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APPLE RIVER BASIN


05419000       APPLE RIVER NEAR HANOVER, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°15'10", long 90°17'09" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.16, T.26 N., R.2 E., Jo Daviess County, Hydrologic Unit 07060005, on right bank, 0.3 mi southwest of Hanover, and at mile 13.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 247 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1934 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

SEDIMENT: October 1994 to September 1997.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water year 1997.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1005: 1939, 1941(M). WSP 1308: 1935-38(M), 1943-45(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 591.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1945, nonrecording gage at site 3.5 mi downstream at datum 9.48 ft lower.

 

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation during low flow by dam at Hanover. Suspended-sediment samples were collected by a local observer once a week with additional samples collected during storm runoff periods.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,700 ft3/s, June 4, 2002, gage height 27.91 ft; no flow for part of each day, May 23, 24, 1967, result of temporary closure of gate at dam at Hanover.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,790 mg/L, May 28, 1996; minimum daily, 5 mg/L, Aug. 5, 1997.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 28,900 tons, May 28, 1996; minimum daily, 0.8 tons, Aug. 5, 1997

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
136 44 74 112 e54 214 344 165 917 213 117 72 
235 68 72 116 e56 248 300 157 601 208 110 71 
337 132 70 116 e59 205 270 148 453 209 110 67 
439 427 69 108 e56 196 246 144 365 245 e100 64 
539 228 76 91 e54 1640 231 139 321 214 e100 62 
 
638 134 72 90 e53 726 224 133 301 206 99 62 
738 99 67 88 e54 380 215 139 282 218 96 61 
838 81 67 91 e56 283 207 128 260 205 93 63 
938 69 77 91 e56 247 195 139 243 187 91 59 
1038 64 403 90 e54 223 182 147 254 179 89 59 
 
1138 64 485 91 e53 212 176 154 427 176 85 57 
1239 61 250 e90 e53 185 171 143 443 200 83 56 
1339 52 217 92 e54 183 167 139 399 184 80 56 
1454 47 e200 86 e56 194 162 158 373 171 77 56 
1550 49 e170 85 e55 179 150 168 370 162 74 67 
 
1647 49 e150 85 e52 168 146 152 468 161 74 87 
1752 48 e140 85 e56 170 147 145 2970 164 80 76 
1842 51 e135 84 e53 174 139 162 980 158 82 61 
1940 53 e130 e84 56 173 137 151 713 150 80 56 
2040 51 126 74 177 172 159 142 592 150 76 55 
 
2141 48 e125 74 310 161 401 143 610 162 71 53 
2241 46 e128 e68 316 154 284 1240 633 192 67 51 
2343 94 e118 62 899 152 231 3920 478 159 70 52 
2447 191 e110 e60 927 279 212 1500 406 143 74 51 
2554 133 103 58 276 356 215 897 364 136 78 49 
 
2651 111 121 56 221 847 206 657 291 132 78 48 
2748 108 121 e54 214 700 188 500 257 121 87 49 
2847 94 130 e53 190 585 179 389 245 117 88 48 
2947 84 139 e54 189 661 172 326 232 113 96 47 
3045 79 129 e53 --- 483 163 524 221 136 86 47 
 
3145 --- 122 e53 --- 405 --- 1190 --- 135 77 --- 

TOTAL132628594396249447591095562191423915469530626681762
MEAN42.895.314280.516435320745951617186.158.7
MAX5442748511692716404013920297024511787
MIN35446753521521371282211136747
CFSM0.170.390.570.330.661.430.841.862.090.690.350.24
IN.0.200.430.660.380.721.650.942.142.330.800.400.27

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1935 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN113127112143242334258241242141105124
MAX807672565779837945110411721077974610968
(WY)198719621983196019711959197319731993199320021965
MIN19.724.421.415.219.434.240.230.929.923.118.621.0
(WY)194119411990194019401954194019401989198919411940

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1935 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL37445       72452       
ANNUAL MEAN103       198       181       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN480       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN39.3    1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN817           May 93920           May 239470       Jun 4 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN29           Sep 1135           Oct 23.5    May 24 1967
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM30           Sep 537           Oct 110       Dec 28 1939
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW5150           May 2313700       Jun 4 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE17.11      May 2327.91  Jun 4 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW33           Oct 2,30.00  A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.4150.8010.734
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)5.64  10.91  9.98  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS194       400       333       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS73       122       89       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS39       49       32       

A - Parts of each day, May 23, 24, 1997, result of temporary closure of gate at dam in Hanover.



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