05540195 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05540195 ST. JOSEPH CREEK AT ROUTE 34 AT LISLE, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 41°48'07", long 88°04'08" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.2, T.38 N., R.10 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 34 (Ogden Avenue) in Lisle, and 0.8 mi upstream from confluence of East Branch Du Page River and at mile 0.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.1 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
PRECIPITATION: July 1989 to September 1998.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 660.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS.--For precipitation records, snowfall-affected data can result during cold weather when snow fills the rain-gage funnel and then melts as temperatures rise. Snowfall-affected data are subject to appreciable error.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,280 ft³/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 12.89 ft; no flow at times in most years.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded, 3.95 in., July 17, 1996 but may have been greater during periods of missing record.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharge, 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	0.03	0.08	e1.6	0.62	e0.22	e0.21	2.1	126	7.1	0.37	12	26
2	8.1	0.17	e1.6	0.64	e0.23	e0.20	1.6	e34	5.1	0.13	4.6	6.9
3	0.53	0.16	e1.5	e0.42	e0.26	e0.21	4.1	13	9.2	0.14	17	3.5
4	27	0.18	e1.4	e0.34	e0.30	e0.22	45	30	4.5	0.01	8.7	1.7
5	6.4	0.67	e1.4	e0.33	e0.22	e0.22	22	74	2.8	20	4.6	1.2

6	2.5	3.2	e1.4	e0.32	e0.19	e0.22	9.5	19	2.8	30	52	0.79
7	0.72	1.6	e1.4	e0.31	e0.18	e0.22	11	11	1.8	14	21	0.65
8	0.31	1.3	e1.4	e0.30	e0.18	e0.23	7.9	8.4	13	16	7.3	0.38
9	0.13	1.5	e1.5	e0.27	e0.18	e0.23	6.5	159	3.8	9.0	4.0	0.24
10	0.10	1.9	e1.4	e0.26	e0.17	e0.23	5.2	72	3.3	9.4	2.1	0.17

11	0.18	1.6	e1.3	e0.25	e0.18	e0.30	3.3	70	2.1	4.0	2.6	0.07
12	0.17	1.6	e1.3	e0.24	e0.17	e0.60	2.3	25	1.8	2.8	3.2	0.05
13	0.68	1.6	e1.3	e0.23	e0.17	e1.5	1.7	14	1.5	2.2	1.3	0.06
14	0.01	3.7	e1.2	e0.22	e0.16	4.8	1.5	14	1.1	1.3	1.1	13
15	0.00	5.3	e1.4	e0.20	e0.16	7.4	1.4	9.9	0.79	41	1.0	1.8

16	0.00	2.4	e1.6	e0.19	e0.17	6.8	1.1	8.0	0.64	10	0.92	1.4
17	0.10	2.8	2.5	e0.19	e0.18	5.1	0.94	5.5	0.46	36	2.1	0.84
18	0.94	2.5	53	e0.18	e0.17	3.1	0.63	4.1	2.3	26	0.63	0.75
19	0.32	7.6	23	e0.19	e0.17	4.5	0.75	3.3	3.7	8.4	0.75	0.38
20	0.10	3.6	7.8	e0.19	e0.17	6.7	2.1	10	0.42	10	0.85	e0.05

21	0.09	e3.0	4.4	e0.19	e0.17	4.4	0.87	3.5	0.15	71	0.85	e1.9
22	0.15	e2.3	2.7	e0.19	e0.18	2.8	0.51	2.4	0.03	12	0.45	e7.0
23	0.16	e2.1	2.0	e0.19	e0.18	2.3	0.40	1.7	0.00	6.2	0.26	1.3
24	0.18	e1.9	1.5	e0.19	e0.18	2.0	0.38	1.4	0.03	3.9	0.44	0.80
25	4.6	e1.8	1.2	e0.19	e0.17	3.0	0.32	1.3	0.05	2.2	0.49	0.66

26	0.95	e1.7	1.2	e0.20	e0.17	1.8	0.31	1.3	0.35	1.8	0.65	14
27	0.15	e1.6	1.2	e0.20	e0.17	1.6	0.20	1.4	0.35	1.4	0.88	5.1
28	0.21	e1.6	1.0	e0.20	e0.20	11	0.19	13	0.01	2.9	0.16	2.8
29	0.25	e1.5	0.81	e0.19	---	4.8	0.22	5.1	0.00	1.3	4.7	1.3
30	0.18	e1.6	1.2	e0.19	---	3.1	30	22	0.20	1.2	0.69	0.66

31	0.07	---	1.1	e0.21	---	2.1	---	15	---	2.0	2.9	---

TOTAL	55.31	62.56	127.31	8.03	5.25	81.89	164.02	778.3	69.38	346.65	160.22	95.45
MEAN	1.78	2.09	4.11	0.26	0.19	2.64	5.47	25.1	2.31	11.2	5.17	3.18
MAX	27	7.6	53	0.64	0.30	11	45	159	13	71	52	26
MIN	0.00	0.08	0.81	0.18	0.16	0.20	0.19	1.3	0.00	0.01	0.16	0.05
CFSM	0.16	0.19	0.37	0.02	0.02	0.24	0.49	2.26	0.21	1.01	0.47	0.29
IN.	0.19	0.21	0.43	0.03	0.02	0.27	0.55	2.61	0.23	1.16	0.54	0.32

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	6.89	8.79	4.79	7.45	10.1	10.3	13.4	13.7	9.37	7.25	6.49	5.60
MAX	29.4	24.8	15.1	22.8	43.2	25.1	30.6	37.7	27.6	28.9	15.5	12.2
(WY)	2002	1991	1993	1999	1997	1990	1999	1990	1993	1996	1997	1992
MIN	1.16	0.84	0.66	0.26	0.19	2.41	3.56	0.67	0.50	0.67	0.97	0.046
(WY)	2000	2000	1990	2003	2003	2000	1994	1994	1992	1991	1991	1995

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1989 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	2487.52		1954.37
ANNUAL MEAN	6.82		5.35		8.66
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					12.4	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					4.79	1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	184	May 12	159	May 9	638	Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00	A	0.00	B	0.00	C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.01	Jul 19	0.11	Jun 23	0.00	Aug 19 1992
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			404	May 9	1280	Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			8.26	May 9	12.89	Jul 18 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.61		0.48		0.78
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	8.34		6.55		10.60
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	15		12		18
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.7		1.3		2.7
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.06		0.17		0.22

	A - Many days.
	B - Oct. 15, 16, June 23, 29.
	C - At times in most years.