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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05519000       SINGLETON DITCH AT SCHNEIDER, IN

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°12'44", long 87°26'44" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NW1/4 sec.22, T.32 N., R.9 W., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, (SCHNEIDER, IN quadrangle), on left bank 15 ft upstream from bridge on Ackerman Avenue, 0.5 mi upstream from Bruce Ditch, 1.5 mi downstream from Cedar Creek, 1.6 mi north of Schneider, and at mile 10.1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: July 1948 to December 2001 (discontinued).

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

SEDIMENT: Water years 1993-96.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1915: 1956-59. WSP 2115: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 623.67 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1949, nonrecording gage at same site at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 1, 1949, to Aug. 13, 1951, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,550 ft3/s, March 5, 1976, maximum gage height, 12.54 ft, November 28, 1990; minimum daily discharge, 3.6 ft3/s, September 7, 1964.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 e15  84  145  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
2 e14  175  111  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
3 e14  250  97  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
4 e13  164  88  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
5 e13  131  82  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
 
6 e31  114  78  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
7 33  102  74  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
8 29  93  70  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
9 28  86  67  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
10 27  82  64  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
 
11 24  75  61  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
12 32  70  58  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
13 51  66  59  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
14 229  65  63  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
15 252  63  77  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
 
16 191  62  82  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
17 194  59  108  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
18 144  58  155  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
19 115  58  126  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
20 96  58  111  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
 
21 82  57  97  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
22 75  57  85  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
23 78  54  e81  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
24 103  53  e76  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
25 344  57  e73  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
 
26 239  54  e72  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
27 161  54  e69  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
28 127  52  e67  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
29 108  52  e66  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
30 95  100  e65  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 
 
31 88  ---  e64  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- 

TOTAL 3045 2505 2591 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
MEAN 98.23 83.50 83.58 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
MAX 344 250 155 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
MIN 13 52 58 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
CFSM 0.80 0.68 0.68 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
IN. 0.92 0.76 0.78 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 59.55 84.90 110.4 126.7 152.8 206.7 209.3 143.5 126.6 71.53 48.99 45.18
MAX 295 471 457 475 486 634 477 421 481 321 237 308
(WY) 1994 1986 1991 1993 1959 1982 1950 1974 1997 1996 1990 1993
MIN 7.54 11.8 8.13 17.5 15.6 34.3 48.6 30.6 26.3 10.6 7.09 7.78
(WY) 1964 1957 1964 1977 1964 1957 1963 1958 1988 1988 1964 1964

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 30089      8141     
ANNUAL MEAN 82.44 88.49 115.1  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 227      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 24.0   1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1200          Feb 25 344          Oct 25 2990      Mar 5 1976
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 12          Sep 15 13          Oct 4 3.6   Sep 7 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 14          Aug 9 19          Oct 1 3.8   Sep 4 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 387          Oct 25 3550      Mar 5 1976
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 4.08     Oct 25 12.54 Nov 28 1990
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.67 0.72 0.94
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.10 2.46 12.71
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 146      163      253     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 57      74      61     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 17      30      19     



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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data