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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05547755       SQUAW CREEK AT ROUND LAKE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°21'00", long 88°05'18" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.29, T.45 N., R.10 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on MacGillis Road at Round Lake, and at mile 7.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 17.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1989 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 764.94 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 312 ft3/s, July 18, 1993, from rating curve extended above 120 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 6.42 ft; no flow at times in 1991, 1994 and 1998.

 

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
 
13.3  1.1  0.83e1.0  e0.55e0.373.333   19   1.92.6  0.27
26.8  1.3  0.87e1.1  e0.56e0.363.141   14   2.62.2  0.22
34.9  1.4  0.76e1.1  e0.56e0.363.029   10   3.02.1  0.20
45.3  1.0  0.711.1  e0.57e0.3610   23   8.52.72.1  0.17
55.7  0.760.70e1.1  e0.56e0.3725   71   7.04.91.9  0.16
 
64.8  0.860.67e1.1  e0.55e0.3923   61   6.411   1.9  0.12
74.0  0.700.75e1.1  e0.53e0.4018   50   6.222   1.8  0.15
83.5  0.660.72e1.0  e0.50e0.4214   45   7.326   1.8  0.14
93.3  0.580.67e1.0  e0.49e0.4313   77   7.326   1.8  0.11
103.1  0.670.75e0.98e0.43e0.4517   69   6.619   1.7  0.18
 
113.0  0.690.73e0.92e0.40e0.5013   57   5.415   1.6  0.15
121.6  0.690.69e0.85e0.38e0.6210   50   5.011   1.6  0.67
131.1  0.700.85e0.79e0.36e0.828.939   4.68.41.6  0.50
140.860.560.76e0.72e0.35e1.5  7.534   4.06.81.8  0.76
150.710.580.72e0.69e0.35e2.9  6.530   3.334   1.7  0.34
 
160.620.700.71e0.67e0.35e3.1  5.825   3.030   1.6  0.23
170.540.710.70e0.64e0.35e3.2  5.120   2.524   1.5  0.22
180.520.822.6  e0.62e0.35e3.2  4.816   9.234   1.5  0.18
190.540.843.0  e0.59e0.36e2.9  4.513   25   20   1.3  0.29
200.510.752.7  e0.56e0.37e3.2  4.624   16   12   1.3  0.29
 
210.491.9  2.1  e0.51e0.39e3.9  4.325   11   12   1.3  0.27
220.481.2  1.8  e0.48e0.433.8  4.016   8.39.01.3  0.94
230.450.811.5  e0.47e0.473.0  3.911   6.77.11.4  0.48
240.671.0  1.3  e0.46e0.492.7  3.49.05.65.71.1  0.33
251.3  1.2  1.3  e0.45e0.493.3  3.37.64.64.81.3  0.29
 
261.1  1.1  1.2  e0.45e0.483.3  2.96.64.04.01.3  0.86
271.1  1.1  1.1  e0.45e0.443.2  2.85.53.33.50.290.57
280.901.0  1.1  e0.48e0.383.9  2.66.82.63.20.150.43
290.981.1  1.0  e0.50---     4.9  2.211   2.42.90.160.37
300.901.1  e0.98e0.53---     4.2  3.211   2.12.70.120.32
 
310.80---     e0.99e0.54---     3.6  ---   22   ---   2.70.18---     

TOTAL63.8727.5835.2622.9512.4965.65232.7938.5220.9371.944.0010.21
MEAN2.060.921.140.740.452.127.7630.37.3612.01.420.34
MAX6.81.93.01.10.574.9257725342.60.94
MIN0.450.560.670.450.350.362.25.52.11.90.120.11
CFSM0.120.050.070.040.030.120.461.780.430.710.080.02
IN.0.140.060.080.050.030.140.512.050.480.810.100.02

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1990 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN6.6711.910.213.023.124.430.526.818.310.22.603.22
MAX52.533.626.640.255.445.879.499.674.454.07.6012.9
(WY)200219931992199920011990199319961996199319901992
MIN0.400.920.980.740.452.127.763.360.760.440.190.11
(WY)199520031990200320032003200319941992199119911994

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1990 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL3095.462046.01
ANNUAL MEAN8.485.6115.0      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN27.6      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN5.61    2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN157         Jun 777         May 9284         May 21 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.45    Oct 230.11    Sep 90.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.50    Oct 170.14    Sep 50.00    Sep 10 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW86         May 9312      BJul 18 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE3.69    May 96.42    Jul 18 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.04    Aug 29,30
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.500.330.88    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)6.774.4811.99    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS20     16     37         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS3.5  1.3  6.0      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.700.370.57    

A - No flow at times in 1991, 1994 and 1998.

B - From rating curve extended above 120 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow.



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