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APPLE RIVER BASIN


05419000       APPLE RIVER NEAR HANOVER, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 42°15'09", long 90°17'09", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.16, T.26 N., R.2 E., Jo Daviess County, Hydrologic Unit 07060005, on right bank, 0.3 mi southwest of Hanover, and at mile 13.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 247 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1934 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

SEDIMENT: October 1994 to September 1997.


REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1005: 1939, 1941(M). WSP 1308: 1935-38(M), 1943-45(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 591.00 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1945, nonrecording gage at site 3.5 mi downstream at datum 9.48 ft lower.

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation during low flow by dam at Hanover. Suspended-sediment samples were collected by a local observer once a week with additional samples collected during storm runoff periods.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 12,000 ft3/s, Jan. 5, 1946; maximum gage height, 26.12 ft, Jan. 5, 1946, ice jam; no flow for part of each day May 23, 24, 1967, result of temporary closure of gate at dam at Hanover.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,790 mg/L, May 28, 1996; minimum daily, 5 mg/L, Aug. 5, 1997.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 28,900 tons, May 28, 1996; minimum daily, 0.8 tons, Aug. 5, 1997

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
160 54 54 48 e43 194 57 121 1970 207 95 56 
260 53 57 54 e44 160 58 116 828 507 97 54 
363 54 61 59 e45 140 57 104 476 1020 89 56 
468 53 62 59 e47 131 55 100 358 449 81 55 
563 54 64 e58 e48 122 53 98 342 355 86 51 
 
660 53 61 57 e49 113 53 94 302 306 94 47 
757 52 60 52 e50 103 60 93 260 264 95 47 
857 52 55 52 e51 98 68 98 239 240 85 56 
957 54 57 58 e53 96 66 129 217 250 78 51 
1057 56 58 69 e54 87 67 146 200 470 71 50 
 
1154 52 56 72 e53 81 68 133 e300 369 66 88 
1252 49 55 67 e53 78 64 170 713 272 64 174 
1356 50 55 59 53 78 60 137 1990 239 65 e110 
1453 50 54 47 50 77 59 119 1860 218 64 75 
1554 49 55 60 49 78 60 110 1150 201 63 66 
 
1680 48 55 57 52 76 60 110 714 184 59 57 
1777 48 52 48 e49 70 67 168 499 172 165 54 
1863 50 40 54 e50 68 67 272 389 157 159 51 
1958 51 52 52 e49 75 132 412 336 151 94 51 
2056 51 46 e56 e48 83 544 260 340 143 81 59 
 
2155 49 38 e64 e47 80 426 215 321 134 74 62 
2255 50 44 e62 70 74 280 193 267 129 69 110 
2353 66 e43 e58 128 70 237 172 247 120 68 858 
2452 72 e42 e54 453 70 213 150 279 113 67 248 
2552 66 e42 e51 345 72 186 131 343 108 63 163 
 
2652 61 e43 e47 783 67 163 126 392 106 61 125 
2763 62 e44 e44 435 67 148 225 279 102 62 105 
2857 59 e46 e40 259 66 139 204 252 97 60 91 
2955 55 50 e37 214 64 134 175 246 92 59 82 
3056 52 52 e39 --- 60 123 165 221 93 57 77 
 
3155 --- 49 e41 --- 58 --- 276 --- 100 58 --- 

TOTAL1810162516021675372427563824502216330736824493229
MEAN58.454.251.754.012888.912716254423879.0108
MAX8072647278319454441219901020165858
MIN5248383743585393200925747
CFSM.24.22.21.22.52.36.52.662.20.96.32.44
IN..27.24.24.25.56.42.58.762.461.11.37.49

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1935 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN11212811214724433725923622814199.1124
MAX807672565779837945110411721077974459968
(WY)198719621983196019711959197319731993199319811965
MIN19.724.421.415.219.434.240.230.929.923.118.621.0
(WY)194119411990194019401954194019401989198919411940

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1935 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL79102     51414         
ANNUAL MEAN217     140         180         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN480         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN39.3      1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN3730         May 171990             Jun 139010         Feb 21 1937
LOWEST DAILY MEAN38         Dec 2137      A    Jan 293.5      May 24 1967
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM42         Dec 2141             Jan 2710         Dec 28 1939
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW3060             Jun 112000         Jan 5 1946
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE13.55        Jun 126.12 BJan 5 1946
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW27      C    Dec 18.00    D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).88.57    .73    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.917.74    9.91    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS435     279         332         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS130     66         87         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS52     49         32         
A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
B - Ice jam.
C - Result of freezeup.
D - May 23, 24, 1967, result of temporary closure of gate at dam at Hanover.


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