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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05535070       SKOKIE RIVER NEAR HIGHLAND PARK, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°09'34", long 87°47'52" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.35, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Clavey Road in Highland Park, and at mile 7.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 21.1 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: September 1967 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 2115: 1968. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 622.83 ft above NGVD of 1929 (city of Highland Park bench mark).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,230 ft3/s, Oct. 14, 2001, gage height, 9.95 ft; no flow at times in 1988, 1989, 1991, 2000, and 2002.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of July 1938 reached a stage of 10.6 ft, discharge not determined, from information furnished by Highland Park City Engineer.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good 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 12    24    19    e5.8 18    11    13    15    2.5 1.4   0.29 3.3
2 10    23    13    e5.5 15    16    19    73    1.8 0.57 0.71 72   
3 8.8 20    11    e5.2 12    21    14    16    31    0.57 0.24 42   
4 13    19    10    e4.7 12    26    11    9.1 343    0.90 1.2   20   
5 33    18    7.8 e5.0 11    17    10    6.5 257    0.85 1.0   12   
 
6 12    18    7.4 e5.2 9.6 16    8.4 6.1 89    1.4   0.42 7.7
7 8.1 17    5.8 e5.6 9.3 21    15    5.0 44    0.84 0.25 4.9
8 7.0 16    4.9 e5.7 11    115    68    5.7 27    0.84 0.17 3.7
9 4.6 15    4.2 e5.4 17    134    158    19    19    24      0.16 3.3
10 4.6 14    3.8 e5.2 38    63    69    8.9 22    7.8   0.10 3.3
 
11 10    13    3.6 e5.0 31    38    39    48    53    3.5   0.07 3.1
12 93    12    4.8 e5.0 24    31    27    247    23    1.5   0.02 4.0
13 403    12    36    5.6 20    27    20    88    16    1.3   66      3.1
14 990    12    21    5.8 16    22    16    40    19    1.2   73      2.6
15 397    11    18    6.1 15    18    13    24    15    0.72 17      2.2
 
16 152    11    16    6.4 14    15    11    76    11    0.53 8.9   1.7
17 80    9.3 17    7.4 13    13    10    59    6.5 1.4   6.0   1.8
18 45    6.1 14    6.9 11    9.2 7.9 29    5.4 0.69 2.7   12   
19 36    5.9 17    5.7 26    6.7 6.7 21    4.6 0.61 6.2   36   
20 27    4.9 16    5.7 63    8.2 7.3 15    e2.7 0.50 3.8   36   
 
21 23    3.8 13    5.8 56    10    9.9 11    1.3 0.47 10      18   
22 28    3.9 12    5.7 37    8.0 8.2 8.9 2.4 0.43 492      38   
23 527    3.9 14    6.4 27    7.3 5.4 5.8 2.6 0.45 170      14   
24 441    7.7 13    6.9 23    5.5 6.1 6.2 2.0 0.26 63      7.9
25 297    15    e11    6.6 19    4.9 6.0 8.3 2.2 0.13 32      5.3
 
26 135    9.8 9.6 6.2 17    5.9 4.1 7.2 9.2 0.24 22      4.4
27 66    7.6 e8.0 6.3 15    4.7 12    5.6 7.9 1.1   14      4.0
28 45    6.6 e7.2 6.8 14    4.6 19    4.7 5.8 1.8   11      3.3
29 38    10    e6.8 6.9 ---    27    11    4.0 3.5 1.5   8.3   37   
30 33    32    e6.1 6.8 ---    25    7.5 3.4 2.2 1.4   6.6   20   
 
31 29    ---    e5.7 9.7 ---    15    ---    2.9 ---    0.55 3.9   ---   

TOTAL 4008.1 381.5 356.7 187.0 593.9 746.0 632.5 879.3 1031.6 59.45 1021.03 426.6
MEAN 129.3 12.72 11.51 6.032 21.21 24.06 21.08 28.36 34.39 1.918 32.94 14.22
MAX 990 32 36 9.7 63 134 158 247 343 24 492 72
MIN 4.6 3.8 3.6 4.7 9.3 4.6 4.1 2.9 1.3 0.13 0.02 1.7
CFSM 6.13 0.60 0.55 0.29 1.01 1.14 1.00 1.34 1.63 0.09 1.56 0.67
IN. 7.07 0.67 0.63 0.33 1.05 1.32 1.12 1.55 1.82 0.10 1.80 0.75
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 15.38 18.16 18.75 16.66 25.17 35.64 39.81 25.82 22.61 15.88 17.36 16.93
MAX 129 69.9 79.3 60.3 71.0 119 118 90.5 64.4 55.0 69.7 98.0
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1999 1997 1979 1999 1996 1969 1969 1987 1986
MIN 2.01 1.24 2.53 2.83 3.28 8.24 7.63 3.48 1.92 1.31 3.40 2.38
(WY) 1989 2000 1977 1977 1978 2000 1989 1992 1988 1991 1991 1982

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 13855.58 10323.68
ANNUAL MEAN 37.96 28.28 22.33
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 33.2   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 7.83 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 990          Oct 14 990          Oct 14 990      Oct 14 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.53     Jul 3 0.02     Aug 12 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.97     Jun 30 0.17     Aug 6 0.00 Jun 14 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1230          Oct 14 1230      Oct 14 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 9.95     Oct 14 9.95 Oct 14 2001
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00     B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.80 1.34 1.06
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 24.43 18.20 14.38
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 71      45      49     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 15      9.8   9.5  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.9   1.4   2.2  

A - At times in 1988, 1989, 1991 and 2000.

B - Several days.


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