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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551675       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR MONTGOMERY, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'27", long 88°23'00", in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.38 N., R.7 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at bridge on Jericho Rd., 1.0 mi west of Montgomery, and at mile 13.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.0 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: June 1998 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1998-2000.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 654.00 ft above sea level.

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,040 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 8.61 ft; minimum, 2.9 ft3/s, Sept. 27, 1999.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.17 in, April 20, 2000.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum measured, 1,170 ft3/s, Feb. 22, 1997, gage height unknown.

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
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
132 13   11   e15 e12 46 14 33 91 61 77 12   
225 13   11   e17 e12 38 14 31 70 56 68 10   
323 12   12   e18 e13 33 14 28 56 192 48 10   
439 13   14   e18 e13 32 14 26 44 177 36 9.8
533 13   54   e16 e13 30 11 25 44 111 37 9.0
 
626 12   71   e15 e14 28 12 23 38 81 59 8.1
721 12   49   e17 e14 28 14 23 32 63 139 8.6
818 15   37   e15 e14 27 15 23 29 50 91 8.4
918 12   30   e18 e15 27 14 33 25 43 65 8.3
1016 12   26   e20 e15 25 15 58 23 111 49 8.9
 
1115 13   23   e23 e15 24 15 62 30 119 40 11   
1214 11   22   e20 e16 23 14 79 58 83 35 46   
1313 11   21   e17 e15 23 13 58 72 64 29 35   
1413 11   20   e14 15 22 14 44 92 53 27 29   
1513 9.619   e19 15 23 14 37 73 45 24 25   
 
1616 10   19   e15 15 24 14 34 56 39 22 18   
1713 10   18   e11 15 21 26 32 45 34 30 15   
1813 11   e12   e13 e15 21 24 33 36 31 30 14   
1913 10   e14   e14 e15 22 36 36 31 29 24 12   
2012 9.9e10   e16 15 23 169 32 39 27 21 14   
 
2111 10   e9.0e16 15 23 255 29 49 26 18 18   
2212 10   e10   e15 24 21 165 35 38 23 17 18   
2312 11   e12   e14 61 20 111 34 32 22 17 37   
2411 14   e11   e14 103 19 91 28 48 19 15 36   
2511 12   e11   e13 126 19 73 25 169 18 13 29   
 
2612 12   e11   e12 90 17 61 23 119 18 12 24   
2711 11   e11   e12 70 18 53 26 80 18 12 22   
2812 11   e12   e11 56 18 42 27 61 18 10 19   
2912 11   e12   e11 48 16 37 26 54 17 11 16   
3012 10   e13   e11 --- 15 33 25 44 24 11 15   
 
3112 ---   e14   e12 --- 15 --- 45 --- 56 11 ---   

TOTAL514345.5619.047287974113971073167817281098546.1
MEAN16.611.520.015.230.323.946.634.655.955.735.418.2
MAX39157123126462557916919213946
MIN119.69.011121511232317108.1
CFSM.30.21.36.28.55.43.85.631.021.01.64.33
IN..35.23.42.32.59.50.95.731.141.17.74.37

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN49.430.729.060.852.941.810259.664.756.926.715.7
MAX82.249.938.110676.459.715684.673.490.835.418.2
(WY)199919991999199919991999199919991999199820002000
MIN16.611.520.015.230.323.946.634.655.924.213.812.6
(WY)200020002000200020002000200020002000199919991999

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1998 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL19843.7  11090.6  
ANNUAL MEAN54.4  30.3  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN64.6  1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN30.3  2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN760         Apr 24255         Apr 21760     Apr 24 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN6.4      Sep 108.1      Sep 66.4  Sep 10 1999
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM6.9      Sep 68.7      Sep 46.9  Sep 6 1999
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW278         Apr 211040     Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE5.84    Apr 218.61Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW2.9  Sep 27 1999
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).99.55
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.437.51
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS112     61     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS28     19     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS10     11     


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