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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551675       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR MONTGOMERY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'27", long 88°23'00" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.38 N., R.7 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at bridge on Jericho Rd., 1.0 mi west of Montgomery, and at mile 13.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.0 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: June 1998 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1998-2002.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 654.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,040 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 8.61 ft; minimum, 2.9 ft3/s, Sept. 27, 1999.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.62 in, October 13, 2001.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum measured, 1,170 ft3/s, Feb. 22, 1997, gage height unknown.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for Jan. 9 to Aug. 13, which are fair, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
119 50 47 e21 24 37 42 69 55 26 13   10   
218 47 42 e21 24 e36 45 65 53 25 12   10   
317 42 40 e21 23 e31 44 59 64 23 9.911   
417 39 37 e22 e22 e27 41 54 175 22 11   10   
557 35 34 e22 e20 e28 39 50 450 21 22   9.4
 
651 34 33 e21 18 32 36 50 453 20 18   8.8
739 35 31 e21 17 37 39 48 215 19 14   8.9
831 33 29 e21 16 84 72 45 147 23 13   8.4
927 31 27 e23 17 188 193 51 109 34 11   7.6
1026 30 26 e24 32 179 166 48 104 56 10   7.4
 
1127 28 25 e24 46 130 120 71 91 40 9.47.2
1241 27 25 23 43 104 96 291 78 31 9.17.0
13113 26 47 22 44 89 80 357 71 26 13   7.0
14368 30 51 22 39 78 70 239 65 24 124   7.3
15253 34 48 22 37 70 63 177 59 22 83   7.2
 
16146 31 42 22 34 62 57 167 53 19 46   6.7
17103 28 44 24 31 58 53 223 53 19 31   6.5
1879 27 47 22 28 54 50 179 54 18 24   8.1
1966 29 66 22 32 50 48 141 47 20 20   9.3
2058 28 56 20 87 49 72 118 44 18 16   14   
 
2152 27 45 21 111 46 71 104 41 16 14   13   
2247 25 45 19 85 40 80 92 38 15 48   14   
23133 26 46 21 67 40 69 85 37 14 98   14   
24179 29 42 23 58 40 64 80 35 13 64   13   
25217 41 e38 22 53 36 63 78 33 12 43   11   
 
26139 41 e34 21 47 36 57 74 34 12 31   10   
2797 38 e31 20 43 35 59 69 32 13 24   9.9
2877 34 e29 22 40 34 101 64 30 16 20   9.6
2967 32 e26 21 --- 40 90 65 28 20 17   8.4
3061 41 e24 21 --- 49 77 61 28 18 14   8.1
 
3156 --- e22 27 --- 44 --- 58 --- 15 12   ---   

TOTAL2681998117967811381863215733322776670894.4282.8
MEAN86.4833.2738.0321.8740.6460.1071.90107.592.5321.6128.859.427
MAX3685066271111881933574535612414
MIN172522191627364528129.16.5
CFSM1.570.610.690.400.741.091.311.961.680.390.520.17
IN.1.810.680.800.460.771.261.462.251.880.450.610.19

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN51.1936.9728.8940.8470.7554.0581.4763.5767.0040.5922.9616.69
MAX86.553.238.110613772.515610792.590.835.426.8
(WY)200220011999199920012001199920022002199820002001
MIN16.611.519.415.230.323.946.627.646.110.65.809.43
(WY)200020002001200020002000200020012001200120012002

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1998 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL16639.9      18649.2  
ANNUAL MEAN45.59    51.09
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN64.6  1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN30.3  2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN500      A    Feb 10453         Jun 6760     Apr 24 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN3.4          Aug 146.5      Sep 173.4  Aug 14 2001
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM4.0          Aug 97.0      Sep 114.0  Aug 9 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW608         Jun 61040     Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE7.63    Jun 68.61Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW6.1      Sep 13,172.9 Sep 27 1999
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.83    0.93
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.26    12.62
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS84         99     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS31         35     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS7.2      13     

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.



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