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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 current year.

 

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.

 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum gage height, -0.17 ft, May 9; minimum, -3.21 ft, Apr. 30.


Gage height, feet, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 -1.92 -1.83 -1.91 -1.91 -1.94 -1.89 -2.06 -1.77 -1.81 -1.90 -2.51 -2.21
2 -1.94 -1.82 -1.94 -1.93 -1.99 -1.83 -1.98 -2.08 -1.98 -1.88 -2.01 -2.12
3 -1.94 -1.85 -1.88 -1.85 -1.83 -1.85 -1.98 -1.87 -2.08 -1.86 -1.95 -1.94
4 -1.79 -1.92 -1.98 -1.87 -1.68 -1.84 -1.65 -2.10 -1.78 -2.03 -2.02 -1.99
5 -1.77 -1.84 -1.86 -1.86 -1.93 -1.88 -1.31 -1.88 -1.96 -1.83 -1.99 -1.90
 
6 -1.81 -1.90 -1.88 -1.94 -1.89 -1.88 -1.89 -1.59 -2.04 -1.93 -2.09 -2.03
7 -1.82 -1.88 -1.88 -1.82 -1.85 -1.88 -1.65 -1.80 -1.89 -2.31 -2.04 -1.90
8 -1.80 -1.83 -1.88 -1.79 -1.96 -2.24 -1.78 -1.97 -2.05 -2.26 -1.95 -1.83
9 -1.90 -1.87 -1.87 -1.86 -1.95 -2.20 -1.87 -1.93 -2.08 -1.95 -1.93 -1.93
10 -1.91 -1.75 -1.90 -1.91 -1.85 -2.58 -2.06 -2.92 -1.93 -1.92 -2.03 -1.89
 
11 -1.82 -1.86 -1.86 -1.79 -1.86 -2.46 -2.07 -2.18 -1.81 -1.77 -2.02 -1.96
12 -1.87 -1.81 -1.88 -1.91 -1.96 -2.38 -1.88 -2.16 -1.96 -1.82 -1.97 -2.03
13 -1.84 -1.85 -1.86 -1.94 -2.06 -2.07 -1.91 -1.80 -1.90 -1.85 -1.89 -2.01
14 -1.96 -1.84 -1.95 -1.92 -2.04 -2.20 -2.21 -1.89 -1.80 -1.85 -2.03 -2.14
15 -1.89 -1.93 -1.91 -1.92 -1.98 -2.34 -2.15 -1.76 -1.90 -1.57 -2.02 -1.97
 
16 -1.85 -1.87 -1.93 -1.97 -2.02 -2.33 -2.11 -1.85 -1.83 -1.67 -1.94 -1.98
17 -1.88 -1.86 -1.92 -2.00 -1.99 -2.15 -2.09 -1.76 -1.79 -1.48 -2.01 -1.89
18 -1.82 -1.91 -2.01 -1.96 -1.87 -2.07 -1.97 -1.77 -2.20 -1.89 -2.14 -1.98
19 -1.83 -1.69 -2.02 -2.00 -1.93 -2.11 -2.05 -2.13 -2.31 -1.63 -2.08 -2.06
20 -1.86 -1.86 -1.79 -2.06 -1.83 -1.92 -2.01 -2.39 -1.67 -2.01 -1.89 -1.96
 
21 -1.81 -1.77 -1.85 -1.96 -1.76 -2.04 -1.82 -1.82 -1.92 -1.84 -1.99 -2.00
22 -1.92 -1.87 -1.83 -1.88 -1.99 -2.37 -2.01 -1.89 -1.85 -1.99 -2.04 -1.89
23 -1.97 -1.86 -1.96 -1.85 -1.84 -2.49 -2.00 -1.90 -1.81 -2.15 -1.82 -2.02
24 -1.99 -1.87 -1.88 -1.99 -1.86 -2.22 -2.03 -1.85 -1.94 -2.05 -1.94 -2.05
25 -1.91 -1.87 -1.89 -2.11 -1.91 -2.22 -2.01 -1.96 -1.91 -1.97 -2.09 -1.96
 
26 -1.83 -1.84 -1.96 -1.98 -1.87 -2.15 -1.95 -1.86 -2.22 -1.86 -2.10 -2.01
27 -1.95 -1.92 -1.85 -1.86 -1.82 -2.26 -1.99 -1.87 -1.75 -2.32 -1.87 -1.93
28 -1.93 -1.80 -1.88 -1.89 -1.90 -2.22 -2.03 -2.05 -2.08 -2.26 -1.97 -1.95
29 -1.99 -1.92 -1.90 -1.78 --- -2.00 -1.96 -2.17 -1.89 -2.09 -2.37 -2.05
30 -1.97 -1.99 -1.78 -1.85 --- -2.03 -2.34 -1.89 -1.81 -1.81 -1.76 -1.97
 
31 -1.90 --- -1.90 -1.84 --- -2.18 --- -1.87 --- -2.05 -2.05 ---

MEAN -1.88 -1.86 -1.90 -1.91 -1.91 -2.14 -1.96 -1.96 -1.93 -1.93 -2.02 -1.99
MAX -1.77 -1.69 -1.78 -1.78 -1.68 -1.83 -1.31 -1.59 -1.67 -1.48 -1.76 -1.83
MIN -1.99 -1.99 -2.02 -2.11 -2.06 -2.58 -2.34 -2.92 -2.31 -2.32 -2.51 -2.21

CAL YR 2002 MEAN -1.85 MAX 0.26 MIN -3.07
WTR YR 2003 MEAN -1.95 MAX -1.31 MIN -2.92


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