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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 1983), 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) (638.63 ft NAVD 1988).
 

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 good except those for October 1 to June 16, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
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 0.06 16      38    3.5 3.1 23    7.5   0.95 0.91 3.1   0.76 0.99
2 0.25 22      23    14    2.9 16    7.0   0.94 0.89 2.0   0.59 0.97
3 0.21 8.0   16    16    3.1 14    5.8   1.5   0.83 1.4   0.60 0.78
4 0.02 22      11    17    4.6 11    4.9   0.87 1.9   19      0.58 0.63
5 0.01 15      9.3 13    11    12    4.4   0.64 1.8   16      0.39 0.56
 
6 0.01 7.2   14    e11    32    20    4.0   0.58 1.0   6.3   0.36 0.45
7 0.01 4.8   79    e9.2 85    49    3.5   0.75 0.95 3.7   0.35 1.6  
8 6.0   3.5   73    e8.0 82    36    2.9   0.71 0.95 2.6   0.37 2.0  
9 2.0   3.0   47    e7.6 54    19    2.5   0.68 1.1   2.1   0.30 0.46
10 0.29 2.7   36    7.2 36    13    2.4   0.83 1.3   1.9   0.26 0.29
 
11 0.11 2.2   34    11    24    11    2.0   7.1   1.2   1.3   0.51 0.21
12 0.08 1.5   23    68    18    10    4.9   4.9   0.87 1.9   18      0.19
13 0.04 1.3   15    321    39    7.9 5.0   5.7   1.9   2.8   8.2   0.18
14 0.04 1.5   8.1 161    120    6.8 2.8   5.6   1.6   1.5   4.0   0.34
15 0.06 1.2   7.5 112    99    6.6 2.4   4.7   1.3   1.2   2.3   1.0  
 
16 0.03 1.2   5.9 62    78    5.9 2.2   3.3   1.1   1.0   1.4   5.2  
17 0.02 0.99 4.4 38    53    7.3 2.0   2.7   1.1   0.91 1.1   1.4  
18 0.03 1.5   e3.1 23    40    8.0 1.8   2.2   1.0   1.2   9.3   0.53
19 0.02 13      e2.3 12    26    17    1.7   32      0.96 0.95 9.5   3.0  
20 0.02 9.5   e2.0 9.1 25    19    1.6   22      0.93 18      34      4.5  
 
21 0.02 5.0   e1.8 7.3 29    14    1.3   11      0.85 19      14      1.5  
22 0.02 4.0   e1.5 e6.4 29    11    3.0   6.9   0.74 7.3   7.2   6.2  
23 20      3.5   e1.3 e5.4 23    10    3.8   4.8   0.88 4.2   4.0   3.4  
24 7.6   5.9   e1.2 e4.7 17    8.9 2.1   3.6   0.98 4.6   2.5   1.3  
25 3.4   11      1.2 e4.1 12    9.9 1.6   2.8   0.91 7.8   1.5   2.6  
 
26 2.4   9.8   e1.2 e3.6 10    9.2 1.4   2.3   0.80 10      1.3   22     
27 2.1   35      1.2 e3.5 8.9 8.2 1.4   2.3   1.3   7.7   2.6   6.0  
28 1.6   36      1.3 3.7 28    7.2 1.2   2.3   0.98 2.9   2.3   14     
29 1.7   20      1.4 3.5 ---    6.3 1.1   1.3   0.52 1.9   0.92 12     
30 1.6   21      1.8 3.4 ---    8.8 0.97 1.1   2.3   1.3   0.77 4.4  
 
31 1.4   ---      4.1 3.3 ---    11    ---      0.97 ---      0.89 0.69 ---     

TOTAL 51.15 289.29 469.6 972.5 992.6 417.0 89.17 138.02 33.85 156.45 130.65 98.68
MEAN 1.65 9.64 15.1 31.4 35.5 13.5 2.97 4.45 1.13 5.05 4.21 3.29
MAX 20 36 79 321 120 49 7.5 32 2.3 19 34 22
MIN 0.01 0.99 1.2 3.3 2.9 5.9 0.97 0.58 0.52 0.89 0.26 0.18
CFSM 0.08 0.49 0.77 1.59 1.80 0.68 0.15 0.23 0.06 0.26 0.21 0.17
IN. 0.10 0.55 0.89 1.84 1.87 0.79 0.17 0.26 0.06 0.30 0.25 0.19
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1953 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 8.48 13.1 14.3 12.5 19.7 33.9 36.0 22.2 16.3 10.1 8.60 8.88
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 2.97 2.16 0.79 0.44 0.22 0.02
(WY) 1961 1963 1963 1963 1963 1968 2005 1992 1963 1965 1966 1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1953 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 7279.74 3838.96  
ANNUAL MEAN 19.9   10.5     17.0    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.2     1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.32   1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 311          Mar 5 321            Jan 13 641        Oct 14 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Sep 28-30 0.01       Oct 5-7 0.00   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.02     Sep 24 0.02       Oct 16 0.00   Oct 5 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 377            Jan 13 933        Aug 14 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 9.40       Jan 13 11.52   Aug 14 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00       Oct 1
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.01 0.534 0.861
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.75 7.25   11.70  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 48      23        42       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.9   3.1     4.8    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.18 0.55   0.40  

A - At times in most years.


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