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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540160       EAST BRANCH DU PAGE RIVER NEAR DOWNERS GROVE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°49'54", long 88°02'51" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.25, T.39 N., R.10 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on upstream side of bridge on State Highway 56, 2.2 mi northwest of Downers Grove, and at mile 15.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 26.6 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1989 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1961-76.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 660.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 19, 1989, at datum 12.21 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by sewage-treatment plants upstream from station.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,720 ft3/s, Aug. 26, 1972, gage height, 16.94 ft; minimum discharge, 3.6 ft3/s, Dec. 19, 1989.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data