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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05534500       NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT DEERFIELD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°09'10", long 87°49'07" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.34, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on Lake-Cook Road, 1.7 mi southeast of Deerfield, 5.7 mi upstream from Skokie River, and at mile 64.7.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 19.7 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.88 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 933 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 11.52 ft; maximum gage height, 11.55 ft, Oct. 13, 2001; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 8.1   1.5   0.89 1.1   0.81 0.38 4.9 246    32    1.1   3.5   1.8  
2 15      0.80 1.1   1.0   1.9   e0.40 4.0 136    23    1.0   3.5   0.83
3 9.8   0.67 1.1   0.89 2.8   e0.43 8.6 74    18    0.85 5.5   1.2  
4 28      1.3   0.94 0.76 1.8   e0.45 71    52    13    2.8   12      0.58
5 24      0.93 0.78 0.93 0.89 0.46 85    224    11    30      8.0   0.45
 
6 14      1.0   0.64 0.99 0.65 0.47 49    111    8.9 86      7.6   0.37
7 9.4   2.0   0.73 0.87 0.51 0.47 40    59    7.7 97      6.9   0.35
8 5.7   1.6   0.78 1.0   e0.43 e0.47 38    41    18    76      9.2   0.33
9 4.1   1.1   0.59 1.1   e0.40 0.47 41    106    13    67      6.1   0.33
10 3.1   0.67 0.54 1.0   e0.40 0.50 45    107    9.6 41      4.0   0.34
 
11 2.5   1.3   0.56 0.67 e0.40 0.59 34    261    7.7 29      3.8   0.36
12 2.0   1.1   0.57 0.49 e0.40 0.92 27    130    6.2 18      2.8   0.66
13 1.6   1.1   0.63 e0.44 e0.40 5.5   21    71    5.1 12      2.2   5.3  
14 1.5   1.3   0.84 e0.42 e0.40 13      18    49    4.4 7.7   1.9   21     
15 1.3   1.5   0.90 0.41 e0.40 15      15    46    3.5 60      1.7   11     
 
16 1.1   1.6   0.82 0.40 e0.40 11      13    33    2.6 35      3.1   6.5  
17 1.1   1.5   0.68 e0.39 e0.40 8.1   11    25    2.0 36      2.4   4.5  
18 1.1   1.3   17      e0.38 e0.40 5.7   10    20    4.4 32      1.3   3.4  
19 0.75 4.9   11      e0.38 e0.40 6.6   9.2 17    25    17      0.88 2.8  
20 0.80 2.3   5.0   e0.37 e0.40 12      9.5 21    13    13      0.55 2.0  
 
21 0.64 3.6   3.6   e0.37 e0.40 15      9.2 17    9.0 17      0.52 1.4  
22 0.60 4.7   3.2   e0.37 e0.40 10      8.4 15    6.8 16      0.46 3.7  
23 0.81 2.5   8.1   e0.37 e0.40 8.4   7.9 14    4.8 14      0.44 2.8  
24 0.92 2.1   1.7   0.38 e0.40 6.1   7.4 12    3.5 11      0.39 1.7  
25 4.1   1.9   1.5   e0.37 e0.39 12      7.1 10    2.6 7.9   0.36 1.5  
 
26 3.6   1.6   1.3   e0.38 e0.38 9.1   6.7 9.4 1.6 5.1   0.50 7.0  
27 2.2   1.6   1.1   e0.39 0.38 6.4   6.0 8.8 1.1 2.7   0.40 12     
28 1.6   1.2   1.1   e0.40 0.38 10      5.7 37    1.6 1.8   0.51 5.3  
29 1.2   1.2   1.00 e0.41 ---      14      5.1 64    2.3 2.0   0.48 3.7  
30 2.2   1.4   1.2   e0.42 ---      8.6   15    34    1.2 1.0   0.42 3.1  
 
31 1.8   ---      1.4   0.99 ---      5.8   ---    55    ---    1.4   0.55 ---     

TOTAL 154.62 51.27 71.29 18.84 17.72 188.31 632.7 2105.2 262.6 742.35 91.96 106.30
MEAN 4.99 1.71 2.30 0.61 0.63 6.07 21.1 67.9 8.75 23.9 2.97 3.54
MAX 28 4.9 17 1.1 2.8 15 85 261 32 97 12 21
MIN 0.60 0.67 0.54 0.37 0.38 0.38 4.0 8.8 1.1 0.85 0.36 0.33
CFSM 0.25 0.09 0.12 0.03 0.03 0.31 1.07 3.45 0.44 1.22 0.15 0.18
IN. 0.29 0.10 0.13 0.04 0.03 0.36 1.19 3.98 0.50 1.40 0.17 0.20
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1953 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 8.71 12.9 14.2 12.3 19.6 33.7 37.1 21.6 16.3 10.1 8.77 9.15
MAX 101 76.3 95.9 62.8 64.2 153 109 108 64.3 59.7 59.9 70.5
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1999 1996 1996 1982 1990 1972
MIN 0.094 0.16 0.048 0.000 0.082 3.89 6.40 2.16 0.79 0.44 0.22 0.023
(WY) 1961 1963 1963 1963 1963 1968 1986 1992 1963 1965 1966 1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1953 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 5826.46 4443.16
ANNUAL MEAN 16.0   12.2   17.0  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.2   1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.32 1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 310          Aug 22 261          May 11 641      Oct 14 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.46     Aug 11 0.33     Sep 8,9 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.54     Aug 6 0.36     Sep 5 0.00 Oct 5 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 309          May 11 933      Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.91     May 11 11.52 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.28     Sep 9
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.81 0.62 0.86
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.00 8.39 11.72
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 35      32      42     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.0   2.2   4.8  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.67 0.40 0.40

A - At times in most years.


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