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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05528000       DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 42°20'39", long 87°56'18", in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.27, T.45 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 120, 2.5 mi southwest of Gurnee, and at mile 94.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 232 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1945 to September 1958, October 1968 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1960-68.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91.
PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960(M), 1962(M). WDR IL-77-1: 1971.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 650.30 ft above sea level (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to May 26, 1946, nonrecording gage. May 27, 1946, to Sept. 30, 1958, water-stage recorder. Dec. 17, 1959, to September 1968, crest-stage gage. October 1968 to September 1998, water stage recorder at site 800 ft upstream at same datum.

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plants, 0.5 mi upstream. Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,530 ft3/s, Sept. 27, 1986, gage height, 11.95 ft; no flow Sept. 26 to Oct. 19, 1956, and part of each day Aug. 27-30, Sept. 1, 2, 1970.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.44 in., May 18, 2000.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum daily total, 2.30 in., August 11, but may have been greater during periods of missing record.

PRECIPITATION, TOTAL, INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY SUM VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 .00 .00 .11 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .41 .00 .01 .00
2 .00 .10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .03 .00 .24 .00
3 .61 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .06
4 .13 .00 .01 .01 .02 .20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
5 .33 .00 .00 .24 .00 .00 .37 .00 .37 .00 .00 .00
6 .01 .94 .00 .01 .00 .00 .01 .07 .01 .00 .00 .30
7 .03 .00 .00 .01 .07 .00 .00 .55 .01 --- .00 .56
8 .00 .02 .00 .00 .43 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- .00 .00
9 .00 1.04 .00 .00 .47 .00 .17 .00 .00 --- .62 .65
10 .00 .00 .02 .10 .00 .09 .00 .81 .00 --- .00 .00
11 .00 .00 .00 .26 .00 .00 .77 .20 .26 --- 2.30 .00
12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .05 .11 .00 .00 1.09 --- .00 .00
13 .00 .12 .00 .00 .01 .00 --- .00 .01 --- .07 .03
14 .00 .00 .00 .13 .05 .00 --- 1.06 .02 --- .11 .00
15 .00 .00 .00 .02 .03 .40 --- .00 .08 --- .17 .00
16 .00 .06 .00 .00 .00 .03 --- .00 .00 --- .73 .00
17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- .00 .02 --- .00 .07
18 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .12 --- .00 .43
19 .00 .00 .00 .00 .02 .01 .00 .00 .00 --- .00 1.65
20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .39 .00 .00 --- .00 .57
21 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .12 .00 .14 --- .00 .03
22 .00 .00 .02 .00 .00 .00 .47 .00 .00 --- .00 .00
23 .07 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .44 .00 .00 --- .00 .91
24 .01 .00 .00 .00 .53 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- .03 .00
25 .00 .11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- .18 .00
26 .06 .13 .00 .00 .00 .00 .02 .00 .00 --- .00 .00
27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- .11 .00
28 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .03 .00 --- .00 .00
29 .00 .11 .00 .00 --- .06 .00 .00 .00 --- .00 .00
30 .00 .01 .00 .00 --- .00 .00 .00 .00 --- .02 .00
31 .00 --- .00 .00 --- .18 --- .43 --- --- .04 ---

TOTAL 1.25 2.64 0.17 0.78 1.69 1.08 --- 3.15 2.57 --- 4.63 5.26
MEAN .04 .09 .01 .03 .06 .03 --- .10 .09 --- .15 .18
MAX .61 1.04 .11 .26 .53 .40 --- 1.06 1.09 --- 2.30 1.65

CAL YR 2000 TOTAL 29.82 MEAN .08 MAX 2.44


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data