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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536101       NORTH SHORE CHANNEL AT WILMETTE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°04'16", long 87°41'09" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.35, T.42 S., R.13 W., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Maple Avenue, 0.25 mi downstream from Wilmette Controlling Works, and at mile 7.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- Undetermined.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1999 to September 2003.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, acoustic velocity meter, and phone telemetry. Datum of gage is 579.48 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Chicago City Datum).

 

REMARKS.--Estimated daily discharges determined from a regression relation between USGS mean discharges and mean daily discharges for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's Wilmette Controlling Works located 0.5 miles upstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- Maximum daily discharge, 241 ft3/s, Aug. 12-14, 2003, estimated by regression; minimum daily discharge, -58 ft3/s, Oct. 13, 2001.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.




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