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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551330       MILL CREEK NR BATAVIA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°50'45", long 88°20'57" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.39 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left bank at bridge on Deer Path road, 1 mi. west of Batavia, and at mile 2.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.6 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: May 1998 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1998 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 685.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi upstream. Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,080 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 7.52 ft; minimum discharge, 0.22 ft3/s, September 29, 2004.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.84 in, August 13, 2002.

 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 5 mi. upstream averaged 0.55 ft3/s during the year. The maximum average was 0.69 ft3/s in June and the minimum was 0.47 ft3/s in October.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
10.301.6  1.7  11   e2.721 41   12   183   8.52.7  2.5  
20.312.3  1.3  10   e2.724 34   9.590   7.82.6  2.4  
30.4418     1.0  11   e2.721 29   7.963   8.23.0  1.7  
40.4330     0.989.5e2.724 25   7.044   8.614     1.3  
50.4362     5.3  9.6e2.7124 22   6.033   8.112     0.83
 
60.4142     6.8  7.4e2.797 20   5.926   7.86.9  0.92
70.3622     6.2  6.3e2.756 18   6.223   7.13.4  0.85
80.3512     4.3  e6.1e2.741 16   6.021   6.92.6  0.90
90.359.4  7.2  e5.9e2.732 14   5.217   13   1.6  0.72
100.386.3  98     5.7e2.726 13   5.620   18   1.2  0.74
 
110.445.0  106     e5.6e2.823 12   5.245   14   1.2  1.2  
120.512.5  59     e5.6e2.720 11   6.2265   12   1.3  0.63
130.591.6  41     e5.6e2.719 9.911   199   8.51.2  0.52
141.3  2.0  33     e5.5e2.620 8.826   90   7.31.1  0.76
151.2  1.5  27     e5.0e2.619 8.836   65   6.00.940.81
 
160.961.4  24     e4.7e2.618 8.025   48   6.20.870.97
170.760.9720     e4.4e2.617 9.017   37   5.21.0  1.1  
180.6947     17     e4.1e2.617 10   20   31   4.61.2  0.80
190.6964     14     e3.9e2.919 9.919   26   4.21.2  0.74
200.5641     13     3.715   20 12   16   23   4.11.2  0.69
 
210.7324     12     3.824   18 18   40   29   4.11.2  1.1  
220.7016     12     3.429   15 15   85   38   5.81.6  0.94
230.7213     12     e3.437   14 12   79   29   8.90.970.86
240.7217     11     e3.337   24 11   53   25   6.30.960.61
251.1  14     9.5  e3.228   34 21   41   21   5.51.000.51
 
261.1  12     8.2  e3.125   56 18   31   17   4.11.6  0.81
271.1  8.8  8.0  e3.021   56 14   25   15   3.72.5  0.36
281.3  6.1  14     e2.917   53 12   21   13   3.49.1  0.57
291.2  4.0  17     e2.816   86 10   16   12   2.811     0.36
301.1  2.9  15     e2.8---   63 10   76   9.92.87.0  0.66
 
311.2  ---     14     e2.8---   52 ---   254   ---   2.94.1  ---     

TOTAL22.43490.37619.48165.1300.11129472.4973.71557.9216.4102.2427.86
MEAN0.7216.320.05.3310.336.415.731.451.96.983.300.93
MAX1.36410611371244125426518142.5
MIN0.300.970.982.82.6148.05.29.92.80.870.36
CFSM0.030.590.720.190.371.320.571.141.880.250.120.03
IN.0.030.660.830.220.401.520.641.312.100.290.140.04

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN19.014.713.114.125.223.532.833.631.316.19.728.04
MAX43.826.520.049.168.436.489.564.251.945.828.518.7
(WY)199920012004199920012004199920032004199820022001
MIN0.724.495.682.792.419.3112.511.98.333.402.160.40
(WY)200420002003200320032003200320002003200120032003

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1998 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL4424.97  6076.98  
ANNUAL MEAN12.1    16.6    19.7    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN32.4    1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN10.5    2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN227           May 1265           Jun 12754       Apr 23 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.30      Oct 10.30      Oct 10.30  Oct 1 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.34      Sep 70.38      Oct 10.34  Sep 7 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW331           Jun 121080       Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE6.08      Jun 127.52  Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.22      Sep 290.22  Sep 29 2004
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.4390.6010.714
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)5.96  8.18  9.70  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS27       40       42       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS2.5    7.6    9.4    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.41  0.81  2.0    



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