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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536235       DEER CREEK NEAR CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°31'15", long 87°35'25", in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.14, T.35 N., R.14 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Joe Orr Road, 0.4 mi east of Cottage Grove Avenue, 1.0 mi north of U.S. Highway 30, 1.5 mi northeast of Chicago Heights, and at mile 2.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 23.1 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: 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).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 615.95 ft above sea level. See WSP 1707 or 1727 for history of changes prior to Aug. 13, 1958.

REMARKS.-- Undetermined amount of flow diverted for irrigation upstream from the gage.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,380 ft3/s, July 13, 1957, gage height, 11.75 ft; maximum gage height, 11.79 ft, Nov. 28, 1990, discharge, 809 ft3/s; no flow at times in several years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 1.9   .21 .52 e2.0 e1.9 6.9   .65 7.6   81    18    5.6 2.3  
2 1.8   .25 .46 2.4 e1.9 3.5   1.0   10      31    14    4.7 1.2  
3 3.8   .17 1.1   2.5 e1.9 2.6   2.2   4.6   15    18    5.3 .59
4 7.0   .18 17      2.3 e1.9 3.3   1.7   2.9   8.1 11    3.3 1.9  
5 2.5   .17 48      e2.2 e1.9 2.6   1.3   2.2   44    9.4 5.6 1.7  
 
6 1.8   .24 25      2.6 e1.9 1.4   .68 1.6   33    8.1 21    1.8  
7 1.0   .23 15      3.7 e2.0 1.5   7.3   1.2   16    7.4 53    2.9  
8 1.0   .22 9.5   3.4 e2.6 1.3   22      1.0   12    6.5 20    1.7  
9 .90 .22 7.2   5.0 e3.2 1.9   14      16      7.0 6.1 11    2.0  
10 .87 .22 8.2   8.5 3.9 2.0   9.2   49      2.7 49    7.2 2.7  
 
11 .50 .33 4.8   7.5 5.7 2.0   9.6   28      2.8 32    5.4 14     
12 .28 .47 3.2   3.8 4.5 1.3   7.4   24      107    17    4.4 36     
13 .24 .37 2.5   3.6 3.2 1.1   5.8   15      142    12    4.3 6.7  
14 .40 .22 3.9   e3.1 2.6 1.3   5.9   8.9   146    13    3.1 8.7  
15 .65 .26 7.6   2.6 1.7 2.5   4.9   5.6   124    8.3 3.2 6.0  
 
16 .66 .55 10      2.8 2.4 3.3   5.9   5.2   55    6.3 2.9 2.9  
17 .45 .40 5.5   e2.6 3.1 1.4   29      3.7   32    6.2 17    2.0  
18 .39 .52 4.1   e2.4 3.5 1.4   11      8.5   17    4.9 9.1 1.7  
19 .25 .60 3.6   e2.3 3.8 4.5   20      19      9.3 5.1 4.1 1.9  
20 .20 .55 e2.7   e2.1 4.0 14      106      7.1   31    4.5 2.5 3.8  
 
21 .18 .75 e2.0   e2.0 5.4 10      128      4.0   281    6.4 2.5 4.9  
22 .19 .58 e1.6   e1.9 19    5.4   77      3.8   90    4.8 2.4 2.6  
23 .18 .33 e1.3   e1.8 27    3.6   56      2.8   48    4.2 3.3 4.6  
24 .31 .24 e1.1   e1.7 25    2.9   44      2.8   101    3.6 2.7 5.3  
25 .38 .25 e1.1   e1.7 19    4.2   27      1.4   589    3.2 3.1 3.8  
 
26 .30 .32 e1.0   e1.7 12    4.4   17      .84 148    3.1 2.7 2.9  
27 .17 .34 e1.0   e1.7 17    2.5   12      1.0   70    3.3 1.8 2.4  
28 .35 .39 e1.1   e1.8 9.5 3.5   8.4   4.6   49    4.1 1.9 3.4  
29 .19 .43 e1.2   e1.8 7.3 2.8   6.7   1.4   37    13    2.1 2.7  
30 .19 .46 e1.3   e1.8 ---    1.2   5.1   3.0   26    15    1.6 2.5  
 
31 .19 ---      e1.6   e1.8 ---    .79 ---      35      ---    8.9 2.7 ---     

TOTAL 29.22 10.47 194.18 87.1 198.8 101.09 646.73 281.74 2354.9 326.4 219.5 137.59
MEAN .94 .35 6.26 2.81 6.86 3.26 21.6 9.09 78.5 10.5 7.08 4.59
MAX 7.0 .75 48 8.5 27 14 128 49 589 49 53 36
MIN .17 .17 .46 1.7 1.7 .79 .65 .84 2.7 3.1 1.6 .59
CFSM .04 .02 .27 .12 .30 .14 .93 .39 3.40 .46 .31 .20
IN. .05 .02 .31 .14 .32 .16 1.04 .45 3.79 .53 .35 .22

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.68 14.5 18.9 18.9 25.6 38.5 35.2 23.5 20.8 9.54 7.12 7.16
MAX 55.9 78.3 83.6 74.5 119 167 78.2 77.7 109 57.0 43.1 59.9
(WY) 1955 1991 1983 1993 1997 1979 1999 1974 1993 1996 1968 1993
MIN .000 .25 .59 .36 .51 3.26 3.75 2.15 .61 .54 .63 .030
(WY) 1957 1957 1957 1984 1978 2000 1963 1988 1988 1988 1956 1956

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 7101.01 4587.72
ANNUAL MEAN 19.5   12.5   19.0      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 42.8       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.77     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 517          Jan 23 589          Jun 25 860          Jul 13 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .17     A .17     A .00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .19     Oct 30 .19     Oct 30 .00     B
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 678          Jun 25 1380      C Jul 13 1957
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 11.35     Jun 25 11.79 D Nov 28 1990
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .12     Oct 21
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .84 .54 .82    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.44 7.39 11.15    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 42      26      42         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.5   3.2   5.0      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .40 .40 .93    
A - Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 5.
B - At times in several years.
 C - Gage height, 11.75 ft.
 D - Discharge, 809 ft3/s.


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