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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536235       DEER CREEK NEAR CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°31'15", long 87°35'25" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.14, T.35 N., R.14 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Joe Orr Road, 0.4 mi east of Cottage Grove Avenue, 1.0 mi north of U.S. Highway 30, 1.5 mi northeast of Chicago Heights, and at mile 2.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 23.1 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: May 1948 to current year. Prior to October 1974, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin (WSP 1307, 1727, 1911, 2111, WDR IL 1971-74).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 615.95 ft above NGVD of 1929. See WSP 1707 or 1727 for history of changes prior to Aug. 13, 1958.
 

REMARKS.-- Undetermined amount of flow diverted for irrigation upstream from the gage.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,380 ft3/s, July 13, 1957, gage height, 11.75 ft; maximum gage height, 11.79 ft, Nov. 28, 1990, discharge, 809 ft3/s; no flow at times in several years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for Aug. 28 to Sept. 30 and 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 0.69 18  10    6.1 3.3 21  43    22    67    3.9 3.1 14   
2 0.75 32  7.9 7.1 3.9 52  31    15    38    3.6 3.0 11   
3 1.4   32  7.1 8.3 4.2 23  24    11    27    5.0 4.0 9.0
4 1.6   34  6.9 8.2 4.1 30  19    12    19    19    23    7.5
5 1.1   62  16    9.1 3.7 306  16    11    15    8.6 8.3 6.7
 
6 0.99 32  27    6.6 4.1 121  16    8.7 13    6.8 4.7 6.0
7 1.3   19  20    6.0 4.1 61  14    7.6 11    5.8 4.0 6.0
8 1.2   14  17    5.7 4.1 39  13    8.5 9.4 4.9 3.3 5.7
9 1.3   12  15    5.7 4.0 30  11    8.6 7.9 5.1 3.1 4.9
10 2.0   12  48    5.5 4.0 23  10    14    10    4.9 2.9 4.4
 
11 1.4   14  44    6.0 4.0 20  9.3 33    19    4.7 3.0 4.2
12 1.1   14  21    7.1 4.2 16  8.6 24    177    4.3 2.6 3.4
13 1.0   14  13    7.1 4.0 14  8.5 57    96    4.2 2.5 3.5
14 8.4   15  11    7.2 4.1 16  8.6 86    64    4.3 2.6 3.6
15 4.3   13  9.2 6.1 3.9 15  8.5 60    46    3.7 2.3 5.1
 
16 1.2   13  8.8 6.1 3.3 14  8.7 31    28    3.7 2.1 32   
17 1.9   12  7.6 6.6 3.8 14  13    21    21    3.6 2.5 9.4
18 1.3   228  6.4 6.0 4.3 16  10    20    16    3.5 2.5 4.5
19 1.2   307  5.6 4.5 5.8 18  8.3 18    12    3.2 5.3 2.9
20 1.4   101  4.6 e4.0 17    17  9.3 16    9.8 3.6 3.7 2.1
 
21 1.7   50  4.6 e3.7 40    14  15    14    10    5.6 3.5 2.3
22 1.6   31  4.7 e3.5 27    12  9.8 23    12    8.2 2.8 1.9
23 1.3   31  5.2 3.2 37    12  8.3 44    8.1 8.2 2.5 2.0
24 1.5   72  5.4 4.3 33    14  7.6 38    6.5 3.8 6.7 1.9
25 3.9   36  5.0 4.1 19    19  27    40    5.6 3.3 22    2.0
 
26 2.5   24  4.7 e3.9 14    59  17    28    5.1 2.9 31    1.9
27 1.8   21  4.9 e3.7 11    58  12    18    4.5 3.1 32    1.6
28 2.0   17  6.0 e3.5 9.7 40  10    13    4.2 2.9 97    1.7
29 2.4   15  8.9 e3.4 9.3 114  8.8 10    4.3 3.0 54    1.4
30 2.3   13  8.3 e3.3 ---    66  9.7 54    4.0 3.4 31    1.9
 
31 2.8   ---  7.0 3.1 ---    66  ---    147    ---    3.5 21    ---   

TOTAL 59.33 1308 370.8 168.7 293.9 1340 415.0 913.4 770.4 154.3 392.0 164.5
MEAN 1.91 43.6 12.0 5.44 10.1 43.2 13.8 29.5 25.7 4.98 12.6 5.48
MAX 8.4 307 48 9.1 40 306 43 147 177 19 97 32
MIN 0.69 12 4.6 3.1 3.3 12 7.6 7.6 4.0 2.9 2.1 1.4
CFSM 0.08 1.89 0.52 0.24 0.44 1.87 0.60 1.28 1.11 0.22 0.55 0.24
IN. 0.10 2.11 0.60 0.27 0.47 2.16 0.67 1.47 1.24 0.25 0.63 0.26
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.73 14.8 18.1 18.0 26.0 37.6 34.2 24.5 20.2 9.96 7.38 6.92
MAX 55.9 78.3 83.6 74.5 119 167 78.2 79.6 109 57.0 43.1 59.9
(WY) 1955 1991 1983 1993 1997 1979 1999 2002 1993 1996 1968 1993
MIN 0.00 0.25 0.59 0.36 0.51 3.26 3.75 2.15 0.61 0.54 0.63 0.03
(WY) 1957 1957 1957 1984 1978 2000 1963 1988 1988 1988 1956 1956

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 5924.35   6350.33  
ANNUAL MEAN 16.2     17.4     18.8        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 42.8         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.77       1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 448            Jul 21 307            Nov 19 860            Jul 13 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.64       A 0.69       Oct 1 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.65       Jan 23 1.1         Oct 1 0.00       B
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 413            Nov 18 1380        C Jul 13 1957
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.66       Nov 18 11.79   D Nov 28 1990
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00       Oct 6
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.703 0.751 0.813    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.54   10.23   11.04      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 34        38        42           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.0     8.3     5.1        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.98   2.3     1.0        

A - Jan. 24-27, Feb. 17, estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - At times in several years.

C - Gage height, 11.75 ft.

D - Discharge, 809 ft3/s.


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