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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05548280       NIPPERSINK CREEK NEAR SPRING GROVE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°26'36", long 88°14'51" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.25, T.46 N., R.8 E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on Winn Road, 0.6 mi west of Spring Grove, and at mile 7.4.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 192 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 1966 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1976-91.

 

SEDIMENT: Dec. 1997 to May 1999.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1998-99.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 2115: 1969-70(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-85-2: 1966-67(M), 1971.

 

GAGE.-- Water stage recorder, phone telemeter, rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 746.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Suspended-sediment samples were collected twice weekly with more frequent samples collected during high runoff periods. Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,910 ft3/s, Sept. 26, 1986, gage height, 14.26 ft; minimum discharge, 6.6 ft3/s, Aug. 7, 1988.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily, 244 mg/L, May 17, 1999; minimum daily, 8 mg/L, Nov. 24, 1998.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOAD: Maximum daily, 247 tons, May 17, 1999; minimum daily, 1.9 tons, Nov. 24, 1998.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.82 in., June 12, 2000.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood in April 1960 reached a stage of 13.7 ft, from information by local resident, and flood in July 1938 reached a stage of about 4 to 6 ft higher than that in April 1960.

 

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
 
168 58 e55 e55 e40 e38 79 91 181 41 49 25 
2125 57 e51 e54 e43 e39 65 116 136 39 47 25 
3187 55 e45 e52 e47 e41 63 106 109 39 50 25 
4190 57 e47 e52 e47 e39 69 92 93 40 86 24 
5181 56 e49 e53 e41 e35 95 173 82 46 69 23 
 
6155 58 e50 e53 e42 e41 102 209 77 58 55 23 
7112 60 e49 e54 e41 e42 93 165 73 78 50 22 
898 68 e48 e54 e37 e42 89 136 87 117 53 22 
983 59 e48 e52 e37 e44 82 176 100 177 48 21 
1075 57 e48 e47 e38 e48 82 211 98 169 44 21 
 
1172 55 e49 e48 e39 e42 80 211 78 129 43 21 
1271 55 e50 e51 e40 e44 73 153 71 95 40 23 
1367 56 e50 e51 e40 47 71 132 68 76 39 26 
1465 58 e51 e47 e40 52 72 123 64 64 39 26 
1561 52 e50 e44 e39 68 72 142 60 133 37 25 
 
1656 54 e49 e46 e38 85 59 142 55 204 36 23 
1758 48 e50 e44 e37 94 50 124 51 175 35 23 
1864 50 e66 e42 e38 91 51 110 63 114 34 22 
1960 57 e96 e42 e40 84 57 101 77 85 32 21 
2058 61 e94 e42 e42 84 73 114 68 71 32 20 
 
2159 60 e80 e40 e44 90 63 127 62 103 32 20 
2256 58 e69 e39 e44 84 55 115 54 94 30 22 
2353 59 e62 e36 e45 77 54 102 52 74 29 21 
2456 55 e57 e35 e39 76 52 91 49 64 28 20 
2568 e52 e56 e34 e35 83 49 79 47 58 30 19 
 
2674 e50 e56 e35 e35 82 48 72 46 56 29 20 
2771 e50 e56 e36 e36 77 54 68 44 46 27 22 
2870 e51 e56 e36 e37 82 51 72 43 39 25 21 
2966 e54 e55 e35 --- 89 46 87 43 38 26 20 
3063 e51 e56 e34 --- 85 51 83 42 39 25 19 
 
3161 --- e56 e37 --- 79 --- 164 --- 41 24 --- 

TOTAL26031671175413801121200420003887217326021223665
MEAN84.055.756.644.540.064.666.712572.483.939.522.2
MAX19068965547941022111812048626
MIN534845343535466842382419
CFSM0.440.290.290.230.210.340.350.650.380.440.210.12
IN.0.500.320.340.270.220.390.390.750.420.500.240.13

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN10412314011916524125218418311586.6111
MAX473372493316455554652542646522258579
(WY)198719861983197419711979199319742000199319721972
MIN30.736.329.928.735.862.266.755.034.626.025.321.1
(WY)198919721990197719781968200319891988198819881988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1966 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL41533     23083     
ANNUAL MEAN114     63.2  152     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN288     1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN52.4  1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN846         Jun 6211         May 10,112660     Jun 15 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN35         Aug 319         Sep 25,3010     Aug 6 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM40         Aug 220         Sep 2414     Aug 2 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW230         May 112910     Sep 26 1986
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE4.97    May 1114.26Sep 26 1986
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW18         Sep 266.6  Aug 7 1988
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.590.330.79
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)8.054.4710.74
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS203     107     305     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS95     54     100     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS47     29     42     



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Ground-Water Data

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