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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05535000       SKOKIE RIVER AT LAKE FOREST, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°13'57", long 87°50'43" (NAD of 1983), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.4, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on Westleigh Road at Lake Forest and at mile 13.1.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13.0 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1951 to current year. Prior to October 1952, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River Basin (WSP 1237).

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 648.75 ft above NGVD of 1929 (648.44 ft NAVD 1988).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 580 ft3/s, Oct. 13, 2001, gage height, 7.78 ft; maximum gage height, 8.35 ft, July 22, 1982; no flow many days in 1959 and several days in 2005.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data