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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05547755       SQUAW CREEK AT ROUND LAKE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°21'00", long 88°05'18" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.29, T.45 N., R.10 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on MacGillis Road at Round Lake, and at mile 7.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 17.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1989 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 764.94 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 312 ft3/s, July 18, 1993, from rating curve extended above 120 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height, 6.42 ft; no flow at times in 1991, 1994 and 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
 
10.231.24.78.2e2.233 55   12   76   6.91.2  0.74
20.213.94.17.8e2.241 44   12   60   5.70.690.69
30.7214   3.77.8e2.234 36   11   48   7.61.1  0.62
40.4420   3.17.0e2.232 30   11   40   18   3.5  0.62
50.4240   4.97.0e2.291 26   9.433   14   2.1  0.57
 
60.4322   6.07.7e2.395 22   8.529   11   1.9  0.60
70.4511   5.45.1e2.384 19   7.725   9.21.5  0.63
80.337.35.05.4e2.471 16   8.021   8.41.1  0.54
90.225.46.55.1e2.457 14   9.821   8.60.870.45
100.224.456   5.0e2.348 13   10   49   26   0.650.47
 
110.193.864   e4.6e2.240 11   13   76   20   0.590.62
120.343.446   e4.4e2.232 10   14   86   13   0.631.1  
130.463.333   e4.2e2.127 8.831   73   10   0.620.56
142.4  3.027   e4.0e2.126 8.049   56   7.80.610.44
151.2  2.922   e3.8e2.025 7.756   45   6.70.550.88
 
160.742.420   e3.7e2.021 6.544   38   5.70.461.3  
170.742.517   e3.5e2.119 6.435   33   4.90.751.3  
180.7914   15   e3.4e2.220 7.2141   27   3.50.581.3  
190.7821   13   e3.44.820 8.0150   23   4.00.400.70
200.5314   13   e3.39.219 9.5123   20   3.10.320.43
 
210.4110   9.3e3.218   16 22   94   26   2.90.290.75
220.438.48.9e3.026   15 19   155   38   3.20.281.4  
230.5712   8.7e2.932   15 16   183   27   5.70.271.6  
240.7813   7.6e2.733   23 14   163   22   4.40.701.6  
251.0  12   8.2e2.531   29 20   128   19   3.40.570.89
 
260.857.86.2e2.429   62 18   97   16   2.90.620.46
270.876.45.4e2.319   65 16   75   13   2.50.870.29
281.1  5.58.0e2.219   65 15   62   12   2.21.6  0.33
291.0  5.911   e2.221   88 13   54   10   1.91.4  0.34
300.945.011   e2.1---   79 11   61   8.01.71.1  0.34
 
310.94---   9.1e2.1---   66 ---   76   ---   1.80.86---     

TOTAL20.73285.5462.8132.0281.61358522.11903.41070.0226.728.6822.56
MEAN0.679.5214.94.269.7143.817.461.435.77.310.930.75
MAX2.440648.233955518386263.51.6
MIN0.191.23.12.12.0156.47.78.01.70.270.29
CFSM0.040.560.880.250.572.581.023.612.100.430.050.04
IN.0.050.621.010.290.622.971.144.172.340.500.060.05

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1990 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN6.2711.710.512.422.225.729.629.119.410.02.493.06
MAX52.533.626.640.255.445.879.499.674.454.07.6012.9
(WY)200219931992199920011990199319961996199319901992
MIN0.400.920.980.740.452.127.763.360.760.440.190.11
(WY)199520031990200320032003200319941992199119911994

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1990 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL2688.33  6314.07
ANNUAL MEAN7.37  17.3  15.1        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN27.6        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN5.61      2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN77           May 9183         May 23284           May 21 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.11      Sep 90.19    Oct 110.00      A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.14      Sep 50.31    Oct 60.00      Sep 10 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW196         May 22312        BJul 18 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE4.97    May 226.42      Jul 18 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.12    Oct 11
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.4331.010.891    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)5.88  13.8212.11      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS22       49     38           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS2.9    6.9  6.0        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.35  0.580.57      

A - No flow at times in 1991, 1994 and 1998.

B - From rating curve extended above 120 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow.



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