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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527950       MILL CREEK AT OLD MILL CREEK, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°24'55", long 87°58'09" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.32, T.46 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on Hunt Club Road, about 0.5 mi southeast of Old Mill Creek, and at mile 2.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 61.0 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1989 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962 to 1976.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-77-1: 1962-76(M). WDR IL-91-2: 1990(P). WDR IL-92-2: 1990.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 668.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1989, at datum 8.85 ft higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,160 ft3/s, April 23, 1999, gage height 12.21 ft; maximum gage height, 12.88 ft, present datum, Mar. 6, 1976; minimum discharge, 0.03 ft3/s, Sept. 7, 8, 10, 11, 1991.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: A gage height of 13.73 ft, present datum, discharge unknown, occurred between October 1976 and September 1989, from mark on crest-stage gage.




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