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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05535000       SKOKIE RIVER AT LAKE FOREST, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°13'57", long 87°50'41" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.4, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on Westleigh Road at Lake Forest and at mile 13.1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13.0 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1951 to current year. Prior to October 1952, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River Basin (WSP 1237).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 648.75 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 580 ft3/s, Oct. 13, 2001, gage height, 7.78 ft; maximum gage height, 8.35 ft, July 22, 1982; no flow many days in 1959.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 7.5   1.1   1.0   4.6   e0.76 e0.51 8.3 120    17    1.0   1.2   1.4  
2 20      1.5   1.0   1.7   e1.1   e0.52 6.7 53    12    0.99 1.1   0.96
3 10      0.77 1.0   1.5   e1.7   e0.52 15    29    8.6 0.73 5.5   1.1  
4 27      0.80 1.0   1.5   e1.5   e0.53 57    31    5.9 1.3   7.2   0.47
5 15      1.2   0.95 1.5   e0.96 e0.54 46    120    4.8 35      6.2   0.37
 
6 10      2.3   0.74 1.8   e0.76 e0.55 27    53    4.8 54      3.9   0.31
7 8.7   1.4   0.78 1.5   e0.70 e0.58 24    31    4.4 55      1.8   0.28
8 6.2   1.2   0.82 1.8   e0.67 e0.70 22    23    11    66      2.2   0.26
9 3.6   1.5   2.6   2.0   e0.64 e0.88 28    59    7.0 40      1.1   0.29
10 2.0   0.94 0.72 1.8   e0.61 e1.3   25    93    5.2 28      0.75 0.29
 
11 1.5   1.7   0.96 1.7   e0.61 9.3   19    150    3.5 21      0.64 0.34
12 1.4   1.8   1.4   1.2   e0.58 36      15    70    2.8 14      0.62 2.8  
13 1.5   1.4   1.7   1.1   e0.55 61      12    38    2.5 12      1.1   3.7  
14 1.2   1.3   0.93 e0.78 e0.52 62      10    30    2.1 10      2.6   10     
15 1.0   3.2   0.84 e0.74 e0.51 53      8.1 27    1.8 54      2.1   5.2  
 
16 0.89 1.6   0.81 e0.72 e0.50 43      6.3 21    1.5 22      0.98 2.3  
17 0.91 1.7   0.83 e0.69 e0.50 34      3.5 18    1.4 26      1.1   1.1  
18 1.2   2.3   16      e0.66 e0.49 21      2.8 16    26    24      0.72 0.74
19 1.1   7.4   12      e0.64 e0.48 18      2.7 15    19    13      0.60 0.54
20 0.83 2.8   6.4   e0.60 e0.49 28      3.0 19    7.0 8.2   1.1   0.43
 
21 0.76 8.4   4.0   e0.57 e0.49 25      2.6 14    4.2 24      0.59 0.36
22 0.77 8.3   2.8   e0.54 e0.48 17      2.2 13    2.9 16      0.55 1.6  
23 0.78 4.0   2.4   e0.54 e0.48 12      2.0 12    3.1 12      0.46 1.1  
24 2.3   2.5   1.8   e0.52 e0.48 12      1.7 11    1.6 9.5   0.43 0.49
25 6.1   3.2   1.7   e0.50 e0.49 27      1.7 11    1.3 8.1   0.43 0.48
 
26 3.7   2.6   1.5   e0.49 e0.50 17      1.5 10    1.2 6.6   1.4   7.0  
27 2.4   1.5   1.4   e0.48 e0.50 11      1.3 8.2 1.2 2.8   0.56 7.6  
28 1.7   1.3   1.3   e0.49 e0.51 23      1.3 22    1.7 1.7   0.44 3.7  
29 1.7   1.3   1.3   e0.49 ---      22      1.1 25    1.8 1.4   0.66 1.7  
30 1.4   1.3   1.7   e0.52 ---      14      11    21    1.2 1.0   0.40 2.0  
 
31 1.7   ---      2.5   e0.64 ---      10      ---    30    ---    1.0   0.47 ---     

TOTAL 144.84 72.31 74.88 34.31 18.56 561.93 367.8 1193.2 168.5 570.32 48.90 58.91
MEAN 4.67 2.41 2.42 1.11 0.66 18.1 12.3 38.5 5.62 18.4 1.58 1.96
MAX 27 8.4 16 4.6 1.7 62 57 150 26 66 7.2 10
MIN 0.76 0.77 0.72 0.48 0.48 0.51 1.1 8.2 1.2 0.73 0.40 0.26
CFSM 0.36 0.19 0.19 0.09 0.05 1.39 0.94 2.96 0.43 1.42 0.12 0.15
IN. 0.41 0.21 0.21 0.10 0.05 1.61 1.05 3.41 0.48 1.63 0.14 0.17
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.96 10.2 10.6 9.55 13.5 22.3 24.5 16.0 12.5 8.42 7.25 8.34
MAX 53.7 44.5 53.7 42.4 35.5 82.3 56.9 54.3 41.6 33.3 41.7 61.7
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1983 1996 1996 1993 1972 1986
MIN 0.83 0.73 1.20 0.29 0.66 4.01 5.95 2.26 0.91 1.29 1.26 1.12
(WY) 1957 2000 1959 1959 2003 1956 1986 1988 1988 1991 1955 1979

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 3555.51 3314.46
ANNUAL MEAN 9.74 9.08 12.6      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 22.2       1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.54     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 188          Aug 22 150          May 11 444          Sep 27 1986
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.38     Aug 12 0.26     Sep 8 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.49     Aug 6 0.31     Sep 5 0.00     Jan 3 1959
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 238          May 10 580      B Oct 13 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 5.04     May 10 8.35 C Jul 22 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.21     Sep 7,8
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.75 0.70 0.97    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.17 9.48 13.14    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21      26      28         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.9   1.7   5.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.75 0.51 1.3      

A - Many days in 1959.

B - Gage height, 7.78 ft.

C - Discharge, 435 ft3/s.


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