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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536265       LANSING DITCH NEAR LANSING, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°31'42", 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.--
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. 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.-- Some diurnal fluctuation caused by pumping operations upstream from station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 461 ft3/s, May 10 or 11, 1948, gage height, 9.24 ft, from floodmark; maximum gage height, 10.18 ft, Oct. 11, 1954; no flow at times in most years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records 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 .13 .02 .00 .24 e.09 2.3   .35 2.9   32      4.8   .27 .14
2 .07 .21 .00 .37 e.09 1.7   .33 2.9   7.9   2.6   .31 .12
3 2.1   .03 .02 .36 e.09 1.3   .29 1.3   4.7   22      .44 .15
4 4.9   .03 .66 .30 e.10 1.1   .28 1.6   2.2   48      .26 .15
5 .54 .03 24      .22 e.10 .96 15      .89 32      3.3   .50 .44
 
6 14      .01 5.3   .19 e.10 1.4   34      .69 42      1.3   4.4   .32
7 19      .02 1.3   .18 e.10 1.2   28      .51 52      .93 7.4   .06
8 1.2   .03 .59 .20 e.12 .63 6.8   .60 4.4   .64 .88 .03
9 .14 .04 .34 .56 .36 .55 3.7   6.7   1.6   .49 .39 .79
10 .07 .03 .35 16      1.9   .40 2.1   17      1.1   12      .18 .33
 
11 .02 .03 .25 31      1.3   .38 1.9   4.7   .59 30      .12 5.5  
12 .01 .04 .21 34      1.1   .37 1.2   3.7   33      33      .11 24     
13 .01 .06 .18 1.3   .68 .37 1.0   1.1   57      1.1   .13 22     
14 .04 .06 .55 .55 .57 .36 1.2   1.7   53      1.3   .10 2.3  
15 .02 20      1.2   .74 .44 .50 1.1   1.0   40      .78 .11 15     
 
16 .02 47      1.8   1.3   .46 1.2   .49 .60 14      .55 .12 1.2  
17 .04 1.1   .93 .51 .43 .60 6.1   .54 7.3   .41 4.4   .23
18 .04 .07 .53 .34 .37 .47 2.4   2.0   3.8   .30 1.6   16     
19 .09 .03 .35 .29 .44 .88 4.8   7.5   26      .28 .29 .81
20 .00 .05 e.25 e.24 .83 2.8   36      1.9   34      .28 .16 .24
 
21 .05 .01 e.17 e.20 1.6   2.0   59      1.1   76      .27 .12 .41
22 .01 .02 e.14 e.16 8.7   1.2   26      .63 39      .20 .10 .17
23 .02 .28 e.12 e.13 7.4   1.3   11      .52 9.8   .13 1.3   .14
24 .03 .68 e.11 e.12 8.8   .94 8.8   .38 21      .11 .20 .45
25 .03 .18 e.10 e.10 6.7   .77 5.8   .22 123      .10 .11 .28
 
26 .03 .04 e.09 e.09 5.1   .70 3.7   .50 72      .13 .10 .20
27 .03 .00 e.10 e.08 6.9   .69 2.6   .46 74      .17 .10 .15
28 .02 .00 e.11 e.08 18      1.3   1.8   2.0   43      .16 .08 .11
29 .03 .00 e.12 e.09 4.0   .99 1.5   .50 11      1.4   .10 .08
30 .03 .00 e.14 e.09 ---      .65 1.1   .89 24      2.5   .15 .08
 
31 .03 ---      e.17 e.09 ---      .47 ---      16      ---      .55 .15 ---     

TOTAL 42.75 70.10 40.18 90.12 76.87 30.48 268.34 83.03 941.39 169.78 24.68 91.88
MEAN 1.38 2.34 1.30 2.91 2.65 .98 8.94 2.68 31.4 5.48 .80 3.06
MAX 19 47 24 34 18 2.8 59 17 123 48 7.4 24
MIN .00 .00 .00 .08 .09 .36 .28 .22 .59 .10 .08 .03
CFSM .16 .26 .15 .33 .30 .11 1.01 .30 3.55 .62 .09 .35
IN. .18 .29 .17 .38 .32 .13 1.13 .35 3.96 .71 .10 .39

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.96 6.39 6.87 7.49 9.00 13.7 13.8 10.3 9.46 6.46 4.30 4.37
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 .98 .64 1.53 .96 .16 .28 .17
(WY) 1953 1954 1964 1963 1963 2000 1986 1958 1949 1999 1948 1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 2318.60 1929.60
ANNUAL MEAN 6.35 5.27 8.11    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 14.0       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.22     1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 129          Jan 23 123          Jun 25 377          May 11 1951
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     Many days .00     Several days .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00     Jan 1 .00     Nov 27 .00     Sep 16 1949
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 169          Jun 25 461      B C
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 8.48     Jun 25 10.18     Oct 11 1954
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .72 .60 .92    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.76 8.12 12.46    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 16      17      16         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS .72 .50 4.0      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .01 .04 .49    
A - At times in most years.
B - Gage height, 9.24 ft, from floodmark.
 C - May 10 or 11, 1948.


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