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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 to current year.
 

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, 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 0.21 0.20 0.61 0.61 0.31 1.9   0.58 0.53 2.0   0.56 0.22 0.28
2 0.23 3.2   0.74 0.61 0.32 4.0   e0.47 0.43 e1.0   0.57 0.20 0.35
3 0.28 1.9   0.78 0.61 0.34 0.69 e0.40 0.41 e0.70 0.63 0.21 0.45
4 0.36 1.1   0.83 0.64 0.34 6.9   e0.37 2.1   e0.55 1.1   1.2   0.50
5 0.35 12      6.2   0.67 0.35 36      e0.34 3.2   e0.45 0.50 0.35 0.54
 
6 0.35 5.2   11      e0.66 0.35 6.9   e0.31 e0.40 e0.37 0.29 0.19 0.57
7 3.7   1.3   8.4   e0.64 0.35 1.0   e0.29 e0.30 e0.33 0.39 0.17 0.57
8 5.2   0.35 5.8   e0.64 0.35 4.0   e0.27 e0.26 e0.30 0.41 0.21 0.57
9 0.47 0.25 4.6   e0.62 0.35 9.6   e0.25 e0.25 0.27 0.38 0.25 0.57
10 0.47 0.21 12      0.61 0.35 15      e0.23 0.30 0.40 0.43 4.5   0.58
 
11 0.54 0.25 16      0.61 0.33 0.34 e0.22 0.46 0.82 0.46 9.0   0.61
12 0.70 0.22 8.7   0.61 0.33 0.29 e0.24 0.28 23      0.47 0.29 0.64
13 0.82 0.22 3.6   0.61 0.32 0.27 e0.23 1.1   3.2   0.48 0.26 0.68
14 7.5   0.22 1.9   0.61 0.33 0.26 e0.22 1.3   1.5   4.1   0.24 0.61
15 6.6   0.22 1.1   0.58 0.34 0.28 0.21 e0.70 12      12      0.19 1.1  
 
16 5.0   0.24 5.6   0.58 0.32 0.28 0.22 e0.60 24      5.2   0.16 4.1  
17 4.8   0.32 22      0.57 0.31 0.29 0.28 e0.50 0.30 0.40 0.15 0.45
18 2.4   53      1.2   0.58 0.31 0.33 0.30 e0.70 0.36 0.46 0.18 0.32
19 0.88 43      0.72 e0.46 0.42 0.35 0.28 e0.50 0.37 0.47 0.40 0.35
20 0.37 36      0.71 e0.42 e1.1   0.33 0.30 e0.40 0.42 0.45 0.37 0.35
 
21 0.59 53      0.67 e0.37 e3.1   0.31 0.32 0.33 0.52 0.64 0.35 0.32
22 1.3   7.1   0.67 e0.35 e2.7   0.29 0.19 1.8   0.54 0.54 0.35 0.33
23 1.8   3.2   11      e0.33 e3.6   0.29 0.25 2.3   0.39 0.48 0.35 0.32
24 1.2   23      0.84 0.43 e2.0   0.34 0.35 1.1   0.39 0.34 0.87 0.41
25 3.2   31      0.61 0.38 e1.1   0.40 0.52 0.51 0.31 0.24 1.1   0.31
 
26 2.7   3.2   0.61 0.36 0.61 1.2   0.43 1.8   0.32 0.22 1.2   0.24
27 7.1   0.65 0.61 e0.34 0.54 1.1   0.35 5.5   0.46 0.27 0.82 0.21
28 9.9   0.54 0.61 e0.34 0.48 0.61 0.30 3.4   0.48 0.30 22      e0.20
29 3.3   0.52 0.61 e0.33 0.46 2.3   0.26 0.88 0.51 e0.25 1.5   e0.24
30 0.54 0.52 0.61 e0.32 ---      8.9   0.33 13      0.50 e0.22 24      e0.21
 
31 0.20 ---      0.61 0.32 ---      4.1   ---      20      ---      0.20 24      ---     

TOTAL 73.06 282.13 129.94 15.81 22.11 108.85 9.31 65.34 76.76 33.45 95.28 16.98
MEAN 2.36 9.40 4.19 0.51 0.76 3.51 0.31 2.11 2.56 1.08 3.07 0.57
MAX 9.9 53 22 0.67 3.6 36 0.58 20 24 12 24 4.1
MIN 0.20 0.20 0.61 0.32 0.31 0.26 0.19 0.25 0.27 0.20 0.15 0.20
CFSM 0.27 1.06 0.47 0.06 0.09 0.40 0.04 0.24 0.29 0.12 0.35 0.06
IN. 0.31 1.19 0.55 0.07 0.09 0.46 0.04 0.27 0.32 0.14 0.40 0.07
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.88 6.26 6.57 7.09 8.91 13.1 13.2 10.3 9.22 6.71 4.29 4.16
MAX 41.8 25.6 28.0 24.1 23.3 44.4 40.7 31.5 33.8 33.3 16.5 23.3
(WY) 1955 1986 1983 1952 2001 1979 1950 1959 1993 2003 1990 1965
MIN 0.16 0.22 0.23 0.12 0.12 0.75 0.31 1.53 0.32 0.10 0.18 0.17
(WY) 1953 1954 1964 1963 2003 2003 2004 1958 2002 2002 2002 1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 2933.48   929.02  
ANNUAL MEAN 8.04   2.54   7.90      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 14.0         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.22       1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 124            Jul 21 53            Nov 18, 21 377            May 11 1951
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       Jan 2-6 0.15       Aug 17 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.09       Jan 16 0.21       Aug 12 0.00       A
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 100            Nov 18 461        B C
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.01       Nov 18 10.18   D Oct 11 1954
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.909 0.287 0.893    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.34   3.91   12.14      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 22        5.9     17           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.99   0.49   3.9        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.10   0.24   0.34      

A - At times in most years.

B - Gage height, 9.24 ft. from floodmark.

C - May 10 or 11, 1948.

D - Discharge, 302 ft3/s.


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