.1 | 34 | 0.30 | e1.9 | 27 | 0.26 | 5.9 | 38 | 0.60 |
| 16 | e3.1 | 33 | 0.31 | e1.8 | 28 | 0.28 | 6.3 | 40 | 0.68 |
| 17 | e3.0 | 33 | 0.31 | e1.7 | 28 | 0.31 | 6.7 | 39 | 0.70 |
| 18 | e3.0 | 32 | 0.29 | e1.7 | 31 | 0.33 | 6.8 | 36 | 0.66 |
| 19 | e2.9 | 31 | 0.30 | e2.2 | 45 | 0.45 | 7.2 | 34 | 0.65 |
| 20 | e2.9 | 30 | 0.27 | e3.9 | 87 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 31 | 0.48 |
| 21 | e2.8 | 30 | 0.26 | e6.8 | 155 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 30 | 0.39 |
| 22 | e2.7 | 29 | 0.27 | e7.2 | 158 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 35 | 0.37 |
| 23 | e2.4 | 28 | 0.30 | e8.2 | 114 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 39 | 0.42 |
| 24 | e2.3 | 27 | 0.23 | 9.5 | 77 | 2.0 | 13 | 129 | 4.8 |
| 25 | e2.2 | 27 | 0.25 | 9.4 | 58 | 1.5 | 11 | 104 | 3.2 |
| 26 | e2.2 | 26 | 0.29 | 9.1 | 51 | 1.2 | 31 | 167 | 14 |
| 27 | e2.3 | 25 | 0.28 | 7.9 | 47 | 1.0 | 28 | 90 | 6.8 |
| 28 | e2.3 | 24 | 0.21 | 7.2 | 45 | 0.88 | 31 | 199 | 25 |
| 29 | e2.2 | 24 | 0.30 | 6.8 | 43 | 0.80 | 55 | 421 | 62 |
| 30 | e2.1 | 23 | 0.26 | --- | --- | --- | 47 | 170 | 22 |
| 31 | e2.0 | 22 | 0.30 | --- | --- | --- | 36 | 103 | 10 |
| TOTAL | 97.8 | --- | 10.96 | 114.2 | --- | 28.37 | 612.0 | --- | 251.09 |
| APRIL | MAY | JUNE | |||||||
| 1 | 26 | 80 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 47 | 0.51 | 86 | 36 | 8.4 |
| 2 | 17 | 100 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 49 | 0.47 | 75 | 47 | 9.3 |
| 3 | 12 | 120 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 52 | 0.44 | 52 | 45 | 6.2 |
| 4 | 10 | 140 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 54 | 0.41 | 41 | 56 | 6.2 |
| 5 | 7.8 | 153 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 55 | 0.41 | 34 | 68 | 6.2 |
| 6 | 7.1 | 143 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 53 | 0.41 | 29 | 81 | 6.2 |
| 7 | 7.0 | 131 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 51 | 0.40 | 26 | 93 | 6.5 |
| 8 | 6.3 | 120 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 48 | 0.33 | 22 | 88 | 5.3 |
| 9 | 5.7 | 108 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 46 | 0.30 | 18 | 44 | 2.2 |
| 10 | 5.1 | 98 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 44 | 0.31 | 36 | 181 | 20 |
| 11 | 4.7 | 96 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 45 | 0.47 | 54 | 97 | 15 |
| 12 | 4.2 | 94 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 59 | 0.78 | 83 | 104 | 24 |
| 13 | 6.0 | 92 | 1.5 | 14 | 153 | 6.7 | 81 | 21 | 4.6 |
| 14 | 5.8 | 90 | 1.4 | 19 | 89 | 4.6 | 69 | 25 | 4.6 |
| 15 | 4.8 | 87 | 1.1 | 26 | 65 | 4.5 | 52 | 30 | 4.2 |
| 16 | 4.0 | 84 | 0.90 | 16 | 62 | 2.6 | 41 | 36 | 4.0 |
| 17 | 3.4 | 81 | 0.73 | 9.0 | 58 | 1.5 | 35 | 42 | 3.9 |
| 18 | 3.2 | 78 | 0.68 | 20 | 126 | 7.0 | 30 | 77 | 6.4 |
| 19 | 2.8 | 75 | 0.57 | 13 | 50 | 1.9 | 24 | 47 | 3.1 |
| 20 | 4.6 | 71 | 0.86 | 15 | 189 | 16 | 19 | 41 | 2.1 |
| 21 | 11 | 64 | 1.9 | 39 | 163 | 24 | 27 | 163 | 16 |
| 22 | 9.7 | 57 | 1.5 | 79 | 104 | 22 | 35 | 88 | 8.4 |
| 23 | 4.7 | 50 | 0.63 | 78 | 33 | 7.0 | 26 | 20 | 1.4 |
| 24 | 4.3 | 55 | 0.70 | 66 | 33 | 5.8 | 19 | 16 | 0.81 |
| 25 | 6.6 | 69 | 1.3 | 47 | 28 | 3.6 | 16 | 16 | 0.72 |
| 26 | 4.6 | 45 | 0.56 | 37 | 29 | 2.9 | 13 | 17 | 0.58 |
| 27 | 4.7 | 45 | 0.56 | 32 | 30 | 2.6 | 9.8 | 17 | 0.46 |
| 28 | 3.9 | 44 | 0.47 | 26 | 32 | 2.3 | 8.9 | 18 | 0.43 |
| 29 | 3.1 | 44 | 0.37 | 22 | 30 | 1.8 | 7.8 | 19 | 0.39 |
| 30 | 3.6 | 45 | 0.44 | 59 | 190 | 35 | 6.5 | 19 | 0.34 |
| 31 | --- | --- | --- | 84 | 45 | 10 | --- | --- | --- |
| TOTAL | 203.7 | --- | 49.87 | 738.5 | --- | 167.04 | 1076.0 | --- | 177.93 |
| JULY | AUGUST | SEPTEMBER | |||||||
| 1 | 6.8 | 20 | 0.36 | 1.7 | 121 | 0.55 | 2.7 | 77 | 0.55 |
| 2 | 6.8 | 20 | 0.37 | 1.7 | 126 | 0.57 | 2.3 | 74 | 0.45 |
| 3 | 6.6 | 23 | 0.41 | 2.8 | 133 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 63 | 0.34 |
| 4 | 8.0 | 24 | 0.53 | 16 | 132 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 51 | 0.24 |
| 5 | 6.8 | 24 | 0.45 | 7.3 | 94 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 44 | 0.22 |
| 6 | 5.6 | 26 | 0.38 | 4.1 | 80 | 0.88 | 1.8 | 49 | 0.24 |
| 7 | 5.1 | 27 | 0.37 | 2.9 | 66 | 0.52 | 1.6 | 56 | 0.24 |
| 8 | 4.6 | 28 | 0.35 | 2.6 | 52 | 0.37 | 1.4 | 65 | 0.24 |
| 9 | 4.5 | 29 | 0.35 | 2.4 | 45 | 0.30 | 1.4 | 79 | 0.29 |
| 10 | 6.8 | 30 | 0.56 | 2.9 | 46 | 0.36 | 1.5 | 49 | 0.20 |
| 11 | 5.9 | 32 | 0.50 | 2.9 | 46 | 0.36 | 1.7 | 38 | 0.17 |
| 12 | 4.9 | 33 | 0.43 | 2.6 | 47 | 0.33 | 1.7 | 41 | 0.19 |
| 13 | 4.4 | 43 | 0.51 | 2.5 | 47 | 0.31 | 1.6 | 42 | 0.18 |
| 14 | 3.7 | 43 | 0.44 | 2.0 | 48 | 0.26 | 1.5 | 43 | 0.17 |
| 15 | 3.6 | 37 | 0.35 | 1.6 | 49 | 0.21 | 1.5 | 45 | 0.19 |
| 16 | 4.2 | 40 | 0.46 | 1.6 | 54 | 0.24 | 2.3 | 47 | 0.29 |
| 17 | 4.0 | 45 | 0.49 | 2.2 | 59 | 0.34 | 1.9 | 48 | 0.25 |
| 18 | 3.5 | 50 | 0.47 | 2.1 | 62 | 0.35 | 1.6 | 48 | 0.21 |
| 19 | 3.0 | 55 | 0.45 | 3.3 | 57 | 0.51 | 1.4 | 49 | 0.18 |
| 20 | 2.7 | 60 | 0.44 | 2.6 | 52 | 0.37 | 1.2 | 48 | 0.15 |
| 21 | 3.0 | 65 | 0.53 | 2.2 | 48 | 0.28 | 7.9 | 96 | 3.4 |
| 22 | 3.0 | 71 | 0.57 | 2.0 | 44 | 0.24 | 4.3 | 87 | 1.3 |
| 23 | 2.5 | 76 | 0.52 | 1.9 | 41 | 0.21 | 2.1 | 67 | 0.47 |
| 24 | 2.1 | 81 | 0.45 | 2.0 | 39 | 0.22 | 0.79 | 49 | 0.11 |
| 25 | 2.0 | 86 | 0.47 | 2.3 | 43 | 0.27 | 0.55 | 43 | 0.06 |
| 26 | 2.1 | 91 | 0.50 | 2.9 | 47 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 41 | 0.06 |
| 27 | 2.1 | 96 | 0.54 | 3.9 | 52 | 0.54 | 0.61 | 42 | 0.07 |
| 28 | 1.8 | 101 | 0.48 | 18 | 79 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 59 | 0.66 |
| 29 | 1.7 | 106 | 0.49 | 9.5 | 59 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 48 | 0.18 |
| 30 | 1.8 | 111 | 0.55 | 5.8 | 77 | 1.2 | 0.59 | 46 | 0.07 |
| 31 | 2.0 | 116 | 0.63 | 3.5 | 78 | 0.73 | --- | --- | --- |
| TOTAL | 125.6 | --- | 14.40 | 121.8 | --- | 25.80 | 56.56 | --- | 11.37 |
| YEAR | 3692.80 | 841.76 | |||||||
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |