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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05535000                   SKOKIE RIVER AT LAKE FOREST, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 42°13'57", long 87°50'41", in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.4, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on West Leigh Road at Lake Forest and at mile 13.1.

DRAINAGE AREA.--13.0 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1951 to current year. Prior to October 1952, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River Basin (WSP 1237).

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 648.75 ft above sea level.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .67 1.6 8.0 8.7 14    14  64  23    2.4 15    1.1   .84
2 .64 1.4 6.2 39    33    14  46  23    2.0 14    1.1   .85
3 .63 1.3 9.2 20    23    14  34  24    1.8 30    1.0   .97
4 .55 1.2 7.2 52    17    13  27  23    1.5 31    e9.6   .86
5 .61 1.2 5.1 48    11    12  23  22    2.9 15    e9.0   .75
 
6 .68 11    3.7 46    9.1 12  21  22    2.0 13    e2.9   .75
7 .75 4.4 3.1 59    8.8 12  30  70    1.6 14    e20      24     
8 .75 3.2 2.7 36    7.6 83  101  53    1.5 12    e15      3.4  
9 .95 2.4 2.8 47    7.7 67  97  27    2.5 12    e3.0   1.7  
10 e1.5   1.9 23    22    7.5 39  52  18    2.7 11    e1.5   1.2  
 
11 e.62 1.8 21    11    59    26  34  14    16    10    e.84 .88
12 e.60 1.5 10    7.1 60    20  27  16    11    9.9 e.90 .84
13 e5.0   1.3 6.4 e6.4 31    17  25  41    11    9.2 e.86 .76
14 e4.0   1.4 4.1 e5.8 21    16  e22  20    5.8 5.5 e.86 5.7  
15 e1.5   4.1 3.7 e5.4 17    15  e20  15    4.5 2.9 e.86 21     
 
16 1.0   4.8 5.0 e5.0 18    16  e80  14    3.6 2.4 e.84 11     
17 .94 4.3 4.4 e4.5 33    42  58  12    2.9 2.1 e.82 9.4  
18 .84 3.2 3.8 e4.2 42    136  33  11    7.4 2.0 e.80 4.3  
19 .78 3.5 3.1 e3.9 26    77  26  19    20    3.4 e.86 1.7  
20 .75 3.7 2.7 3.7 21    44  29  12    9.5 2.6 e.84 14     
 
21 .75 8.9 2.6 3.7 17    32  35  10    5.0 3.0 e.80 8.3  
22 .75 8.3 3.2 4.0 15    27  28  8.7 3.4 1.9 e.84 3.4  
23 .75 7.0 3.1 4.6 16    25  25  7.8 2.8 1.4 e.80 2.1  
24 .90 3.8 3.0 3.8 16    22  22  12    2.4 1.3 e.80 2.0  
25 1.5   3.7 9.8 3.6 15    22  22  7.1 17    1.3 e15      1.5  
 
26 9.7   5.1 6.8 3.8 14    22  41  5.6 162    1.3 e3.0   1.3  
27 23      6.3 4.1 4.1 18    21  33  4.5 65    1.3 e1.5   .96
28 5.4   8.0 3.8 4.3 15    22  24  3.6 78    1.2 e9.0   .85
29 4.2   9.5 3.0 6.2 ---    20  25  7.8 34    1.2 e3.5   1.2  
30 2.6   11    2.5 5.9 ---    21  23  5.2 19    1.2 e1.8   1.7  
 
31 2.2   ---    2.3 6.2 ---    69  ---  3.1 ---    1.1 e.79 ---     

TOTAL 75.51 130.8 179.4 484.9 592.7 992 1127 554.4 501.2 233.2 110.51 128.21
MEAN 2.44 4.36 5.79 15.6 21.2 32.0 37.6 17.9 16.7 7.52 3.56 4.27
MAX 23 11 23 59 60 136 101 70 162 31 20 24
MIN .55 1.2 2.3 3.6 7.5 12 20 3.1 1.5 1.1 .79 .75
CFSM .19 .34 .45 1.20 1.63 2.46 2.89 1.38 1.29 .58 .27 .33
IN. .22 .37 .51 1.39 1.70 2.84 3.22 1.59 1.43 .67 .32 .37

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.93 10.6 11.3 9.53 13.2 23.2 24.5 14.8 12.0 8.17 7.22 7.82
MAX 30.0 44.5 53.7 42.4 35.5 82.3 56.9 54.3 41.6 33.3 41.7 61.7
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1983 1996 1996 1993 1972 1986
MIN .83 1.38 1.20 .29 1.08 4.01 5.95 2.26 .91 1.29 1.26 1.12
(WY) 1957 1954 1959 1959 1963 1956 1986 1988 1988 1991 1955 1979

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 3383.43 5109.83
ANNUAL MEAN 9.27 14.0   12.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 22.2       1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.54     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 369          Feb 21 162          Jun 26 444          Sep 27 1986
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .55     Oct 4 .55     Oct 4 .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .64     Sep 30 .65     Oct 1 .00     Jan 3 1959
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 246          Jun 26 496      B Feb 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 5.12     Jun 26 8.35     Jul 22 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .48     Oct 3
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .71 1.08 .96    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.68 14.62 12.98    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 20      33      28         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.1   6.4   5.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .95 .86 1.4      
A - Many days in 1959.
B - Gage height, 7.24 ft.


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