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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05547755       SQUAW CREEK AT ROUND LAKE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°21'00", long 88°05'18" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.29, T.45 N., R.10 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on MacGillis Road at Round Lake, and at mile 7.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 17.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1989 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 764.94 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 312 ft3/s, July 18, 1993, from rating curve extended above 120 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 6.42 ft; no flow at times in 1991, 1994 and 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
 
12.535   17   e4.8e4.811   12   5.82.62.3  0.531.5
21.829   13   e4.7e4.712   14   7.22.31.9  0.496.8
31.823   11   e4.6e4.414   13   6.63.71.6  0.4912   
41.619   10   e4.6e4.317   12   5.542   1.5  0.807.3
53.420   9.8e4.7e4.39.610   4.663   1.4  0.735.1
 
63.018   8.4e4.7e4.49.49.64.268   1.8  0.633.8
72.516   7.44.74.712   11   3.8157   1.5  0.613.1
82.214   6.84.85.442   28   3.587   1.5  0.592.6
92.113   6.15.07.978   74   3.743   2.4  0.632.3
102.412   6.85.120   68   75   3.330   1.7  0.632.1
 
113.511   6.24.521   55   65   5.721   1.5  0.632.0
1217   9.95.74.116   41   45   43   16   1.3  0.651.9
1358   11   12   3.813   35   34   42   12   1.1  3.2  2.0
14132   10   13   4.012   29   27   27   11   0.862.1  2.1
15124   9.511   3.911   22   21   19   9.00.781.5  2.1
 
1685   9.310   3.59.920   17   17   7.90.731.1  2.0
1757   7.09.63.89.217   12   20   6.50.750.782.0
1844   7.49.13.813   13   11   16   6.20.850.692.2
1934   7.89.83.618   14   9.612   5.41.0  0.952.6
2028   7.29.83.532   15   8.411   5.10.830.712.6
 
2122   5.89.03.449   16   7.98.94.30.731.9  2.5
2220   5.38.53.240   12   8.17.33.60.6923     2.5
23137   5.89.24.030   10   7.35.93.20.6625     2.3
24185   7.08.24.423   8.76.95.23.00.6714     2.2
25174   8.6e8.03.818   7.16.45.32.80.698.4  2.2
 
26148   8.2e7.23.717   7.45.55.33.30.665.4  2.1
27112   7.16.63.515   7.15.34.73.00.813.9  2.0
2879   6.26.03.814   7.06.94.82.70.733.2  2.0
2956   6.35.54.1---   10   6.63.93.10.912.6  4.2
3047   13   5.13.8---   17   5.73.52.90.862.2  3.2
 
3141   ---   e4.9e4.3---   15   ---   3.1---   0.701.9  ---   

TOTAL1626.8362.4270.7128.2426.0651.3575.2318.8630.635.41109.9493.3
MEAN52.4812.088.7324.13515.2121.0119.1710.2821.021.1423.5463.110
MAX18535175.1497875431572.42512
MIN1.65.34.93.24.37.05.33.12.30.660.491.5
CFSM3.090.710.510.240.891.241.130.601.240.070.210.18
IN.3.560.790.590.280.931.431.260.701.380.080.240.20

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1990 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN7.02112.7410.8813.9224.8126.1632.2326.5619.1010.052.6873.445
MAX52.533.626.640.255.445.879.499.674.454.07.6012.9
(WY)200219931992199920011990199319961996199319901992
MIN0.401.160.983.1410.97.569.333.360.760.440.190.11
(WY)199519971990199419951996199419941992199119911994

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1990 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL6229.255228.65
ANNUAL MEAN17.0714.3315.72    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN27.6      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN9.47    1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN200         Feb 10185         Oct 24284         May 21 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.39    A0.49    Aug 2,30.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.56    Aug 310.61    Aug 10.00    Sep 10 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW236         Jun 7312      CJul 18 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE5.64    Jun 76.42    Jul 18 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.49    Aug 1-4
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.000.840.92    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.6311.4412.56    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS34     34     39         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS8.3  6.2  6.6      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.1  1.2  0.65    

A - Aug. 8, Sept. 5.

B - No flow at times in 1991, 1994 and 1998.

C - From rating curve extended above 120 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow.



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