05539000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05539000 HICKORY CREEK AT JOLIET, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 41°31'10", long 88°04'10", 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.--October 1944 to current year.

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

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 526.00 ft above sea level. 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.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for Aug. 2-3 and Aug. 24-30, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	24	41	25	e15	191	59	36	228	248	85	16	17
2	24	32	22	e14	243	54	34	183	956	80	17	15
3	40	26	21	e16	234	65	34	156	395	61	15	15
4	33	25	20	e22	170	65	38	136	232	51	12	13
5	24	23	19	e20	132	60	39	122	176	44	12	13

6	23	22	56	e18	126	93	41	113	142	38	12	12
7	30	21	331	e17	114	105	38	102	115	33	13	12
8	24	20	176	e17	99	98	44	80	68	29	14	11
9	20	22	100	e16	88	87	164	69	55	26	13	11
10	18	197	65	e16	79	87	152	61	59	22	12	11

11	16	179	53	e15	77	87	201	63	300	20	12	10
12	14	96	46	e15	97	90	149	117	348	19	20	13
13	13	67	41	e15	78	99	105	170	504	19	27	16
14	12	51	37	e15	67	91	83	124	410	18	23	15
15	13	42	33	e15	65	105	133	86	218	17	17	13

16	13	38	32	e17	62	191	924	70	149	17	15	12
17	25	32	29	e45	57	396	550	147	97	37	13	11
18	87	28	27	e110	53	265	305	145	74	49	13	11
19	63	25	25	e160	50	174	224	94	59	31	31	11
20	34	23	24	e150	47	122	181	70	51	30	36	11

21	24	22	23	e160	44	97	156	70	46	28	21	11
22	19	22	e23	e600	41	81	279	303	86	29	17	11
23	18	21	e21	1400	39	69	1090	189	227	32	19	11
24	18	20	e18	1220	39	60	478	196	528	25	156	10
25	16	20	e17	637	40	53	280	120	234	22	156	10

26	15	21	e16	383	42	49	211	84	132	20	80	10
27	24	20	e16	370	52	45	865	66	173	19	47	12
28	60	19	e15	408	63	43	1480	55	124	20	31	34
29	44	20	e14	277	---	40	580	47	85	19	25	51
30	109	24	e18	228	---	36	312	41	68	16	21	37

31	63	---	e17	202	---	36	---	47	---	16	19	---

TOTAL	960	1219	1380	6613	2489	3002	9206	3554	6359	972	935	450
MEAN	31.0	40.6	44.5	213	88.9	96.8	307	115	212	31.4	30.2	15.0
MAX	109	197	331	1400	243	396	1480	303	956	85	156	51
MIN	12	19	14	14	39	36	34	41	46	16	12	10
CFSM	.29	.38	.42	1.99	.83	.91	2.87	1.07	1.98	.29	.28	.14
IN.	.33	.42	.48	2.30	.87	1.04	3.20	1.24	2.21	.34	.33	.16

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1945 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	38.6	63.7	80.7	85.7	107	171	172	127	102	57.0	34.3	40.1
MAX	458	359	552	306	416	726	566	488	581	432	144	372
(WY)	1955	1991	1983	1974	1997	1979	1947	1974	1981	1957	1998	1961
MIN	3.05	5.34	3.15	3.89	5.54	18.9	13.8	20.1	10.9	7.17	3.36	4.35
(WY)	1964	1964	1964	1963	1963	1964	1963	1985	1988	1988	1964	1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1945 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	45004		37139
ANNUAL MEAN	123		102		89.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					168	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					20.8	1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2340	May 7	1480	Apr 28	8400	Jun 13 1981
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	12	Sep 22,Oct 14	10	Sep 11, 24-26	.80	Aug 16 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	13	Sep 21	11	Sep 20	1.0	Aug 12 1964
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			2190	Apr 27	17300 A	Jun 13 1981
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			5.25	B	14.90	Jun 13 1981
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			8.8	Sep 26, 27	.50	C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.15		.95		.84
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	15.65		12.91		11.39
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	315		228		195
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	48		41		30
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	17		14		7.4

A - From rating curve extended above 6,300 ft³/s.
B - Jan 22 (ice jam), Apr. 27.
C - Aug. 9, 16, 19, 1964.