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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05534500                   NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT DEERFIELD, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 42°09'10", long 87°49'07", in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.34, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on Lake-Cook Road, 1.7 mi southeast of Deerfield, 5.7 mi upstream from Skokie River, and at mile 64.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.--19.7 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1952 to current year.

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

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.88 ft above sea level (Cook County Highway Department bench mark).

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 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .81 23    5.1   .45 43    17  11    46    70    8.2   1.6   1.2  
2 1.6   18    3.4   e.84 69    21  9.4 29    141    2.9   1.4   1.1  
3 3.5   13    3.8   e.86 66    25  8.8 25    79    2.2   1.2   .98
4 1.8   13    3.0   e.86 58    15  9.6 14    57    1.8   1.0   .90
5 27      11    2.5   e.84 50    13  9.0 13    49    1.7   .92 .86
 
6 25      8.1 22      e.82 51    16  9.9 21    32    1.7   .83 .90
7 17      5.6 62      e.82 40    14  8.1 19    70    1.6   .89 .91
8 11      5.1 33      e.82 33    13  19    11    37    1.4   .80 .88
9 8.5   5.0 27      e.82 37    19  278    7.0 24    2.7   .86 .79
10 5.9   96    21      e.82 34    30  151    7.5 22    1.6   .82 .72
 
11 3.8   82    16      e.84 36    47  95    6.1 33    1.2   .86 .73
12 2.3   48    13      e.86 48    27  62    72    27    1.1   2.4   1.2  
13 1.4   35    10      e.92 30    33  46    38    179    1.0   2.2   1.4  
14 1.2   26    8.0   e1.1   26    29  37    16    271    .90 1.4   1.3  
15 1.1   21    6.5   1.3   21    36  40    12    141    .82 1.2   .90
 
16 .84 15    5.2   1.6   20    57  183    8.7 125    .78 1.1   .72
17 80      12    4.2   12      20    116  142    31    70    1.3   1.2   .69
18 177      9.7 3.6   27      15    112  90    44    57    1.1   .95 .79
19 75      7.7 e3.2   12      13    78  65    29    46    1.5   42      .75
20 40      6.4 e2.8   14      12    59  55    25    34    1.4   9.1   .71
 
21 26      4.7 2.2   17      10    46  75    37    16    2.5   3.0   4.4  
22 17      3.7 1.6   295      8.8 42  322    49    10    3.2   2.2   1.4  
23 12      3.1 1.1   348      8.3 31  490    32    15    13      2.4   .93
24 8.5   2.7 .94 278      6.6 31  314    30    11    19      8.3   .68
25 5.6   2.6 .94 176      8.1 21  158    28    4.3 5.8   11      .63
 
26 3.6   2.4 e.94 114      8.9 18  102    22    2.6 3.5   9.3   .68
27 6.8   1.9 e.90 96      21    22  92    23    3.3 2.6   4.0   1.9  
28 12      1.6 e.88 87      21    14  177    5.5 3.7 2.0   2.6   60     
29 15      1.6 e.84 62      ---    12  127    6.4 3.7 1.7   2.0   57     
30 25      6.6 .69 53      ---    11  97    2.7 2.3 1.6   1.7   24     
 
31 26      ---    .55 45      ---    11  ---    13    ---    1.7   1.4   ---     

TOTAL 642.25 491.5 266.88 1650.57 814.7 1036 3282.8 722.9 1635.9 93.50 120.63 170.05
MEAN 20.7 16.4 8.61 53.2 29.1 33.4 109 23.3 54.5 3.02 3.89 5.67
MAX 177 96 62 348 69 116 490 72 271 19 42 60
MIN .81 1.6 .55 .45 6.6 11 8.1 2.7 2.3 .78 .80 .63
CFSM 1.05 .83 .44 2.70 1.48 1.70 5.55 1.18 2.77 .15 .20 .29
IN. 1.21 .93 .50 3.12 1.54 1.96 6.20 1.37 3.09 .18 .23 .32

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1953 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.91 13.4 14.9 12.9 18.9 35.1 37.5 19.8 15.5 9.27 8.49 8.34
MAX 42.8 76.3 95.9 62.8 64.2 153 109 108 64.3 59.7 59.9 70.5
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1999 1996 1996 1982 1990 1972
MIN .094 .16 .048 .000 .082 3.89 6.40 2.16 .79 .44 .22 .023
(WY) 1961 1963 1963 1963 1963 1968 1986 1992 1963 1965 1966 1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1953 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 8146.25 10927.68
ANNUAL MEAN 22.3   29.9   16.7  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.2   1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.32 1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 177          Oct 18 490          Apr 23 601      Dec 3 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .55     Aug 19,Dec.31 .45     Jan 1 .00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .66     Jul 28 .73     Dec 29 .00 Oct 5 1953
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 590          Apr 23 933      Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.63     Apr 23 11.52 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .38     Oct 1,2
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.13 1.52 .85
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 15.38 20.64 11.53
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 66      75      41     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 10      10      4.7  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.1   .87 .32
A - At times in most years.


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