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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536265                   LANSING DITCH NEAR LANSING, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 41°31'40", long 87°31'45", at north boundary of sec.17, T.35 N., R.15 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on 202nd Street, 0.2 mi west of Indiana State line, 0.5 mi east of Burnham Avenue, 2 mi south of Lansing, and at mile 2.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.--8.84 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1948 to current year. Prior to October 1974, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin (WSP 1307, 1727, 1911, 2111, WDR IL 1971-74).

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-79-2: 1975-78.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 607.16 ft above sea level. Prior to Sept. 20, 1948, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS.--Records poor. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by pumping operations upstream from 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 1.6   1.7   .00 .00 6.6 3.3 2.4   10      42      .68 .45 .05
2 .62 .36 .00 .00 8.4 3.4 2.0   5.6   63      .15 .25 .05
3 1.9   .00 .00 .00 8.9 5.9 1.8   4.1   16      .00 .18 .05
4 .63 e1.1   .00 .00 6.7 5.5 4.0   2.8   7.6   .00 .15 .05
5 .24 e2.1   .00 .00 4.8 5.9 2.1   2.4   2.2   .00 .14 .04
 
6 .63 e1.4   15      .00 4.7 11    3.0   2.9   1.9   .00 .14 .02
7 1.0   e.95 36      .00 4.4 10    1.7   3.4   7.4   .00 .20 .11
8 .57 .02 14      .00 4.0 8.2 .71 3.6   10      .00 .66 .08
9 .32 .00 6.3   .00 e3.8 7.5 19      3.3   6.3   .00 .21 .09
10 .16 e21      3.6   .00 e3.5 7.1 19      26      .94 .00 e.80 .11
 
11 .09 9.5   2.2   .00 e4.0 7.4 43      60      4.3   .00 e1.5   .11
12 .02 3.7   1.2   .00 3.9 7.9 17      50      1.0   .01 e2.0   .12
13 .02 1.8   .56 .00 3.0 8.6 8.2   16      3.1   .03 1.3   .33
14 e1.3   .71 e.45 .00 2.4 8.4 5.9   9.4   2.2   .07 .47 .14
15 e1.1   .18 e.36 e.01 2.4 10    14      .87 1.3   .03 .22 .09
 
16 e1.3   .00 e.27 e.05 2.5 22    75      .78 1.4   .01 .14 .10
17 1.4   .00 e.20 e.17 2.5 36    43      1.3   1.3   .14 .15 .07
18 5.7   .00 e.16 e14      2.1 17    18      1.1   1.3   .28 .20 .08
19 13      .00 e.11 9.0   1.7 9.1 9.5   .59 1.3   .28 5.1   .06
20 3.6   .00 .07 8.3   1.7 6.3 6.6   .27 1.1   .58 1.2   .06
 
21 .64 .00 .09 9.7   1.3 6.1 6.3   .64 .86 .70 .31 .11
22 12      .00 .03 91      1.1 5.1 37      1.4   1.3   .21 .17 .04
23 3.7   .00 .00 129      e1.1 4.4 107      2.6   1.6   .00 .20 .02
24 .18 .00 .00 85      e1.3 3.6 55      2.5   3.0   .01 e1.5   .02
25 .00 .00 .00 e40      e1.5 3.2 23      1.9   .72 .12 e4.2   .02
 
26 .00 .00 .00 e20      e3.0 3.0 41      2.6   1.6   .20 e2.5   .05
27 .30 .00 .00 e20      4.5 2.7 95      3.6   1.2   .27 e1.6   .05
28 4.9   .00 .00 e22      4.2 2.6 91      3.8   .29 .28 .24 1.2  
29 1.8   .00 .00 15      ---    2.3 70      3.1   .15 .27 .04 1.3  
30 2.7   .04 .00 9.5   ---    2.4 69      2.0   .20 .26 .03 .44
 
31 2.4   ---      .00 7.4   ---    2.3 ---      5.6   ---      .39 .04 ---     

TOTAL 63.82 44.56 80.60 480.13 100.0 238.2 890.21 234.15 186.56 4.97 26.29 5.06
MEAN 2.06 1.49 2.60 15.5 3.57 7.68 29.7 7.55 6.22 .16 .85 .17
MAX 13 21 36 129 8.9 36 107 60 63 .70 5.1 1.3
MIN .00 .00 .00 .00 1.1 2.3 .71 .27 .15 .00 .03 .02
CFSM .23 .17 .29 1.75 .40 .87 3.36 .85 .70 .02 .10 .02
IN. .27 .19 .34 2.02 .42 1.00 3.75 .99 .79 .02 .11 .02

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 5.03 6.46 6.98 7.58 9.12 13.9 13.9 10.5 9.04 6.48 4.37 4.39
MAX 41.8 25.6 28.0 24.1 23.1 44.4 40.7 31.5 33.8 26.1 16.5 23.3
(WY) 1955 1986 1983 1952 1951 1979 1950 1959 1993 1957 1990 1965
MIN .16 .22 .23 .12 .13 1.52 .64 1.53 .96 .16 .28 .17
(WY) 1953 1954 1964 1963 1963 1957 1986 1958 1949 1999 1948 1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 2763.71 2354.55
ANNUAL MEAN 7.57 6.45 8.16    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 14.0       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.22     1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 92          Mar 18 129          Jan 23 377          May 11 1951
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     A .00     A .00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00     Nov 16 .00     Nov 16 .00     Sep 16 1949
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 150          Jan 23 461      C D
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 7.95     Jan 23 10.18     Oct 11 1954
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .86 .73 .92    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.63 9.91 12.55    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 25      15      16         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.8   1.2   4.1      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00 .00 .50    
A - Many days.
B - At times in most years.
C - Gage height, 9.24 ft, from floodmark.
D - May 10 or 11, 1948.


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