05556500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05556500 BIG BUREAU CREEK AT PRINCETON, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°21'57", long 89°29'54", in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.18, T.16 N., R.9 E., Bureau County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on right bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highways 6 and 34, 0.6 mi downstream from Epperson Run, 1.5 mi west of Princeton, and at mile 20.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 196 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: March 1936 to current year. Prior to October 1974, published as Bureau Creek at Princeton.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1940-41, 1948. WSP 1308: 1942(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage. Datum of gage is 555.39 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to July 18, 1940, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft upstream at datum 30.00 ft lower. July 18, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1944, water-stage recorder at site 500 ft upstream at present datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 12,500 ft³/s, May 17, 1974, gage height, 16.01 ft, from rating curve extended above 11,800 ft³/s; no flow during January 1940 and for several days in October and November 1953.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for July 11-Aug. 22 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	12	14	29	e16	e350	385	173	147	232	83	41	8.1
2	11	14	27	e17	e240	314	162	141	274	76	121	7.3
3	15	14	26	e18	e200	281	152	132	281	e78	42	7.3
4	53	14	24	e19	e170	276	141	125	238	e85	39	9.1
5	34	13	e25	e20	e150	242	143	125	623	e110	37	7.8

6	48	22	e28	e20	e130	199	153	140	957	132	35	7.9
7	34	22	e29	e20	e110	184	150	138	613	111	34	14
8	27	25	e30	e21	e150	175	138	132	446	125	32	8.9
9	24	56	e28	e20	e800	165	161	122	359	99	30	22
10	22	72	25	e19	e2000	149	173	122	307	87	28	14

11	22	122	e29	e19	1020	155	182	149	273	76	27	10
12	21	83	e34	e18	681	162	259	146	248	66	25	9.7
13	19	68	e31	e18	521	191	275	146	226	58	23	9.1
14	17	58	e28	e19	515	210	237	149	203	51	21	8.2
15	16	51	e26	e21	674	209	334	146	194	45	20	7.5

16	16	45	e24	e23	498	476	476	137	188	42	19	7.2
17	17	42	e23	e26	319	501	377	134	170	42	17	7.2
18	16	39	e22	e28	258	421	308	120	159	76	16	9.7
19	15	33	e20	e25	e250	440	277	111	154	136	15	28
20	15	32	e19	e22	e240	496	257	108	142	98	14	42

21	14	e31	e18	e20	e220	515	239	125	152	157	13	26
22	16	e31	e17	e18	e180	447	237	119	141	125	12	19
23	15	e30	e17	e17	e150	392	238	109	130	101	10	20
24	15	30	e16	e17	269	343	211	109	121	89	13	16
25	15	30	e15	e16	e3400	293	197	105	114	112	12	15

26	15	35	e15	e16	976	254	189	154	107	110	9.9	15
27	15	34	e14	e15	779	235	178	227	101	79	9.3	14
28	15	30	e14	e18	513	213	161	224	97	60	8.6	12
29	16	30	e15	e50	---	203	152	190	92	54	8.1	11
30	15	28	e15	e155	---	189	149	167	88	46	8.5	10

31	14	---	e16	e420	---	180	---	177	---	42	17	---

TOTAL	619	1148	699	1171	15763	8895	6479	4376	7430	2651	757.4	403.0
MEAN	20.0	38.3	22.5	37.8	563	287	216	141	248	85.5	24.4	13.4
MAX	53	122	34	420	3400	515	476	227	957	157	121	42
MIN	11	13	14	15	110	149	138	105	88	42	8.1	7.2
CFSM	.10	.20	.12	.19	2.87	1.46	1.10	.72	1.26	.44	.12	.07
IN.	.12	.22	.13	.22	2.99	1.69	1.23	.83	1.41	.50	.14	.08

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1936 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	62.3	85.5	93.0	129	193	260	248	227	208	101	56.8	55.3
MAX	523	556	572	626	851	1439	832	915	716	624	356	567
(WY)	1942	1993	1983	1969	1949	1979	1973	1995	1972	1982	1972	1970
MIN	.92	.37	1.79	.000	4.84	24.5	14.6	9.94	10.2	.63	2.29	1.93
(WY)	1954	1954	1977	1940	1963	1977	1977	1989	1977	1936	1944	1943

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1936 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	41062.8		50391.4
ANNUAL MEAN	112		138		143
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					365	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					14.6	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2660	Jun 1	3400 A	Feb 25	8730	Jun 24 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	5.7	Sep 10	7.2	Sep 16, 17	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	6.3	Sep 4	8.4	Sep 12	.00	Jan 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			5280 C	Feb 25	12500 D	May 17 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			10.36	Feb 25	16.01	May 17 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			6.3	Sep 3, 18
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.57		.70		.73
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	7.79		9.56		9.93
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	293		299		336
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	34		56		56
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	14		14		3.2

	A - Estimated
	B - January 1940 and several days in October and November 1953.
	C - From floodmark.
	D - From rating curve extended above 11,800 ft³/s.