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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530000       WELLER CREEK AT DES PLAINES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°02'58", long 87°55'05" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.18, T.41 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 58 (Golf Road) in Des Plaines, 2 mi west of U.S. Highway 45, and at mile 3.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1950 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1915: 1957-60. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 634.02 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to Sept. 9, 1968, at site 90 ft downstream and at datum 1.00 ft higher. Sept. 9, 1968, to Sept. 10, 1970, at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Prior to Nov. 15, 1958, effluent from Arlington Heights sewage-treatment plant entered Weller Creek above station.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,590 ft3/s, June 10, 1967, gage height, 15.09 ft, present datum; no flow at times in most years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for October 1 - August 20, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
14.22.2  1.7  e0.608.6  1.3  3.1  38     0.440.101.30.70
24.51.7  0.61e0.592.5  6.0  2.5  112     0.410.111.773     
34.30.980.54e0.541.5  3.3  0.9120     19     0.092.010     
416   1.1  0.31e0.503.4  2.4  0.6512     316     0.099.71.4  
541   0.880.26e0.501.1  1.7  0.4910     81     0.097.00.67
 
65.40.840.24e0.520.892.8  0.458.3  15     0.114.30.40
72.91.0  0.22e0.561.0  4.3  7.7  4.2  4.5  0.125.60.30
82.00.730.21e0.581.8  54     51     3.6  2.5  0.108.50.22
91.50.780.16e0.564.0  77     55     23     1.5  75     12   0.22
103.60.790.20e0.5411     16     16     5.7  2.7  0.4821   0.76
 
119.30.800.15e0.525.1  11     7.8  132     33     e0.4029   0.74
1257   0.812.6  e0.543.1  8.0  4.6  200     2.2  0.2743   0.36
13359   1.0  25     e0.582.8  6.2  2.9  43     0.930.16215   0.27
14248   0.902.5  e0.642.6  3.4  2.4  18     16     0.1554   0.24
1553   0.881.0  0.962.5  1.2  2.4  8.2  4.7  0.16e15   0.36
 
1624   0.743.7  0.942.1  0.771.7  107     0.610.16e6.60.43
173.30.774.1  1.3  1.8  0.572.8  39     0.430.25e2.50.35
182.20.781.5  1.0  1.9  0.481.7  18     0.280.17e1.11.6  
191.91.4  5.4  1.1  9.7  0.362.1  10     0.200.20e1.439     
201.40.832.1  0.9322     0.4412     6.5  0.170.23e1.035     
 
211.12.5  1.3  0.857.4  0.3835     4.0  0.160.296.010     
2223   0.942.1  0.882.7  0.3213     3.2  0.150.34392   35     
23168   0.804.3  1.1  2.2  0.425.7  3.2  0.160.42167   8.3  
24117   6.6  1.4  0.941.6  0.2215     2.4  0.160.5034   4.2  
2526   5.1  1.3  0.821.3  0.2014     8.8  0.170.5316   3.1  
 
2611   1.001.2  0.812.2  0.235.9  1.9  0.200.5410   2.2  
276.70.98e0.930.692.0  0.2227     1.3  0.164.1  6.31.4  
283.90.871.1  0.801.8  0.1622     0.860.130.813.01.5  
293.02.4  e0.740.92---     23     7.9  0.720.121.6  2.433     
302.812     e0.641.1  ---     4.7  5.0  0.580.121.0  1.67.7  
 
312.4---     e0.595.6  ---     1.2  ---     0.59---     1.2  1.1---     

TOTAL1209.453.1068.1028.51110.59232.27328.70846.05503.1089.771081.1272.42
MEAN39.011.7702.1970.9203.9507.49310.9627.2916.772.89634.879.081
MAX35912255.62277552003167539273
MIN1.10.730.150.500.890.160.450.580.120.091.00.22
CFSM2.960.130.170.070.300.570.832.071.270.222.640.69
IN.3.410.150.190.080.310.650.932.381.420.253.050.77

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN7.4367.9416.6756.7649.19514.3719.1312.6212.258.87711.198.734
MAX39.046.434.343.238.210754.164.054.138.469.955.7
(WY)200219861983197419971979197519741972195719871972
MIN0.130.310.0770.0770.190.722.241.440.902.410.320.60
(WY)196319631964195919721968198919821982199819731966

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1951 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL5906.324823.11
ANNUAL MEAN16.1813.2110.42    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN23.4      1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN3.07    1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN408         Sep 19392         Aug 221120         Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.15    Dec 110.09    Jul 3-50.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.21    Dec 50.10    Jun 300.00    Nov 4 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1070         Oct 131590         Jun 10 1967
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE9.84    Oct 1315.09 BJun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.00    C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.231.000.79    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)16.6513.5910.73    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS37     26     21         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.2  1.7  2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.790.220.26    

A - At times in most years.

B - Present datum.

C - Several days.



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