Observed and urbanization-adjusted annual maximum peak discharge and associated urban fraction and precipitation values at USGS streamgage:
05535200 NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT GLENVIEW, 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
1960 1 -- 0 0.442 0.432 786 1160 0.344
1961 1 -- 0 0.454 1.268 688 1030 0.464
1962 1 -- 0 0.465 0.233 674 998 0.491
1963 1 -- 0 0.477 1.252 532 807 0.687
1964 1 -- 0 0.488 0.798 532 798 0.698
1965 1 -- 0 0.500 0.521 458 700 0.791
1966 1 -- 0 0.511 0.486 616 880 0.609
1967 1 -- 0 0.523 1.411 1070 1400 0.187
1968 1 -- 0 0.535 0.799 519 747 0.749
1969 1 -- 0 0.546 1.912 866 1150 0.353
1970 0 2 961 0.558 1.715 730 -- --
1971 0 -- 961 0.564 0.351 608 -- --
1972 0 -- 961 0.570 2.064 998 -- --
1973 0 -- 1561 0.576 1.175 678 -- --
1974 0 -- 1561 0.582 1.220 755 -- --
1975 0 -- 1561 0.588 0.967 704 -- --
1976 0 -- 1561 0.594 1.310 1200 -- --
1977 0 -- 1561 0.600 0.751 319 -- --