Station list     Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05533000       FLAG CREEK NEAR WILLOW SPRINGS, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'20", long 87°53'47", in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.31, T.38 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on German Church Road, 1.1 mi northwest of Willow Springs, and at mile 2.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 16.5 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: July 1951 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.


REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 606.36 ft above sea level. Prior to June 17, 1963, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 3.73 ft higher. June 17, 1963, to June 26, 1964, nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi upstream at datum 4.82 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 2 mi upstream.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,680 ft3/s, Sept. 14, 1961, gage height, 13.71 ft, present datum; minimum daily, 0.1 ft3/s, Dec. 9, 1957.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant, 2 mi. upstream averaged 18.1 ft3/s during the year. The maximum monthly average was 25.1 ft3/s in June, and the minimum was 13.0 ft3/s in November.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
121 13 12 13 13 21 17 30 81 29 31 16 
218 13 12 14 13 19 17 24 47 27 31 15 
336 13 16 15 13 18 18 21 34 155 23 14 
438 13 26 21 14 17 17 20 29 50 23 14 
522 13 161 16 13 16 17 19 50 36 32 15 
 
616 12 56 15 13 17 17 18 32 31 49 15 
717 12 30 15 13 16 23 17 26 28 44 15 
817 13 23 14 13 17 35 20 23 25 27 15 
915 12 20 19 15 17 23 166 22 23 23 14 
1014 13 18 26 19 16 20 94 20 143 21 37 
 
1114 13 16 20 21 16 22 59 47 59 20 90 
1215 13 15 18 18 15 19 57 123 38 19 213 
1315 12 15 16 16 16 18 56 102 32 19 49 
1414 12 15 15 16 16 18 35 77 28 19 54 
1514 13 19 14 15 18 17 30 61 24 19 33 
 
1615 12 18 13 16 23 21 32 39 22 19 25 
1714 13 17 14 16 17 63 26 30 23 60 21 
1813 13 16 14 17 16 28 45 26 21 27 21 
1912 13 15 14 18 19 72 52 24 21 19 19 
2013 12 17 14 18 36 349 33 35 20 17 27 
 
2114 12 16 14 24 23 236 27 33 20 17 23 
2213 12 15 13 55 20 88 26 24 19 17 42 
2313 32 15 13 50 19 62 24 23 18 18 50 
2412 21 14 13 87 22 46 21 70 19 17 42 
2513 14 13 13 50 20 36 18 101 19 16 30 
 
2613 13 14 13 36 17 31 19 42 18 16 25 
2713 13 14 13 31 23 27 31 31 19 15 22 
2813 12 14 13 25 19 24 178 27 19 16 20 
2913 12 15 13 23 17 22 56 25 19 16 19 
3012 12 14 13 --- 17 20 38 23 58 16 18 
 
3112 --- 14 14 --- 17 --- 88 --- 41 16 --- 

TOTAL49440669546569158014231380132711047221013
MEAN15.913.522.415.023.818.747.444.544.235.623.333.8
MAX383216126873634917812315560213
MIN121212131315171720181514


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN14.919.119.218.321.631.835.426.421.317.916.916.8
MAX10069.686.659.898.811095.090.968.167.766.8106
(WY)195519911983199319971979198319961993199619871961
MIN2.302.372.832.444.055.887.004.945.644.944.653.01
(WY)195419541959195619631957197119581956195219531954

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1951 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL12015   10300     
ANNUAL MEAN32.928.1  21.6      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN39.6      1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN7.79    1953
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN373       Jan 23349         Apr 201040         Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN12       A12         A.10    Dec 9 1957
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM12       Nov 2612         Nov 261.0      Feb 3 1959
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW633         Apr 202680         Sep 14 1961
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE7.29    Apr 2013.71 BSep 14 1961
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW7.0      Nov 18, Dec. 2
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS64   50     40         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS19   19     13         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS13   13     4.4      
A - Several days.
B - Present datum.


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data