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LOCATION.-- Lat 42°02'58", long 87°55'05" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.18, T.41 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 58 (Golf Road) in Des Plaines, 2 mi west of U.S. Highway 45, and at mile 3.0. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13.2 mi2. |
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PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE |
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DISCHARGE: October 1950 to current year. |
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STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. |
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REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1915: 1957-60. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. |
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GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 634.02 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark) (633.74 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Sept. 9, 1968, at site 90 ft downstream and at datum 1.00 ft higher. Sept. 9, 1968, to Sept. 10, 1970, at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher. |
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REMARKS.-- Prior to Nov. 15, 1958, effluent from Arlington Heights sewage-treatment plant entered Weller Creek above station. |
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EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,590 ft3/s, June 10, 1967, gage height, 15.09 ft, present datum; no flow at times in most years. |
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Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |