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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).

 

REMARKS.--Occasional diversion due to pumping upstream of gage.

 

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.




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