05551200 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05551200 FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°55'58", long 88°20'28", in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.40 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Randall Road, 2.4 mi northwest of St. Charles, and at mile 2.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 51.7 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: December 1960 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

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

PRECIPITATION August 2000 to current year.
BIOLOGICAL

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-82-2: 1966(M), 1968(M), 1970-71(M), 1973(M), 1978-79(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 704.84 ft above sea level.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,580, Feb. 21, 1997, from rating curve extended above 1,960 ft³/s, gage height, 8.77 ft; maximum gage height, 9.66 ft, Feb. 8, 1965, from floodmark, ice jam; minimum discharge, 0.10 ft³/s, several days in 1961 and 1965.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded daily total, 1.61 in., June 5, 2001.

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	7.5	7.3	18	e16	95	73	38	27	73	11	3.7	3.9
2	6.5	8.8	18	e16	77	63	36	26	108	10	3.8	3.3
3	6.6	9.7	18	e16	59	58	35	25	77	10	4.2	3.4
4	33	8.4	17	e17	43	56	33	23	54	11	3.8	5.8
5	34	8.0	e17	e17	35	46	34	21	141	9.9	3.2	9.4

6	23	10	e17	e17	29	46	59	19	188	8.8	3.2	8.1
7	17	143	17	19	27	44	73	27	109	9.5	3.0	11
8	15	103	17	19	35	43	58	37	80	9.7	2.6	8.8
9	12	151	e17	18	526	38	58	28	62	9.0	2.4	8.2
10	11	211	15	18	587	37	54	24	47	8.0	4.7	15

11	10	97	e17	19	253	41	53	62	38	7.0	3.3	8.1
12	8.7	67	e17	19	123	46	159	58	43	6.6	2.6	6.2
13	7.8	49	e17	18	93	61	111	39	38	6.0	2.4	5.2
14	9.3	40	e17	20	98	53	80	33	31	8.9	2.3	4.3
15	8.6	31	e16	30	105	82	90	32	28	7.3	2.2	4.0

16	8.3	26	e16	36	84	145	89	27	27	5.7	5.0	3.7
17	8.0	23	e16	34	64	112	68	23	24	5.3	5.2	3.5
18	7.5	18	e16	31	81	107	57	20	37	6.3	3.7	4.5
19	7.4	17	e17	30	61	90	51	18	32	6.7	4.3	82
20	9.6	16	e17	e27	55	77	52	16	25	5.7	3.9	50

21	9.4	e14	e17	e24	e48	68	56	20	25	5.2	3.1	121
22	8.0	e14	e16	e22	e40	61	52	22	23	21	3.6	61
23	7.8	13	e16	22	36	59	55	20	22	16	7.5	39
24	9.2	12	e16	21	94	51	53	19	20	9.3	5.1	50
25	10	13	e15	21	561	46	43	22	17	8.3	4.9	30

26	10	23	e15	20	241	42	39	27	16	8.9	6.4	19
27	11	22	e16	20	130	41	35	51	16	8.4	5.2	14
28	10	19	e16	20	89	41	31	38	14	6.2	4.3	11
29	8.3	19	e16	21	---	39	30	29	13	5.5	3.5	10
30	7.5	19	e16	112	---	37	28	24	12	5.0	3.4	9.6

31	7.6	---	e16	135	---	37	---	25	---	4.2	4.5	---

TOTAL	349.6	1212.2	512	875	3769	1840	1710	882	1440	260.4	121.0	613.0
MEAN	11.3	40.4	16.5	28.2	135	59.4	57.0	28.5	48.0	8.40	3.90	20.4
MAX	34	211	18	135	587	145	159	62	188	21	7.5	121
MIN	6.5	7.3	15	16	27	37	28	16	12	4.2	2.2	3.3
CFSM	.22	.78	.32	.55	2.60	1.15	1.10	.55	.93	.16	.08	.40
IN.	.25	.87	.37	.63	2.71	1.32	1.23	.63	1.04	.19	.09	.44

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	21.6	35.9	36.8	37.0	52.0	70.2	71.7	53.6	46.5	25.8	24.7	23.9
MAX	99.3	151	159	134	170	303	186	148	159	113	141	170
(WY)	1973	1986	1983	1969	1997	1979	1993	1996	1993	1996	1987	1972
MIN	1.61	2.39	1.98	1.63	3.31	17.1	16.4	7.87	3.07	1.05	1.65	1.64
(WY)	1964	1972	1964	1977	1963	1968	1977	1989	1977	1961	1964	1976

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1961 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	11160.6		13584.2
ANNUAL MEAN	30.5		37.2		42.1
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					76.7	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					8.72	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	300	Apr 21	587	Feb 10	1620	Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	3.0	Sep 8	2.2	Aug 15	.10	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	3.6	Sep 4	2.8	Aug 9	.23	Aug 26 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			781	Feb 9	2580 B,C	Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			5.22	Feb 9	9.66 D	Feb 8 1965
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			2.1	Aug 9,10,13,14,15	.10	E
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.59		.72		.81
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	8.03		9.77		11.06
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	64		81		88
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	17		19		22
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7.9		5.1		4.3

	A - Several days in 1961.
	B - From rating curve extended above 1,960 ft³/s.
	C - Gage height, 8.77 ft.
	D - From floodmark, ice jam.
	E - Several days in 1961 and 1965.

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	7.5	7.3	18	e16	95	73	38	27	73	11	3.7	3.9
2	6.5	8.8	18	e16	77	63	36	26	108	10	3.8	3.3
3	6.6	9.7	18	e16	59	58	35	25	77	10	4.2	3.4
4	33	8.4	17	e17	43	56	33	23	54	11	3.8	5.8
5	34	8.0	e17	e17	35	46	34	21	141	9.9	3.2	9.4

6	23	10	e17	e17	29	46	59	19	188	8.8	3.2	8.1
7	17	143	17	19	27	44	73	27	109	9.5	3.0	11
8	15	103	17	19	35	43	58	37	80	9.7	2.6	8.8
9	12	151	e17	18	526	38	58	28	62	9.0	2.4	8.2
10	11	211	15	18	587	37	54	24	47	8.0	4.7	15

11	10	97	e17	19	253	41	53	62	38	7.0	3.3	8.1
12	8.7	67	e17	19	123	46	159	58	43	6.6	2.6	6.2
13	7.8	49	e17	18	93	61	111	39	38	6.0	2.4	5.2
14	9.3	40	e17	20	98	53	80	33	31	8.9	2.3	4.3
15	8.6	31	e16	30	105	82	90	32	28	7.3	2.2	4.0

16	8.3	26	e16	36	84	145	89	27	27	5.7	5.0	3.7
17	8.0	23	e16	34	64	112	68	23	24	5.3	5.2	3.5
18	7.5	18	e16	31	81	107	57	20	37	6.3	3.7	4.5
19	7.4	17	e17	30	61	90	51	18	32	6.7	4.3	82
20	9.6	16	e17	e27	55	77	52	16	25	5.7	3.9	50

21	9.4	e14	e17	e24	e48	68	56	20	25	5.2	3.1	121
22	8.0	e14	e16	e22	e40	61	52	22	23	21	3.6	61
23	7.8	13	e16	22	36	59	55	20	22	16	7.5	39
24	9.2	12	e16	21	94	51	53	19	20	9.3	5.1	50
25	10	13	e15	21	561	46	43	22	17	8.3	4.9	30

26	10	23	e15	20	241	42	39	27	16	8.9	6.4	19
27	11	22	e16	20	130	41	35	51	16	8.4	5.2	14
28	10	19	e16	20	89	41	31	38	14	6.2	4.3	11
29	8.3	19	e16	21	---	39	30	29	13	5.5	3.5	10
30	7.5	19	e16	112	---	37	28	24	12	5.0	3.4	9.6

31	7.6	---	e16	135	---	37	---	25	---	4.2	4.5	---

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	7.5	7.3	18	e16	95	73	38	27	73	11	3.7	3.9
2	6.5	8.8	18	e16	77	63	36	26	108	10	3.8	3.3
3	6.6	9.7	18	e16	59	58	35	25	77	10	4.2	3.4
4	33	8.4	17	e17	43	56	33	23	54	11	3.8	5.8
5	34	8.0	e17	e17	35	46	34	21	141	9.9	3.2	9.4

6	23	10	e17	e17	29	46	59	19	188	8.8	3.2	8.1
7	17	143	17	19	27	44	73	27	109	9.5	3.0	11
8	15	103	17	19	35	43	58	37	80	9.7	2.6	8.8
9	12	151	e17	18	526	38	58	28	62	9.0	2.4	8.2
10	11	211	15	18	587	37	54	24	47	8.0	4.7	15

11	10	97	e17	19	253	41	53	62	38	7.0	3.3	8.1
12	8.7	67	e17	19	123	46	159	58	43	6.6	2.6	6.2
13	7.8	49	e17	18	93	61	111	39	38	6.0	2.4	5.2
14	9.3	40	e17	20	98	53	80	33	31	8.9	2.3	4.3
15	8.6	31	e16	30	105	82	90	32	28	7.3	2.2	4.0

16	8.3	26	e16	36	84	145	89	27	27	5.7	5.0	3.7
17	8.0	23	e16	34	64	112	68	23	24	5.3	5.2	3.5
18	7.5	18	e16	31	81	107	57	20	37	6.3	3.7	4.5
19	7.4	17	e17	30	61	90	51	18	32	6.7	4.3	82
20	9.6	16	e17	e27	55	77	52	16	25	5.7	3.9	50

21	9.4	e14	e17	e24	e48	68	56	20	25	5.2	3.1	121
22	8.0	e14	e16	e22	e40	61	52	22	23	21	3.6	61
23	7.8	13	e16	22	36	59	55	20	22	16	7.5	39
24	9.2	12	e16	21	94	51	53	19	20	9.3	5.1	50
25	10	13	e15	21	561	46	43	22	17	8.3	4.9	30

26	10	23	e15	20	241	42	39	27	16	8.9	6.4	19
27	11	22	e16	20	130	41	35	51	16	8.4	5.2	14
28	10	19	e16	20	89	41	31	38	14	6.2	4.3	11
29	8.3	19	e16	21	---	39	30	29	13	5.5	3.5	10
30	7.5	19	e16	112	---	37	28	24	12	5.0	3.4	9.6

31	7.6	---	e16	135	---	37	---	25	---	4.2	4.5	---

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	7.5	7.3	18	e16	95	73	38	27	73	11	3.7	3.9
2	6.5	8.8	18	e16	77	63	36	26	108	10	3.8	3.3
3	6.6	9.7	18	e16	59	58	35	25	77	10	4.2	3.4
4	33	8.4	17	e17	43	56	33	23	54	11	3.8	5.8
5	34	8.0	e17	e17	35	46	34	21	141	9.9	3.2	9.4

6	23	10	e17	e17	29	46	59	19	188	8.8	3.2	8.1
7	17	143	17	19	27	44	73	27	109	9.5	3.0	11
8	15	103	17	19	35	43	58	37	80	9.7	2.6	8.8
9	12	151	e17	18	526	38	58	28	62	9.0	2.4	8.2
10	11	211	15	18	587	37	54	24	47	8.0	4.7	15

11	10	97	e17	19	253	41	53	62	38	7.0	3.3	8.1
12	8.7	67	e17	19	123	46	159	58	43	6.6	2.6	6.2
13	7.8	49	e17	18	93	61	111	39	38	6.0	2.4	5.2
14	9.3	40	e17	20	98	53	80	33	31	8.9	2.3	4.3
15	8.6	31	e16	30	105	82	90	32	28	7.3	2.2	4.0

16	8.3	26	e16	36	84	145	89	27	27	5.7	5.0	3.7
17	8.0	23	e16	34	64	112	68	23	24	5.3	5.2	3.5
18	7.5	18	e16	31	81	107	57	20	37	6.3	3.7	4.5
19	7.4	17	e17	30	61	90	51	18	32	6.7	4.3	82
20	9.6	16	e17	e27	55	77	52	16	25	5.7	3.9	50

21	9.4	e14	e17	e24	e48	68	56	20	25	5.2	3.1	121
22	8.0	e14	e16	e22	e40	61	52	22	23	21	3.6	61
23	7.8	13	e16	22	36	59	55	20	22	16	7.5	39
24	9.2	12	e16	21	94	51	53	19	20	9.3	5.1	50
25	10	13	e15	21	561	46	43	22	17	8.3	4.9	30

26	10	23	e15	20	241	42	39	27	16	8.9	6.4	19
27	11	22	e16	20	130	41	35	51	16	8.4	5.2	14
28	10	19	e16	20	89	41	31	38	14	6.2	4.3	11
29	8.3	19	e16	21	---	39	30	29	13	5.5	3.5	10
30	7.5	19	e16	112	---	37	28	24	12	5.0	3.4	9.6

31	7.6	---	e16	135	---	37	---	25	---	4.2	4.5	---