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05540091 SPRING BROOK AT FOREST PRESERVE NEAR WARRENVILLE, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 41°50'07", long 88°10'56", in SW¼SW¼ sec.26, T.39 N., R.9 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank on upstream side of footbridge in Roy C. Blackwell Forest Preserve, 0.7 mi upstream from the confluence with the West Branch Du Page River and 1 mi northwest of Warrenville.

DRAINAGE AREA.--6.83 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1991 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 690.15 ft above sea level.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 3 mi upstream averaged about 4 ft3/s per day.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
17.6e7.7e9.8e7.221 14 43 17   8.38.56.3e8.4
2e5.8e7.4e8.89.434 15 35 16   7.07.66.0e7.0
3e6.2e7.3e8.019   28 14 29 15   7.013   6.0e7.0
4e7.4e7.2e7.836   23 16 26 15   7.864   25   e6.6
5e7.0e7.0e7.536   21 16 25 15   7.717   23   e6.3
 
6e6.5e9.5e7.034   18 16 24 18   7.917   18   e45   
7e6.6e10   e6.833   17 18 24 115   8.618   15   e88   
8e7.6e8.0e6.631   16 32 57 95   7.616   16   e35   
9e7.3e7.8e6.532   16 48 42 41   23   13   11   e15   
10e6.6e7.4e6.328   15 34 33 30   18   11   9.6e11   
 
11e5.8e6.4e9.025   35 29 29 22   41   10   8.7e9.0
12e6.0e6.8e11   23   31 25 26 19   24   9.68.4e8.7
13e12   e7.2e9.020   25 23 27 19   15   8.28.0e15   
14e12   e6.5e8.417   21 22 28 18   12   6.97.8e25   
15e8.0e7.8e8.015   19 21 26 17   12   6.9e8.0e22   
 
16e7.0e8.2e7.614   20 22 58 19   10   7.9e8.0e9.0
17e6.6e8.8e7.414   25 36 31 15   9.38.3e8.0e9.3
18e6.4e7.4e7.215   25 89 29 13   8.37.7e7.7e9.6
19e6.3e6.9e7.014   21 63 27 11   18   9.5e7.0e8.6
20e6.2e6.9e6.814   19 44 31 9.210   9.5e6.9e9.2
 
21e6.0e6.8e6.613   17 34 36 9.58.67.7e7.0e8.5
22e6.0e6.0e7.012   16 36 28 9.17.98.3e7.3e8.2
23e6.2e5.9e7.412   16 28 25 10   6.69.5e12   e8.5
24e6.8e5.9e8.012   15 24 22 20   6.39.3e35   e8.8
25e8.0e5.6e8.812   14 22 23 13   5.97.9e70   e8.2
 
26e15   e6.2e12   12   13 20 26 11   20   7.9e16   7.8
27e37   e8.0e10   12   14 19 25 9.08.67.5e27   9.1
28e22   e11   e9.512   14 22 21 8.99.07.8e21   17   
29e14   e12   e8.615   --- 20 23 11   7.77.0e17   24   
30e10   e11   e8.416   --- 19 19 8.98.86.5e12   27   
 
31e8.6---   e8.215   --- 42 --- 9.0---   7.0e9.8---   

TOTAL284.5230.6251.0579.6569883898658.6351.9356.0448.5481.8
MEAN9.187.698.1018.720.328.529.921.211.711.514.516.1
MAX3712123635895811541647088
MIN5.85.66.37.21314198.95.96.56.06.3
CFSM1.341.131.192.742.984.174.383.111.721.682.122.35
IN.1.551.261.373.163.104.814.893.591.921.942.442.62

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1992 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN10.014.612.216.716.219.321.517.116.912.413.110.7
MAX13.720.917.929.535.428.534.426.730.229.617.416.1
(WY)199219951993199319971998199319961993199619971998
MIN7.356.497.728.927.3710.78.356.987.418.4410.16.60
(WY)199519941994199419961996199419941992199519921995

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1997 CALENDAR YEARFOR 1998 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1992 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL5487.5      5992.5      
ANNUAL MEAN15.0      16.4      15.1  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN18.8  1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN11.3  1994
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN240             Feb 21115             May 7309     Jul 18 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN5.4   A    B5.6   A    C4.1  D
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM5.9          Sep 246.2          Nov 204.6  Nov 5 1993
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW179      E    May 7393     Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE10.90 F    Sep 712.60Jul 18 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW.39        Jun 30.39Jun 30 1998
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)2.20    2.40    2.20
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)29.89    32.64    29.94
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS26         31         27     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS11         12         11     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS6.6      6.8      6.3  
A - Estimated.
B - Sept. 29, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges, Sept. 19 - Dec. 31.
C - Nov. 25, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges, Oct. 2 - Jan. 1.
D - July 30, Nov. 11, 1993.
E - Gage height, 10.40 ft.
F - Backwater from beaver dam.


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