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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551200       FERSON CREEK NEAR ST. CHARLES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°55'58", long 88°20'27" (NAD of 1983), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.20, T.40 N., R.8 E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Randall Road, 2.4 mi northwest of St. Charles, and at mile 2.2.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 51.7 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: December 1960 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

PRECIPITATION: August 2000 to current year.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water year 2000.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000-01.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-82-2: 1966(M), 1968(M), 1970-71(M), 1973(M), 1978-79(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 704.84 ft above NGVD of 1929 (704.61 ft NAVD 1988).

 

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, 2,580, Feb. 21, 1997, from rating curve extended above 1,960 ft3/s, gage height, 8.77 ft; maximum gage height, 9.66 ft, Feb. 8, 1965, from floodmark, ice jam; minimum discharge, 0.10 ft3/s, several days in 1961 and 1965.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum recorded daily total, 3.27 in., August 13, 2002.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
13.115   28   12 e16 61 31 19 14   4.12.25.3
24.336   25   21 e16 46 51 19 14   3.22.24.1
33.621   21   22 e17 43 45 20 12   3.02.33.1
43.323   19   26 22 38 37 19 12   3.02.92.7
53.121   20   23 28 38 34 17 12   4.02.02.4
 
63.116   26   e18 68 39 34 19 12   5.11.74.5
73.113   64   e15 154 57 31 19 11   4.51.74.2
85.812   85   e14 149 53 28 19 10   3.91.62.1
97.311   55   e14 100 41 27 20 12   3.91.41.8
104.911   41   e13 71 36 25 23 11   2.91.32.6
 
114.59.3e27   16 60 35 24 28 10   2.41.42.2
125.711   e22   47 57 31 38 38 10   2.21.91.7
135.912   e18   433 72 27 50 31 9.92.76.61.4
146.010   e16   232 217 25 40 28 9.42.75.31.5
155.39.1e13   143 175 26 32 20 8.42.44.01.8
 
165.38.0e11   e90 124 27 29 17 8.72.03.11.6
175.611   e9.3e70 89 28 28 15 7.11.72.92.9
185.711   e8.4e54 67 26 28 16 5.61.54.82.6
194.917   e7.5e46 56 29 27 46 4.61.45.65.2
204.621   e7.0e38 52 30 25 54 4.51.436   2.9
 
214.914   e6.4e30 66 27 24 39 3.91.527   2.5
224.912   e6.1e27 59 27 33 32 3.73.211   1.1
2327   13   e5.8e24 49 27 41 26 3.62.87.61.6
2421   11   e5.7e23 44 28 33 21 3.72.86.81.6
2512   15   e5.6e21 40 38 29 18 3.72.45.71.4
 
269.013   e5.6e20 39 44 27 15 3.32.35.22.2
278.824   e5.6e19 36 37 25 14 3.12.54.93.5
289.265   e5.6e18 62 35 24 14 2.92.74.62.5
2911   36   e5.7e18 --- 32 22 14 3.32.63.94.8
3013   29   e5.9e17 --- 32 25 15 4.42.45.15.6
 
3112   ---   e7.6e16 --- 40 --- 16 ---   2.36.4---   

TOTAL227.9530.4588.8158020051103947711233.885.5179.183.4
MEAN7.3517.719.051.071.635.631.622.97.792.765.782.78
MAX276585433217615154145.1365.6
MIN3.18.05.612162522142.91.41.31.1
CFSM0.140.340.370.991.390.690.610.440.150.050.110.05
IN.0.160.380.421.141.440.790.680.510.170.060.130.06

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN21.735.436.035.750.668.468.657.348.024.524.522.2
MAX99.3151159134170303186148159113141170
(WY)197319861983196919971979199319961993199619871972
MIN1.612.391.981.633.3114.516.47.873.071.051.651.64
(WY)196419721964197719632003197719891977196119641976

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2004 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2005 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1961 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL15021.3    8274.9    
ANNUAL MEAN41.0    22.7    41.5        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN76.7        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN8.72      1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN859           May 22433           Jan 131620           Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN2.7        Sep 301.1        Sep 220.10      A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM2.9        Sep 241.6        Aug 60.23      Aug 26 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW541           Jan 132580           BC Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE4.51      Jan 139.66   DFeb 8 1965
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.95      Sep 22,230.10      E
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.7940.4390.802    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)10.81  5.95  10.90      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS85       46       87           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS14       14       22           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS5.6    2.4    4.3        

A - Several days in 1961.

B - From rating curve extended above 1,960 ft3/s.

C - Gage height, 8.77 ft.

D - From floodmark, ice jam.

E - Several days in 1961 and 1965.



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