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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536265       LANSING DITCH NEAR LANSING, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°31'42", long 87°31'45" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.
 

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 NGVD of 1929. 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, discharge 302 ft3/s; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records 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 0.44 1.6   22    e0.97 24    2.0 e2.6 3.1   e0.82 e0.05 0.10 0.51
2 0.43 21      11    e0.94 18    3.7 18    4.6   0.68 e0.04 0.13 2.0  
3 0.41 14      6.6 e0.93 10    e7.2 23    6.4   e0.53 e0.17 0.15 0.83
4 1.8   5.5   4.1 e0.92 8.0 e7.0 12    6.3   e0.42 e0.28 0.15 e0.10
5 26      3.1   2.8 e0.94 5.2 5.7 7.7 6.2   e0.36 0.18 0.21 0.00
 
6 5.8   2.4   3.5 e0.96 3.4 6.3 5.4 7.6   e0.32 e0.08 0.17 e0.01
7 2.0   2.1   2.9 0.97 2.4 23    4.4 17      e0.28 e0.05 0.01 e0.01
8 1.4   1.9   2.3 0.90 2.4 45    25    20      e0.24 0.09 0.00 e0.01
9 1.5   1.7   2.0 0.91 6.5 40    44    27      e0.21 0.83 0.00 e0.01
10 1.3   2.0   8.4 0.99 18    27    32    14      e0.19 0.37 0.03 e0.14
 
11 0.94 1.4   18    0.95 12    28    33    26      e0.16 0.08 0.05 e0.10
12 23      1.3   1.4 0.86 7.5 34    23    86      0.12 0.09 0.04 e0.06
13 27      1.3   1.7 0.82 4.9 19    7.8 31      0.09 0.07 0.06 e0.03
14 57      3.7   2.4 11      3.5 6.3 5.4 25      e0.13 0.02 0.19 e0.01
15 22      1.1   3.3 20      2.8 3.7 15    22      e0.24 e0.02 0.14 e0.04
 
16 12      1.00 3.4 0.91 2.2 2.7 4.4 5.6   e0.36 e0.01 0.61 e0.06
17 7.0   0.95 9.1 0.72 1.7 2.4 13    8.8   e0.20 e0.02 0.41 e0.02
18 27      0.93 17    0.65 1.5 2.0 9.6 1.5   e0.29 e0.02 0.27 0.32
19 31      1.1   20    0.57 2.8 2.0 2.5 0.95 e0.31 e0.01 0.92 0.36
20 2.5   1.2   4.4 0.57 22    2.0 12    14      e0.20 e0.01 0.57 0.80
 
21 2.2   1.1   3.2 0.56 19    2.0 11    24      e0.11 e0.02 0.25 0.36
22 2.2   1.1   2.6 0.54 9.9 1.8 9.4 25      e0.10 e0.02 e0.22 0.28
23 11      1.00 3.0 0.62 5.9 1.8 4.7 15      0.08 e0.01 e0.22 0.19
24 9.0   5.0   2.6 0.90 4.0 1.6 4.6 e9.0   0.06 e0.01 e0.27 0.11
25 17      6.2   2.2 0.92 2.9 e1.8 11    e5.2   e0.12 0.00 e0.12 0.07
 
26 4.1   2.7   2.0 0.91 2.9 e1.7 3.7 e3.7   0.41 e0.01 e0.06 e0.06
27 2.4   2.2   1.7 0.89 2.7 e1.6 6.3 e1.9   2.2   0.10 e0.04 e0.06
28 2.1   2.0   1.5 8.5   2.7 e1.5 20    e1.5   0.11 0.05 e0.02 e0.05
29 1.9   2.6   1.3 1.5   ---    e3.1 7.5 e1.3   e0.08 0.17 e0.02 e0.03
30 1.7   32      e1.1 1.3   ---    e3.7 3.4 1.2   e0.06 0.13 e0.00 0.17
 
31 1.6   ---      e1.0 10      ---    e2.5 ---    e1.0   ---      0.11 e0.00 ---     

TOTAL 305.72 125.18 168.5 73.12 208.8 292.1 381.4 421.85 9.48 3.12 5.43 6.80
MEAN 9.862 4.173 5.435 2.359 7.457 9.423 12.71 13.61 0.316 0.101 0.175 0.227
MAX 57 32 22 20 24 45 44 86 2.2 0.83 0.92 2.0
MIN 0.41 0.93 1.0 0.54 1.5 1.5 2.5 0.95 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00
CFSM 1.12 0.47 0.61 0.27 0.84 1.07 1.44 1.54 0.04 0.01 0.02 0.03
IN. 1.29 0.53 0.71 0.31 0.88 1.23 1.60 1.78 0.04 0.01 0.02 0.03
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 5.002 6.314 6.725 7.344 9.231 13.47 13.66 10.29 9.250 6.330 4.176 4.291
MAX 41.8 25.6 28.0 24.1 23.3 44.4 40.7 31.5 33.8 26.1 16.5 23.3
(WY) 1955 1986 1983 1952 2001 1979 1950 1959 1993 1957 1990 1965
MIN 0.16 0.22 0.23 0.12 0.13 0.98 0.64 1.53 0.32 0.10 0.18 0.17
(WY) 1953 1954 1964 1963 1963 2000 1986 1958 2002 2002 2002 1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 2465.61   2001.50  
ANNUAL MEAN 6.755 5.484 8.016    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 14.0         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.22       1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 105            Feb 9 86            May 12 377            May 11 1951
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.04       Sep 4 0.00       A 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.09       Jul 10 0.01       Jul 19 0.00       Sep 16 1949
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 116            May 12 461        C D
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.88       May 12 10.18   E Oct 11 1954
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.76   0.62   0.91      
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.38   8.42   12.32      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 22        19        17           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.8     1.6     4.0        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.15   0.05   0.40      

A - Several days.

B - At times in most years.

C - Gage height, 9.24 ft. from floodmark.

D - May 10 or 11, 1948.

E - Discharge, 302 ft3/s.


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