Boneyard
Creek Bibliography
Patricia Gobert
Illinois State Water Survey Library (ISWS)
2204 Griffith Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7463
March 1998
Introduction and Description
The Boneyard Creek has always been a nemesis for the cities of Urbana
and Champaign. From earliest accounts in the early 1800s, it was agreed
that there were piles of bones all along the banks. An exposed Indian
burial ground or a hunting site? According to one story, hundreds of animals
perished in a heavy snowstorm. Since that time, problems on the banks
of the Boneyard have been a continuing source of concern, consternation,
and costly damage to area businesses and residents. Since 1949, four plans
were developed that examine solutions to the major flooding problems along
the Boneyard Creek. In the Lower Boneyard Creek Improvement Plan (1995:
1-4), the City of Champaign Public Works Department cites many of these
early planning documents and gives good general descriptions of the plans.
This bibliography includes two genres of documents: 1) analytical and
planning documents relating to the history, restoration, maintenance,
and stormwater considerations of the Boneyard Creek itself; and 2) those
dealing with various stormwater and runoff models which used the Boneyard
Creek watershed as a study area or verification tool.
Within the first group an historical arrangement is used to help illustrate
stages of evolution in the urbanization of the watershed area and the
related engineering concerns. Various background documentation has been
cited that may assist in further research. In the second group, a reverse
chronological arrangement is used to emphasize newer studies.
In all cases, locations for materials are given. Although these locations
are not comprehensive, they will at least assure interested parties that
these documents are obtainable. Library locations given are those of libraries
in Urbana and Champaign. Annotations have been provided in all cases,
unless an item was unavailable for examination. Items listed may be requested
through regular Interlibrary Loan procedures, unless specified as non-circulating.
In some cases photocopies may be requested.
Other important sources of information include: Champaign-Urbana Sanitary
District; City of Champaign Engineering Division; Clark Dietz Inc., Consulting
Engineers; Daly and Associates, Consulting Engineers; Sodemann & Associates,
Civil Engineers; Berns, Clancy and Associates.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Sally McConkey of the Illinois State Water Survey for compiling
the Boneyard Creek Fact Sheet included at the end of this report, and
to Bill Saylor of the Illinois State Water Survey for assistance, especially
in providing historical materials.
PART 1: Analytical and Planning Documents
Boneyard Studies Pre-1970 and Historical Material
Hilscher, Ralph. c. 1915. Report on contamination of the Boneyard
in Champaign by gas house wastes. (Unpublished manuscript), 11 p.
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Water Survey Library: REF Boneyard 3 |
In August 1915, the State Rivers & Lakes Commission received a complaint
concerning gas waste contamination of a small stream flowing through Champaign
and Urbana, and recommended it be investigated. In the resulting report,
the general condition of the Boneyard is described as constituting an eyesore,
being littered with trash and unimproved. In July of 1915, the creek, the
banks, and some lawns were coated with thick layers of oils and tar, and
accompanied by characteristic odors. This waste was produced by the Champaign
Street Railway, Gas and Electric Company which was located at the corner
of 5th and Hill Streets in Champaign. The author describes types and amounts
of waste and suggests methods for treatment.
Pickels, George W. 1931. Run-off investigations in central Illinois.
University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station Bulletin no. 232,
Urbana, IL, 134 p.
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Water Survey Library: 620 I27b 232 |
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Examines runoff-rainfall relationships of seven defined watersheds in and
around Champaign county, including the West Branch Salt Fork. Provides rainfall,
runoff, flood, and hydrologic data for the years 1924-27.
Pollution survey of Boneyard Creek: a tributary of Salt Fork (Big
Vermillion-Wabash River) in Champaign and Urbana, Illinois: final report.
1948. Prepared by State of Illinois Sanitary Water Board and State Department
of Public Health, Springfield IL, 50 p. plus 1 fold-out map; 1 overlay
in pocket.
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Water Survey Library: 363.7394 P7658 |
628.168JL69
Stacks, UI Library
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The survey involved daily sample collections from 18 designated sampling
stations on the Boneyard Creek and West Branch Salt Fork. The samples were
shipped to Sanitary Engineering Labs in Springfield, Illinois where chemical,
bacterial, biochemical and microscopic analyses were performed. The report
is divided into two parts. The first part includes the findings, conclusions,
and recommendations that resulted from the survey. Part two is tables and
graphical data. A fold-out map of the study area is included.
Horner and Schifrin. 1949. Report on a plan of drainage for the Boneyard
stream and storm relief sewers. Horner and Schifrin, Consulting Engineers,
St. Louis, MO, var. pag.
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Water Survey Library, Noncirculating: 628.21
H816 |
This was the first comprehensive drainage plan developed for the cities
of Champaign and Urbana. Horner & Schifrin, Consulting Engineers were
retained by the Urbana and Champaign Sanitary Sewer District to undertake
investigations essential to prepare a "Master General Drainage Plan for
the Boneyard water course and for relief sewer plans for certain of the
larger storm drainage areas in the two cities..." (p.1) The report includes
rainfall patterns, hydrographs, stream bed profiles, proposed sewer flow,
drainage details, and cost estimates.
1950. Storm drainage needs of Urbana-Champaign: Facts concerning
the proposed storm drainage conduit and storm water trunk interceptors
needed for our two cities. Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District:
[Champaign, IL], 16 p.
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Water Survey Library: 628.2 Ur 1s |
A paper to advise and inform citizens for an election 3/30/50 to authorize
issuance of bonds of approximately $6 million for the purpose of improving
the Boneyard Drainage system.
Schmidt, Milton Otto. 1950. Flood runoff from urban areas, with special
reference to the surface hydrology of the Boneyard Creek watershed, Champaign-Urbana,
Illinois. Ph.D. thesis, College of Engineering, University of Illinois,
Urbana IL, 201 p.
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627.5 Sch55f Stacks, UI Library |
The author stated the broad objective of this study in his introduction:
"to derive the time and volume relations of rainfall and runoff on the given
watershed." Examines the historical development of hydrograph analysis,
analyses variation in properties of unit hydrographs, then applies chosen
means to develop this study of the surface hydrology of the Boneyard Creek.
Includes historical information on the Boneyard, as well as then current
facts, photographs, and data. Appendices contain records of rainfall intensity
and runoff accumulated between 1948 and 1950.
Mitchell, William D. 1950. Water-supply characteristics of Illinois
Streams. Department of Public Works and Buildings, Division of Highways,
[Springfield, IL], 311 p.
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Water Survey Library: 628.1 I29 c.1 |
Published in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, this report presents
streamflow characteristics and discharge measurements aimed to determine
beneficial and destructive flows. Examines West Branch Salt Fork as well
as other Illinois streams.
Chow, Ven Te. 1952. Hydrologic studies of urban watersheds: rainfall
and runoff of Boneyard Creek, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Civil Engineering
Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Studies no. 2. Urbana, IL: University of
Illinois, Department of Civil Engineering, 66 p.
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Water Survey Library: 620 Il27c no.2 |
Chow refers briefly to the studies of Schmidt (1950) and Horner and Schifrin
(1949) which were the two chief preceding studies on the Boneyard. Chow's
research, partially funded by the Board of Trustees of the Urbana-Champaign
Sanitary District and assisted by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Illinois
State Water Survey, defines rainfall intensity and frequency data, storm
types, hydrographic analyses, and consumptive water use for the "Boneyard
Watershed".
Smith, H.F. 1961. The effect of urbanization on runoff. Paper to be
given at Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union, Monday, 5-May-58.
4 p. + figures (unpublished manuscript).
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Water Survey Library: REF Boneyard 3 |
The author compares runoff between the urban Boneyard Creek watershed and
the rural Kaskaskia River watershed. Figures show yearly flows, daily flows,
peak discharges, and unit hydrographs.
Storm drainage study: City of Champaign, Illinois. 1959. Clark,
Daily & Dietz, Consulting Engineers, 295 p. + appendices.
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Water Survey Library: 627.46 S886 c.2 |
Presented to the Champaign City Council on October 13, 1959, this report
is a three-fold master plan, consisting of the following components: a plan
for storm water interceptor sewers required to relieve overloaded portions
of the existing drainage system; a plan for storm water interceptor sewers
which will provide adequate outlets for future development; a set of regulations
which the City may incorporate in its subdivision ordinance to insure a
well integrated storm drainage system. The transmittal letter states that
three sets of base maps were also delivered with this report and aerial
photography of the study area was produced that would kept by the Firm until
no longer needed.
Wilson, Ralph D. 1978. An Engineer's History of the Boneyard Creek
in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois (1830 to 1978). Printed by Ralph D.
Wilson, April 1978, 104 + p.
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Water Survey Library: 551.483 W69e |
Illinois History Survey |
Provides a discussion of Champaign and Vermilion Counties' early history,
and traces the growth of the cities of Urbana and Champaign and the effects
it had on the Boneyard through the first pollution measures that were taken
in the late 1890s to improvement projects of the late 1970s. Wilson includes
maps and photographs, and describes publications that are no longer readily
available.
Boneyard Creek Master Plan documents and related
materials, 1970s
Restoration of the Boneyard: a report of the Concerned Engineers
for the Restoration of the Boneyard. 1970. Urbana, IL : Department
of General Engineering, University of Illinois, 3 volumes.
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Water Survey Library: REF Boneyard 1 |
Volume 1: "The restoration of the Boneyard: a paper presented to
the staff of General Engineering 242, January 1970." Includes present status
of the Boneyard, information on pollution levels, plans for restoration
and costs, and appendices consisting of legal reports and copies of laws,
maps, and description of indigenous plant life.
Volume 2: "Hydraulic standards of the Boneyard: a paper presented
to the staff of General Engineering 242 in partial fulfillment of the requirement
for the degree Bachelor of Science in General Engineering by Michael Pretnar,
Jeff Norris, and Bruce York, May 1970 under the direction of Professor Bruce
Hannon." Establishes hydraulic standards for the Boneyard, i.e., flow rate
and slope. Information was established in consultation with M. Terstriep
of the Illinois State Water Survey. Includes cross sections, maps, zoning
maps and information, reprints and blueprints.
Volume. 3: "A cost and design analysis of the Boneyard: a cost comparison
of three typical design solutions for bank stabilization and flood control
for the Boneyard, and a landscaping design and cost analysis in the vicinity
of the Lincoln Ave., bridge."
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission. 1975. Boneyard Creek
study: analysis and recommendations. [Champaign IL : Champaign County
Regional Planning Commission], 84 p.
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Water Survey Library: 333.91 C3577
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Q.711.3C358b Stacks, UI Library |
This report summarizes the work of the Boneyard Interagency Advisory Committee
(BIAC).
HOK Associates. 1976. Proposal to the Champaign County Regional Planning
Commission, the Boneyard Interagency Advisory Commission for a Master
Plan and Related Studies, Boneyard Creek, Champaign County, Illinois.
[St. Louis, MO : HOK Associates], 15 p.
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711.40977366P945 City Planning Library, UI
Library |
Proposal submitted for the Boneyard Creek Master Plan by HOK Associates,
St. Louis MO.
A proposal ... Boneyard Master Plan. 1976. Nelson-Nelson-Wang Landscape
Architecture and Planning. [Urbana, IL], 26 p.
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711.40977366P9452 City Planning Library, UI
Library |
Proposal submitted for the Boneyard Creek Master Plan. Nelson-Nelson-Wang
presented this proposal as a joint venture with Bazzell-Phillips and Associates,
Inc.
The Boneyard Creek Commission: Conklin & Rossant / Clark, Dietz and
Associates, Engineers, Inc. 1977. Guidelines report for the Boneyard
Creek Master Plan. Prepared for the Boneyard Creek Commission. [Urbana,
IL], 74 p.
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714 B642 sup. Grainger Engineering Library,
UI Library |
The first in a three-phase process for the development of a Master Plan
for the Boneyard Creek, this report was an attempt to sort through currently
available data and define options for the development of a final working
plan to transform the Boneyard and to develop it "as a multi-purpose community
asset for watershed management, recreation, and urban beautification." Summarizes
historical and then existing conditions; includes maps.
Boneyard Creek Master Plan : v. 1-The Plan, v. 2-Detail engineering
and cost, v. 3-Summary. 1978. Prepared by Conklin and Rossant / Clark,
Dietz Inc.. for the Boneyard Creek Commission, [Urbana, IL].
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Q. 714 B642 v.1,2,3 City Planning Library,
UI Library |
The Boneyard Creek Commission was formed by an agreement between the cities
of Urbana and Champaign, the Urbana and Champaign Park Districts and the
Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District to develop a long-range plan which would
transform the Boneyard Creek into a multi-purpose community asset for watershed
management, recreation, and urban beautification. This plan is conceptual,
and no attempt was made to present project-level planning. Volume 1 defines
objectives, description of characteristics and conditions, and plan elements;
volume 2 includes general engineering considerations, and reach section
delineations and design criteria; volume 3 is a bound set of profile drawings.
Flooding on Boneyard Creek. 1979. Prepared by Clark, Dietz Inc.
for the Boneyard Creek Commission, Champaign-Urbana, IL, 15 p.
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Q. 627.4 F659 City Planning Library, UI Library |
This publication describes the storm event of July 30, 1979 and subsequent
flood damage, and reviews flood control measures outlined in the Master
Plan documents.
Comprehensive drainage study City of Champaign, Illinois section
WDR-77-01. 1979. Prepared by Daily and Associates, Engineers, Inc.,
Champaign, IL, 113 p.
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Water Survey Library: F. 627.54 D133 |
Report submitted in compliance with the Engineering agreement between the
City of Champaign and Daily and Associates, Engineers, 1977. The findings
and recommendations of a comprehensive investigation of the storm water
drainage characteristics of the City of Champaign and potential development
areas are presented in this report, and provide an overview and framework
from which a final drainage project could begin. An inventory and evaluation
of the existing storm sewer system has identified 16 chronic flood locations
out of 104 major flood locations in Champaign. Boneyard Creek, as well as
several other drainage ditches were all assessed as inadequate to receive
future storm flows from proposed improvements. Recommended stormwater management
design criteria, cost estimates, and priority locations for proposed improvements
are examined.
Planning Documents related to the Master Plan
- 1980s
Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Water Resources.
1986. Boneyard Creek strategic planning study for flood control Champaign
County, Illinois. Springfield, IL, var. pag.
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Water Survey Library: IDOT DOWR SPS 86-002
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DOC. ILLlTD7.2:B65 Law Library, UI Library |
The purpose of this study was to define existing floodplain conditions and
the projects which might reduce flood plain damages throughout the Boneyard
Creek and Upper Boneyard Creek watersheds. Includes map of the watersheds,
flood damage analysis, and descriptions of projects considered. Appendices
A and B provide copies of actual computer printout data from ILLUDAS and
HEC-1 models; Appendix C gives flood damage analysis and cost estimates
for all projects considered; Appendices D,E,F are projects plates, maps,
and profiles.
Inventory and analysis of urban water damage problems: City of Champaign,
Champaign County, Illinois. 1981. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville
District, 21 p. + fold-out maps.
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Water Survey Library: 627.4 C822c |
The State of Illinois requested the assistance of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers in order to gather data on the severity and frequency of flooding
of various communities with emphasis on average annual flood damages to
residences. The three drainage basins studied in this report are the Boneyard
Creek, Copper Slough, and Phinney Branch, Champaign, Illinois. As stated
on page one of this report, " Documentation and assessment of overbank flood
problems, concurrently with identification of other flooding problems associated
with urban drainage such as sewers, ditches, surface depressions, street
ponding, and similar concerns, is the main objective of this inventory".
Flood profiles and flood evaluation summaries are included for all three
areas.
Berns, Clancy & Associates. 1980. Champaign-Urbana flood plain study
(Champaign County, Illinois: Boneyard Creek).
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G 4104.C5A41980.B32 Map & Geography Library,
UI Library |
Sets of aerial photography flown in 1977 of an area of a: Champaign County,
cities of Champaign and Urbana, and b: properties adjacent to the cities
in which the Boneyard Creek is located.
| a. : Areas of the 3rd principal
meridian, Champaign County Illinois: |
| 1. |
SW1/4, Sec. 1, TWP. 19N, R8E |
2. |
SW1/4, Sec. 1, TWP. 19N, R8E |
| 3. |
SW1/4, Sec. 6, TWP. 19N, R9E |
4. |
NE1/4, Sec. 12, TWP. 19N, R8E |
| 5. |
NW1/4, Sec. 7, TWP. 19N, R9E |
6. |
Missing |
| 7. |
SW1/4, Sec. 7, TWP. 19N, R9E |
8. |
SE1/4, Sec. 7, TWP. 19N, R9E |
| 9. |
SW1/4, Sec. 9, TWP. 19N, R9E |
10. |
SE1/4, Sec. 8, TWP. 19N, R9E |
| 11. |
SW1/4, Sec. 9, TWP. 19N, R9E |
12. |
NE1/4 Sec. 13, TWP. 19N, R8E |
| 13. |
NW1/4, Sec.18,TWP 19N, R9E |
14. |
NW1/4, Sec. 8, TWP. 19N, R9E |
| b.: Photographs of the cities of
Champaign and Urbana described by N, S, E, W street boundaries. |
| 1. |
N I74, S. Bradley Ave., W. Prospect,
to E. Of Harris |
| 2. |
N I74, S. Bradley Ave., W. Of Neil
St., E. Market St. |
| 3. |
N I74, S. Bradley Ave., W. Market
St., E. of IC&G R.R. |
| 4. |
N. Bradley Ave., S. Washington
St., W. of Neil St., E. Market St. |
| 5. |
N. Bradley Ave., S. Washington,
W. Market St., E. Wright St. |
| 6. |
Missing |
| 7. |
N. Washington St., S. Springfield
Ave., W. First St., E. Wright St. |
| 8. |
N. Beslin-Fairview, S. Springfield
Ave., W. Wright St., E. Lincoln Ave. |
| 9. |
N. Fairview, S. Springfield Ave.,
W. Lincoln Ave., E. of Wood and Locusts Sts. |
| 10. |
N. of University Ave., S. Main
St., W. Race St., E. Cottage Grove |
| 11. |
N.of University Ave., S. Main St.,
W. I74, E. Lierman |
| 12. |
N. Springfield Ave., S. Armory,
W. Prairie St., E. Second St. |
| 13. |
N. Springfield Ave., S. Armory,
W. Wright St., E, Wright St. |
| 14. |
N. Springfield Ave., S. Nevada,
W. Wright St., E. Lincoln Ave. |
| 15. |
N. Springfield. Ave., S. Washington,
W. Lincoln, E. Second St. |
Flooding on Boneyard Creek. [1980]. Prepared by Clark, Dietz
Inc. for the Boneyard Creek Commission, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.16
p.
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Q.627.4 F659 City Planning Library, UI Library |
Describes the flood and damage of 1979, and emphasizes the need to implement
the flood control concepts outlined by the Master Plan.
Improvement Plan Documents and related works
- 1990s
Boneyard detention - Lamar channel project: 23 October 1997 report
to City Council. 1997. City of Champaign, Public Works Department,
Engineering Division, 5 p. + attachments.
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Water Survey Library: REF Boneyard 3 |
Report made to City Council from Steven C. Carter, City Manager. Report
discusses the status of the design/costs for LAMAR LLC to build 20 acre
feet of linear detention and channelimprovements from Wright Street to First
Street.
Public hearing, 25 June, 1998, for application for Department of the
Army permit, Robert F. Hannah, applicant. 6 p.
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Water Survey Library: REF Boneyard 3 |
Purpose: To provide flood protection for the Engineering campus for all
storm events up to the 100-year storm in a location defined as Boneyard
Creek from Lincoln Avenue upstream to Wright Street through the Engineering
Campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign County,
Illinois.
Boneyard Creek Project Public Information meeting, 8 October 1997.
City of Champaign; Camp Dresser & McKee, 22 p.
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Water Survey Library: REF Boneyard 3 |
Includes maps of the affected area, engineering and landscape drawings,
floodplain planning maps.
Boneyard stormwater detention alternatives: February 1996 report to
City Council. 1996. City of Champaign, Public Works Department, Engineering
Division, 12 p. + attachments.
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Water Survey Library: 621 C2451 |
Report made to City Council from Steven C. Carter, City Manager. Report
seeks Council direction of how to proceed with stormwater detention for
the main channel of the Lower Boneyard between Oak-Ash detention basin and
Wright Street. Several alternatives are presented for the Scott Park detention
basin plan.
Shu, AL-Lin. 1996. Public values in design and planning for the Boneyard
Creek in Urbana-Champaign. M.S. Thesis, Landscape Architecture, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 51 p.
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Thesis, City Planning, UI Library |
Lower Boneyard Creek Improvement Plan. 1995. City of Champaign,
Public Works Department, Engineering Division, var. pag.
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Water Survey Library: 628.21 C449lb ip 1995
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Report prepared to obtain direction from the Champaign City Council on how
to proceed with the development of the Boneyard Creek Improvement Plan,
in response to Council Members' request of August 1995 to review "a fundamental
change in the City's approach to solving the Boneyard drainage problems"
(p. 3). This new approach includes seven components for which background
information is given, and alternatives and recommendations are made: 1)
Maintenance enhancements, 2) Regulations and code review, 3) Intergovernmental
cooperation. 4) Storm sewer improvements, 5) Channel improvements, 6) Detention
improvements, and 7) Funding.
Boneyard stormwater detention alternatives: report to City Council
21 November 1994. 1994. City of Champaign, Public Works Department,
Engineering Division, var. pag. + attachments.
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Water Survey Library: REF Boneyard 3 |
Report from Steven C. Carter, City Manager, to the Champaign City Council
concerning how staff should proceed with stormwater detention on the main
channel of the Lower Boneyard. Outlines problems defined by Camp Dresser
& McKee, Inc., Chicago and Daly & Associates, Engineers, Inc. Champaign,
and gives preliminary cost estimates. Attachments include maps, descriptions
of alternatives, correspondence, and question and answer sheets.
Yen, Ben-Chie and Juan A. Gonzalez. 1994. Determination of Boneyard
Creek flow capacity by hydraulic performance graph. Research Report
no. 219 (UILU-WRC-94-219), Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Water Resources
Center, 111 p.
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Water Survey Library: 627 I29 #219 |
"The Boneyard Creek in Champaign-Urbana has caused flooding problems in
the twin cities for years. Like most drainage problems, it is desirable
to know the flow carrying capacity of some or all of the channels in a drainage
system accounting for the interacting backwater effects among the channel
reaches. ... A hydraulic performance graph method (is) developed for this
purpose ... (and ) is a summary of the behavior of the steady - non-uniform
flow profiles in a backwater-affected channel" (from abstract p. ii).
Berns, Clancy and Associates, Inc. 1993. Appendices to report on
stormwater drainage system study Upper Boneyard Creek Watershed: City
of Champaign, Champaign County Illinois. Appendix H: Landowner survey
results & public meeting minutes; Appendix I: Manhole inspection reports
& sewer lamping reports.
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977.366 BER Appendices Champaign Public Library |
Appendix H includes responses to a survey conducted in 1992 and directed
to commercial and home properties adjacent to the Upper Boneyard Creek.
The survey was conducted to gather information about existing drainage conditions
in areas east of Prospect Avenue and west of Neil Street, Champaign. Also
included are minutes of public meetings held between November and December
1992.
Appendix I is a collection of 102 sewer line lamping and manhole reports
made in October 1992 for the same area.
Background Documentation
U.S. Geological Survey. Water Resources Data for Illinois, vol.
1. Annual.
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Water Survey Library: 628.11Un32il |
A section is included in volume 1 of each annual edition on the Wabash River
Basin and contains daily mean values for discharge in cubit feet per second
for the Boneyard Creek.
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). City of Urbana, Illinois, Champaign
County. Community-panel numbers 170035 0001-0011, map index. Effective
date: January 16, 1981. Federal Emergency Management Agency, National
Flood Insurance Program.
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). City of Champaign, Illinois, Champaign
County. Community-panel numbers 170026 0001 - 0014, map index. Effective
date: January 16, 1981. Federal Emergency Management Agency, National
Flood Insurance Program.
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). County of Champaign, Illinois (Unincorporated
Areas). Community-panel number 170894 (Panel 180 of 300). Effective date
March 1, 1984. Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Flood Insurance
Program.
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Water Survey maintains a complete set of Flood
Insurance Rate Maps for Illinois. |
Hay, Ralph C. And John B. Stall. 1976. History of Channel Improvement
in an Illinois Watershed. Paper presented at the American Society
of Agricultural Engineers 1976 Winter Meeting, paper no. 76-2506, 12 p.
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Water Survey Library: ISWS RS 348 |
Surface drainage development between 1880 and 1976 in the 1250-square-mile
Vermilion River Watershed, Wabash Basin (Champaign, Ford, and Vermilion
Counties) is traced. Three principle objectives of the authors are states
as follows: 1) to review the natural conditions of the area as encountered
by early settlers prior to the construction of channels, 2) to develop understanding
and appreciation of the needs and problems encountered in the early construction
period, and 3) to set the stage for better management of both land and water
resources at present and in the future.
City of Champaign vs. Environmental Protection Agency (Administrative
proceedings for alleged pollution against city, University Board of Trustees
and others) Illinois Appellate Court July 5, 1973: 299 N.E.2D 28-32 (12
Ill.App3d 720), 5 p.
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Water Survey Library: REF Boneyard 3 |
Law Library, UI Library |
A procedural dispute involving an order of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board against the cities of Champaign and Urbana claimed that the cities
allowed water pollution by permitting contaminants to enter Boneyard Creek.
The cities filed a third party complaint against the University of Illinois
charging it with contributing to the pollution through the operation of
the Abbott Power Plant. It was found by the Board that polluted discharge
had occurred and both the cities and the University were ordered to file
a report detailing a program for corrective measures to stop the pollution.
The order was vacated by the court as it applied to the University, in that
there was no proof that it was responsible for any pollution. The order
as applied to the cities was vacated. The dissent would have dismissed for
lack of a final appealable order. The contention of the court was that the
Board's order was not final.
PART 2: Techniques and Model Test Studies
Narayana, V.V., M. Akbar Sial, J. Paul Riley, and Eugene K. Israelsen.
1970. Statistical relationships between storm and urban watershed characteristics.
Logan, Utah : Utah Water Research Laboratory, College of Engineering,
Utah State University (PRWG74-2), 55 p.
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Water Survey Library: 551.483 U89 74-2 |
A procedure is proposed for predicting peak runoff rates from small rural
and urban watersheds based upon measurable storm and watershed characteristics.
The technique was tested on the Boneyard Creek watershed at Urbana, Illinois
and those test results are included in this report. The stated objectives
of this study were: 1. to derive equations for predicting the peak rate
and volume of runoff from rural and urban watersheds using multiple regression
analysis; 2. to evaluate the relative effects of various storm and watershed
characteristics on the peak rate and total volume of runoff; and 3. to develop
concurrent charts between the storm and watershed characteristics and peak
rate and volume of runoff.
Stall, John B., Michael L. Terstriep, and Floyd A. Huff. 1970. "Some
effects of urbanization of floods." ASCE National Water Resources Meeting,
Memphis, Tenn., January 26-39, 1970 : Meeting Preprint 1130. Also available
as Illinois State Water Survey Reprint Series #133.
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Water Survey Library: ISWS RS 133 |
A model storm, based on recorded precipitation data from east-central Illinois
was developed for recurrence intervals and applied to the urbanized 3.5-square-mile
drainage area of the Boneyard Creek at Urbana. A set of empirical equations,
developed at the University of Texas Center for Research in Water in 1965
were used to produce a 30 ' unit hydrograph for the Boneyard basin. It was
shown that transformation of the basin to intensely urbanized status would
quadruple the flood peak for the 50-year recurrence interval.
Crawford, N.H. 1971. Studies in the application of digital simulation
to urban hydrology: Final report to the Office of Water Resources Research.
National Technical Information Service, var. pag. (PB206715)
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Water Survey Library: NTIS PB 206715 |
Study objectives were to apply an existing watershed model, the Hydrocomp
Simulation Program, to several different urban watersheds to attempt to
evaluate the effect of data intervals, number of gages, and characteristics
of the watersheds on the results of the simulation. Four watersheds were
chosen for the study: Waller Creek, Austin, Texas; Boneyard Creek, Urbana,
Illinois; Echo Park, Los Angeles, California; and Burton Creek, Bryan, Texas.
Rolfe, G. and J. Edgington. 1973. "Lead outputs in streamflow from a
watershed ecosystem." Water Resources Bulletin, vol. 99, no. 2,
pp. 372-375.
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Water Survey Library: Journals |
The data provided in this article results from investigations of the effects
and movement of lead in an 86 square-mile watershed in the Champaign-Urbana,
Illinois region. Study objectives were to mathematically model the effects
and movements of lead in an ecosystem to provide more rational environmental
decisions concerning lead pollution. The combustion of gasoline containing
lead is considered the predominant source of lead input into the ecosystem.
Monitoring began in March 1972 at four stream-gaging locations on the Saline
Drainage Ditch and Boneyard Creek, and the results reported are for a 6-month
period. Rural lead outputs are compared with urban lead outputs in filtrate
and suspended solids.
"Boneyard Creek Basin, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois" IN Terstriep, Michael
L. and John B. Stall. 1974. The Illinois Urban Drainage Area Simulator,
ILLUDAS. Illinois State Water Survey Bulletin 58, Champaign, IL, pp.
71-73.
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Water Survey Library: ISWS B 58 |
This report presents data reproductions from the ILLUDAS program for various
areas in the U.S. The abstract states that ILLUDAS "presents an objective
method for the hydrologic design of storm drainage systems in urban areas
and of the evaluation of an existing system." Included in the data presented
for the Boneyard Creek basin are runoff hydrographs, observed storm data,
and an aerial photograph.
Lakotos, D. F. 1980. "Strategically locating on-site detention devices
using the Penn State runoff model". Stormwater management alternatives.
Water Resources Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, pp. 109-120.
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Water Survey Library (Boneyard reprint): 627.46
S886 |
Verification of the computational routines in the Penn State Runoff Model
was performed using data for the Boneyard Creek watershed in Illinois and
the Winohocking watershed in Pennsylvania. The model is used to analyze
cost-effective stormwater management systems for developed areas.
Larson, R.A., K. Smykowski and L.L. Hunt. 1981. "Occurrence and determination
of organic oxidants in rivers and wastewaters." Chemosphere, vol.
10, no. 11/12, pp. 1335-1338.
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Water Survey Library: REF Boneyard 3 |
574.505CH Chemistry Library, UI Library |
Two methods were reported to be able to be used to concentrate water samples
that may contain organic oxidants. Ten sites were chosen in three states
for sampling, including Delaware, Illinois and Pennsylvania. Boneyard Creek,
Crystal Lake, and Urbana city tap water were among six sites chosen in Illinois.
Oxidant levels were reported for all ten sites.
Lee, M.T., and M. L. Tiestriep. 1991 "Applications of GIS for water
quality modeling in agricultural and urban watersheds". Hydraulic Engineering:
Proceedings of the 1991 National Conference, American Society of Civil
Engineers, NY, pp. 961-965.
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Water Survey Library: REF Boneyard 3 |
Data presented in this article were actually derived from testing models
developed from interfaces between GIS and water quality models. AUTO IQ,
used to model nonpoint source pollution from urban runoff, was tested by
using the Boneyard Creek basin since this station has been gaged continuously
by the U.S. Geological Survey since 1948. Verification showed the water
quantity component gave fairly good results while the water quality component
gave poor results, thus demonstrating the problems of water quality simulation
without data for verification and calibration.
National Urban Runoff Project
Blake-Coleman, Wendy. 1984. Nationwide Urban Runoff Project, Champaign,
Illinois: the biological impact of urban runoff on the Saline Branch Drainage
Ditch and Boneyard Creek. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
Springfield, IL, 60 p.
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363.739409773 B581n City Planning Library,
UI Library |
The work reported in this document is a component of a study which was contracted
to the Illinois State Water Survey by the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency to evaluate the effectiveness of municipal street sweeping in controlling
urban runoff quality and to assess the impact of urban runoff on an agricultural
receiving stream. The intent of this study was to determine if the effects
of urban runoff on stream biota could be determined upstream and downstream
from of an urban area. The paper contains results of ecological surveys
and an assessment of the biota collected in the Saline Branch Drainage Ditch
between 11/79 and 3/82.
Bender, Michael G., D.C. Noel, and M.L. Terstriep. 1983. Nationwide
Urban Runoff project: assessment of the impact of urban storm runoff on
agricultural receiving streams. Contract report no. 319. Champaign,
IL: Illinois State Water Survey, 132 p.
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Water Survey Library: ISWS CR 319 |
This report details the findings of a project extension of the National
Urban Runoff Project which ran from October 1981 to September 1982. This
extension was granted to assess the impact of urban storm runoff on a receiving
stream. Champaign-Urbana was chosen as the study area and five sites were
chosen within the study area, two of which were on the Boneyard Creek. The
other three were on the Saline branch of the Vermilion. Instruments monitored
rainfall and runoff quality and quantity. Samples were analyzed for constituents
including solids, metals, and nutrients. Results measured the impact of
runoff on the receiving stream, as well as that of effluent from a sewage
treatment plant.
Boneyard Creek
Fact Sheet
- Boneyard Creek
- Tributary to Saline Branch
- Tributary to Salt Fork
- Tributary to Vermilion River
- Tributary to Wabash River (Wabash Basin)
- Drainage Area: (@ mouth at Saline Branch, River Mile 10.3) 7.31 square
miles.
- From: USGS River Miles and Drainage Areas for Illinois Streams, volume
1.
USGS Gage (active as of 1996): 03337000 Boneyard Creek at Urbana. Located
at the rear of the UofI fire station, north of Green Street.
Drainage area of Gage: 4.46 square miles of which 0.88 square miles
is not contributing as it has been diverted to the Saline Branch through
the northwest diversion conduit.
Period of record: 1948 to present
Annual mean flow: 4.33 cubic feet per second (cfs)
Instantaneous Peak Flow: 982 cfs on July 30, 1979
- Lowest Daily Mean Flow: 0.03 cfs on February 12, 1981
- From: USGS Water Resources Data, Illinois, Water Year 1996
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| Boneyard Creek |
100-yr
discharges (cfs) |
10-yr
discharges (cfs)
|
| At mouth |
2,864 |
1,427 |
| At gage |
1,264 |
596 |
From: Flood Insurance Study (FIS): Urbana FIS, 1980.
The upstream watershed boundary of Boneyard Creek lies in northwest
Champaign. Land use in the watershed is virtually all urban (residential,
commercial, industrial). The creek lies entirely within the environs of
the cities of Champaign and Urbana and the University of Illinois. The
upstream portion of the Boneyard Creek flows near the northern perimeter
of Champaign, the creek then flows in a generally southern direction through
the northeast part of Champaign, turning east as it flows through the
campus of the university of Illinois, then through Urbana. The watershed
and the channel have been greatly modified, the natural flood plain is
highly developed.
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