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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05535500       WEST FORK OF NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT NORTHBROOK, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°08'18", long 87°50'04" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.4, T.42 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 68 at Northbrook, and at mile 7.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.5 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 637.98 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark).

 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant 1.7 mi upstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,190 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 10.10 ft; no flow at times in several years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant averaged about 4.8 ft3/s.


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 3.3 6.1 9.0 e6.1 e4.2 33    20    11    58    5.4 5.0 4.4
2 3.2 63    8.7 e6.2 4.3 36    18    8.3 27    5.5 5.3 4.1
3 13    130    7.9 e6.2 5.7 21    16    8.2 18    40    22    3.8
4 6.3 87    7.8 e6.3 5.4 46    15    8.6 20    53    71    3.7
5 4.2 86    21    e6.4 4.8 167    14    7.8 14    15    12    3.9
 
6 3.9 26    12    e6.0 5.8 62    12    7.5 13    11    7.2 4.3
7 3.7 18    10    e5.6 6.2 31    8.5 6.7 37    8.9 5.0 4.5
8 3.8 13    9.6 e5.4 6.0 30    7.9 6.5 52    8.2 4.6 4.2
9 3.7 11    23    5.5 5.5 20    7.5 7.0 37    12    4.7 3.8
10 4.2 11    103    5.5 5.2 16    6.9 8.3 69    46    4.0 3.9
 
11 4.6 9.9 42    5.6 5.7 14    6.5 11    71    13    3.9 3.5
12 6.7 9.7 20    e5.6 5.0 12    6.3 9.4 31    11    8.0 3.5
13 5.9 11    14    e5.6 4.7 9.5 6.4 18    16    11    3.4 4.4
14 44    8.7 12    e5.5 4.7 13    6.1 55    26    6.5 3.3 3.7
15 13    8.2 10    e5.4 4.8 15    6.1 37    14    6.1 3.2 5.6
 
16 9.0 7.9 9.8 e5.2 4.7 16    5.8 17    9.2 5.4 3.3 6.0
17 6.2 11    9.3 e5.6 4.9 23    13    12    9.6 5.2 6.2 e4.4
18 5.9 107    8.7 e5.6 5.4 18    7.8 96    7.1 4.9 5.1 e4.2
19 5.1 42    7.7 5.6 8.2 21    6.7 40    6.1 5.1 4.3 e4.2
20 6.0 24    6.7 4.8 26    16    15    79    5.7 6.2 3.8 e4.3
 
21 5.8 16    6.6 4.7 24    15    20    144    43    17    3.4 4.4
22 5.0 13    6.8 4.7 22    14    10    151    23    13    3.5 4.0
23 4.7 29    6.8 4.5 31    14    8.0 64    12    17    3.5 4.3
24 5.5 25    6.4 4.2 32    32    10    34    11    8.3 8.8 4.3
25 10    16    5.6 4.4 25    22    24    32    8.0 6.3 5.8 4.2
 
26 5.2 12    5.7 4.5 22    65    13    22    6.4 6.3 4.6 4.4
27 5.6 11    5.5 4.6 19    37    9.6 12    5.6 5.8 7.8 4.2
28 5.2 9.7 10    e4.3 17    70    8.7 8.7 5.7 4.9 42    4.5
29 4.1 9.2 e8.0 e4.2 17    93    8.1 8.7 5.4 4.4 11    4.7
30 5.2 8.4 e7.5 e4.2 ---    47    8.8 130    5.3 5.1 6.4 4.5
 
31 4.7 ---    e6.4 e4.2 ---    31    ---    108    ---    4.8 5.1 ---   

TOTAL 216.7 839.8 427.5 162.2 336.2 1059.5 325.7 1168.7 666.1 372.3 287.2 127.9
MEAN 6.99 28.0 13.8 5.23 11.6 34.2 10.9 37.7 22.2 12.0 9.26 4.26
MAX 44 130 103 6.4 32 167 24 151 71 53 71 6.0
MIN 3.2 6.1 5.5 4.2 4.2 9.5 5.8 6.5 5.3 4.4 3.2 3.5
CFSM 0.61 2.43 1.20 0.45 1.01 2.97 0.94 3.28 1.93 1.04 0.81 0.37
IN. 0.70 2.72 1.38 0.52 1.09 3.43 1.05 3.78 2.15 1.20 0.93 0.41
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 9.24 11.3 11.8 9.75 14.2 22.9 24.9 17.4 14.6 11.3 11.0 10.3
MAX 59.4 40.4 51.2 40.0 43.2 86.6 57.3 67.3 41.6 59.2 57.5 50.0
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1983 1996 1978 1982 1987 1986
MIN 0.24 0.34 0.54 0.38 1.04 3.01 6.58 4.61 1.51 0.50 0.47 0.24
(WY) 1954 1957 1954 1954 1963 1956 1953 1953 1956 1956 1955 1952

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 5161.0   5989.8  
ANNUAL MEAN 14.1   16.4   14.1  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 22.5   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.96 1953
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 144          May 1 167          Mar 5 753      Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.1       A 3.2       B 0.00 C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.4       Aug 19 3.9       Sep 8 0.00 Oct 27 1956
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 560          May 20 1190      Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.28     May 20 10.10 Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.4       Oct 3
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.23 1.42 1.22
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 16.69 19.38 16.61
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 30      37      30     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.6   7.9   6.2  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.0   4.2   2.0  

A - Aug. 25, estimated, Sept. 25.

B - Oct. 2, Aug. 15.

C - At times in several years.



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