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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05528500       BUFFALO CREEK NEAR WHEELING, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°09'06", long 87°57'26" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.4, T.42 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Short Aptakisic Road, 1.0 mi downstream from unnamed tributary, 2.5 mi west of Wheeling, and at mile 5.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 19.6 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-94-2: 1986-93 (P), 1993.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 658.60 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 887 ft3/s, July 22, 1982, gage height, 7.94 ft; no flow at times in several years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
111   23   36   e6.012   15   18 25   7.52.0  1.2  3.7  
29.320   26   e6.012   19   19 68   7.21.7  0.8437     
38.216   19   e5.410   21   18 48   20   1.2  0.6439     
412   14   16   e5.011   22   16 35   168   1.1  10     24     
521   13   16   e4.613   17   15 28   193   0.7718     14     
 
615   12   15   e4.46.817   14 23   181   2.1  8.5  9.2  
79.410   13   4.36.720   18 19   116   0.993.5  6.3  
87.49.711   4.37.962   50 17   47   0.671.9  4.6  
95.89.69.43.911   110   117 23   34   5.1  1.2  3.6  
107.88.57.74.024   94   100 17   27   2.5  0.883.0  
 
118.97.96.94.332   65   57 45   38   1.7  0.622.2  
1233   7.38.94.226   47   40 144   34   1.5  0.541.6  
13240   6.824   3.922   37   31 133   27   1.2  53     1.4  
14276   6.724   4.218   29   26 98   26   0.6552     1.3  
15236   6.820   4.116   27   22 49   25   0.5625     1.1  
 
16211   6.417   4.415   22   19 69   20   0.4115     1.00
17155   6.017   4.513   19   16 94   15   0.269.2  0.71
1858   6.515   7.214   18   15 84   12   0.275.7  1.4  
1939   7.317   4.619   16   13 54   11   0.316.8  11     
2030   5.816   3.844   16   14 35   8.60.284.5  16     
 
2122   5.214   3.553   15   20 27   6.80.5912     10     
2227   4.914   3.542   13   21 22   6.00.80279     14     
23257   4.714   4.432   11   18 18   5.00.60215     8.9  
24250   9.112   5.029   9.516 16   4.50.64189     5.3  
25221   14   e11   5.024   8.416 17   4.00.73129     3.7  
 
26183   11   e10   4.921   8.314 15   3.60.7438     4.0  
27104   10   e8.84.819   8.520 14   2.91.9  22     2.8  
2854   9.1e7.65.118   8.527 12   2.81.3  14     2.0  
2942   12   e7.05.0---   18   24 11   2.53.7  9.5  8.0  
3032   35   e6.44.6---   23   20 9.62.32.3  6.7  5.5  
 
3126   ---   e6.08.5---   20   --- 8.0---   1.6  4.6  ---     

TOTAL2611.8318.3445.7147.4571.4836.28341277.61057.740.171137.82246.31
MEAN84.2510.6114.384.75520.4126.9727.8041.2135.261.29636.708.210
MAX27635368.5531101171441935.127939
MIN5.84.76.03.56.78.3138.02.30.260.540.71
CFSM4.300.540.730.241.041.381.422.101.800.071.870.42
IN.4.960.600.850.281.081.591.582.422.010.082.160.47

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN9.94714.8116.0314.3321.4432.9636.5824.1418.7211.2111.2610.94
MAX84.389.692.853.169.914797.111610346.164.565.4
(WY)200219861983197419971979198319961970197819871972
MIN0.0000.0000.0320.0420.124.804.263.330.740.0580.0000.000
(WY)195319541954195419631956196319771963195319551953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1952 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL10216.869524.40
ANNUAL MEAN27.9926.0918.51
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN32.9  1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN2.001963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN309         Sep 19279         Aug 22525     Dec 3 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.28    Aug 80.26    Jul 170.00A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.90    Aug 20.38    Jul 150.00Aug 22 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW742         Oct 13887     Jul 22 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE7.51    Oct 137.94Jul 22 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.11    Jul 17
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.431.330.94
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)19.3918.0812.83
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS56     53     44     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS13     12     7.9  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS2.9  1.7  0.46

A - At times in several years.



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