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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05528000       DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°20'39", long 87°56'18" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.27, T.45 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 120, 2.5 mi southwest of Gurnee, and at mile 94.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 232 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1945 to September 1958, October 1968 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1960-68.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960(M), 1962(M). WDR IL-77-1: 1971.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 650.30 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to May 26, 1946, nonrecording gage. May 27, 1946, to Sept. 30, 1958, water-stage recorder. Dec. 17, 1959, to September 1968, crest-stage gage. October 1968 to September 1998, water stage recorder at site 800 ft upstream at same datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plants, 0.5 mi upstream. Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,530 ft3/s, Sept. 27, 1986, gage height, 11.95 ft; no flow Sept. 26 to Oct. 19, 1956, and part of each day Aug. 27-30, Sept. 1, 2, 1970.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.76 in., Oct. 13, 2001.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plants averaged 57.2 ft3/s. The maximum monthly effluent was 73.4 ft3/s in October, and the minimum was 44.3 ft3/s in September.
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
 
1 115  716  203  e76  88  208  144  234  93  52  27  38 
2 104  650  211  e76  95  193  154  240  82  44  27  77 
3 94  563  213  e77  96  172  156  209  89  41  26  95 
4 90  482  212  78  86  159  159  186  326  37  27  129 
5 101  400  198  78  90  172  158  168  531  34  28  124 
 
6 88  298  185  79  93  168  153  159  644  34  26  96 
7 80  226  170  80  83  164  155  148  663  34  26  72 
8 76  197  159  78  88  240  243  141  669  34  25  59 
9 70  180  148  78  97  399  482  150  669  50  24  51 
10 73  171  141  81  130  463  617  138  656  43  25  42 
 
11 81  159  135  83  167  493  683  149  632  51  25  39 
12 121  148  133  83  202  497  705  333  602  45  26  37 
13 322  135  175  82  206  492  726  337  561  39  58  38 
14 777  143  181  83  192  483  729  336  504  34  56  38 
15 767  178  186  84  172  472  705  313  441  32  44  35 
 
16 680  212  179  85  158  451  651  287  355  30  43  34 
17 610  237  178  81  146  419  580  274  261  29  38  32 
18 570  229  183  80  136  377  510  256  192  27  33  39 
19 535  212  176  82  140  320  468  237  160  27  33  59 
20 489  192  171  78  191  261  458  211  152  27  30  73 
 
21 438  174  161  63  277  216  441  187  145  29  33  85 
22 389  161  155  61  313  193  408  166  128  29  162  82 
23 675  148  154  64  325  173  366  146  109  27  97  65 
24 835  148  146  66  325  159  327  138  95  27  94  54 
25 951  153  120  66  317  148  300  148  81  26  83  47 
 
26 976  144  e110  70  305  136  271  135  93  28  78  42 
27 929  134  e100  71  282  141  241  128  76  31  64  38 
28 887  140  e94  73  243  126  237  122  67  31  49  35 
29 856  135  e90  74  ---  142  231  121  64  32  47  74 
30 813  174  e84  74  ---  149  227  115  61  30  43  57 
 
31 769  ---  e81  72  ---  146  ---  104  ---  28  41  --- 

TOTAL 14361 7239 4832 2356 5043 8332 11685 6016 9201 1062 1438 1786
MEAN 463.3 241.3 155.9 76.00 180.1 268.8 389.5 194.1 306.7 34.26 46.39 59.53
MAX 976 716 213 85 325 497 729 337 669 52 162 129
MIN 70 134 81 61 83 126 144 104 61 26 24 32
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 137.3 184.2 232.2 165.7 261.1 437.3 500.8 302.7 234.7 146.9 126.9 133.7
MAX 1011 785 865 514 626 1510 1395 847 1123 599 648 756
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1993 2001 1979 1993 1996 2000 1993 1978 1986
MIN 16.6 16.5 12.7 10.6 11.9 61.8 79.9 31.3 23.1 23.9 15.0 18.3
(WY) 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 104802.0     73351     
ANNUAL MEAN 287.1     201.0   238.2  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 428      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 26.8   1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1120            Feb 14 976          Oct 26 3470      Sep 27 1986
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 38    A     Aug 13 24          Aug 9 7.5   Feb 6 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 49            Aug 9 25          Aug 6 7.9   Jan 31 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 989          Oct 26 3530      Sep 27 1986
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.61     Oct 26 11.95 Sep 27 1986
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 17          Aug 11
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 644        506      578     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 205        141      125     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 64        34      43     

A - Estimated.


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