05530000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05530000 WELLER CREEK AT DES PLAINES, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°02'58", long 87°55'05", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.18, T.41 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 58 (Golf Road) in Des Plaines, 2 mi west of U.S. Highway 45, and at mile 3.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13.2 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1950 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1915: 1957-60. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 634.02 ft above sea level (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to Sept. 9, 1968, at site 90 ft downstream and at datum 1.00 ft higher. Sept. 9, 1968, to Sept. 10, 1970, at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- Prior to Nov. 15, 1958, effluent from Arlington Heights sewage-treatment plant entered Weller Creek above station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,590 ft³/s, June 10, 1967, gage height, 15.09 ft, present datum; no flow at times in most years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those greater than 100 ft³/s, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	.35	5.4	3.9	e.88	7.7	9.2	14	1.2	47	.93	.17	8.8
2	.37	8.1	3.1	e.82	e4.6	6.8	12	1.5	35	.96	.45	5.5
3	7.3	6.5	2.1	e.82	e2.5	6.2	12	1.2	4.8	.88	.55	7.1
4	65	4.4	2.2	e.82	e2.2	5.6	12	.78	2.7	.87	.94	6.8
5	6.6	4.5	2.0	e.90	e1.9	5.0	23	.49	28	.84	.48	6.4

6	6.6	38	e1.8	e.92	1.8	8.2	26	4.2	7.3	.80	.32	29
7	2.1	68	e1.6	e.90	2.7	6.2	14	7.2	3.5	21	55	21
8	1.5	11	e1.4	e.88	60	3.8	12	3.0	2.5	1.5	53	4.7
9	1.2	125	e1.3	e.86	227	4.6	21	.78	1.4	1.5	62	17
10	1.1	29	e1.1	e2.0	40	7.7	16	53	1.7	1.4	58	8.9

11	1.1	12	e1.0	e5.0	11	15	27	111	2.5	2.0	15	3.8
12	1.5	8.9	e.94	16	7.4	19	15	14	20	1.2	12	2.8
13	.68	16	e.90	21	6.9	14	.97	5.4	2.0	1.1	11	2.6
14	.74	9.0	e.86	61	20	9.4	.64	5.6	1.1	.94	11	6.4
15	3.2	6.7	e.82	26	14	39	5.1	4.4	4.4	.97	12	7.4

16	2.2	11	e.82	7.9	11	36	1.2	6.5	2.5	1.0	65	5.8
17	e1.6	6.2	e.84	4.1	e7.0	28	.52	2.0	1.8	18	19	11
18	1.0	5.1	e.86	2.7	e4.0	24	.49	1.4	14	4.0	24	23
19	.61	4.0	e.90	2.0	e3.2	27	.61	.91	3.1	5.5	58	408
20	.68	3.6	e.92	4.0	3.0	25	8.4	.88	1.5	3.7	20	158

21	.55	4.9	e.92	7.5	e3.5	21	9.4	3.1	3.5	1.7	10	198
22	.54	4.0	e.90	2.2	e3.4	20	11	1.5	2.0	77	111	25
23	.55	3.3	e.86	.80	9.5	18	57	1.4	1.9	52	108	70
24	1.8	4.0	e.84	.67	86	17	16	5.4	1.7	15	27	22
25	.64	6.0	e.82	e.69	62	16	9.9	1.3	1.3	73	64	12

26	.55	11	e.82	.79	15	16	6.1	24	1.1	7.2	20	8.3
27	.56	4.9	e.86	e.90	10	15	3.1	29	1.2	2.2	9.3	6.6
28	.51	4.0	e.90	1.5	11	14	2.0	4.6	.89	.89	7.4	5.7
29	2.2	5.5	e.92	32	---	14	1.7	2.6	.83	.51	6.4	5.2
30	4.8	3.7	e.92	46	---	14	3.5	2.0	1.0	.29	36	5.1

31	5.5	---	e.90	18	---	13	---	16	---	.19	51	---

TOTAL	123.63	433.7	39.02	270.55	638.3	477.7	341.63	316.34	202.22	299.07	928.01	1101.9
MEAN	3.99	14.5	1.26	8.73	22.8	15.4	11.4	10.2	6.74	9.65	29.9	36.7
MAX	65	125	3.9	61	227	39	57	111	47	77	111	408
MIN	.35	3.3	.82	.67	1.8	3.8	.49	.49	.83	.19	.17	2.6
CFSM	.30	1.10	.10	.66	1.73	1.17	.86	.77	.51	.73	2.27	2.78
IN.	.35	1.22	.11	.76	1.80	1.35	.96	.89	.57	.84	2.62	3.11

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	6.82	8.06	6.76	6.88	9.30	14.5	19.3	12.3	12.2	8.99	10.7	8.73
MAX	35.6	46.4	34.3	43.2	38.2	107	54.1	64.0	54.1	38.4	69.9	55.7
(WY)	1955	1986	1983	1974	1997	1979	1975	1974	1972	1957	1987	1972
MIN	.13	.31	.077	.077	.19	.72	2.24	1.44	.90	2.41	.32	.60
(WY)	1963	1963	1964	1959	1972	1968	1989	1982	1982	1998	1973	1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1951 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	3045.25		5172.07
ANNUAL MEAN	8.32		14.2		10.4
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					23.4	1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					3.07	1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	250	Apr 20	408	Sep 19	1120	Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.16	Sep 18	.17	Aug 1	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.29	Mar 31	.44	Jul 28	.00	Nov 4 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			890	Sep 19	1590	Jun 10 1967
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			8.00	Sep 19	15.09 B	Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			.00	C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.63		1.07		.79
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	8.58		14.58		10.67
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	17		33		21
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2.3		4.6		2.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	.64		.82		.26

	A - At times in most years.
	B - Present datum.
	C - Several days.