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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536101       NORTH SHORE CHANNEL AT WILMETTE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°04'16", long 87°41'09" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.35, T.42 S., R.13 W., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Maple Avenue, 0.25 mi downstream from Wilmette Controlling Works, and at mile 7.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- Undetermined.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1999 to current year.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, acoustic velocity meter, and phone telemetry. Datum of gage is 579.48 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Chicago City Datum).
 

REMARKS.--Estimated daily discharges determined from a regression relation between USGS mean discharges and mean daily discharges for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's Wilmette Controlling Works located 0.5 miles upstream.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- Maximum daily discharge, 241 ft3/s, Aug. 12-14, 2003, estimated by regression; minimum daily discharge, -58 ft3/s, Oct. 13, 2001.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 20    e20      -1.9   4.3   2.1   12      e21      -0.27 -4.3   42    58  81 
2 15    e18      -4.8   2.3   0.30 1.2   e32      8.6   1.4   35    88  104 
3 8.7 e12      -2.7   2.8   2.0   6.6   e27      -1.8   31      17    119  101 
4 12    e10      12      4.8   4.1   -0.21 e3      -4.3   11      40    99  141 
5 8.3 e8      -0.06 0.04 -1.0   6.2   e1      2.1   0.91 53    32  133 
 
6 18    e6      0.35 -2.2   -4.6   2.9   41      -6.8   5.4   61    41  112 
7 13    e1      -0.66 -2.4   0.08 2.0   8.4   -4.1   -3.6   68    29  89 
8 13    e1      -2.6   0.29 -0.77 0.23 6.4   -8.9   9.4   47    51  82 
9 38    e0.0   -1.6   0.37 4.1   5.8   4.2   -0.48 -0.14 48    88  94 
10 38    e0.0   -0.34 0.50 1.4   8.7   -0.21 1.1   -0.22 25    71  42 
 
11 33    e0.0   -2.2   -2.5   3.5   4.5   e1      -1.5   10      44    107  24 
12 23    e0.0   -1.1   6.3   3.0   1.6   e1      -0.22 6.6   49    102  -47 
13 22    e0.0   2.9   3.8   -0.40 0.29 e1      -1.2   3.7   66    73  42 
14 28    e0.0   -0.57 6.6   9.2   -0.48 e7      0.36 20      51    108  25 
15 18    e0.0   1.0   2.5   3.9   6.0   e1      20      -0.92 64    53  59 
 
16 4.3 e0.0   -0.81 2.6   4.5   7.7   e1      95      3.0   69    90  51 
17 30    e0.0   3.3   2.9   1.7   12      e1      126      9.6   93    37  42 
18 28    e0.0   0.86 -0.41 5.1   2.6   e1      51      25      95    72  36 
19 31    -0.94 1.8   0.55 4.6   9.7   -0.67 -2.8   6.6   109    99  44 
20 31    -0.57 2.0   0.00 0.19 7.0   30      0.65 20      103    103  30 
 
21 18    0.11 -0.22 -2.7   -0.97 2.3   13      -3.2   32      113    110  33 
22 25    -0.20 -0.61 -1.9   3.8   3.1   -0.66 0.12 38      90    41  16 
23 27    0.11 1.1   -2.8   3.7   13      3.8   0.21 46      59    90  24 
24 23    3.1   1.1   -5.3   10      -7.4   3.9   -3.8   25      54    74  35 
25 11    -0.37 -1.7   0.74 0.49 6.6   2.1   -1.6   44      56    79  36 
 
26 e24    -0.50 3.7   2.6   1.3   -3.4   1.4   12      49      62    61  41 
27 e27    3.6   1.2   1.8   4.8   -0.34 1.6   11      54      61    119  37 
28 e27    2.1   -0.01 1.7   0.65 e1      1.1   -1.8   34      48    103  38 
29 e22    2.1   0.45 2.2   -3.5   e1      6.6   1.9   50      90    94  29 
30 e20    1.8   1.0   2.5   ---      e1      -7.4   -7.7   60      33    92  29 
 
31 e18    ---      1.9   2.5   ---      e1      ---      -1.5   ---      2.1 96  --- 

TOTAL 674.3 86.34 12.78 34.48 63.27 114.19 212.56 278.07 586.43 1847.1 2479 1603
MEAN 21.8 2.88 0.41 1.11 2.18 3.68 7.09 8.97 19.5 59.6 80.0 53.4
MAX 38 20 12 6.6 10 13 41 126 60 113 119 141
MIN 4.3 -0.94 -4.8 -5.3 -4.6 -7.4 -7.4 -8.9 -4.3 2.1 29 -47
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2000 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 21.8 2.88 0.41 1.11 2.18 3.68 7.09 8.97 19.5 59.6 80.0 53.4
MAX 21.8 2.88 0.41 1.11 2.18 3.68 7.09 8.97 19.5 59.6 80.0 53.4
(WY) 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
MIN 21.8 2.88 0.41 1.11 2.18 3.68 7.09 8.97 19.5 59.6 80.0 53.4
(WY) 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2000 WATER YEAR
ANNUAL TOTAL 7991.52    
ANNUAL MEAN 21.8      
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 141              Sep 4
LOWEST DAILY MEAN -47      A     Sep 12
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM -3.5           May 3
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 76         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.8      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS -1.1      

A - May have been less during missing-record period Nov. 9-18.


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Meteorological Data

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