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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536121       CHICAGO RIVER AT CHICAGO LOCK AT CHICAGO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°53'18", long 87°36'27" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.10, T.39 N., R.14 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, 0.2 mi east of Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, on left downstream side of lock guidewall, 100 ft downstream of the river-side lock gates at the Chicago River Lock and Dam.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- Indeterminate.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

 

STAGE: August 1997 to September 2003.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 579.48 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Chicago City datum).

 

REMARKS.-- Gage provides stage data to determine Illinois' diversion of Lake Michigan water.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

STAGE: Maximum gage height, 4.14 ft, Aug. 16, 1997; minimum, -3.27 ft., Jan. 18, 2002.




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