Station list
05540095 WEST BRANCH DU PAGE RIVER NEAR WARRENVILLE, IL
LOCATION.--Lat 41�49'22", long 88�10'23", in SW¼NE¼ sec.35, T.39 N., R.9 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004,
on right bank 400 ft upstream from Warrenville Forest Preserve Dam in Warrenville, 0.6 mi downstream from Spring Brook, and
at mile 38.9.
DRAINAGE AREA.--90.4 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1968 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage and masonry dam. Datum of gage is 688.59 ft above sea level (Illinois Department
of Transportation bench mark).
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow slightly regulated by
sewage-treatment plants upstream. Gage-height telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Oct. 11, 1954, reached a stage of 5.54 ft, from floodmark, discharge
not determined.