05540060 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

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 1994-2001.

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.-- 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, 1,980 ft³/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 9.24 ft; minimum discharge, .02 ft³/s, Sept. 1, 2, 9, 1988.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 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 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	1.2	1.8	4.7	e2.1	38	26	6.2	4.9	36	3.6	1.5	9.6
2	1.4	2.2	3.9	e2.1	25	20	5.6	3.7	65	2.5	2.2	7.0
3	3.6	1.5	3.6	e2.1	19	16	5.3	3.1	39	2.7	2.0	5.3
4	35	1.7	e3.4	e2.1	15	12	5.0	2.5	29	2.5	1.7	5.3
5	19	1.7	3.3	e2.2	12	10	8.3	2.7	104	2.1	1.6	3.1

6	13	12	e3.2	e2.2	10	8.9	36	4.5	101	1.5	1.4	5.8
7	7.6	48	e3.2	e2.3	8.8	7.5	26	7.6	69	2.0	1.3	8.0
8	5.1	25	e3.2	e2.5	30	6.8	19	10	54	2.1	1.1	5.3
9	4.3	78	3.1	e2.4	244	6.2	17	7.1	42	2.3	1.5	6.8
10	3.7	82	2.9	e2.4	165	5.8	14	39	33	3.0	2.0	6.0

11	3.2	54	2.5	e2.3	96	7.0	19	113	26	3.8	3.4	5.3
12	2.8	38	e2.2	e2.4	68	11	23	72	28	2.9	2.9	3.7
13	2.3	36	e2.3	2.7	57	14	16	45	20	2.0	1.7	2.3
14	1.9	26	e2.5	3.8	62	11	13	33	19	1.4	1.0	1.7
15	1.3	19	e2.4	12	59	27	20	25	24	1.3	.91	1.4

16	1.6	15	e2.5	18	43	45	17	18	19	1.1	7.0	1.3
17	1.9	13	e2.5	16	34	40	12	13	14	1.2	5.1	1.3
18	1.4	11	e2.3	13	24	40	9.8	10	14	1.1	7.0	2.3
19	2.7	10	e2.3	11	18	33	8.4	8.2	13	1.1	7.6	176
20	2.0	9.2	e2.2	8.8	16	28	14	7.2	11	.93	2.4	99

21	1.7	7.8	e2.2	6.4	13	22	18	12	13	13	1.8	93
22	1.8	5.9	e2.1	5.7	9.7	19	15	10	12	38	4.5	56
23	3.2	4.5	e2.1	5.3	8.3	15	22	9.1	10	27	5.2	75
24	3.8	4.1	e2.1	4.8	53	12	20	6.8	8.6	18	2.3	92
25	2.7	4.4	e2.0	4.7	118	9.9	14	36	7.4	15	32	50

26	2.4	6.9	e2.0	4.8	62	7.8	10	56	6.5	9.1	22	37
27	2.0	9.8	e2.0	e5.0	45	7.6	8.6	49	5.1	5.7	16	28
28	1.6	8.8	e2.0	5.1	34	6.9	7.0	31	5.0	5.3	11	23
29	1.3	7.9	e2.1	14	---	6.5	6.0	20	4.3	4.9	8.3	19
30	2.2	6.6	e2.2	52	---	6.3	5.8	14	3.7	3.8	7.8	15

31	2.3	---	e2.1	48	---	6.1	---	20	---	2.6	19	---

TOTAL	140.0	551.8	81.1	268.2	1386.8	494.3	421.0	693.4	835.6	183.53	185.21	844.5
MEAN	4.52	18.4	2.62	8.65	49.5	15.9	14.0	22.4	27.9	5.92	5.97	28.1
MAX	35	82	4.7	52	244	45	36	113	104	38	32	176
MIN	1.2	1.5	2.0	2.1	8.3	5.8	5.0	2.5	3.7	.93	.91	1.3
CFSM	.25	1.02	.14	.48	2.74	.88	.78	1.24	1.54	.33	.33	1.56
IN.	.29	1.13	.17	.55	2.85	1.02	.87	1.43	1.72	.38	.38	1.74

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	8.85	15.3	12.7	14.7	20.6	21.5	25.7	20.7	19.0	12.8	11.5	8.77
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 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1986 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	3794.32		6085.44
ANNUAL MEAN	10.4		16.7		16.3
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					24.0	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					9.10	2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	174	Apr 20	244	Feb 9	1210	Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.15	Sep 5	.91	Aug 15	.04	Sep 9 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.23	Sep 3	1.2	Jul 14	.09	Sep 3 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			283	Feb 9	1980	Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			6.49	Feb 9	9.24	Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			.71	Oct 3	.02	A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.57		.92		.90
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	7.80		12.51		12.21
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	27		42		38
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.6		7.1		7.7
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.0		1.9		1.2

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