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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540130       WEST BRANCH DU PAGE RIVER NEAR NAPERVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°43'13", long 88°07'55" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.6, T.37 N., R.10 E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on downstream side of bridge on Washington Street, 3.5 mi southeast of Naperville, and at mile 29.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

PRECIPITATION: May 1989 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 630.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Water years 1989 to 1995 datum incorrectly published as 625.28 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- For precipitation records, snowfall-affected data can result during cold weather when snow fills the rain-gage funnel and then melts as temperatures rise. Snowfall-affected data are subject to appreciable errors.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,620 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 14.31 ft; minimum discharge, 4.0 ft3/s, August 29, 2002.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 5.34 in., August 4, 1998.

 

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
 
1103 155 235 e77 104 115 135 203 85 41 42 52 
292 135 174 e74 101 126 188 250 74 40 35 52 
383 118 148 e72 95 144 161 233 73 37 30 101 
4126 111 131 e72 88 133 139 182 626 47 44 72 
5526 103 121 e68 84 124 128 165 1360 34 212 58 
 
6308 96 114 e69 81 120 121 162 1110 31 109 48 
7192 93 109 e68 78 179 162 145 469 30 65 43 
8143 94 101 e67 82 472 406 132 305 30 47 40 
9119 90 91 e66 101 964 910 193 223 989 37 40 
10109 85 87 67 235 741 651 171 215 499 31 39 
 
11133 80 84 65 266 411 393 483 233 247 29 39 
12220 77 89 62 206 309 298 1660 205 156 31 38 
131230 75 200 60 171 252 240 1660 155 111 169 35 
142660 103 193 63 148 215 211 792 211 85 653 31 
152340 107 151 63 137 186 191 474 178 67 409 30 
 
161540 92 135 61 127 158 179 505 134 57 220 30 
17684 81 152 e62 121 145 183 782 112 52 139 30 
18451 78 143 e61 112 131 176 480 97 58 101 39 
19345 92 137 e58 161 120 179 335 86 50 85 42 
20265 88 140 e58 466 114 363 261 76 44 75 103 
 
21221 81 121 58 538 107 282 212 71 40 56 92 
22192 76 117 60 352 95 303 177 67 40 601 74 
23667 72 142 71 254 91 241 159 61 38 1180 84 
241000 104 133 77 201 88 240 159 55 38 808 42 
25943 201 120 75 169 84 268 169 92 35 336 26 
 
26611 161 114 72 150 83 208 158 85 38 217 21 
27372 129 100 74 138 82 267 129 65 62 156 19 
28285 109 91 72 125 77 441 119 55 63 125 16 
29236 116 e85 69 --- 135 306 113 49 84 94 22 
30198 193 e78 74 --- 208 234 104 44 74 76 25 
 
31175 --- e78 91 --- 148 --- 96 --- 53 58 --- 

TOTAL16569319539142106489163578204108636671327062701383
MEAN534.5106.5126.367.94174.7205.1273.5350.4222.4105.5202.346.10
MAX266020123591538964910166013609891180103
MIN8372785878771219644302916
CFSM4.350.871.030.551.421.672.222.851.810.861.640.37
IN.5.010.971.180.641.481.922.483.292.020.991.900.42

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN123.0146.9109.8144.9187.5185.2249.0224.5181.8122.1121.3110.5
MAX534290187315518316449449368456202332
(WY)200219961991199919971990199319901996199620022001
MIN30.538.333.548.454.873.069.562.632.739.535.740.9
(WY)199020001990200019892000198919891992199119911991

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1989 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL75396     73693     
ANNUAL MEAN206.6  201.9  158.5  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN202     2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN110     1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2660         Oct 142660         Oct 144960     Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN34         Jul 14,Aug 616         Sep 2816     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM37         Jul 1124         Sep 2419     Jun 3 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW3090         Oct 136620     Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE10.70    Oct 1314.31Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW4.0      Aug 294.0  Aug 29 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.681.641.29
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)22.8022.2917.51
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS375     445     323     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS120     114     92     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS53     42     40     

A - Oct. 13, 1989, Sept. 28, 2002.



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