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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 to current year.
 

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, 2002, and 2003.
 

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. Occasional diversion due to pumping upstream of gage.
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 13    2.4 2.6 3.5   e1.4   e0.60 7.3 287    20    2.6 5.2   1.5  
2 30    3.1 2.8 3.3   e2.0   e0.61 7.0 123    12    3.1 8.7   1.4  
3 16    3.7 2.9 2.4   e2.2   e0.63 9.3 50    9.9 2.5 9.5   1.1  
4 51    2.7 2.6 2.3   e2.0   e0.64 101    46    6.2 5.5 27      0.81
5 31    2.2 4.2 2.4   e1.4   e0.66 91    246    4.8 81    22      0.58
 
6 17    3.8 4.6 3.4   e0.86 e0.70 40    95    4.3 175    19      0.31
7 13    3.7 2.2 2.3   e0.82 e0.73 34    46    5.0 188    11      0.25
8 10    3.1 2.5 2.5   e0.77 e0.90 33    32    24    133    22      0.16
9 6.8 3.0 2.0 2.5   e0.74 e1.2   39    127    11    96    10      0.06
10 5.6 3.5 2.1 2.3   e0.71 e1.9   39    128    7.9 62    5.8   0.01
 
11 3.6 4.9 2.2 2.2   e0.70 4.3   26    312    5.4 45    3.2   0.03
12 3.3 3.5 2.3 2.0   e0.68 10      20    148    4.4 30    2.4   0.28
13 3.1 2.7 3.2 e1.8   e0.67 31      16    65    3.8 22    4.0   1.7  
14 2.7 3.0 2.4 e1.6   e0.66 41      14    48    3.8 20    5.0   35     
15 2.6 4.5 2.1 e1.4   e0.65 36      12    43    3.5 121    7.5   13     
 
16 2.3 3.5 2.0 e1.3   e0.64 22      9.3 28    2.7 59    5.0   6.3  
17 2.3 3.3 2.0 e1.2   e0.62 18      6.7 20    2.3 59    2.6   3.2  
18 3.0 3.4 38    e1.0   e0.60 12      5.2 16    18    66    2.0   1.9  
19 2.6 10    21    e0.92 e0.59 14      4.9 14    40    37    1.3   1.8  
20 2.3 5.1 11    e0.86 e0.58 21      5.3 18    14    24    0.85 1.4  
 
21 2.0 9.3 10    e0.80 e0.58 19      4.9 12    9.0 48    0.45 1.1  
22 1.9 12    6.3 e0.77 e0.57 14      4.2 11    4.5 41    0.22 3.2  
23 3.0 6.9 3.9 e0.76 e0.56 8.6   3.5 9.9 3.1 36    0.19 3.4  
24 3.4 4.1 3.3 e0.75 e0.56 9.4   3.4 9.2 4.7 25    0.31 2.2  
25 10    3.8 3.2 e0.74 e0.56 23      3.3 8.4 3.7 23    0.73 1.4  
 
26 6.8 4.4 2.9 e0.74 e0.57 12      3.0 7.8 2.9 21    1.1   10     
27 4.4 4.2 2.7 e0.76 e0.58 8.1   2.7 6.4 2.7 14    1.6   18     
28 3.2 2.9 2.7 e0.77 e0.59 17      2.3 24    5.8 5.7 0.73 7.0  
29 2.8 3.3 2.6 e0.78 ---      17      2.5 33    8.7 5.7 0.46 4.7  
30 3.3 3.1 2.8 e0.80 ---      9.6   18    23    1.7 4.0 0.50 3.0  
 
31 2.4 ---    3.2 e0.92 ---      7.3   ---    40    ---    2.5 0.59 ---     

TOTAL 264.4 129.1 158.3 49.77 23.86 362.87 567.8 2076.7 249.8 1457.6 180.93 124.79
MEAN 8.53 4.30 5.11 1.61 0.85 11.7 18.9 67.0 8.33 47.0 5.84 4.16
MAX 51 12 38 3.5 2.2 41 101 312 40 188 27 35
MIN 1.9 2.2 2.0 0.74 0.56 0.60 2.3 6.4 1.7 2.5 0.19 0.01
CFSM 0.40 0.20 0.24 0.08 0.04 0.55 0.90 3.17 0.39 2.23 0.28 0.20
IN. 0.47 0.23 0.28 0.09 0.04 0.64 1.00 3.66 0.44 2.57 0.32 0.22
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 15.2 17.8 18.4 16.2 24.5 35.0 39.2 27.0 22.2 16.7 17.0 16.6
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 1.61 0.85 8.24 7.63 3.48 1.92 1.31 3.40 2.38
(WY) 1989 2000 1977 2003 2003 2000 1989 1992 1988 1991 1991 1982

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 6129.18 5645.92
ANNUAL MEAN 16.8   15.5   22.1  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 33.2   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 7.83 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 492          Aug 22 312          May 11 990      Oct 14 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.02     Aug 12 0.01     Sep 10 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.17     Aug 6 0.16     Sep 6 0.00 Jun 14 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 454          Jul 6 1230      Oct 14 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.70     Jul 6 9.95 Oct 14 2001
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00     Sep 9,10,11
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.80 0.73 1.05
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.81 9.95 14.26
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 36      38      48     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.1   3.5   9.3  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.4   0.68 2.1  

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


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