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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05535070                   SKOKIE RIVER NEAR HIGHLAND PARK, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 42°09'34", long 87°47'52", in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.35, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Clavey Road in Highland Park, and at mile 7.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.--21.1 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1967 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 2115: 1968. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 622.83 ft above sea level (city of Highland Park bench mark).

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Recording rain gage and gage-height telemeter at station.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of July 1938 reached a stage of 10.6 ft, discharge not determined, from information furnished by Highland Park City Engineer.
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 .87 3.6 14    6.3 22  16  102  23    3.9 47      .80 .74
2 1.0   2.8 11    8.2 54  15  69  23    4.6 37      .73 .67
3 1.2   2.5 14    19    36  16  43  23    3.3 72      .77 .79
4 2.7   2.7 13    74    28  14  30  20    3.1 119      18      .77
5 .86 2.7 9.4 73    21  13  23  22    5.8 55      11      .61
 
6 .63 20    7.2 74    18  13  20  20    6.0 50      3.0   .58
7 .71 8.8 5.9 102    18  12  30  162    3.4 76      12      28     
8 .91 5.6 5.0 80    16  146  172  132    3.2 45      27      1.9  
9 2.2   3.9 6.7 100    14  193  189  55    16    36      6.2   1.0  
10 1.2   3.0 39    50    13  108  88  31    13    32      1.9   .79
 
11 .95 2.7 39    26    87  54  46  23    41    29      1.3   .63
12 .80 2.2 21    21    109  33  30  19    37    27      1.2   .62
13 9.5   1.9 14    e19    55  27  26  58    35    23      .98 .70
14 6.4   2.8 9.8 e17    32  24  26  29    22    19      .70 6.2  
15 2.2   15    8.9 e15    24  22  26  22    17    7.1   .57 23     
 
16 1.4   9.9 9.7 e14    26  24  102  18    14    2.7   .63 2.0  
17 1.3   7.4 9.0 e13    60  65  75  14    12    2.4   .61 1.5  
18 1.2   5.6 7.8 e12    77  269  37  13    31    2.3   .56 1.3  
19 1.2   5.6 7.2 e11    43  166  26  22    66    6.7   .57 .75
20 1.3   6.0 6.3 e10    32  71  31  13    31    3.5   .58 7.1  
 
21 1.4   14    5.8 e9.6 25  43  47  16    23    3.0   .58 3.0  
22 1.5   14    9.9 e9.0 21  31  33  14    16    1.7   .64 .97
23 .83 12    8.4 e8.6 23  35  24  10    12    1.5   .58 .81
24 2.3   8.1 8.4 e8.4 23  33  20  26    7.9 1.3   .61 .84
25 2.7   6.1 25    8.4 17  24  18  11    14    1.2   24      .73
 
26 22      7.7 16    8.7 15  21  55  9.0 275    1.6   1.6   .77
27 53      10    10    9.2 25  17  42  7.6 165    1.4   1.0   .73
28 14      14    8.5 9.6 17  21  26  5.0 187    1.3   8.7   .56
29 10      13    8.0 14    ---  23  27  9.4 98    .92 2.8   .59
30 6.8   18    7.2 12    ---  16  24  9.9 59    .89 1.2   .79
 
31 5.0   ---    6.2 12    ---  93  ---  6.9 ---    1.0   .91 ---     

TOTAL 158.06 231.6 371.3 854.0 951 1658 1507 866.8 1225.2 707.51 131.72 89.44
MEAN 5.10 7.72 12.0 27.5 34.0 53.5 50.2 28.0 40.8 22.8 4.25 2.98
MAX 53 20 39 102 109 269 189 162 275 119 27 28
MIN .63 1.9 5.0 6.3 13 12 18 5.0 3.1 .89 .56 .56
CFSM .24 .37 .57 1.31 1.61 2.53 2.38 1.33 1.94 1.08 .20 .14
IN. .28 .41 .65 1.51 1.68 2.92 2.66 1.53 2.16 1.25 .23 .16

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 11.8 18.6 20.1 15.8 24.0 37.5 38.2 24.3 20.9 15.7 17.2 15.5
MAX 51.4 69.9 79.3 56.3 71.0 119 83.2 90.5 64.4 55.0 69.7 98.0
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1993 1996 1969 1969 1987 1986
MIN 2.01 4.23 2.53 2.83 3.28 8.60 7.63 3.48 1.92 1.31 3.40 2.38
(WY) 1989 1977 1977 1977 1978 1968 1989 1992 1988 1991 1991 1982

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 6573.17 8751.63
ANNUAL MEAN 18.0   24.0   21.6      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 33.2       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 7.83     1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 647          Feb 21 275          Jun 26 647          Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .39     Jul 17 .56     Aug 18,Sep 28 .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .91     Sep 9 .59     Aug 15 .00     Jun 14 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 300          Mar 18,Jun 26 895      B Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 6.79     Mar 18,Jun 26 9.13     Feb 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .43     Oct 6
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .85 1.14 1.03    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.59 15.43 13.93    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 39      58      47         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.6   13      9.4      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.2   .84 2.3      
A - At times in 1988-89, 1991.
B - Gage height, 9.09 ft.


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