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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05556500       BIG BUREAU CREEK AT PRINCETON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°21'57", long 89°29'54" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.18, T.16 N., R.9 E., Bureau County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on right bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highways 6 and 34, 0.6 mi downstream from Epperson Run, 1.5 mi west of Princeton, and at mile 20.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 196 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 1936 to current year. Prior to October 1974, published as Bureau Creek at Princeton.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1940-41, 1948. WSP 1308: 1942(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage. Datum of gage is 555.39 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to July 18, 1940, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft upstream at datum 30.00 ft lower. July 18, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1944, water-stage recorder at site 500 ft upstream at present datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 12,500 ft3/s, May 17, 1974, gage height, 16.01 ft, from rating curve extended above 11,800 ft3/s; no flow during January 1940 and for several days in October and November 1953.

 

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
 
110   160 182 e80 65 200 139 329 169 144 13   4.6
29.8145 163 e77 61 196 170 302 166 131 12   4.4
310   127 159 e78 51 162 183 267 158 121 11   4.0
416   117 153 e81 e56 e155 174 241 1770 112 11   3.6
541   112 146 e82 e63 e156 167 226 6720 102 18   3.4
 
673   109 143 e79 e59 e160 163 223 1540 95 12   3.1
757   106 134 e77 e53 168 193 218 1060 91 9.32.7
844   102 127 81 49 371 422 193 854 85 8.72.6
935   95 121 83 54 1100 971 224 702 94 7.82.6
1034   92 115 81 72 801 760 198 577 119 7.82.7
 
1130   90 111 75 83 569 571 377 547 90 7.32.7
1234   84 115 69 105 427 464 3690 455 77 7.22.4
1355   82 152 67 109 366 390 1810 535 69 36   2.4
14115   101 216 70 114 330 350 1070 468 62 20   2.3
15149   92 190 65 118 301 322 813 477 56 7.82.1
 
16115   92 170 58 138 259 289 655 372 51 10   2.2
1794   85 166 e62 156 238 269 635 314 46 13   2.1
1882   82 157 e68 150 228 248 534 280 43 8.42.5
1974   84 147 e65 182 208 234 448 254 38 80   2.9
2066   80 136 e63 450 200 215 383 234 34 30   4.8
 
2158   77 127 58 642 184 229 335 214 30 14   4.2
2262   77 129 55 479 160 216 307 199 26 21   6.3
23282   74 133 57 391 174 193 283 185 22 31   3.4
24544   106 112 55 340 162 206 263 174 19 15   2.5
25600   358 118 52 301 150 229 275 294 17 11   2.2
 
26429   325 e118 52 267 141 211 255 372 16 8.81.9
27308   266 e115 50 235 138 243 225 270 92 7.71.9
28248   226 e100 50 214 136 415 212 200 30 7.01.9
29212   204 e95 48 --- 153 448 199 172 23 6.21.8
30184   199 e90 50 --- 149 372 189 156 17 5.62.1
 
31170   --- e85 82 --- 136 --- 179 --- 16 5.0---   

TOTAL4240.839494225207050578278945615558198881968462.688.3
MEAN136.8131.6136.366.77180.6267.0315.2501.9662.963.4814.922.943
MAX60035821683642110097136906720144806.3
MIN9.874854849136139179156165.01.8
CFSM0.700.670.700.340.921.361.612.563.380.320.080.02
IN.0.800.750.800.390.961.571.792.953.770.370.090.02

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1936 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN63.4786.1893.67127.9192.7260.6248.7230.7214.6100.356.1454.47
MAX5235565726268511439832915716624356567
(WY)194219931983196919491979197319951972198219721970
MIN0.920.371.790.0004.8424.514.69.9410.20.632.291.93
(WY)195419541977194019631977197719891977193619441943

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1936 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL60340.2      75240.7      
ANNUAL MEAN165.3      206.1      144.2      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN365         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN14.6      1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN3400      A    Feb 256720             Jun 58730         Jun 24 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN7.2          Sep 16,171.8          Sep 290.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM8.4          Sep 122.0          Sep 240.00    Jan 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW7990             Jun 512500      CMay 17 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE12.77        Jun 516.01    May 17 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW1.6   D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.84    1.05    0.74    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.45    14.28    10.00    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS329         418         338         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS121         115         57         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS15         7.5      3.2      

A - Estimated.

B - January 1940 and several days in October and November 1953.

C - From rating curve extended above 11,800 ft3/s.

D - Sept. 28-29.



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