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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05538000       DES PLAINES RIVER AT JOLIET, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°31'54", long 88°05'05" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4 sec.9, T.35 N., R. 10 E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, at Jackson Street Bridge, Joliet.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: December 1914 to February 1932.

 

GAGE.-- Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 524.31 feet above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Discharge includes flow of Chicago Sanitary Canal. Diversion averaging about 310 ft3/s made to Illinois Michigan Canal just above gage.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum daily discharge, 18,400 ft3/s, Mar. 18, 1919; minimum daily discharge occurred in August 1927 during period of no record.




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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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