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ROCK RIVER BASIN


05448000       MILL CREEK AT MILAN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°26'32", long 90°33'21" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.25, T.17 N., R.2 W., Rock Island County, Hydrologic Unit 07090005, on right bank at upstream side of Knoxville Road Bridge, 1 mi southeast of Milan, and at mile 1.2.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 62.4 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 1989 to current year. October 1939 to September 1940 (fragmentary), July 1941 to September 1986. Seven-month period (March to September), water years 1987-89.

 

STAGE: Water years 1999-2002.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1308: 1940(M), 1943(M). WDR IL-72-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 565.23 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 1, 1987, at datum 1.00 ft higher. Prior to Apr. 5, 1940, nonrecording gage at site 300 ft upstream. Oct. 1939 to Nov. 15, 1984, recording gage at site 400 ft. upstream.

 

REMARKS.-- Occasional pumpage of about 1 ft3/s from quarry into creek upstream from gage.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,300 ft3/s, Apr. 22, 1973, gage height, 12.65 ft, present datum; no flow at times in several years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for Feb. 22 to Aug. 8, which are fair, and those for estimated daily disharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
14.317   16 e15 26 e29 42 73 58 33 24 18   
23.914   14 e14 16 e25 67 74 58 32 20 17   
35.212   15 e14 19 e30 75 62 56 30 18 14   
46.812   16 e14 e17 e50 59 56 363 28 19 13   
534   12   17 e15 14 e46 56 53 243 26 89 12   
 
613   12   19 16 12 44 52 54 149 32 49 11   
77.712   15 20 13 51 92 50 114 34 30 10   
87.212   14 18 13 184 344 48 93 28 25 9.6
97.012   13 19 16 308 448 58 80 29 22 11   
109.611   13 20 29 171 214 46 75 26 18 10   
 
1114   10   13 16 30 130 161 304 189 88 17 9.5
129.49.714 16 31 108 130 807 123 58 17 9.5
138.910   21 e15 35 92 109 289 244 38 37 7.5
1412   16   19 e14 33 81 95 210 159 32 20 7.3
1510   13   16 e13 29 74 89 161 119 29 16 7.2
 
169.911   15 e13 28 63 79 166 98 26 16 7.7
178.210   16 e12 26 61 71 147 86 26 14 7.4
186.59.915 e12 25 57 66 122 77 25 12 6.3
196.512   15 e12 33 53 61 107 68 48 30 6.3
206.413   14 e12 81 51 57 99 64 36 20 6.6
 
216.311   14 13 84 46 66 88 59 26 14 6.7
2211   9.619 14 58 43 60 80 54 22 21 6.1
2393   9.431 17 51 46 53 84 51 21 227 5.0
2443   25   28 16 46 43 57 78 46 20 93 6.3
2539   25   e24 13 42 41 59 126 46 19 52 7.1
 
2626   18   e22 16 38 40 50 96 58 18 39 4.9
2721   21   e20 15 34 38 83 82 51 38 32 4.3
2818   17   e19 15 e36 39 131 77 42 33 27 4.4
2916   15   e18 14 --- 48 88 73 38 98 23 4.3
3016   16   e17 11 --- 46 77 67 35 48 21 3.8
 
3117   ---   e16 16 --- 40 --- 62 --- 32 19 ---   

TOTAL496.8407.6538460915217830913899299610791081253.8
MEAN16.0313.5917.3514.8432.6870.26103.0125.899.8734.8134.878.460
MAX93253120843084488073639822718
MIN3.99.41311122542463518123.8
CFSM0.260.220.280.240.521.131.652.021.600.560.560.14
IN.0.300.240.320.270.551.301.842.321.790.640.640.15

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN22.7023.9926.5338.0464.1076.8879.7275.2270.4841.4324.8818.82
MAX209175162223261299335432616388259208
(WY)195519621983196020011960196519961993198619931970
MIN0.110.510.440.0002.783.953.173.441.861.500.890.18
(WY)195719571977194019641956195619561956198819571956

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1940 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL28449.1  17395.2  
ANNUAL MEAN77.9447.6648.27    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN173         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN8.67    1957
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1650         Feb 9807         May 125000         Jul 8 1986
LOWEST DAILY MEAN2.7      Sep 16,173.8      Sep 300.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM3.8      Aug 295.0      Sep 240.00    Dec 30 1939
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1520         May 129300         Apr 22 1973
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE5.98    May 1212.65 BApr 22 1973
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW2.1      Oct 2
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.250.760.77    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)16.9610.3710.51    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS184     95     96         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS24     26     18         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS6.5  9.6  1.8      

A - At times in several years.

B - Present datum.



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