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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 to current year.

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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 1.8   3.8 6.2 6.6   e1.3 47  43    13    169    2.3 0.92 3.7  
2 1.4   38    5.1 7.2   e1.2 53  32    11    79    2.0 0.88 2.9  
3 6.3   108    4.4 6.6   e1.4 33  25    9.4 44    13    6.6   2.3  
4 5.1   71    3.8 6.2   e1.5 41  20    8.7 28    58    22      2.0  
5 2.1   119    13    4.6   e1.4 311  16    8.2 17    28    5.1   1.5  
 
6 1.3   52    11    e3.3   e1.6 180  14    7.5 11    18    2.6   1.2  
7 1.1   34    8.9 e2.6   e1.7 113  13    7.3 8.3 12    1.9   0.83
8 0.75 23    8.2 e2.1   e1.6 59  13    6.8 5.7 8.7 1.7   0.42
9 0.65 16    13    e1.9   e1.5 42  14    6.4 4.9 8.1 1.5   0.19
10 0.58 12    121    e1.8   e1.5 32  11    9.3 47    62    1.3   0.17
 
11 0.48 10    87    e2.0   e1.5 27  9.8 14    125    42    1.1   0.12
12 0.48 7.0 50    e2.1   e1.4 20  9.0 15    99    23    0.96 0.08
13 0.51 4.7 34    e2.0   e1.3 19  8.7 28    69    14    0.88 0.05
14 24      4.0 24    e1.7   e1.4 19  7.8 64    49    11    0.90 0.03
15 15      2.9 18    e1.8   e1.3 17  7.3 67    30    5.2 0.92 0.13
 
16 8.1   2.3 15    e1.8   e1.3 16  7.4 44    18    3.6 0.90 0.48
17 5.8   2.4 13    e1.6   e1.4 17  18    32    14    2.6 3.2   0.30
18 3.8   80    11    e1.3   e1.6 17  13    151    9.5 2.0 3.9   0.11
19 3.6   58    9.4 e1.0   2.7 18  10    116    6.7 1.7 1.8   0.08
20 4.5   36    8.0 e0.93 12    19  13    109    4.7 2.1 1.8   0.07
 
21 2.4   27    8.1 e0.88 23    17  23    124    33    7.4 1.1   0.05
22 1.4   20    7.2 e0.86 23    15  16    274    53    9.3 0.97 0.06
23 0.52 23    8.8 e0.84 39    15  15    191    31    14    0.88 0.10
24 1.1   28    6.2 e0.85 54    28  15    129    21    4.1 3.3   0.02
25 2.9   19    5.1 e0.94 46    32  26    78    15    2.5 1.9   0.01
 
26 2.5   15    4.6 e1.1   42    96  20    49    10    1.8 2.4   0.07
27 1.3   12    4.6 e1.2   37    84  17    35    6.8 1.6 3.6   0.02
28 0.92 10    7.8 e1.4   34    99  14    26    4.9 1.3 32      0.00
29 0.85 8.6 9.5 e1.6   30    237  12    21    3.6 1.3 16      0.00
30 0.87 8.4 8.6 e1.4   ---    113  11    159    2.8 1.3 8.7   0.00
 
31 1.4   ---    7.7 e1.5   ---    61  ---    306    ---    1.0 5.3   ---     

TOTAL 103.51 855.1 542.2 71.70 368.6 1897 474.0 2119.6 1019.9 364.9 137.01 16.99
MEAN 3.34 28.5 17.5 2.31 12.7 61.2 15.8 68.4 34.0 11.8 4.42 0.57
MAX 24 119 121 7.2 54 311 43 306 169 62 32 3.7
MIN 0.48 2.3 3.8 0.84 1.2 15 7.3 6.4 2.8 1.0 0.88 0.00
CFSM 0.17 1.45 0.89 0.12 0.65 3.11 0.80 3.47 1.73 0.60 0.22 0.03
IN. 0.20 1.61 1.02 0.14 0.70 3.58 0.90 4.00 1.93 0.69 0.26 0.03
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1953 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 8.61 13.2 14.3 12.2 19.4 34.3 36.7 22.5 16.6 10.2 8.69 8.98
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 0.09 0.16 0.05 0.00 0.08 3.89 6.40 2.16 0.79 0.44 0.22 0.02
(WY) 1961 1963 1963 1963 1963 1968 1986 1992 1963 1965 1966 1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1953 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 5666.79   7970.51
ANNUAL MEAN 15.5     21.8   17.1    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.2     1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.32   1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 261            May 11 311          Mar 5 641        Oct 14 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.33       Sep 8,9 0.00     Sep 28-30 0.00   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.36       Sep 5 0.02     Sep 24 0.00   Oct 5 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 386          Mar 5 933        Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 9.45     Mar 5,May 30 11.52   Aug 14 1987
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.788 1.11 0.868
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.70   15.05 11.79  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 41        55      42       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.1     7.8   4.9    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.40   0.88 0.40  

A - At times in most years.


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