Observed and urbanization-adjusted annual maximum peak discharge and associated urban fraction and precipitation values at USGS streamgage:
05439550 SOUTH BRANCH KISHWAUKEE RIVER TRIB NR IRENE, IL

Observed annual peak-flood magnitudes were adjusted to 2010 land-use conditions on the basis of panel data regression model with fixed effect analysis.  The symbols presented in the figure are: "observed annual peaks", "adjusted annual peaks", and   "fraction of urbanization in the watershed"

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Water year Segment Discharge code Cumulative reservoir storage (acre-feet) Urban fraction Precipitation (inches) Observed peak discharge (ft3/s) Adjusted peak discharge (ft3/s) Exceedance probability
1959 1 -- 0 0.004 0.990 19 21 0.956
1960 1 -- 0 0.004 0.517 154 163 0.106
1961 1 -- 0 0.005 0.970 16 18 0.968
1962 1 -- 0 0.006 1.309 71 76 0.557
1963 1 -- 0 0.007 1.538 43 47 0.811
1964 1 -- 0 0.008 0.827 9 10 1.000
1965 1 -- 0 0.009 0.865 67 72 0.602
1966 1 -- 0 0.010 1.201 23 25 0.941
1967 1 -- 0 0.010 1.236 56 60 0.701
1968 1 -- 0 0.011 1.261 73 78 0.540
1969 1 -- 0 0.012 1.504 89 94 0.399
1970 1 -- 0 0.013 1.546 152 160 0.115
1971 1 -- 0 0.015 0.340 452 469 0.005
1972 1 -- 0 0.016 1.176 219 228 0.040
1973 1 -- 0 0.018 1.922 278 289 0.019
1974 1 -- 0 0.019 1.167 314 325 0.015
1975 1 -- 0 0.021 0.893 97 102 0.351
1976 1 -- 0 0.022 1.281 74 78 0.539