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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536105       NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT ALBANY AVENUE AT CHICAGO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°58'27", long 87°42'22" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.12, T.40 N., R.13 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right downstream side of bridge in West River Park in Chicago, 0.1 mi upstream from North Shore Channel, and at mile 43.4.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 113 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1989 to September 1998; June 2000 to current year.

 

STAGE: October 1994 to September 1998, June 2000 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 580.67 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,360 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1997, gage height 6.81 ft; minimum discharge, 3.6 ft3/s, Aug. 5,6, 1993.




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