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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536265                         LANSING DITCH NEAR LANSING, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 41°31'40", long 87°31'45", at north boundary of sec.17, T.35 N., R.15 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on 202nd Street, 0.2 mi west of Indiana State line, 0.5 mi east of Burnham Avenue, 2 mi south of Lansing, and at mile 2.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.--8.84 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1948 to current year. Prior to October 1974, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin (WSP 1307, 1727, 1911, 2111, WDR IL 1971-74).

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-79-2: 1975-78.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 607.16 ft above sea level. Prior to Sept. 20, 1948, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS.--Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by pumping operations upstream from station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .27 3.9   13      1.5   11    1.3   38      9.6   e2.5   23      1.6   1.6  
2 .24 5.8   3.6   1.8   27    2.2   28      4.6   e3.0   .32 1.7   .80
3 .25 2.5   .93 5.6   17    5.5   19      2.6   3.3   .00 1.3   .77
4 .51 1.3   .34 58      9.4 11      7.0   3.1   3.9   8.4   27      1.2  
5 .27 .69 .06 56      6.3 26      2.2   3.7   4.0   .63 24      .31
 
6 .24 1.2   .01 50      4.2 2.0   1.0   7.7   3.8   .00 6.4   .00
7 .32 1.3   .00 35      3.1 .94 .84 86      4.2   33      5.2   7.6  
8 .28 1.1   .00 64      2.5 24      19      70      4.5   13      7.8   2.1  
9 1.7   1.0   1.5   71      2.2 53      15      35      10      1.5   4.3   1.3  
10 1.1   1.0   6.5   e29      2.0 31      13      15      7.3   .45 31      9.4  
 
11 .42 1.8   8.6   e20      24    28      4.1   e9.2   27      .34 37      1.4  
12 .43 1.9   7.1   15      34    18      1.6   e7.2   33      .29 1.2   .32
13 .80 1.3   .89 e7.6   18    11      .90 e4.6   6.4   .41 .56 .21
14 1.3   .88 .18 e5.2   9.7 12      17      e3.5   1.5   .71 .35 .02
15 .55 2.6   .02 e3.4   6.1 10      31      e2.2   6.1   .90 .46 .40
 
16 .36 3.7   .74 e2.4   5.0 9.8   10      .43 1.2   .22 .45 .81
17 .36 1.9   1.2   e1.8   20    34      4.5   1.8   7.5   .02 .71 .35
18 .35 1.6   2.0   e1.4   48    92      .18 1.3   1.5   .00 .81 .19
19 .33 1.9   2.3   e1.1   24    54      .02 1.8   1.5   3.0   .60 .11
20 .32 2.0   1.7   e.92 13    40      .45 1.4   .24 1.1   .38 .04
 
21 .39 2.4   .95 e.79 8.3 28      27      1.9   .20 .43 .27 .14
22 .38 2.1   3.7   e.71 5.4 19      22      1.8   .15 4.1   .28 .04
23 .38 2.0   9.6   .69 4.4 22      7.3   2.2   .15 7.2   .29 .00
24 .87 1.5   10      .82 8.3 41      2.2   3.1   .02 1.4   2.0   .11
25 .56 1.0   25      .69 13    32      3.8   3.9   .00 .58 2.3   .15
 
26 7.2   .83 16      .17 27    7.1   5.0   e2.5   9.1   .44 .89 .13
27 36      .44 8.6   .25 6.7 12      17      e2.1   .77 10      .54 .04
28 11      1.6   5.4   .92 1.8 4.4   25      e2.4   .32 .49 2.2   .08
29 3.6   6.3   4.1   2.4   ---    2.9   15      e2.5   .49 .47 1.9   .21
30 2.1   12      3.1   3.3   ---    9.0   13      e2.9   11      1.1   1.4   .75
 
31 1.3   ---      2.0   4.2   ---    9.1   ---      e2.6   ---      1.3   1.8   ---     

TOTAL 74.18 69.54 139.12 445.66 361.4 652.24 350.09 298.63 154.64 114.80 166.69 30.58
MEAN 2.39 2.32 4.49 14.4 12.9 21.0 11.7 9.63 5.15 3.70 5.38 1.02
MAX 36 12 25 71 48 92 38 86 33 33 37 9.4
MIN .24 .44 .00 .17 1.8 .94 .02 .43 .00 .00 .27 .00
CFSM .27 .26 .51 1.63 1.46 2.38 1.32 1.09 .58 .42 .61 .12
IN. .31 .29 .59 1.88 1.52 2.74 1.47 1.26 .65 .48 .70 .13

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 5.09 6.56 7.07 7.43 9.23 14.0 13.6 10.5 9.10 6.60 4.44 4.47
MAX 41.8 25.6 28.0 24.1 23.1 44.4 40.7 31.5 33.8 26.1 16.5 23.3
(WY) 1955 1986 1983 1952 1951 1979 1950 1959 1993 1957 1990 1965
MIN .16 .22 .23 .12 .13 1.52 .64 1.53 .96 .95 .28 .18
(WY) 1953 1954 1964 1963 1963 1957 1986 1958 1949 1953 1948 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 3133.44 2857.57
ANNUAL MEAN 8.58 7.83 8.20    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 14.0       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.22     1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 119          Feb 21 92          Mar 18 377          May 11 1951
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     A .00     B .00     C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .01     Jan 13 .08     Sep 22 .00     Sep 16 1949
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 114          May 7 461      D E
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 7.48     May 7 10.18     Oct 11 1954
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .97 .89 .93    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.19 12.03 12.60    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21      25      16         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.5   2.1   4.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .32 .24 .60    
A - Jan. 14-19, estimated; Dec. 7,8.
B - Several days.
C - At times in most years.
D - Gage height, 9.24 ft, from floodmark.
E - May 10 or 11, 1948.


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