05540060 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05540060 KRESS CREEK AT WEST CHICAGO, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°51'23", long 88°12'15", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.22, T.39 N., R.9 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left downstream side of bridge at intersection of Wilson Street and Joliet Road, 0.5 mi south of West Chicago, and at mile 0.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 18.1 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: November 1985 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1961-80.

PRECIPITATION: April 1986 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-77-1: 1961-76(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 700.00 ft above sea level. Prior to November 8, 1985 at datum 5.44 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- For precipitation records, snowfall-affected data can result during cold weather when snow fills the rain-gage funnel and then melts as temperatures rise. Snowfall-affected data are subject to appreciable errors.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
PRECIPITATION: Maximum, 6.88 in., July 17, 1996, but may have been greater during periods of missing record.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good 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	16	.34	.27	1.4	e.98	9.5	2.2	13	23	11	25	.55
2	8.3	.62	.36	2.8	e.97	5.5	3.1	12	23	11	16	.35
3	10	.68	1.9	2.6	e1.0	4.3	2.8	9.4	15	70	9.5	.28
4	12	.86	8.3	2.7	e1.0	5.3	2.2	8.8	12	42	4.3	.16
5	5.8	.86	62	2.1	e1.0	4.2	2.2	6.4	19	27	5.1	.15

6	3.0	.76	34	1.7	e1.1	3.0	1.6	5.4	12	17	19	.24
7	2.0	.76	23	2.0	e1.2	2.7	4.7	7.2	8.6	11	32	.27
8	1.2	.73	17	2.1	e1.1	3.3	9.5	7.1	7.7	7.6	14	.29
9	1.1	.79	7.9	2.1	e1.2	3.4	7.2	27	6.8	6.1	8.2	.24
10	.78	1.3	5.7	3.9	e1.2	2.6	4.4	27	6.2	23	4.7	.35

11	.80	1.1	4.9	4.9	e1.4	3.7	3.8	34	16	16	1.3	12
12	.53	.69	2.8	4.4	e1.5	2.5	4.3	29	34	10	2.2	46
13	.68	.47	2.4	2.6	e1.5	2.2	3.6	21	32	7.2	2.8	20
14	.64	.43	2.2	2.0	e1.4	1.9	2.5	16	27	4.3	2.2	19
15	.50	.44	e2.1	1.7	e1.4	4.6	2.0	13	21	2.3	1.6	10

16	.86	.60	e2.0	1.6	e1.5	8.8	12	15	17	2.8	1.3	5.3
17	.89	.91	e2.0	1.6	e1.5	5.7	44	13	13	2.6	11	3.5
18	1.1	1.4	e1.9	1.5	e1.6	3.9	26	14	10	1.8	6.1	2.4
19	.98	1.3	1.9	1.4	e1.8	2.7	52	15	8.0	1.4	3.7	2.2
20	.85	1.4	1.9	e1.0	e2.3	5.8	174	12	14	.85	2.7	3.3

21	.77	1.2	1.8	e.99	3.5	7.3	171	10	17	.77	2.2	3.5
22	.91	.78	e1.9	e.98	19	5.7	106	12	12	.80	1.7	8.1
23	.99	1.6	e1.8	e1.1	29	3.6	70	9.5	9.7	.62	1.4	17
24	.85	2.4	e1.6	e1.0	48	e3.3	56	7.2	25	.56	1.1	10
25	1.7	1.9	e1.6	e.98	43	e3.1	46	4.8	49	.56	.88	6.3

26	1.6	.98	1.6	e.93	31	e2.9	40	4.1	33	.56	.83	4.3
27	1.3	.66	1.6	e.92	24	e3.1	34	5.0	23	1.1	.81	3.4
28	1.1	.37	1.7	e.92	17	3.3	27	9.0	19	.92	.69	2.8
29	.38	.29	1.7	e.80	10	4.2	19	10	16	.64	.69	2.0
30	.22	.27	1.4	e.97	---	3.5	16	11	12	6.0	.74	1.6

31	.29	---	1.4	e1.0	---	2.5	---	21	---	29	.68	---

TOTAL	78.12	26.89	202.63	56.69	251.15	128.1	949.1	408.9	541.0	316.48	184.42	185.58
MEAN	2.52	.90	6.54	1.83	8.66	4.13	31.6	13.2	18.0	10.2	5.95	6.19
MAX	16	2.4	62	4.9	48	9.5	174	34	49	70	32	46
MIN	.22	.27	.27	.80	.97	1.9	1.6	4.1	6.2	.56	.68	.15
CFSM	.14	.05	.36	.10	.48	.23	1.75	.73	1.00	.56	.33	.34
IN.	.16	.06	.42	.12	.52	.26	1.95	.84	1.11	.65	.38	.38

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	9.16	15.1	13.4	15.1	18.7	21.9	26.5	20.6	18.4	13.2	11.9	7.48
MAX	29.9	36.0	40.5	36.9	57.6	44.4	62.9	46.1	48.3	80.8	82.1	29.1
(WY)	1999	1996	1988	1993	1997	1990	1993	1990	1996	1996	1987	1987
MIN	2.37	.90	2.19	1.83	5.63	4.13	6.09	3.99	2.01	3.12	1.51	1.52
(WY)	1993	2000	1998	2000	1987	2000	1989	1989	1992	1991	1986	1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1986 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	6631.46		3329.06
ANNUAL MEAN	18.2		9.10		16.2
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					24.0	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					9.10	2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	207	Apr 23	174	Apr 20	1210	Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.09	Sep 3-8	.15	Sep 5	.04	Sep 9 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.09	Sep 3	.23	Sep 3	.09	Sep 3 1999
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			225	Apr 20	1980	Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			6.33	Apr 20	9.24	Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			.15	Sep 4,5	.02	A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.00		.50		.90
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	13.63		6.84		12.18
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	51		23		37
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	6.1		2.8		7.8
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	.45		.69		1.2

A - Sept. 1, 2, 9, 1988.