05529500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05529500 MCDONALD CREEK NEAR MOUNT PROSPECT, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°05'43", long 87°54'46", in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.23, T.42 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Camp McDonald Road, 2.5 mi northeast of Mount Prospect, and at mile 2.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 7.93 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1915: 1958. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.12 ft above sea level (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to May 9, 1978, at site 55 ft downstream at same datum. Mar. 7 to Sept. 30, 1994, at temporary site 50 ft upstream at same datum.

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
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	8.2	.14	.15	2.9	e.56	4.1	.95	4.5	12	1.6	17	.91
2	4.1	.18	.16	e2.5	e.56	3.0	.96	3.1	21	5.7	10	.76
3	17	.17	.80	e2.1	e.58	2.6	.96	2.6	10	58	4.5	.72
4	19	.18	4.0	e2.2	e.60	2.3	.80	2.4	7.8	25	2.5	.55
5	7.0	.18	53	e2.3	e.60	2.1	.81	2.1	31	12	2.4	.44

6	2.8	.16	24	2.6	e.60	1.9	.89	1.9	16	6.0	2.8	.44
7	1.3	.16	11	2.5	e.60	2.0	4.7	1.7	9.1	3.3	2.2	.49
8	.68	.17	6.4	2.3	e.62	1.8	11	2.9	5.8	2.3	1.4	.69
9	.41	.18	4.3	5.6	e.70	1.6	6.6	19	3.9	1.8	1.3	.54
10	.35	.17	3.0	6.3	e1.3	1.3	3.3	14	2.6	22	1.0	.56

11	.26	.15	2.1	2.5	e1.6	1.2	3.0	15	8.3	13	.77	19
12	.21	.16	1.8	2.4	e1.8	1.2	2.4	15	12	7.0	.67	60
13	.18	.17	1.5	2.0	e1.6	1.1	1.9	11	12	4.7	.60	20
14	.18	.17	1.4	e1.7	e1.4	1.1	1.8	6.4	11	2.8	.54	18
15	.18	.17	2.1	e1.5	e1.3	1.4	1.5	4.3	9.2	1.8	.54	8.9

16	.26	.17	2.0	1.4	e3.0	1.7	3.2	6.0	5.2	1.3	.41	4.3
17	.22	.19	1.4	e1.1	5.8	1.1	15	4.9	3.2	1.1	11	2.8
18	.16	.22	e1.2	e.90	7.4	1.0	7.3	16	2.3	.85	6.4	2.0
19	.15	.28	e1.1	e.80	12	1.2	23	21	1.8	.89	3.2	1.6
20	.14	.30	e1.1	e.70	12	9.3	100	12	5.5	1.2	1.7	2.9

21	.16	.28	1.4	e.66	13	5.2	116	8.9	4.5	.64	1.1	3.6
22	.14	.36	e1.2	e.64	30	3.1	55	6.4	3.0	.45	.97	31
23	.13	.94	e1.2	e.60	24	2.3	34	4.9	2.2	.40	.83	63
24	.12	.55	e1.1	e.58	48	2.7	19	3.5	10	.42	.70	32
25	.14	.25	e1.5	e.56	30	2.4	11	2.5	19	.41	.62	14

26	.16	.22	e1.4	e.54	17	1.9	7.9	2.2	9.1	.41	6.2	7.5
27	.15	.20	e.82	e.52	10	2.2	5.9	5.0	4.7	.40	3.5	4.3
28	.15	.17	e1.3	e.50	6.6	1.5	4.5	11	2.9	.39	2.3	3.1
29	.15	.15	e2.0	e.50	5.1	1.7	3.6	6.6	3.6	.37	1.5	2.6
30	.15	.14	e3.7	e.58	---	1.2	2.8	4.8	2.1	.37	1.1	2.2

31	.14	---	e3.0	e.56	---	1.0	---	9.1	---	29	1.1	---

TOTAL	64.37	6.93	141.13	52.54	238.32	68.2	449.77	230.7	250.8	205.60	90.85	308.90
MEAN	2.08	.23	4.55	1.69	8.22	2.20	15.0	7.44	8.36	6.63	2.93	10.3
MAX	19	.94	53	6.3	48	9.3	116	21	31	58	17	63
MIN	.12	.14	.15	.50	.56	1.0	.80	1.7	1.8	.37	.41	.44
CFSM	.26	.03	.57	.21	1.04	.28	1.89	.94	1.05	.84	.37	1.30
IN.	.30	.03	.66	.25	1.12	.32	2.11	1.08	1.18	.96	.43	1.45

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	3.59	5.18	4.95	4.57	6.22	9.90	12.3	7.61	7.21	4.68	4.89	3.98
MAX	16.9	28.5	27.2	20.7	26.5	36.2	35.0	31.3	33.5	26.2	39.7	23.9
(WY)	1955	1986	1983	1999	1997	1979	1999	1996	1970	1957	1987	1972
MIN	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	1.58	2.05	1.46	.50	.019	.000	.000
(WY)	1953	1954	1954	1954	1954	1956	1989	1988	1963	1953	1953	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1952 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	3221.73		2108.11
ANNUAL MEAN	8.83		5.76		6.25
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					11.7	1972
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					1.17	1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	217	Apr 23	116	Apr 21	476	Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.09	Sep 16,17,24	.12	Oct 24	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.13	Sep 13	.14	Oct 19	.00	Sep 12 1952
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			153	Apr 21	806	Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			4.51	Apr 21	8.08	Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			.11	Oct 23,24
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.11		.73		.79
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	15.11		9.89		10.71
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	23		15		14
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.9		2.0		2.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	.16		.18		.05

A - At times in several years.