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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536500       TINLEY CREEK NEAR PALOS PARK, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°38'48", long 87°45'59" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.32, T.37 N., R.13 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 135th Street, 1.5 mi west of State Highway 50, 3 mi southeast of Palos Park, and at mile 1.8.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1951 to current year. Prior to October 1952, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin (WSP 1237).

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

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

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

FISH: Water year 2001.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-81-2: 1955(M), 1957(M), 1970(M), 1978(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 607.40 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,010 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, from rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement of flow through culvert, gage height, 10.25 ft; maximum gage height, 10.30 ft, Oct. 10, 1954; no flow at times in most years.

 

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


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
12.43.614   e1.918   6.17.310   3.01.5  0.620.25
21.77.87.0e1.821   e7.578   8.52.71.3  0.531.0  
31.26.44.7e1.78.7e11   37   6.72.60.990.344.7  
41.44.13.7e1.77.7e9.016   5.79.11.1  0.31e2.4  
5108   3.63.31.76.68.010   4.914   1.7  19     1.3  
 
623   3.43.01.75.012   7.815   6.21.1  7.2  0.94
77.23.32.71.74.154   15   14   4.00.962.5  0.75
84.53.12.51.74.5144   140   69   2.90.721.6  0.59
93.42.62.21.811   203   168   205   2.635     0.920.56
102.92.52.11.861   72   51   52   7.615     0.720.44
 
112.92.32.01.734   27   23   168   33   4.6  0.491.2  
1259   2.23.11.717   16   15   440   10   2.3  0.341.1  
1396   2.15.61.715   12   10   94   5.21.6  0.310.70
14205   2.57.31.710   6.98.041   6.11.3  0.510.46
1556   3.79.21.99.37.76.621   6.70.960.370.38
 
1624   2.65.61.99.06.95.639   4.10.850.470.29
1713   2.214   e2.07.46.212   43   2.80.901.7  0.22
188.22.213   e2.05.95.79.019   2.50.650.957.3  
196.12.57.2e1.99.95.26.113   2.00.592.3  5.7  
204.74.25.9e1.844   5.2107   10   1.70.573.5  9.8  
 
215.03.24.6e1.826   5.153   7.11.40.731.6  10     
224.62.24.2e2.514   4.440   5.21.30.9910     6.2  
2355   1.76.53.69.04.119   4.31.30.5911     4.8  
2462   1.95.03.97.04.115   16   1.20.396.0  2.5  
2552   5.94.43.36.03.721   12   1.70.312.8  1.5  
 
2615   5.73.52.67.04.311   8.26.00.351.6  1.1  
278.84.63.02.57.34.149   5.612   0.841.0  1.1  
286.74.12.72.66.44.077   5.15.51.6  0.710.82
294.85.02.42.3---   13   26   5.33.11.1  0.520.80
304.027   2.23.2---   23   15   4.12.31.2  0.602.3  
 
313.6---   e2.111   ---   9.4---   3.5---   0.900.33---     

TOTAL852.1128.2158.775.1391.8704.61058.41355.2164.682.6980.8471.20
MEAN27.494.2735.1192.42313.9922.7335.2843.725.4872.6672.6082.373
MAX2052714116120316844033351910
MIN1.21.72.01.74.13.75.63.51.20.310.310.22
CFSM2.450.380.460.221.252.033.153.900.490.240.230.21
IN.2.830.430.530.251.302.343.524.500.550.270.270.24

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN6.6389.1689.81110.8613.8021.0021.8915.2511.726.4075.0755.358
MAX87.046.257.743.169.890.250.743.756.958.528.338.2
(WY)195519911983199919971979197020022000199619871993
MIN0.0000.170.150.0620.192.241.521.790.670.150.0030.000
(WY)195319541964197719631981196319631965195619641953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1951 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL5377.985123.43
ANNUAL MEAN14.7314.0411.37    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN22.7      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN2.27    1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN364         Feb 9440         May 12891         Oct 10 1954
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.49    Jul 170.22    Sep 170.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.66    Jul 110.46    Aug 100.00    Oct 1 1952
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW830         May 122010  B,CJul 18 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE8.55    May 1210.30 DOct 10 1954
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.21    Sep 17,18
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.321.251.02    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)17.8617.0213.80    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS42     29     25         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.6  4.3  2.7      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.8  0.830.20    

A - At times in most years.

B - From rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement

of flow through culvert.

C - Gage height, 10.25 ft.

D - Discharge, 1,930 ft3/s.



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