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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551700       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR YORKVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°40'18", long 88°26'29" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.21, T.37 N., R.7 E., Kendall County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank 300 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 47, 2.0 mi north of Yorkville, and at mile 3.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 70.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1960 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 612.34 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Diversion about 7 miles upstream near Jericho Rd. that crosses the watershed divide during overbank flow.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE -WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,510 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 3,900 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 13.16 ft, backwater from debris jam; minimum, 0.10 ft3/s, Dec. 7, 1962, result of freeze up.

 

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


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
119 63 55 e23 33 55 58 90 60 37 15 12   
218 59 52 e23 30 e50 62 85 57 35 13 11   
317 54 49 e23 29 e44 61 80 62 32 12 10   
417 51 47 e24 27 e40 58 73 129 30 12 10   
576 47 44 e24 e26 e44 55 68 319 29 22 9.3
 
684 45 41 e23 e26 e50 53 65 489 26 23 8.9
759 45 38 e23 e25 57 53 66 340 26 18 8.4
846 45 35 e24 25 81 77 61 187 26 16 8.8
939 41 33 e25 25 169 159 64 153 33 14 8.3
1035 41 31 e26 39 211 190 64 141 69 12 7.4
 
1139 38 30 e25 60 159 153 82 135 56 11 7.4
1250 36 30 25 60 133 127 240 122 42 10 7.4
13127 35 44 25 58 117 108 380 117 35 11 7.4
14334 38 60 25 56 104 93 329 110 30 80 7.2
15392 42 56 24 53 92 84 194 98 27 104 7.7
 
16239 41 51 28 51 83 75 156 86 24 55 7.8
17171 36 50 22 48 76 69 197 80 22 35 7.5
18136 33 51 21 45 72 64 185 89 22 26 8.5
19116 34 68 28 47 67 61 147 76 23 21 9.2
2098 35 66 24 81 65 82 126 69 22 18 13   
 
2186 32 54 23 128 61 89 113 65 21 15 13   
2275 31 52 24 120 56 92 101 61 18 22 13   
23150 29 52 24 95 55 90 92 57 17 106 14   
24236 34 48 27 81 54 83 88 55 15 83 13   
25284 45 40 26 74 53 82 82 52 15 50 11   
 
26233 49 e37 24 68 51 76 82 50 15 36 11   
27123 46 e34 24 62 50 76 76 48 17 28 9.0
2897 43 e31 23 64 48 108 75 45 18 22 9.8
2983 41 e29 25 --- 53 116 72 41 19 19 8.6
3073 47 e26 24 --- 64 101 69 40 20 16 7.5
 
3170 --- e24 37 --- 61 --- 63 --- 17 14 ---   

TOTAL36221256135876615362375265536653433838939287.1
MEAN116.841.8743.8124.7154.8676.6188.50118.2114.427.0330.299.570
MAX3926368371282111903804896910614
MIN17292421254053614015107.2
CFSM1.660.600.620.350.781.091.261.681.630.390.430.14
IN.1.920.670.720.410.811.261.411.941.820.440.500.15

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN31.4442.4646.6044.2163.1186.0289.0176.8264.7646.5128.6831.70
MAX126175217146202360249221197381172131
(WY)197319861983199319971979197919741974199619871987
MIN5.427.444.164.255.4622.927.216.714.38.434.215.23
(WY)196419641964197719631964196319891977196119911976

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1961 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL21638.8      22730.1      
ANNUAL MEAN59.28    62.27    54.18    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN97.8      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN16.7      1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN542             Feb 11489             Jun 63460         Jul 19 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN3.6   A    Aug 147.2          Sep 141.6      Aug 2 1991
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM4.4          Aug 97.5          Sep 102.1      Jul 31 1991
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW562             Jun 65510      BJul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE7.40        Jun 613.16 CJul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW4.0   D    Feb 40.10 DDec 7 1962
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.84    0.89    0.77    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.47    12.05    10.49    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS121         124         110         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS39         47         31         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS7.8      14         10         

A - May have been less during period of missing record Aug. 6-13.

B - From rating curve extended above 3,900 ft3/s.

C - Backwater from debris jam.

D - Result of freeze up.



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