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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05539000       HICKORY CREEK AT JOLIET, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°31'08", long 88°04'10" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.15, T.35 N., R.10 E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at Third Avenue in Joliet, 0.2 mi downstream from Spring Creek, and at mile 1.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 107 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1944 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-91-2: 1981(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 526.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 9, 1946, nonrecording gage at same site at datum 1.00 ft higher. Oct. 9, 1946, to Sept. 30, 1974, at datum 1.00 ft higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 17,300 ft3/s, June 13, 1981, gage height, 14.90 ft, from rating curve extended above 6,300 ft3/s; minimum, 0.5 ft3/s, Aug. 9, 16, 19, 1964.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for Jan. 25 to Sept. 30, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
117 43 143 e29 e100 152 125 329 49 21 16 12 
215 48 86 e27 e84 189 962 263 42 17 15 20 
313 71 63 e25 e72 e250 1050 205 40 15 15 18 
418 50 51 e25 e60 e230 512 161 48 15 16 17 
5217 40 44 e25 e52 e210 289 131 57 13 24 14 
 
6154 35 40 e25 e44 223 215 215 51 16 29 13 
781 33 38 e24 e39 746 223 298 43 15 19 13 
852 31 37 e24 e42 1080 1030 416 38 13 15 13 
940 28 32 e24 e120 1180 1510 1620 34 170 13 13 
1031 27 29 e24 e310 648 568 413 35 98 13 13 
 
1129 26 28 24 e260 357 331 781 67 45 12 13 
12135 24 27 22 e180 260 242 3430 72 28 13 13 
13297 23 31 22 e150 221 196 1550 51 22 17 13 
14940 27 37 23 e120 193 140 681 51 18 14 13 
15530 30 59 23 e110 170 199 367 55 15 15 14 
 
16314 28 53 22 e100 130 225 e500 45 15 16 13 
17205 26 85 e22 e90 101 198 e580 36 13 17 13 
18146 25 121 e22 e82 92 181 e300 32 14 16 24 
1991 25 81 e22 290 84 147 e220 29 15 19 24 
2074 28 63 e22 1050 113 370 e180 26 12 24 29 
 
2158 28 50 21 970 116 501 154 24 12 19 35 
2249 26 46 21 569 93 512 123 22 11 20 29 
23278 24 50 32 350 86 351 90 21 10 23 23 
24304 24 46 55 268 80 281 208 20 10 30 20 
25322 30 53 e49 222 72 340 159 28 11 19 18 
 
26194 32 e54 e40 220 70 236 114 38 12 18 16 
27116 31 e47 e38 207 67 424 86 65 19 22 16 
2883 29 e41 e36 164 64 1520 76 48 20 14 15 
2965 31 e37 e34 --- 100 857 71 32 19 13 15 
3055 111 e33 e37 --- 201 495 60 26 20 12 15 
 
3148 --- e31 e60 --- 145 --- 54 --- 18 12 --- 

TOTAL4971103416368996325772314230138351225752540517
MEAN160.434.4752.7729.00225.9249.1474.3446.340.8324.2617.4217.23
MAX940111143601050118015203430721703035
MIN1323272139641255420101212
CFSM1.500.320.490.272.112.334.434.170.380.230.160.16
IN.1.730.360.570.312.202.694.954.810.430.260.190.18

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1945 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN40.2462.3478.4783.24111.8168.1175.6131.1105.357.0834.9739.78
MAX458359552306416726566488581432144372
(WY)195519911983197419971979194719741981195719981961
MIN3.055.343.153.895.5418.913.820.110.97.173.364.35
(WY)196419641964196319631964196319851988198819641966

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1945 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL35299.9      53687     
ANNUAL MEAN96.71    147.1  90.44    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN168         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN20.8      1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2370      A    Feb 93430         May 128400         Jun 13 1981
LOWEST DAILY MEAN9.5          Jul 16,2110         Jul 23,240.80    Aug 16 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM9.7          Jul 1511         Jul 201.0      Aug 12 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW4400         May 1217300      BJun 13 1981
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE7.27    May 1214.90    Jun 13 1981
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW9.3      Jul 240.50    C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.90    1.370.85    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)12.27    18.6711.48    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS213         335     199         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS48         43     30         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS18         15     7.6      

A - Estimated from graph based on floodmark.

B - From rating curve extended above 6,300 ft3/s.

C - Aug. 9, 16, 19, 1964.



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