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ROCK RIVER BASIN


05439000       SOUTH BRANCH KISHWAUKEE RIVER AT DE KALB, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°55'52", long 88°45'34" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.22, T.40 N., R.4 E., De Kalb County, Hydrologic Unit 07090006, on left bank 100 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 38 in De Kalb, and at mile 48.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 77.7 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1925 to October 1933, October 1979 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1995 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

SEDIMENT: October 1979 to September 1981.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-80-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 831.88 ft above NGVD of 1929. Mar. 23, 1980, to Sept. 30, 1983, at datum 3.0 ft higher. Oct. 1, 1979, to Mar. 22, 1980, nonrecording gage at same site at datum 3.0 ft higher. Prior to Sept. 30, 1933, nonrecording gage at same site at datum 3.40 ft higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,500 ft3/s, July 2, 1983, gage height, 15.80 ft; present datum; no flow, at times in several years.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 1,650 mg/L June 13, 1981; minimum daily mean, 10 mg/L Mar. 9, 1980.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 3,070 tons June 13, 1981; minimum daily, 0.04 ton Oct. 15, 1979.

 

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
 
10.090.810.964.2e1.167 150 51 921 34   1.8  0.86
20.036.2  1.7  e3.9e1.180 130 44 538 31   1.5  0.66
30.1024     1.4  e3.6e1.158 113 39 338 43   5.6  0.69
40.0818     1.2  e2.9e1.169 96 42 260 46   17     0.52
50.0719     2.8  e2.4e1.1316 83 38 217 36   5.4  1.5  
 
60.063.9  2.3  e2.1e1.1265 77 35 185 30   3.2  1.1  
70.012.4  1.5  1.8e1.1184 69 32 160 27   2.3  0.73
80.002.0  1.3  2.1e1.1138 65 31 141 25   1.9  0.49
90.001.7  7.3  2.5e1.1110 48 31 126 29   1.8  0.79
100.001.5  159     3.1e1.187 44 51 123 29   1.4  0.28
 
110.051.3  156     4.1e1.274 41 152 118 23   2.9  0.24
120.211.1  94     4.7e1.258 36 116 298 21   3.0  0.31
130.101.4  60     5.2e1.247 35 161 253 19   2.0  0.24
148.5  1.9  37     4.9e1.250 33 369 183 17   0.930.17
152.3  2.0  27     4.3e1.238 29 428 152 15   0.600.74
 
161.2  1.9  22     3.1e1.237 28 279 132 13   0.721.3  
170.782.6  14     e2.7e1.337 26 214 118 12   1.8  0.73
180.5838     15     e2.1e1.536 25 202 103 12   1.3  0.46
190.577.7  11     e1.71.735 25 174 89 9.82.3  0.37
200.504.4  18     e1.522   39 41 267 81 9.00.860.33
 
210.422.8  7.5  e1.226   33 93 698 93 22   0.660.27
220.352.4  8.6  e1.136   29 78 811 83 11   0.620.17
230.462.4  8.2  e1.193   30 63 710 68 7.70.560.11
240.642.2  6.4  e1.1104   82 61 420 63 5.71.4  0.06
251.6  1.7  5.6  e1.163   126 93 307 56 4.82.3  0.00
 
261.4  1.5  4.7  e1.257   143 86 250 50 3.71.5  0.00
270.971.3  4.9  e1.249   159 73 214 46 3.34.5  0.07
280.891.3  9.6  e1.245   149 68 183 43 2.82.8  0.15
290.821.1  7.7  e1.238   195 58 158 39 2.43.2  0.11
300.791.2  6.0  e1.2---   176 55 510 36 2.21.6  0.06
 
310.76---     5.8  e1.2---   170 --- 1130 --- 2.11.1  ---     

TOTAL24.33159.71708.4675.7555.73117192281475113548.578.5513.51
MEAN0.785.3222.92.4419.210164.126317017.72.530.45
MAX8.5381595.2104316150113092146171.5
MIN0.000.810.961.11.1292531362.10.560.00
CFSM0.010.070.290.030.251.290.823.382.190.230.030.01
IN.0.010.080.340.040.271.490.923.902.450.260.040.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1926 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN23.054.054.240.276.198.310410294.154.933.427.1
MAX119246261154245292309263257322383337
(WY)192719861983199320011993199320041993198319871980
MIN0.221.430.930.070.015.846.5311.49.971.520.510.23
(WY)193419981998200320032003200319311930198819312003

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1926 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL7980.11  20463.46  
ANNUAL MEAN21.9    55.9    63.3        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN151           1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN13.4        1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN714           May 111130           May 312520           Jul 3 1983
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.00      A0.00      B0.00      C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.00      Sep 50.03      Oct 50.00      Sep 5 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1270           May 313500           Jul 2 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE10.62      May 3115.80   DJul 2 1983
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.2810.7200.815    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)3.82  9.80  11.08      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS59       158       157           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.9    5.8    26           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.01  0.51  1.4        

A - Many days.

B - Oct. 8, 9, 10, Sept. 25, 26.

C - At times in several years.

D - Present datum.



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