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APPLE RIVER BASIN


05419000       APPLE RIVER NEAR HANOVER, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°15'10", long 90°17'09" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.16, T.26 N., R.2 E., Jo Daviess County, Hydrologic Unit 07060005, on right bank, 0.3 mi southwest of Hanover, and at mile 13.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 247 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1934 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

SEDIMENT: October 1994 to September 1997.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water year 1997.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1005: 1939, 1941(M). WSP 1308: 1935-38(M), 1943-45(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 591.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1945, nonrecording gage at site 3.5 mi downstream at datum 9.48 ft lower.

 

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation during low flow by dam at Hanover. Suspended-sediment samples were collected by a local observer once a week with additional samples collected during storm runoff periods.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,700 ft3/s, June 4, 2002, gage height 27.91 ft; no flow for part of each day, May 23, 24, 1967, result of temporary closure of gate at dam at Hanover.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,790 mg/L, May 28, 1996; minimum daily, 5 mg/L, Aug. 5, 1997.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 28,900 tons, May 28, 1996; minimum daily, 0.8 tons, Aug. 5, 1997

 

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


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1118 124 83 78 e52 62 76 261 141 80 60 35 
2259 124 93 82 e54 62 74 261 134 76 57 33 
3262 123 81 76 e60 58 71 198 144 73 57 33 
4983 121 81 77 e58 64 73 171 134 75 60 32 
5813 123 83 81 e56 77 77 274 124 124 62 30 
 
6394 125 79 79 e54 69 73 267 125 129 60 31 
7290 120 85 77 e50 65 77 242 134 130 55 31 
8248 123 82 80 e52 e54 73 274 140 190 52 30 
9228 122 71 81 e52 e54 67 817 138 215 50 30 
10212 122 81 76 e52 e52 73 596 126 165 48 30 
 
11200 119 80 50 e52 58 83 411 120 140 49 29 
12189 112 82 70 e52 142 87 321 118 157 47 36 
13173 108 84 68 e54 326 e90 263 110 150 45 84 
14164 108 83 67 e54 352 e82 730 103 121 47 158 
15163 105 83 e66 e54 287 e82 767 97 109 43 111 
 
16158 102 80 e66 e54 196 80 496 91 100 42 63 
17154 100 79 e66 e52 153 82 385 90 94 41 48 
18156 100 119 e64 60 126 e84 327 93 88 40 42 
19152 105 170 e60 73 111 e84 348 141 84 40 40 
20142 102 137 e60 75 118 e90 410 103 84 40 39 
 
21135 101 118 e60 90 110 e98 317 91 97 40 38 
22132 99 105 e56 86 98 82 291 86 84 37 40 
23128 98 92 e52 68 87 75 286 82 75 35 39 
24131 97 87 e48 67 81 71 251 80 71 36 39 
25160 94 94 e50 80 78 69 214 83 67 35 36 
 
26170 90 84 e50 78 73 67 193 109 66 38 39 
27152 88 84 e49 77 73 62 177 94 64 36 41 
28146 87 84 e49 61 89 60 169 87 63 35 43 
29144 94 85 e50 --- 100 58 161 100 61 35 38 
30135 95 89 e50 --- 87 92 157 87 60 35 37 
 
31130 --- 88 e52 --- 78 --- 155 --- 60 36 --- 

TOTAL7021323128261990172734402312101903305315213931355
MEAN22610891.264.261.711177.132911010244.945.2
MAX98312517082903529881714421562158
MIN11887714850525815580603529
CFSM0.920.440.370.260.250.450.311.330.450.410.180.18
IN.1.060.490.430.300.260.520.351.530.500.470.210.20

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1935 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN114127112144243334259238238140105125
MAX807672565779837945110411721077974610968
(WY)198719621983196019711959197319731993199320021965
MIN19.724.421.415.219.434.240.230.929.923.118.621.0
(WY)194119411990194019401954194019401989198919411940

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1935 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL101922     41942         
ANNUAL MEAN279     115         181     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN480     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN39.3  1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN9470         Jun 4983             Oct 49470     Jun 4 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN71         Dec 929             Sep 113.5  May 24 1967
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM79         Aug 1530             Sep 510     Dec 28 1939
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1810             Oct 413700     Jun 4 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE9.13        Oct 427.91Jun 4 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW24      A    Jan 110.00B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.130.47    0.73
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)15.356.32    9.96
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS333     205         332     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS149     83         89     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS88     41         32     

A - Result of freezeup.

B - Parts of each day, May 23, 24, 1967, result of temporary closure of gate at dam in Hanover.



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