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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540130       WEST BRANCH DU PAGE RIVER NEAR NAPERVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°43'13", long 88°07'55" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.6, T.37 N., R.10 E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on downstream side of bridge on Washington Street, 3.5 mi southeast of Naperville, and at mile 29.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

PRECIPITATION: May 1989 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 630.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Water years 1989 to 1995 datum incorrectly published as 625.28 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- For precipitation records, snowfall-affected data can result during cold weather when snow fills the rain-gage funnel and then melts as temperatures rise. Snowfall-affected data are subject to appreciable errors.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,620 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 14.31 ft; minimum discharge, 4.0 ft3/s, August 29, 2002.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 5.34 in., August 4, 1998.

 

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
 
140 34 78 77 e50 125 264 95 1210 69 45 87 
235 75 74 73 e50 166 207 87 650 63 42 68 
344 348 70 73 e52 148 179 80 366 86 59 61 
448 324 74 75 e53 175 155 75 243 97 214 56 
545 649 113 79 e50 869 141 72 196 77 155 53 
 
640 341 133 58 e56 970 131 69 165 119 98 49 
738 178 108 e60 e54 499 120 74 140 90 72 47 
837 125 98 e59 e54 303 112 70 126 71 59 47 
933 99 104 e56 e54 228 99 67 112 100 54 42 
1035 87 687 e58 e52 193 94 65 223 174 49 45 
 
1135 79 810 e62 e50 170 92 90 448 120 47 41 
1233 72 388 63 e52 148 87 97 1220 110 46 40 
1335 64 223 61 e50 135 83 150 954 85 46 42 
14122 55 176 60 e51 150 82 436 456 73 42 41 
15144 54 150 e58 e48 144 78 528 302 63 40 41 
 
1690 54 132 57 e49 134 74 258 217 61 40 55 
1774 57 119 e56 e50 135 71 178 184 56 57 52 
1856 514 108 e54 e50 144 67 199 160 55 77 42 
1945 620 99 53 e70 152 68 183 134 53 67 38 
2041 302 95 e52 e120 170 88 141 117 53 70 39 
 
2138 187 94 e50 e180 151 161 208 143 67 54 41 
2235 141 80 e49 164 138 126 481 211 59 48 40 
2335 149 80 e49 174 128 106 712 149 73 46 41 
2436 234 77 e49 194 173 98 366 127 58 90 40 
2584 176 83 e50 166 237 168 242 118 51 97 38 
 
2659 138 81 e51 149 398 137 197 102 51 132 37 
2745 116 77 e52 130 375 107 160 91 49 141 40 
2845 100 96 e51 116 429 95 137 85 48 535 40 
2939 88 112 e51 112 1070 86 117 80 48 283 38 
3038 82 97 e50 --- 776 88 475 74 51 156 38 
 
3137 --- 85 e49 --- 383 --- 1240 --- 48 112 --- 

TOTAL156155424801179525009416346473498803227830731379
MEAN50.418515557.986.230411523729373.599.146.0
MAX1446498107919410702641240122017453587
MIN3334704948125676574484037
CFSM0.411.501.260.470.702.470.941.932.390.600.810.37
IN.0.471.681.450.540.762.851.052.222.660.690.930.42

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN115143109133172186233237181118117103
MAX534290187315518316449449368456202332
(WY)200219961991199919971990199319901996199620022001
MIN30.538.333.540.043.973.069.562.632.739.535.740.9
(WY)199020001990200320032000198919891992199119911991

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1989 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL42697       51961     
ANNUAL MEAN117       142     154     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN202     2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN98.6  2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1440           May 21240         May 314960     Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN24           Jul 333         Oct 9,1216     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM26           Jun 2835         Oct 719     Jun 3 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1580         Jun 126620     Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE8.78    Jun 1214.31Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW29         Oct 10,114.0  Aug 29 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.9511.151.25
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)12.91  15.7216.98
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS216       289     314     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS63       82     89     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS34       41     39     

A - Oct. 13, 1989, Sept. 28, 2002.



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