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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05535500       WEST FORK OF NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT NORTHBROOK, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°08'18", long 87°50'04" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.4, T.42 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 68 at Northbrook, and at mile 7.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.5 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 637.98 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark).

 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 1.7 mi upstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,190 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 10.10 ft; no flow at times in several years.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data