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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551700       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR YORKVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°40'18", long 88°26'29" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.21, T.37 N., R.7 E., Kendall County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank 300 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 47, 2.0 mi north of Yorkville, and at mile 3.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 70.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1960 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Pigment and biomass, Water year 1990.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 612.34 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Diversion about 7 miles upstream near Jericho Rd. that crosses the watershed divide during overbank flow.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE -WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,510 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 3,900 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 13.16 ft, backwater from debris jam; minimum, 0.10 ft3/s, Dec. 7, 1962, result of freeze up.

 

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


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
14.6e29   23 24   12 33 221 26 676 45 15 25   
25.338   21 20   e12 38 166 24 648 43 14 27   
36.151   20 20   e12 38 124 22 354 41 15 18   
47.344   20 21   e12 37 94 20 194 43 30 15   
58.2103   24 19   e12 117 80 21 139 42 35 14   
 
67.667   27 14   e12 209 74 19 107 41 27 13   
77.042   25 e14   e12 152 70 19 86 39 23 13   
88.230   23 e14   e12 104 64 17 69 36 20 12   
97.619   25 e14   e12 83 55 18 56 37 18 11   
10e5.215   104 e14   e12 63 49 17 54 63 16 11   
 
11e4.812   217 e14   e12 53 46 16 86 52 15 10   
12e5.813   157 e14   e12 44 42 16 616 45 14 10   
13e5.011   96 e14   e12 40 41 23 1030 40 13 9.8
14e28   8.566 e14   12 39 35 55 995 36 12 9.3
1530   7.752 14   12 38 33 100 597 32 12 9.0
 
16e24   7.948 e13.512 36 31 79 318 30 12 9.8
17e20   7.238 e13   12 37 30 54 217 28 11 9.7
18e16   50   33 13   12 36 27 48 157 25 15 9.2
19e13   128   28 e12   13 36 e32 43 133 24 16 8.9
20e14   102   25 e12   17 35 e39 38 110 24 14 7.8
 
21e16   72   29 e12   30 33 e43 38 102 28 13 8.1
22e17   52   24 12   42 29 e35 112 118 30 11 8.0
23e20   43   23 e12   49 29 e30 177 104 27 11 8.6
24e24   46   21 e12   68 33 e26 131 89 23 11 8.7
25e31   42   18 e12.558 57 e38 95 79 21 13 9.1
 
26e30   38   20 13   49 90 e40 74 70 20 15 7.9
27e27   34   20 13   42 167 e36 58 61 18 24 7.8
28e23   30   20 13   32 165 e46 46 58 17 31 8.0
29e23   27   25 13   32 262 44 37 53 16 38 8.9
30e25   25   26 13   --- 300 24 96 50 17 29 8.0
 
31e23   ---   22 12   --- 279 --- 440 --- 17 23 ---   

TOTAL486.71194.31320445.064827121715197974261000566335.6
MEAN15.739.842.614.422.387.557.263.824832.318.311.2
MAX3112821724683002214401030633827
MIN4.67.21812122924165016117.8
CFSM0.220.570.610.200.321.250.810.913.530.460.260.16
IN.0.260.630.700.240.341.440.911.053.940.530.300.18

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN30.641.845.742.861.084.586.977.568.045.728.330.6
MAX126175217146202360249221248381172131
(WY)197319861983199319971979197919742004199619871987
MIN5.427.444.164.255.4618.127.216.714.38.434.212.95
(WY)196419641964197719632003196319891977196119912003

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1961 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL11110.5    19827.6    
ANNUAL MEAN30.4    54.2    53.5        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN97.8        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN16.7        1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN298           May 101030           Jun 133460           Jul 19 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN1.3        Sep 204.6        Oct 11.3        Sep 20 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM1.7        Sep 176.2        Oct 71.7        Sep 17 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1130           Jun 135510        AJul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE7.85      Jun 1313.16   BJul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW3.7        Oct 10.10   CDec 7 1962
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.4340.7720.763    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)5.89  10.51  10.36      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS64       104       110           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS18       26       31           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.9    10       9.9        

A - From rating curve extended above 3,900 ft3/s.

B - Backwater from debris jam.

C - Result of freezeup.



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