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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530500       WILLOW CREEK NEAR PARK RIDGE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°59'22", long 87°52'24" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.4, T.40 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Byron Street, 0.4 mi south of State Highway 72, 1.3 mi upstream from mouth, and 2.5 mi southwest of Park Ridge.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 19.6 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1950 to September 1958.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1508: 1951(M), 1954-56.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 620.95 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,300 ft3/s July 13, 1957, gage height, 9.40 ft; no flow for several days in 1953, 1955-57.




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