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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540195       ST. JOSEPH CREEK AT ROUTE 34 AT LISLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°48'07", long 88°04'08" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.2, T.38 N., R.10 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 34 (Ogden Avenue) in Lisle, and 0.8 mi upstream from confluence of East Branch Du Page River and at mile 0.8.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.1 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

PRECIPITATION: July 1989 to September 1998.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 660.00 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 error.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,280 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 12.89 ft; no flow at times in most years.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded, 3.95 in., July 17, 1996 but may have been greater during periods of missing record.

 

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
 
10.371.42.21.9  e0.9210   6.3  3.3  23     0.420.005.7  
20.3312   2.02.3  e0.917.04.4  1.5  30     0.370.003.6  
34.0  e110   1.92.5  e0.915.53.8  1.3  11     15     9.2  1.9  
40.89272   5.42.1  e0.9236   3.5  1.2  6.4  4.9  21     1.6  
50.48e120   19   e1.7  e0.94147   2.8  1.0  4.3  2.7  3.9  1.3  
 
60.3916   9.7e1.6  e0.9731   1.9  1.0  3.1  18     2.0  1.4  
70.699.96.8e1.5  e0.9415   1.9  1.9  2.0  7.2  0.941.2  
80.478.15.3e1.4  e0.9210   1.6  0.951.7  3.2  0.490.77
90.446.715   e1.3  e0.867.51.6  0.931.3  11     0.460.45
100.395.371   e1.4  e0.845.61.4  1.2  47     9.4  0.340.53
 
110.164.820   e1.4  e0.824.81.3  1.3  40     7.7  0.110.33
120.144.89.7e1.5  e0.903.91.2  2.3  139     4.3  0.120.51
130.394.36.8e1.4  e0.922.61.1  7.5  20     1.9  0.160.55
1427     4.35.8e1.4  e0.90e7.01.0  35     15     1.2  0.166.0  
157.1  4.85.0e1.4  e0.884.00.929.9  8.4  0.620.1716     
 
164.9  5.74.8e1.4  e0.864.00.864.1  6.4  0.550.1915     
172.1  5.83.6e1.4  e0.905.11.7  2.4  4.5  0.304.0  5.5  
181.4  121   3.0e1.5  e0.977.11.0  10     2.6  0.351.6  0.16
191.7  37   2.5e1.4  e1.2  5.01.0  2.6  2.1  0.141.9  0.15
201.8  13   2.2e1.3  e18     11   7.8  2.0  e1.6  0.040.280.13
 
21e1.2  8.52.1e1.2  e15     4.83.7  5.2  16     1.4  0.110.17
221.4  6.51.9e1.2  e10     4.12.1  22     3.5  1.5  0.030.26
231.5  27   2.2e1.1  e12     3.41.6  9.1  2.5  0.690.010.67
241.5  20   1.7e1.0  e11     13   6.4  4.5  3.5  0.0139     0.25
2517     9.71.7e1.0  7.2  6.515     6.7  1.9  0.0112     0.40
 
263.8  7.31.5e0.985.7  29   3.7  2.3  1.5  0.0619     0.36
273.1  5.21.4e0.974.9  11   2.2  1.5  1.2  0.0519     0.45
284.7  3.85.6e0.963.9  47   1.8  1.2  2.0  0.00203     0.41
294.0  3.02.6e0.943.5  47   1.6  1.1  0.810.1039     0.57
302.3  2.62.1e0.92---     14   3.2  90     0.811.5  13     0.52
 
311.9  ---   2.0e0.92---     8.8---     69     ---     0.288.8  ---     

TOTAL97.54860.5226.542.99108.68517.788.38303.98403.1294.89399.9766.84
MEAN3.1528.77.311.393.7516.72.959.8113.43.0612.92.23
MAX27272712.51814715901391820316
MIN0.141.41.40.920.822.60.860.930.810.000.000.13
CFSM0.282.580.660.120.341.500.270.881.210.281.160.20
IN.0.332.880.760.140.361.730.301.021.350.321.340.22

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN6.6610.04.957.079.6710.712.713.59.626.996.895.39
MAX29.428.715.122.843.225.130.637.727.628.915.512.2
(WY)200220041993199919971990199919901993199619971992
MIN1.160.840.660.260.192.412.950.670.500.670.970.05
(WY)200020001990200320032000200419941992199119911995

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1989 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL2893.73  3211.09  
ANNUAL MEAN7.93  8.77  8.67  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN12.4    1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN4.79  1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN272           Nov 4272           Nov 4638       Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.00      Jun 23,290.00      Jul 28,Aug 1,20.00  A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.11      Jun 230.13      Jul 230.00  Aug 19 1992
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW533           Aug 281280       Jul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE9.09      Aug 2812.89  Jul 18 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.7140.7900.781
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)9.70  10.76  10.61  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS16       16       18       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.8    2.1    2.7    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.18  0.37  0.22  

A - At times in most years.



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