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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05534500       NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT DEERFIELD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°09'10", long 87°49'07" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.34, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on Lake-Cook Road, 1.7 mi southeast of Deerfield, 5.7 mi upstream from Skokie River, and at mile 64.7.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 19.7 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.88 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 933 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 11.52 ft; maximum gage height, 11.55 ft, Oct. 13, 2001; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 7.7 17      33      0.81 17    17    19    19    2.1   0.87 0.93 2.6
2 6.4 14      33      e0.72 14    21    22    77    1.7   0.76 0.98 40   
3 5.8 12      26      0.67 13    27    23    51    17      0.75 0.62 30   
4 6.6 8.2   14      e0.62 7.7 25    15    22    293      0.69 2.0   15   
5 19    6.1   11      e0.60 6.8 24    19    13    248      0.65 1.6   10   
 
6 9.8 5.1   11      e0.59 5.0 24    11    15    130      1.1   0.72 7.1
7 6.9 4.1   7.3   e0.58 5.5 32    19    8.3 53      0.71 0.55 5.9
8 5.0 4.8   5.0   0.57 8.3 114    69    7.0 22      0.66 0.51 4.9
9 4.3 3.5   3.3   e0.58 18    146    176    13    13      8.0   0.50 4.3
10 3.4 3.7   4.4   e0.58 53    88    108    10    11      3.7   0.48 4.2
 
11 7.3 1.8   2.3   e0.58 48    59    73    35    26      2.1   0.46 3.6
12 42    1.7   2.9   e0.58 40    46    48    263    20      1.7   0.58 2.8
13 305    1.6   29      0.55 36    31    37    105    20      1.4   29      1.9
14 641    1.4   33      0.63 27    26    23    41    23      1.2   25      1.7
15 270    1.4   24      0.73 25    20    21    34    20      1.1   9.7   1.6
 
16 123    1.9   17      0.72 25    12    17    85    18      0.92 6.2   1.1
17 73    1.1   24      0.95 22    10    12    68    10      0.76 4.8   1.0
18 42    1.1   13      0.91 18    9.3 7.4 22    4.6   0.66 3.7   4.0
19 56    1.6   14      0.83 38    11    6.1 15    3.2   0.59 5.8   19   
20 54    1.5   32      0.67 77    8.2 6.0 11    2.6   0.58 4.3   17   
 
21 18    1.2   15      0.74 74    9.5 11    8.8 2.1   0.56 6.0   9.9
22 14    1.0   13      0.71 59    6.0 11    7.2 1.9   0.54 310      19   
23 426    0.89 16      1.5   48    6.2 6.7 6.2 1.6   0.54 148      8.0
24 308    3.0   11      2.0   42    4.9 6.4 5.8 1.5   0.56 71      5.5
25 204    9.9   7.8   1.5   35    11    7.8 6.6 1.3   0.55 35      4.1
 
26 110    5.6   6.0   1.4   28    5.9 4.6 5.6 2.6   0.68 28      3.1
27 74    4.5   4.2   1.6   24    3.8 11    4.5 1.7   1.8   21      2.3
28 77    3.9   2.9   2.2   20    3.7 30    3.8 1.3   1.0   7.3   1.9
29 72    6.4   1.7   2.4   ---    19    18    3.4 1.0   1.1   5.3   18   
30 82    37      1.1   1.8   ---    28    11    2.9 0.92 1.0   4.1   11   
 
31 50    ---      0.92 3.5   ---    23    ---    2.4 ---      0.98 3.2   ---   

TOTAL 3123.2 166.99 418.82 32.82 834.3 871.5 849.0 971.5 954.12 38.21 737.33 260.5
MEAN 100.7 5.566 13.51 1.059 29.80 28.11 28.30 31.34 31.80 1.233 23.78 8.683
MAX 641 37 33 3.5 77 146 176 263 293 8.0 310 40
MIN 3.4 0.89 0.92 0.55 5.0 3.7 4.6 2.4 0.92 0.54 0.46 1.0
CFSM 5.11 0.28 0.69 0.05 1.51 1.43 1.44 1.59 1.61 0.06 1.21 0.44
IN. 5.90 0.32 0.79 0.06 1.58 1.65 1.60 1.83 1.80 0.07 1.39 0.49
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1953 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 8.787 13.08 14.47 12.58 19.93 34.29 37.39 20.69 16.43 9.852 8.889 9.260
MAX 101 76.3 95.9 62.8 64.2 153 109 108 64.3 59.7 59.9 70.5
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1999 1996 1996 1982 1990 1972
MIN 0.094 0.16 0.048 0.000 0.082 3.89 6.40 2.16 0.79 0.44 0.22 0.023
(WY) 1961 1963 1963 1963 1963 1968 1986 1992 1963 1965 1966 1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1953 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 11398.97 9258.29
ANNUAL MEAN 31.23 25.37 17.10
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.2   1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.32 1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 641          Oct 14 641          Oct 14 641      Oct 14 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.28     Jul 5,6 0.46     Aug 11 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.41     Jun 30 0.54     Aug 6 0.00 Oct 5 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 787          Oct 13 933      Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.55     Oct 13 11.52 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.38     Aug 9,11
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.59 1.29 0.87
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 21.52 17.48 11.79
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 60      55      42     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 14      7.2   4.9  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.7   0.72 0.39

A - At times in most years.


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