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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536255       BUTTERFIELD CREEK AT FLOSSMOOR, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°32'24", long 87°38'57" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.8, T.35 N., R.14 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of Riegel Road Bridge at Homewood city limits, 0.1 mi north of Holbrook Road, 0.8 mi east of Flossmoor, and at mile 1.2.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 23.5 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: May 1948 to current year. Prior to October 1974, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River Basin (WSP 1307, 1727, 1911, 2111, WDR IL 1971-74).

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1437: 1948(M), 1953, 1955. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-81-2: 1955(M), 1957(M), 1968(M), 1974(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 616.80 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Sept. 9, 1948, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,220 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 12.59 ft; no flow at times in several years.

 

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
 
11.26.133   e3.452   9.810   19   5.51.9  0.630.00
21.241   20   e3.336   20   79   19   4.81.4  1.3  4.0  
31.525   13   e3.425   e28   55   13   4.91.2  0.522.2  
411   16   10   e3.7e19   e24   30   9.74.65.1  0.410.48
592   10   11   e3.9e14   21   20   7.94.78.5  6.0  0.24
 
637   6.913   e4.011   25   14   19   4.13.8  1.8  0.13
716   5.68.4e4.08.761   17   17   4.01.9  0.930.04
87.74.76.03.98.9180   142   43   3.71.4  0.510.02
94.24.55.03.919   231   224   134   3.343     0.320.02
103.04.24.13.758   99   80   56   4.417     0.311.9  
 
112.83.13.83.347   57   46   192   22   6.9  0.161.1  
1273   2.74.12.831   41   32   728   14   3.5  0.080.80
13149   2.58.22.626   32   23   267   6.92.0  0.040.37
14295   5.513   2.519   35   17   103   9.71.2  1.0  0.13
1588   4.313   2.617   26   14   58   11   0.950.720.31
 
1652   3.510   2.515   16   11   69   5.40.841.2  0.47
1734   2.928   e2.512   13   11   71   3.50.791.7  0.16
1821   2.825   e2.49.811   9.241   2.90.881.1  4.9  
1913   5.017   e2.325   9.58.029   2.60.846.4  5.7  
208.34.212   e2.280   9.545   22   2.20.663.5  18     
 
216.93.49.4e2.151   8.841   16   2.10.701.5  6.6  
225.92.88.4e2.131   7.034   11   1.90.791.4  3.2  
2391   2.410   3.422   6.222   9.91.80.521.4  1.9  
2491   2.97.39.717   6.222   68   1.70.451.6  1.0  
2575   6.4e6.07.615   6.222   33   1.60.320.730.63
 
2639   4.5e5.15.521   6.614   21   7.40.460.520.50
2725   5.6e4.76.416   6.238   14   25   4.3  0.320.45
2818   3.8e4.46.112   6.094   9.98.62.5  0.110.39
2917   6.2e4.18.5---   12   43   8.43.72.1  0.040.24
3014   56   e3.812   ---   14   26   8.32.52.6  0.040.70
 
318.0---   e3.632   ---   9.1---   6.3---   1.0  0.02---     

TOTAL1301.7254.5324.4158.3718.41037.11243.22123.4180.5119.5036.3156.58
MEAN41.998.48310.465.10625.6633.4541.4468.506.0173.8551.1711.886
MAX2955633328023122472825436.418
MIN1.22.43.62.18.76.08.06.31.60.320.020.00
CFSM1.790.360.450.221.091.421.762.910.260.160.050.08
IN.2.060.400.510.251.141.641.973.360.290.190.060.09

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN8.12113.6416.5617.5422.3233.2333.5726.2221.4012.118.1468.237
MAX76.196.710573.788.412097.795.611985.960.077.1
(WY)195519911983196919971979197019961993195719681961
MIN0.270.140.0730.0320.382.853.572.491.140.550.320.25
(WY)195320001977197719782000198619921988198819481953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1948 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL6974.097553.89
ANNUAL MEAN19.1120.7018.46
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN42.3  1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN4.821963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN460         Feb 9728         May 121500     Jul 13 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.42    Jul 150.00    Sep 10.00A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.48    Jul 120.15    Aug 260.00Aug 8 1975
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW949         May 122220     Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE10.52    May 1212.59Jul 18 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.810.880.79
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.0411.9610.67
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS48     46     42     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS6.4  6.4  4.6  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.4  0.650.47

A - At times in several years.



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