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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05528000       DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°20'39", long 87°56'18" (NAD of 1983), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.27, T.45 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 120, 2.5 mi southwest of Gurnee, and at mile 94.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 232 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1945 to September 1958, October 1968 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1960-68.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960(M), 1962(M). WDR IL-77-1: 1971.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 650.30 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark) (650.00 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to May 26, 1946, nonrecording gage. May 27, 1946, to Sept. 30, 1958, water-stage recorder. Dec. 17, 1959, to September 1968, crest-stage gage. October 1968 to September 1998, water stage recorder at site 800 ft upstream at same datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plants, 0.5 mi upstream. Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,890 ft3/s, May 25, 2004, gage height, 11.76 ft; maximum gage height, 11.95 ft, Sept. 27, 1986; no flow Sept. 26 to Oct. 19, 1956, and part of each day Aug. 27-30, Sept. 1, 2, 1970.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.76 in., Oct. 13, 2001.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plants averaged 50.2 ft3/s. The maximum monthly effluent was 64.2 ft3/s in February, and the minimum was 41.1 ft3/s in September.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 42  93  156  83  136  365  239  93  75  33  36  41 
2 48  129  144  121  132  338  239  90  70  31  34  40 
3 45  128  136  135  128  308  257  84  65  31  33  40 
4 44  143  126  144  134  286  278  82  69  47  34  40 
5 44  123  120  136  153  281  295  78  76  45  33  41 
 
6 42  108  142  104  198  300  306  76  75  35  32  41 
7 41  94  258  e95  323  382  307  87  78  34  33  41 
8 50  85  364  e90  453  475  300  78  76  33  34  42 
9 46  78  397  e90  504  530  281  83  71  33  34  40 
10 44  73  398  e94  504  548  255  96  65  39  35  40 
 
11 45  68  393  120  493  548  235  120  59  34  33  40 
12 44  63  363  218  478  513  240  115  55  33  92  41 
13 44  59  325  625  490  459  226  198  54  32  48  38 
14 43  55  265  686  688  395  198  243  53  34  39  41 
15 47  56  208  663  896  327  182  213  49  33  38  38 
 
16 47  57  188  645  1040  269  167  170  48  32  37  45 
17 48  55  161  583  1090  242  150  139  46  33  35  40 
18 49  58  147  520  1030  239  139  121  44  33  86  40 
19 48  88  114  463  1000  256  133  156  43  33  82  48 
20 48  91  e108  384  927  282  128  172  44  49  98  43 
 
21 46  97  e100  302  843  309  132  188  40  41  83  40 
22 45  91  95  234  749  333  142  173  37  36  79  49 
23 98  86  87  212  658  344  147  152  35  38  69  56 
24 77  87  80  207  577  338  143  130  35  44  59  46 
25 76  97  71  195  511  324  137  112  35  38  53  59 
 
26 64  90  67  183  446  308  126  101  35  38  49  80 
27 57  135  66  167  389  289  116  92  36  41  49  63 
28 51  134  65  154  385  273  110  85  35  35  47  60 
29 51  129  66  153  ---  257  103  82  35  34  55  61 
30 58  130  67  147  ---  245  97  81  34  34  45  50 
 
31 60  ---  81  141  ---  247  ---  79  ---  34  43  --- 

TOTAL 1592 2780 5358 8094 15355 10610 5808 3769 1572 1120 1557 1384
MEAN 51.4 92.7 173 261 548 342 194 122 52.4 36.1 50.2 46.1
MAX 98 143 398 686 1090 548 307 243 78 49 98 80
MIN 41 55 65 83 128 239 97 76 34 31 32 38
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 128 175 223 162 257 427 471 324 243 147 120 125
MAX 1011 785 865 514 626 1510 1395 1136 1123 599 648 756
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1993 2001 1979 1993 2004 2000 1993 1978 1986
MIN 16.6 16.5 12.7 10.6 11.9 59.8 79.9 31.3 23.1 23.9 15.0 18.3
(WY) 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 2003 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 115676  58999     
ANNUAL MEAN 316  162      233         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 428          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 26.8       1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3810      May 25 1090          Feb 17 3810          May 25 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 40      Sep 8,22 31          Jul 2,3 7.5       Feb 6 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 44      Oct 1 33          Jul 12 7.9       Jan 31 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1090          Feb 16,17 3890      A May 25 2004
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.88     Feb 17 11.95 B Sep 27 1986
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 23          C
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 817  391      569         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 108  87      120         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 48  35      41         

A - Gage height, 11.76 ft.

B - Discharge, 3,530 ft3/s.

C - July 2, 3, Aug. 6, 7.


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