05537500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


LOCATION.-- Lat 41°38'33", long 87°59'57" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.32, T.37 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Street, 2 mi south of Lemont, and at mile 5.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 20.9 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: July 1951 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1338: 1952(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 637.20 ft above NGVD of 1929.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,310 ft³/s, July 18, 1996, from rating curve extended above 2,800 ft³/s, gage height, 11.10 ft; no flow at times in most years.

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
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	1.8	2.8	2.3	3.0	e1.3	e1.4	6.1	74	16	0.98	39	81
2	2.4	2.7	2.0	2.6	e1.5	e1.4	4.3	52	11	0.81	42	65
3	2.8	2.8	1.8	2.2	e1.8	e1.3	3.9	22	24	0.74	52	27
4	12	2.8	1.6	2.0	e2.4	e1.3	64	17	16	0.71	82	14
5	12	2.9	1.6	2.2	e2.0	e1.6	101	115	11	5.2	36	11

6	5.3	4.3	1.6	2.3	e1.7	e2.4	36	42	9.5	5.2	22	8.1
7	3.5	3.2	1.6	2.0	e1.5	e3.5	26	22	9.4	14	24	7.0
8	2.2	2.9	1.7	2.0	e1.4	e5.6	24	15	8.0	19	17	6.0
9	2.0	2.7	1.6	2.1	e1.3	e14	19	158	8.4	16	14	4.5
10	2.0	4.3	1.5	1.8	e1.2	e12	15	70	7.1	11	11	3.9

11	1.9	3.9	1.4	1.6	e1.2	e10	13	87	6.9	7.9	11	3.3
12	2.2	2.8	1.4	e1.6	e1.2	e15	11	48	6.4	6.4	18	3.0
13	2.8	2.4	1.4	e1.5	e1.3	e23	9.8	28	5.3	3.3	12	3.4
14	3.0	2.5	1.4	e1.5	e1.3	e16	8.8	21	4.5	2.0	9.8	9.3
15	2.7	4.7	1.5	e1.4	e1.3	11	8.0	18	3.4	39	7.9	7.4

16	2.4	3.6	1.5	e1.4	e1.2	9.3	7.0	14	2.6	20	6.5	4.2
17	1.8	2.9	1.4	e1.4	e1.2	9.6	6.9	12	2.2	13	6.4	2.9
18	1.9	3.1	15	e1.3	e1.2	8.2	6.7	10	2.2	48	5.1	2.2
19	2.1	3.0	23	e1.3	e1.3	8.6	6.5	9.2	6.3	15	3.8	2.0
20	2.5	2.9	9.8	e1.3	e1.4	15	6.6	47	3.1	9.6	3.1	1.9

21	2.3	2.8	6.9	e1.2	e1.8	19	6.3	21	1.8	15	2.6	2.0
22	2.1	4.8	5.4	e1.2	e2.7	11	5.3	13	1.5	10	2.4	5.4
23	2.5	2.9	4.4	e1.2	e2.2	9.2	4.6	10	1.1	7.1	1.9	4.3
24	2.2	2.6	3.2	e1.2	e1.9	7.8	3.8	8.2	1.1	4.7	1.9	4.0
25	3.1	2.4	3.4	e1.1	e1.7	7.1	3.5	7.3	1.0	3.3	1.8	6.0

26	4.0	2.2	2.9	e1.1	e1.6	6.4	3.4	6.8	0.93	2.3	1.7	5.1
27	3.3	2.2	2.9	e1.1	e1.5	5.3	3.3	6.2	1.9	504	1.8	15
28	2.9	2.3	2.6	e1.1	e1.5	6.4	3.3	6.3	1.1	424	2.1	7.6
29	2.6	2.6	2.5	e1.1	---	13	3.0	9.9	1.3	173	18	5.2
30	3.1	2.6	2.9	e1.2	---	8.5	11	12	1.3	80	15	3.4

31	2.9	---	3.6	e1.2	---	7.2	---	52	---	48	9.8	---

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	10.1	13.7	16.2	16.5	21.8	34.0	36.5	24.1	18.4	12.1	5.75	7.75
MAX	163	71.9	92.2	75.5	104	131	86.9	74.5	89.6	126	27.4	74.9
(WY)	1955	1986	1983	1993	1997	1979	1975	1966	1993	1996	1972	1961
MIN	0.000	0.006	0.016	0.020	0.028	2.19	1.69	2.83	0.73	0.048	0.000	0.000
(WY)	1965	1972	1964	1977	1964	1964	1963	1958	1988	1961	1964	1963

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1951 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	6585.4		4627.87
ANNUAL MEAN	18.0		12.7		18.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					39.9	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					3.37	1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	569	May 12	504	Jul 27	2190	Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	1.0	Aug 10	0.71	Jul 4	0.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	1.4	Dec 11	0.99	Jun 28	0.00	Aug 27 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			1500	Jul 27	5310 B	Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			8.09	Jul 27	11.10	Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			0.64	Jul 3, 4
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.86		0.61		0.86
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	11.72		8.24		11.71
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	37		22		42
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.2		3.4		5.3
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.7		1.3		0.14

	A - At times in most years.
	B - From rating curve extended above 2,800 ft³/s.