USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05551700 BLACKBERRY CREEK NEAR YORKVILLE, IL
LOCATION - Lat 41°40'18.74", long 88°26'29.35" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.21, T.37 N., R.7 E., Kendall County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on right bank 300 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 47, 2.0 mi north of Yorkville, and at mile 3.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 70.2 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: October 1960 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
BIOLOGICAL
ALGAE: Water year 1990.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 611.99 ft. above NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE -WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,510 ft³/s, from rating curve extended above 3,900 ft³/s, July 18, 1996, gage height, 13.16 ft, backwater from debris jam; minimum, 0.10 ft³/s, Dec. 7, 1962, result of freeze up.