05536500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05536500 TINLEY CREEK NEAR PALOS PARK, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°38'48", long 87°45'59", in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.32, T.37 N., R.13 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 135th Street, 1.5 mi west of State Highway 50, 3 mi southeast of Palos Park, and at mile 1.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.2 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: July 1951 to current year. Prior to October 1952, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin (WSP 1237).

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

FISH: Water year 2001.

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-81-2: 1955(M), 1957(M), 1970(M), 1978(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 607.40 ft above sea level.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,010 ft³/s, July 18, 1996, from rating curve extended above 800 ft³/s on basis of indirect measurement of flow through culvert, gage height, 10.25 ft; maximum gage height, 10.30 ft, Oct. 10, 1954; no flow at times in most years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for 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	1.9	1.9	5.6	e2.1	e45	e9.0	3.3	3.4	59	1.2	1.5	11
2	1.9	1.8	4.9	e2.1	e25	6.5	3.7	3.0	21	.97	141	4.6
3	1.9	1.7	3.7	e2.2	e10	5.7	3.3	2.8	12	3.3	76	2.9
4	67	1.7	3.1	e2.2	e7.5	5.0	2.9	2.5	7.2	5.4	22	2.2
5	22	1.7	2.7	e2.3	e6.0	4.5	2.7	2.4	79	2.9	8.1	1.6

6	14	1.7	2.4	e2.3	e5.6	4.1	7.7	2.4	59	1.7	4.6	2.1
7	7.5	19	2.4	e2.3	e8.0	3.6	11	4.8	22	1.7	3.2	9.8
8	8.2	9.6	2.3	e2.2	62	3.1	5.6	5.1	12	1.3	2.4	4.8
9	8.4	80	2.4	e2.2	364	2.7	4.9	3.1	7.9	1.1	2.0	9.0
10	5.2	70	2.2	e2.2	113	2.4	5.0	2.3	5.7	.90	4.0	11

11	3.4	17	e2.4	e2.1	43	2.6	4.8	7.7	4.2	.79	2.6	5.2
12	3.1	8.6	e3.4	e2.1	22	3.2	18	6.2	12	.74	1.8	3.3
13	3.0	18	e3.1	e2.1	16	5.0	8.2	3.6	10	.62	2.2	2.8
14	2.6	14	e2.9	e10	23	4.8	6.0	2.8	8.4	.56	1.8	1.8
15	2.6	8.0	e2.7	e45	25	16	84	2.5	54	.88	1.3	1.9

16	3.5	5.5	e2.5	e30	18	60	37	2.6	14	.52	5.2	1.8
17	3.7	4.2	e2.4	e18	12	51	15	2.8	6.2	.49	4.7	1.4
18	3.4	3.5	e2.3	e13	e8.5	48	9.2	2.8	4.0	.93	6.2	3.7
19	3.1	e3.2	e2.2	e9.0	6.0	32	6.9	2.0	3.2	1.3	11	90
20	2.9	e2.9	e2.2	e7.5	5.4	19	14	1.7	2.8	1.1	5.8	22

21	3.4	e2.6	e2.1	e6.0	e4.5	13	64	2.5	9.4	24	3.0	10
22	4.1	2.5	e2.1	e4.7	3.9	10	71	5.6	9.8	139	2.1	4.6
23	4.4	2.4	e2.0	e4.2	3.4	8.0	34	3.5	5.0	42	1.6	11
24	16	2.3	e2.0	e3.8	84	6.5	17	5.5	3.2	20	1.3	20
25	12	2.3	e1.9	e3.5	180	5.4	10	14	2.7	34	56	6.1

26	5.6	6.0	e1.9	e3.2	48	4.2	7.4	60	2.2	20	36	3.5
27	4.1	7.3	e1.8	e3.1	20	3.4	5.8	134	1.9	7.3	11	2.2
28	2.8	6.0	e1.8	e3.0	12	3.4	4.8	38	1.6	4.2	4.6	1.4
29	2.4	7.5	e1.8	e7.0	---	3.4	4.5	16	1.5	3.0	2.9	1.1
30	2.1	6.6	e1.9	e95	---	3.3	4.6	9.9	1.4	2.4	2.6	.98

31	1.9	---	e2.0	e90	---	3.3	---	9.0	---	2.0	30	---

TOTAL	228.1	319.5	79.1	384.4	1180.8	352.1	476.3	364.5	442.3	326.30	458.5	253.78
MEAN	7.36	10.6	2.55	12.4	42.2	11.4	15.9	11.8	14.7	10.5	14.8	8.46
MAX	67	80	5.6	95	364	60	84	134	79	139	141	90
MIN	1.9	1.7	1.8	2.1	3.4	2.4	2.7	1.7	1.4	.49	1.3	.98
CFSM	.66	.95	.23	1.11	3.77	1.01	1.42	1.05	1.32	.94	1.32	.76
IN.	.76	1.06	.26	1.28	3.92	1.17	1.58	1.21	1.47	1.08	1.52	.84

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	6.22	9.27	9.90	11.0	13.8	21.0	21.6	14.7	11.8	6.48	5.12	5.42
MAX	87.0	46.2	57.7	43.1	69.8	90.2	50.7	43.5	56.9	58.5	28.3	38.2
(WY)	1955	1991	1983	1999	1997	1979	1970	1991	2000	1996	1987	1993
MIN	.000	.17	.15	.062	.19	2.24	1.52	1.79	.67	.15	.003	.000
(WY)	1953	1954	1964	1977	1963	1981	1963	1963	1965	1956	1964	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1951 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	5409.52		4865.68
ANNUAL MEAN	14.8		13.3		11.3
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					22.7	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					2.27	1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	256	Jun 14	364	Feb 9	891	Oct 10 1954
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.72 A	Jan 28	.49	Jul 17	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.76	Jan 24	.66	Jul 11	.00	Oct 1 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			473	Feb 9	2010	C, D Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			7.30	Feb 9	10.30	Oct 10 1954
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			.49	Jul 14-18
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.32		1.19		1.01
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	17.97		16.16		13.73
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	36		34		25
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.4		4.2		2.7
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.1		1.8		.19

	A- Estimated due to backwater from ice.
	B- At times in most years.
	C- From rating curve extended above 800 ft³/s on
	basis of indirect measurement of flow through culvert.
	D- Gage height, 10.25 ft.