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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551030       BREWSTER CREEK AT VALLEY VIEW, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°58'19", long 88°16'47" (NAD of 1983), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec. 12, T. 40 N., R. 8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on private property about 500 feet upstream of state Highway 25 at Valley View, 2.5 miles southeast of South Elgin, and at mile 0.8.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 14.0 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: May 2002 to current year.

 

STAGE: May 2002 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962 to 1979, at site 500 ft downstream on State Highway 25 and at datum 10.08 ft higher.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

SEDIMENT: June 2002 to current year.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2002-03

PRECIPITATION: May 2002 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1:Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, pumping sampler, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 700.00 ft above NAVD of 1988.

 

REMARKS.-- 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, 685 ft3/s, June 10, 1967, gage height, 1.65 ft, site and datum then in use; minimum discharge, 0.45 ft3/s, June 17, 2003, due to pumping.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.32 in., August 13, 2002.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 332 mg/L, July 15, 2003; minimum daily, 14 mg/L, Oct. 31, 2002.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 20 tons, May 1, 2003; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Sept. 16, 19-20, 2003.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for October 1 - December 13, those above 50 ft3/s, and those for estimated daily discharges which are poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
12.26.83.82.6e2.0e1.83.381   6.42.23.11.9  
23.57.33.82.4e2.4e1.93.175   5.52.12.91.6  
33.77.53.62.3e3.1e1.93.345   5.42.22.61.3  
46.68.03.62.3e3.5e2.116   30   4.82.52.11.1  
55.96.63.42.4e3.5e2.329   63   4.93.52.21.0  
 
63.75.13.22.4e3.2e2.322   46   4.43.72.81.4  
73.12.83.42.4e2.9e2.519   31   4.83.52.61.2  
82.54.33.32.6e2.8e2.515   22   11   3.42.50.96
92.45.12.92.7e2.6e2.714   53   12   4.12.71.1  
102.84.83.12.4e2.4e2.812   55   8.64.12.71.3  
 
112.64.13.12.4e2.3e2.58.765   6.83.02.81.4  
122.64.13.22.6e2.37.37.245   6.02.42.81.3  
132.83.62.83.0e2.35.97.035   5.32.22.81.1  
143.03.62.53.1e2.44.86.629   4.61.93.01.1  
153.23.92.52.8e2.24.65.629   3.78.74.21.1  
 
163.43.72.32.6e2.25.75.124   3.84.93.31.00
173.83.62.22.3e2.35.74.820   3.63.43.11.3  
184.53.65.42.3e2.24.94.316   3.33.02.51.2  
194.44.25.52.2e2.34.44.513   3.82.72.50.91
204.63.93.62.2e2.56.44.911   4.22.23.50.90
 
214.84.03.32.1e2.55.64.88.42.42.42.71.0  
224.63.73.41.9e2.47.75.56.92.12.12.31.1  
235.33.64.11.9e2.46.75.36.42.12.02.31.1  
245.33.83.31.7e2.44.94.45.72.22.32.11.1  
257.23.83.0e1.8e2.55.74.25.82.53.01.91.2  
 
269.53.72.6e1.7e2.24.24.15.33.23.12.01.3  
2711   3.52.5e1.7e2.03.64.35.42.72.82.61.5  
288.63.52.5e1.7e1.94.74.75.62.52.82.41.4  
298.13.72.4e1.7---   5.65.15.72.32.22.20.99
306.93.63.3e1.7---   3.817   5.82.22.11.90.82
 
316.3---   3.0e1.8---   3.3---   5.9---   2.81.6---     

TOTAL148.9133.5100.669.769.7130.8254.8854.9137.193.380.735.68
MEAN4.804.453.252.252.494.228.4927.64.573.012.601.19
MAX118.05.53.13.57.72981128.74.21.9
MIN2.22.82.21.71.91.83.15.32.11.91.60.82
CFSM0.340.320.230.160.180.300.611.970.330.210.190.08
IN.0.400.350.270.190.190.350.682.270.360.250.210.09

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN4.804.453.252.252.494.228.4927.610.73.7810.62.68
MAX4.804.453.252.252.494.228.4927.616.84.5618.64.16
(WY)200320032003200320032003200320032002200220022002
MIN4.804.453.252.252.494.228.4927.64.573.012.601.19
(WY)200320032003200320032003200320032003200320032003

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 2002 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL2109.68    
ANNUAL MEAN5.78    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN5.78        2003
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN5.78        2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN81             May 181             May 1 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.82        Sep 300.82        Sep 30 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM1.0          Sep 181.0          Sep 18 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW100             May 2100             May 2 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE13.34        May 213.34        May 2 2003
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.45 A    Jun 170.45 A    Jun 17 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.41    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)5.61    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS8.5      8.5      
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS3.2      3.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.8      1.8      

A - Due to pumpage.



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