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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551675       BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR MONTGOMERY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'27", long 88°23'00" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.38 N., R.7 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at bridge on Jericho Rd., 1.0 mi west of Montgomery, and at mile 13.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.0 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: June 1998 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1998 to current year.

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 654.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- 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, 1,040 ft3/s, Apr. 23, 1999, gage height, 8.61 ft; minimum, 0.16 ft3/s, Sept. 6,7, 2003.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.62 in, October 13, 2001.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum measured, 1,170 ft3/s, Feb. 22, 1997, gage height unknown.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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
 
15.323 17 e22 e12 29 110 24 394 29 10   13   
25.827 15 e20 e12 37 86 24 247 27 9.511   
36.264 14 e20 e12 35 68 22 167 27 9.89.8
48.665 16 e20 e12 36 55 22 102 29 25   9.2
58.0100 24 e18 e12 147 50 23 84 28 23   8.4
 
65.060 24 e14 e12 183 48 21 68 27 18   7.9
74.645 21 e14 e12 126 46 21 58 25 15   7.5
83.236 21 e14 e12 93 43 20 49 24 14   7.1
94.227 26 e14 e12 76 39 20 43 31 12   6.3
106.422 143 e14 e12 62 35 19 43 46 11   6.1
 
114.523 209 e13 e12 56 34 19 71 36 11   5.9
123.723 140 e13 e12 47 33 19 520 31 10   5.9
134.419 98 e13 e12 43 31 24 768 27 9.65.7
1425   16 e68 e12 e12 43 29 44 465 25 9.65.3
1531   18 e54 e12 e12 41 27 67 244 22 8.95.6
 
1624   19 e45 e11 e12 41 27 51 173 21 8.57.5
1720   19 e37 e11 e12 41 26 40 123 19 9.16.9
1815   66 e31 e11 e12 40 24 37 98 17 9.86.2
199.791 e27 e11 e12 40 26 35 81 16 11   6.0
2011   65 e24 e10 e15 40 36 32 68 17 9.66.3
 
2114   48 e26 e10 e26 36 39 35 66 17 8.46.0
2216   37 e24 e10 e40 33 29 107 79 18 7.86.2
2317   32 e21 e10 e50 32 26 115 67 17 8.05.9
2424   37 e20 e10 e66 40 25 81 57 14 8.05.7
2531   33 e18 e10 37 58 34 63 52 13 9.25.7
 
2631   31 e19 e11 30 89 36 52 46 13 12   6.1
2728   27 e19 e11 25 120 31 44 41 11 18   5.6
2825   24 e21 e11 25 103 35 37 38 11 26   5.7
2923   21 e23 e12 25 169 33 32 34 10 26   4.9
3024   20 e24 e12 --- 153 25 101 32 11 20   4.6
 
3121   --- e21 e12 --- 143 --- 328 --- 11 16   ---   

TOTAL459.6113812904065672232118615794378670403.8204.0
MEAN14.837.941.613.119.672.039.550.914621.613.06.80
MAX311002092266183110328768462613
MIN3.21614101229241932107.84.6
CFSM0.270.690.760.240.361.310.720.932.650.390.240.12
IN.0.310.770.870.270.381.510.801.072.960.450.270.14

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1998 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN38.532.627.330.752.051.266.368.273.136.221.513.2
MAX86.553.241.610613772.515610714690.835.426.8
(WY)200220012004199920012001199920022004199820002001
MIN11.69.696.877.9910.218.832.627.624.710.65.802.21
(WY)200320032003200320032003200320012003200120012003

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1998 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL10636.32  14513.4    
ANNUAL MEAN29.1    39.7    41.5    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN64.6    1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN23.6    2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN305           May 10768           Jun 13768       Jun 13 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.46      Sep 63.2        Oct 80.46  Sep 6 2003
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.96      Sep 64.4        Oct 70.96  Sep 6 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW822           Jun 131040       Apr 23 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE8.12      Jun 138.61  Apr 23 1999
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW2.7        Oct 80.16  A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.5300.7210.756
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)7.20  9.82  10.27  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS65       80       83       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS19       24       24       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.5    7.9    8.4    

A - Sept. 6, 7, 2003.



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