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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05550500       POPLAR CREEK AT ELGIN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°01'34", long 88°15'20" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.19, T.41 N., R.9 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank 35 ft upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway B.R. 20 (Villa Street) in Elgin, and at mile 2.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 35.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 1951 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

FISH: Water year 2001.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1338: 1952-53. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 716.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,180 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1997, gage height, 6.78 ft; no flow, July 10, 1957, Sept. 14, 1958, July 18, 1989, Oct. 6, 1997.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for those estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plants upstream averaged 43 ft3/s during the year. The maximum monthly average was 52 ft3/s in May, and the minimum was 36 ft3/s in September.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
113 37   54 12   e9.022 25 31 11   2.71.7  13   
211 30   40 10   e8.622 27 160 9.22.41.5  24   
311 27   32 9.3e8.627 29 129 10   2.01.2  35   
413 23   29 8.8e8.732 27 66 287   1.74.1  34   
534 23   27 8.8e8.822 23 43 546   1.67.1  25   
 
628 22   26 8.8e9.021 20 33 305   1.92.7  18   
722 21   24 8.2e9.926 23 28 156   2.02.1  13   
816 18   23 7.911   110 70 25 93   2.21.8  12   
913 18   20 8.214   187 188 28 57   10   1.2  9.1
1013 17   16 8.436   173 155 23 37   5.31.0  7.6
 
1119 14   14 8.443   114 106 59 50   7.00.877.2
1239 13   16 8.339   87 72 328 51   5.80.726.4
13141 12   44 8.133   65 54 267 35   4.677     6.1
14540 13   43 8.128   49 44 152 28   3.4109     5.7
15442 13   36 8.226   39 40 95 22   2.362     5.0
 
16250 12   30 8.324   34 37 111 18   1.727     4.4
17164 11   30 7.922   28 31 182 15   1.517     4.1
18115 10   28 8.220   24 27 124 13   2.411     4.3
1973 11   29 8.026   23 25 74 10   2.48.5  13   
2054 11   29 7.692   24 24 53 9.22.16.6  30   
 
2144 9.726 7.5117   21 28 40 7.91.84.6  32   
2242 9.425 7.482   18 33 32 7.91.7313     34   
23239 9.329 8.458   17 29 28 7.81.4518     28   
24326 17   26 9.745   15 26 26 7.21.1322     21   
25293 33   23 10   38   14 28 25 6.11.2185     15   
 
26191 29   21 10   33   14 24 23 6.11.4111     11   
27137 28   20 10   28   13 35 19 5.52.862     8.6
28102 25   19 10   25   12 57 17 4.43.141     7.4
2975 23   17 9.9---   21 48 15 3.74.331     7.8
3053 45   16 9.4---   32 29 13 3.22.723     7.5
 
3144 ---   15 e9.2---   28 --- 12 ---   2.015     ---   

TOTAL3557584.4827273.0902.61334138422611822.288.51969.69449.2
MEAN114.719.4826.688.80632.2443.0346.1372.9460.742.85563.5414.97
MAX5404554121171871883285461051835
MIN119.3147.48.61220123.21.10.724.1
CFSM3.260.550.760.250.921.221.312.071.730.081.810.43
IN.3.760.620.870.290.951.411.462.391.930.092.080.47

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN15.5521.5822.9421.8630.6648.1153.4435.7528.1315.2116.5414.52
MAX11513311385.112923514613010292.410394.6
(WY)200219861983199319971979198319741996199319901972
MIN0.500.250.600.910.724.769.513.500.971.270.870.25
(WY)195719541957195919781956198619891963198819561956

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1951 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL14628.8115452.59
ANNUAL MEAN40.0842.3426.99
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN52.6  1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN4.691963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN540         Oct 14546         Jun 5861     Feb 22 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.93    Jul 140.72    Aug 120.10Sep 16 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM1.2      Jul 111.5      Aug 60.10Sep 9 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW637         Oct 141180     Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE4.67    Oct 146.78Feb 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.62    Aug 120.00A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.141.200.77
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)15.4616.3310.42
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS73     107     65     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS22     22     11     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.2  3.6  1.3  

A - July 10, 1957; Sept. 14, 1958; July 18, 1989; Oct. 6, 1997.



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