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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540195       ST. JOSEPH CREEK AT ROUTE 34 AT LISLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°48'07", long 88°04'08" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.2, T.38 N., R.10 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 34 (Ogden Avenue) in Lisle, and 0.8 mi upstream from confluence of East Branch Du Page River and at mile 0.8.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.1 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

PRECIPITATION: July 1989 to September 1998.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 660.00 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 error.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,280 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 12.89 ft; no flow at times in most years.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded, 3.95 in., July 17, 1996 but may have been greater during periods of missing record.

 

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


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
12.34.65.8  e0.945.93.35.87.01.0  0.000.020.18
22.54.33.4  e0.913.09.118   12   0.860.000.064.9  
32.34.22.6  0.872.311   9.35.01.5  0.000.000.71
426   4.32.0  0.881.97.96.63.860     0.067.3  0.21
561   4.71.9  0.851.66.54.82.519     0.2615     0.03
 
613   5.21.9  0.851.512   3.39.27.2  0.003.8  0.00
76.95.11.4  0.851.817   15   3.94.6  0.001.2  0.00
84.64.91.4  0.853.371   71   4.42.9  0.000.430.0  
93.44.51.2  0.859.593   83   12   1.9  88     0.160.04
105.34.41.1  0.8216   26   22   4.311     9.7  0.060.11
 
114.94.00.910.749.714   12   106   14     4.4  0.0  1.1  
1228   3.63.2  0.777.111   10   184   5.2  2.2  0.350.07
13284   3.511     0.735.58.17.638   6.5  1.2  19     0.00
14185   8.53.5  0.724.46.86.517   19     0.893.8  0.00
1548   1.52.2  0.644.76.24.311   8.0  0.770.580.00
 
1619   1.22.6  0.414.14.52.842   3.8  0.490.890.00
1712   1.16.5  0.833.13.212   21   2.8  0.250.220.00
189.51.43.3  0.802.52.84.611   2.0  0.200.029.8  
198.14.34.6  0.7320   2.611   7.81.2  0.022.1  12     
206.71.52.6  0.7839   2.947   6.20.960.000.5311     
 
216.31.31.9  0.8721   2.423   4.30.490.000.233.6  
227.51.23.0  1.2  11   2.012   3.50.340.00109     4.3  
2346   1.13.1  1.8  7.92.07.62.90.500.0030     1.5  
2455   7.61.8  1.6  6.71.817   5.50.370.0018     0.79
2525   13   1.5  1.2  5.82.011   6.30.490.026.7  0.56
 
2612   3.81.4  1.7  6.42.36.63.20.700.254.0  0.31
278.13.91.3  1.4  5.52.128   2.00.235.4  1.9  0.34
286.42.31.3  1.0  3.91.729   1.80.010.301.1  0.33
295.45.51.1  0.92---   17   11   1.60.004.9  0.791.8  
304.215   e0.991.6  ---   7.47.51.40.000.500.410.38
 
313.8---   e0.973.9  ---   5.1---   1.2---     0.130.23---     

TOTAL912.2131.581.4733.01215.1364.7509.3541.8176.55119.94227.8854.06
MEAN29.434.3832.6281.0657.68211.7616.9817.485.8853.8697.3511.802
MAX28415113.9399383184608810912
MIN2.31.10.910.411.51.72.81.20.000.000.000.00
CFSM2.650.390.240.100.691.061.531.570.530.350.660.16
IN.3.060.440.270.110.721.221.711.820.590.400.760.18

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN7.2599.2654.8427.96110.7710.8513.9512.929.8706.9686.5815.777
MAX29.424.815.122.843.225.130.637.727.628.915.512.2
(WY)200219911993199919971990199919901993199619971992
MIN1.160.840.661.061.352.413.560.670.500.670.970.046
(WY)200020001990200219892000199419941992199119911995

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1989 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL3961.573367.51  
ANNUAL MEAN10.859.2268.896
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN12.4    1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN4.79  1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN284         Oct 13284           Oct 13638       Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.03    A0.00      B0.00  C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.04    Jul 100.01      Jul 190.00  Aug 19 1992
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW796           Oct 131280       Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE10.58      Oct 1312.89  Jul 18 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.980.83  0.80  
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.2811.29  10.89  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS23     18       18       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.2  3.2    2.9    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.1  0.15  0.26  

A - July 6, 11, 12, 14, 15.

B - Many days.

C - At times in most years.



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