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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 to current year.
 

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, 3,890 ft3/s, May 25, 2004, gage height, 11.76 ft; maximum gage height, 11.95 ft, Sept. 27, 1986; 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 fair. Effluent from sewage-treatment plants averaged 52.2 ft3/s. The maximum monthly effluent was 77.7 ft3/s in May, and the minimum was 39.6 ft3/s in January.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 37  38  100  149  62  335  782  206  1380  424  54  69 
2 37  101  93  143  63  392  723  188  1280  340  54  61 
3 42  226  89  140  63  437  669  171  1180  286  52  56 
4 40  240  86  138  64  464  613  154  1050  402  98  53 
5 39  337  105  127  64  780  559  140  943  437  80  49 
 
6 39  269  101  105  63  930  508  128  830  488  79  48 
7 36  238  98  126  64  999  457  125  729  527  75  48 
8 36  205  94  118  64  965  401  119  635  572  66  40 
9 35  165  98  108  65  938  341  130  565  613  61  51 
10 34  131  343  104  63  921  281  146  702  645  54  43 
 
11 36  115  429  104  63  904  234  192  886  608  51  44 
12 37  103  450  104  62  871  206  250  1100  546  49  44 
13 39  98  426  104  62  811  186  417  1140  461  47  44 
14 67  89  400  104  62  749  173  594  1040  355  44  44 
15 49  84  385  94  61  675  161  742  947  231  44  47 
 
16 40  81  367  98  60  601  151  778  863  162  45  57 
17 40  78  346  96  59  532  175  781  786  137  50  57 
18 39  189  321  91  59  470  174  1140  698  120  48  53 
19 40  191  291  86  62  409  174  1170  614  110  55  53 
20 39  190  229  82  78  349  179  1130  546  98  48  50 
 
21 38  183  202  75  93  305  274  1100  553  91  47  49 
22 37  174  196  71  97  271  281  1730  621  92  47  40 
23 36  165  185  67  127  245  277  2730  643  92  46  48 
24 35  171  167  66  174  266  260  3600  680  90  49  48 
25 46  152  146  67  208  304  289  3810  712  83  52  46 
 
26 39  137  136  67  223  480  276  3430  707  76  48  56 
27 39  128  137  66  240  564  262  2870  670  66  54  47 
28 38  118  151  66  261  619  245  2320  622  65  95  46 
29 37  112  155  65  287  842  230  1860  563  60  97  43 
30 38  106  154  63  ---  866  218  1570  495  58  87  43 
 
31 38  ---  154  61  ---  843  ---  1500  ---  57  76  --- 

TOTAL 1222 4614 6634 2955 2973 19137 9759 35221 24180 8392 1852 1477
MEAN 39.4 154 214 95.3 103 617 325 1136 806 271 59.7 49.2
MAX 67 337 450 149 287 999 782 3810 1380 645 98 69
MIN 34 38 86 61 59 245 151 119 495 57 44 40


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 131 178 225 158 247 430 481 331 250 151 122 127
MAX 1011 785 865 514 626 1510 1395 1136 1123 599 648 756
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1993 2001 1979 1993 2004 2000 1993 1978 1986
MIN 16.6 16.5 12.7 10.6 11.9 59.8 79.9 31.3 23.1 23.9 15.0 18.3
(WY) 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 2003 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 38790  118416     
ANNUAL MEAN 106  324      236         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 428          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 26.8       1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 499      May 10,11 3810          May 25 3810          May 25 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 22      Feb 16 34          Oct 10 7.5       Feb 6 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 23      Feb 11 36          Oct 6 7.9       Jan 31 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3890          May 25 3890      A May 25 2004
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.76     May 25 11.95 B Sep 27 1986
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 27          Oct 11
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 213  817      575         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 76  134      122         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 25  44      41         

A - Gage height, 11.76 ft.

B - Discharge, 3,530 ft3/s.


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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