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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540195       ST. JOSEPH CREEK AT ROUTE 34 AT LISLE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°48'06", long 88°04'08", in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.2, T.38 N., R.10 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 34 (Ogden Avenue) in Lisle, and 0.8 mi upstream from confluence of East Branch Du Page River and at mile 0.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.1 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

PRECIPITATION: July 1989 to September 1998.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 660.00 ft above sea level.

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 error.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded, 3.95 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 discharge, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
11.7  .26.21.55e1.1  2.8  .655.825   1.9  7.2  .90
2.89.21.261.0  e1.1  2.0  .483.210   6.7  12     .93
313     .341.3  e1.2  e1.2  1.8  .362.95.687     3.1  .92
45.2  .2111     e1.5  e1.1  1.7  .302.63.811     1.4  .90
51.5  .2262     1.1  e1.1  1.6  .212.010   5.9  10     .89
 
6.54.2012     1.1  e1.1  1.4  .191.75.23.7  27     .85
7.60.244.9  1.0  e1.0  1.3  3.0  1.43.02.4  9.6  .83
8.32.253.0  1.0  e.981.5  4.1  8.92.21.4  4.0  .73
9.24.291.7  e1.4  e1.1  1.2  1.3  82   1.91.1  2.7  .54
10.21.241.4  e2.0  e1.4  1.0  1.1  25   1.359     1.7  .74
 
11.22.221.3  e1.7  e1.7  1.0  1.6  20   31   12     1.1  50     
12.12.24e1.2  e1.5  e1.4  1.0  e1.5  43   113   5.3  .9272     
13.10.381.1  e1.3  e1.3  .86e1.3  24   67   3.5  .779.3  
14.72.981.1  1.2  e1.3  .501.8  8.592   2.1  .6616     
15.15.67e1.1  e1.1  e1.3  9.4  1.7  5.433   1.5  .453.7  
 
161.6  .25e1.2  e1.1  e1.3  3.5  17     8.314   1.2  .301.9  
17.54.241.1  1.1  e1.4  1.4  25     4.7e7.01.1  18     1.4  
18.13.251.0  1.1  e1.5  1.2  7.4  32   e6.0.983.2  .88
19.10.241.0  1.1  e1.8  2.9  38     18   e7.5.872.0  .28
20.10.241.4  e1.0  2.9  11     233     8.59.4.791.2  6.9  
 
21.10.261.0  e1.0  4.5  4.3  145     5.26.9.29.891.6  
22.12.261.0  e1.0  12     2.8  37     6.23.1.22.4223     
23.1212     1.0  e1.1  12     2.4  20     3.64.0.12.2416     
24.122.5  .92e1.0  28     3.2  13     2.958   .13.1511     
251.4  .93.78e1.0  12     2.1  8.9  1.944   .19.163.4  
 
262.4  .80e.86e1.1  8.0  2.2  6.7  1.310   .15.221.7  
272.1  .99.71e1.0  6.3  3.7  5.2  9.45.1.14.271.3  
281.1  .79.58e1.0  4.2  1.9  3.8  41   3.7.14.301.0  
29.24.26.71e1.2  3.3  1.3  3.4  10   3.0.14.54.59
30.19.19.79e1.2  ---     .912.8  6.64.531     .83.25
 
31.22---     .56e1.2  ---     .83---     44   ---   17     .84---     

TOTAL36.0925.15118.1835.85117.3874.70585.79440.0590.2258.96112.16230.43
MEAN1.16.843.811.164.052.4119.514.219.78.353.627.68
MAX1312622.0281123382113872772
MIN.10.19.21.55.98.50.191.31.3.12.15.25
CFSM.10.08.34.10.36.221.761.281.77.75.33.69
IN..12.08.40.12.39.251.961.471.98.87.38.77

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN5.829.775.328.789.5911.113.813.010.57.266.185.66
MAX17.724.815.122.843.225.130.637.727.628.915.512.2
(WY)199219911993199919971990199919901993199619971992
MIN1.16.84.661.161.352.413.56.67.50.67.97.046
(WY)200020001990200019892000199419941992199119911995

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1989 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL3240.682624.89
ANNUAL MEAN8.887.178.88
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN12.4  1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN4.791994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN218         Jan 23233         Apr 20638     Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN.03    Aug 10.10    Oct 13,19-21.00A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM.07    Sep 5.11    Oct 18.00Aug 19 1992
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW474         Apr 201280     Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE8.68    Apr 2012.89Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW.07    B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).80.65.80
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)10.868.8010.87
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS19     16     18     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.5  1.3  2.9  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS.12.24.25
A - At times in most years.
B - Several days.


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