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APPLE RIVER BASIN


05419000       APPLE RIVER NEAR HANOVER, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°15'10", long 90°17'09" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.16, T.26 N., R.2 E., Jo Daviess County, Hydrologic Unit 07060005, on right bank, 0.3 mi southwest of Hanover, and at mile 13.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 247 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1934 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

SEDIMENT: October 1994 to September 1997.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1005: 1939, 1941(M). WSP 1308: 1935-38(M), 1943-45(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 591.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1945, nonrecording gage at site 3.5 mi downstream at datum 9.48 ft lower.

 

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation during low flow by dam at Hanover. Suspended-sediment samples were collected by a local observer once a week with additional samples collected during storm runoff periods.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,700 ft3/s, June 4, 2002, gage height 27.91 ft; no flow for part of each day, May 23, 24, 1967, result of temporary closure of gate at dam at Hanover.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,790 mg/L, May 28, 1996; minimum daily, 5 mg/L, Aug. 5, 1997.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 28,900 tons, May 28, 1996; minimum daily, 0.8 tons, Aug. 5, 1997

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1161 206 245 e165 110 170 145 243 176 190 95 153 
2154 195 226 e162 91 172 156 249 161 184 90 528 
3143 177 220 e159 101 167 155 229 185 175 86 296 
4133 170 213 153 85 139 139 216 9470 170 85 203 
5131 164 213 154 86 163 135 210 7010 160 92 175 
 
6123 161 218 151 95 159 132 212 1670 209 110 161 
7115 158 205 e145 100 147 165 209 1130 216 92 149 
8111 154 203 139 98 182 505 199 863 179 84 138 
9109 145 197 145 106 788 1670 204 692 168 85 131 
10131 144 190 142 219 520 825 184 622 156 78 127 
 
11177 140 184 137 186 366 586 208 872 145 78 122 
12150 133 184 134 147 303 486 256 662 139 112 118 
13134 177 269 133 125 281 406 237 513 139 290 113 
14137 219 256 133 119 265 363 222 656 131 111 111 
15125 186 234 128 120 252 334 209 504 127 89 109 
 
16117 170 227 122 116 227 304 217 399 120 82 105 
17113 157 229 110 110 215 281 206 348 114 78 101 
18111 151 222 103 106 212 282 189 321 112 76 107 
19110 158 216 114 139 204 306 180 301 112 75 147 
20108 146 203 e112 317 212 263 174 291 107 72 150 
 
21105 142 193 e109 420 201 275 168 268 104 82 123 
22133 140 203 e108 268 171 326 164 254 106 9440 105 
23693 137 255 e109 239 189 314 166 245 106 5030 97 
24678 220 220 e108 228 180 333 165 235 98 668 94 
25529 367 184 105 219 164 350 186 229 95 413 92 
 
26334 265 e180 108 205 158 296 187 231 102 303 92 
27273 257 e174 107 184 155 281 166 231 112 248 92 
28247 241 e170 108 177 160 347 160 215 111 215 92 
29232 229 e169 105 --- 163 290 221 205 122 198 95 
30217 235 e167 101 --- 152 254 204 199 111 178 92 
 
31211 --- e167 106 --- 145 --- 193 --- 99 164 --- 

TOTAL624555446436391545166982107046233291584219188994218
MEAN201.5184.8207.6126.3161.3225.2356.8201.1971.9136.1609.6140.6
MAX693367269165420788167025694702169440528
MIN10513316710185139132160161957292
CFSM0.820.750.840.510.650.911.440.813.930.552.470.57
IN.0.940.830.970.590.681.051.610.944.390.642.850.64

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1935 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN112.6127.8112.3145.0245.9336.9261.8236.2240.0140.8106.4126.0
MAX807672565779837945110411721077974610968
(WY)198719621983196019711959197319731993199320021965
MIN19.724.421.415.219.434.240.230.929.923.118.621.0
(WY)194119411990194019401954194019401989198919411940

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1935 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL87594     107069     
ANNUAL MEAN240.0  293.3  182.1  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN480     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN39.3  1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1780         Feb 99470         Jun 49470     Jun 4 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN37         A72         Aug 203.5  May 24 1967
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM37         Jan 2079         Aug 1510     Dec 28 1939
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW13700         Jun 413700     Jun 4 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE27.91    Jun 427.91Jun 4 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW50         Feb 50.00B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.971.190.74
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.1916.1310.02
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS462     339     335     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS194     168     89     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS61     101     32     

A - Several days. Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Part of each day, May 23, 24, 1967, result of temporary closure of gate at dam in Hanover.



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