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ROCK RIVER BASIN


05440000       KISHWAUKEE RIVER NEAR PERRYVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°11'40", long 88°59'55" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NE1/4 sec.21, T.43 N., R.2 E., Winnebago County, Hydrologic Unit 07090006, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Blackhawk Road, 1.4 mi downstream from South Branch Kishwaukee River, 2 mi southwest of Perryville, 7.1 mi upstream from Killbuck Creek, and at mile 9.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,099 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

SEDIMENT: April 1979 to September 1981.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1941(P), 1942. WSP 1508: 1941, 1949. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage. Datum of gage is 692.13 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Apr. 30, 1949, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 24,200 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height 23.54 ft; minimum discharge, 46 ft3/s, Oct. 6, 7, 10, 1956.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 1,860 mg/L June 7, 1980; minimum daily mean, 13 mg/L Sept. 17, 1981.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 24,000 tons Apr. 1, 1979; minimum daily, 11 tons Sept. 17, 1981.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood in January 1938 reached a stage of 23.85 ft, from information by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 

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
 
1104 133 235 339 e190 604 1960 622 6230 774 296 323 
2102 199 226 334 e190 741 1640 604 6510 720 283 289 
3108 375 221 329 e200 841 1390 567 5700 708 312 268 
4116 501 219 326 e200 784 1200 544 4060 823 557 255 
5113 480 230 306 e200 1900 1040 530 2810 869 585 252 
 
6112 500 232 253 e200 2910 949 510 2210 764 458 239 
7110 411 233 e210 e200 2580 891 490 1820 704 381 231 
8106 331 229 e200 e210 2120 831 470 1570 670 342 220 
9104 288 236 e190 e210 1650 764 468 1370 636 315 210 
10103 259 859 e190 e210 1320 695 458 1450 809 289 209 
 
11102 246 1750 e200 e200 1100 652 462 1870 841 277 205 
12106 230 1570 e200 e210 934 614 612 5580 725 275 194 
13105 215 1220 e200 e200 818 587 728 7330 647 273 191 
14138 205 952 e200 e190 760 567 1430 5110 593 263 185 
15140 201 768 e200 e200 725 549 2780 3920 553 255 184 
 
16180 201 645 e190 e190 672 526 2940 2810 521 254 205 
17144 199 575 e180 e200 649 520 2540 2210 501 251 207 
18127 285 502 e180 e200 643 511 2990 1830 472 244 200 
19125 451 471 e180 207 629 489 3260 1580 448 237 185 
20121 587 394 e180 227 622 503 2880 1380 436 232 184 
 
21115 474 469 e190 286 612 649 2710 1460 434 224 182 
22119 394 465 e190 386 578 882 4640 1880 529 211 176 
23113 356 400 e200 746 551 810 6660 1740 566 213 172 
24113 323 350 e200 1030 718 708 8250 1520 464 212 165 
25122 302 322 e200 938 1350 729 7310 1320 426 217 162 
 
26123 285 329 e200 793 1960 849 5410 1170 399 261 160 
27130 271 363 e210 695 2390 817 3830 1050 377 348 159 
28135 258 350 e200 632 2280 732 2920 963 358 650 159 
29133 247 370 e200 593 2550 682 2330 894 340 542 159 
30135 244 379 e190 --- 2600 632 2380 828 324 456 159 
 
31131 --- 362 e190 --- 2310 --- 4840 --- 308 375 --- 

TOTAL37359451159266757101334090124368771658017517739100886089
MEAN120315514218349131981224892672572325203
MAX180587175033910302910196082507330869650323
MIN102133219180190551489458828308211159
CFSM0.110.290.470.200.321.200.742.262.430.520.300.18
IN.0.130.320.540.230.341.380.822.612.710.600.340.21

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN4685685966208821392127110671003603451445
MAX230928813230226529635395426733553827326328533577
(WY)197319861983196919971979199319961993199319871972
MIN75.595.883.568.898.823028021221413597.478.9
(WY)195719571964195919401956196319491959194119641946

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1940 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL125246       302527       
ANNUAL MEAN343       827       779       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1955       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN227       1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2320           May 138250           May 2416700       Jul 19 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN68           Sep 11102           Oct 2,1149       Oct 10 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM73           Sep 6105           Oct 752       Sep 11 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW8420           May 2424200       Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE13.71      May 2423.54  Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW97           Oct 1146       A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.3120.7520.709
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)4.24  10.24  9.64  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS638       2150       1700       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS235       390       430       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS105       161       130       

A - Oct. 6, 7, 10, 1956.



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