05556500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05556500 BIG BUREAU CREEK AT PRINCETON, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 41°21'55", long 89°29'55", in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.18, T.16 N., R.9 E., Bureau County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on right bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highways 6 and 34, 0.6 mi downstream from Epperson Run, 1.5 mi west of Princeton, and at mile 20.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--196 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1936 to current year. Prior to October 1974, published as Bureau Creek at Princeton.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1175: 1940-41, 1948. WSP 1308: 1942(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 555.39 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to July 18, 1940, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft upstream at datum 30.00 ft lower. July 18, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1944, water-stage recorder at site 500 ft upstream at present datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for Apr. 23-25 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite 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	10	194	112	e78	434	137	139	313	192	166	8.6	3.1
2	16	188	104	e85	658	137	132	288	445	151	6.9	2.6
3	27	175	107	e79	718	137	128	266	449	135	5.9	2.4
4	28	161	104	e75	557	132	126	246	348	123	4.8	2.0
5	45	152	100	e73	441	135	116	240	322	112	4.0	1.6

6	83	144	152	e82	374	141	114	257	269	103	3.5	1.5
7	74	135	557	e86	340	110	112	417	240	94	5.1	1.4
8	58	135	474	e83	315	e105	120	359	219	85	5.5	1.4
9	48	134	351	e80	310	e100	150	309	199	80	4.3	1.2
10	41	353	288	e77	318	e120	142	277	184	76	3.6	.89

11	36	609	250	e75	370	e112	129	260	174	71	3.0	.97
12	33	392	227	e74	470	e110	121	437	285	62	9.5	1.0
13	29	320	208	e73	359	e112	113	1540	1340	57	9.6	1.6
14	28	284	188	e71	305	117	114	955	1980	52	5.7	1.0
15	38	246	175	e70	271	125	135	674	767	48	4.5	.92

16	29	222	169	e70	246	135	527	552	551	42	4.0	.94
17	551	200	160	e69	222	319	914	500	440	39	3.4	1.0
18	4900	181	153	e68	204	717	583	512	368	35	3.2	.86
19	1550	176	146	e67	189	479	449	429	323	44	8.1	.55
20	781	161	129	e66	174	370	371	384	286	38	27	1.3

21	567	150	125	e66	160	317	336	359	254	35	15	.72
22	440	145	e90	e200	153	268	314	398	232	30	8.1	.73
23	362	143	e125	e1800	151	235	e1950	346	225	26	14	.66
24	312	131	e120	2190	144	214	e1490	304	728	25	40	.68
25	273	128	e115	1250	140	189	e827	271	341	34	31	.83

26	242	127	113	751	140	175	603	245	264	26	17	.69
27	237	116	108	649	145	168	500	225	228	21	11	4.1
28	282	113	100	965	147	164	441	218	204	17	9.5	74
29	265	114	e86	581	---	155	384	206	182	15	6.3	82
30	236	120	e66	426	---	142	341	189	163	13	4.5	68

31	209	---	e72	405	---	140	---	184	---	10	3.7	---

TOTAL	11830	5849	5274	10784	8455	6017	11921	12160	12202	1865	290.3	260.64
MEAN	382	195	170	348	302	194	397	392	407	60.2	9.36	8.69
MAX	4900	609	557	2190	718	717	1950	1540	1980	166	40	82
MIN	10	113	66	66	140	100	112	184	163	10	3.0	.55
CFSM	1.95	.99	.87	1.77	1.54	.99	2.03	2.00	2.08	.31	.05	.04
IN.	2.25	1.11	1.00	2.05	1.60	1.14	2.26	2.31	2.32	.35	.06	.05

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1936 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	63.8	87.5	95.3	132	188	261	249	228	204	100	57.6	56.6
MAX	523	556	572	626	851	1439	832	915	716	624	356	567
(WY)	1942	1993	1983	1969	1949	1979	1973	1995	1972	1982	1972	1970
MIN	.92	.37	1.79	.000	4.84	24.5	14.6	9.94	10.2	.63	2.29	1.93
(WY)	1954	1954	1977	1940	1963	1977	1977	1989	1977	1936	1944	1943

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1936 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	97202.5		86907.94
ANNUAL MEAN	266		238		144
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					365	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					14.6	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	4900	Oct 18	4900	Oct 18	8730	Jun 24 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	7.0	Sep 13	.55	Sep 19	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	9.6	Sep 7	.78	Sep 19	.00	Jan 1 1940
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			6330	Oct 18	12500 B	May 17 1974
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			11.34	Oct 18	16.01	May 17 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			.29	Sep 19
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.36		1.21		.73
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	18.45		16.49		9.97
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	547		500		337
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	175		140		56
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	16		4.4		3.1

A - January 1990 and several days in October and November 1953.
B - From rating curve extended above 11,800 ft³/s.