05529000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05529000 DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR DES PLAINES, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°04'55", long 87°53'25", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.42 N., R.11 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank 50 ft upstream from Dam No. 2 of Cook County Forest Preserve, 0.3 mi downstream from Lake Avenue Bridge, 1.2 mi upstream from Central Road Bridge, 2.5 mi north of Des Plaines, and at mile 69.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 360 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 975: 1942. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and masonry dam. Datum of gage is 626.31 ft above sea level. Prior to Apr. 8, 1941, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of July 4, 1938, reached a stage of 9.0 ft, from floodmark, discharge, 5,000 ft³/s.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	272	72	61	85	86	685	236	841	919	392	596	121
2	199	73	60	84	82	649	224	762	968	346	444	115
3	219	71	70	91	82	615	222	672	953	1000	354	113
4	318	65	89	119	80	569	207	585	1010	1100	279	112
5	223	69	417	123	79	520	193	493	1320	816	239	114

6	158	69	392	115	80	445	186	399	1440	706	243	115
7	133	69	294	112	e80	364	213	344	1420	629	252	114
8	119	70	237	107	79	310	346	e300	1310	548	270	123
9	105	68	195	135	82	284	383	e280	1130	468	240	120
10	90	65	167	174	92	256	360	e370	964	815	215	119

11	82	64	145	170	102	236	356	e470	907	1350	180	272
12	78	66	130	134	100	221	365	e520	893	963	152	859
13	66	69	122	125	102	208	362	e520	1040	732	141	522
14	57	67	107	116	105	195	347	e520	1310	607	133	474
15	52	68	105	e100	104	188	324	e520	1800	538	129	455

16	52	67	102	e92	106	196	318	e515	2190	537	122	350
17	53	65	125	e90	108	199	456	509	2370	519	252	284
18	51	62	140	e84	118	188	426	631	2450	471	242	226
19	42	63	134	e82	130	182	508	1550	2330	383	177	e170
20	51	66	129	e78	141	284	1320	1930	2130	304	159	175

21	43	70	114	e76	153	410	2290	1870	1870	253	142	181
22	50	73	84	e74	300	397	2280	1760	1480	219	131	332
23	36	92	99	e76	615	395	2030	1790	1060	194	123	1020
24	45	89	99	81	850	380	1780	1820	897	174	121	958
25	42	77	95	e80	928	380	1490	1720	1020	162	119	770

26	41	70	88	81	873	354	1320	1500	1090	149	e120	687
27	42	71	85	84	819	330	1230	1270	896	141	e140	632
28	61	69	85	79	766	315	1130	1210	724	145	e130	580
29	63	68	83	78	717	295	1020	1070	595	150	e120	535
30	63	69	81	84	---	e270	923	953	484	140	124	493

31	67	---	85	88	---	e257	---	900	---	463	121	---

TOTAL	2973	2096	4219	3097	7959	10577	22845	28594	38970	15414	6210	11141
MEAN	95.9	69.9	136	99.9	274	341	762	922	1299	497	200	371
MAX	318	92	417	174	928	685	2290	1930	2450	1350	596	1020
MIN	36	62	60	74	79	182	186	280	484	140	119	112
CFSM	.27	.19	.38	.28	.76	.95	2.12	2.56	3.61	1.38	.56	1.03
IN.	.31	.22	.44	.32	.82	1.09	2.36	2.95	4.03	1.59	.64	1.15

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	145	210	230	238	314	628	641	414	293	176	130	132
MAX	1453	1187	1368	1046	1070	2216	1990	1557	1299	908	726	1191
(WY)	1987	1986	1983	1960	1974	1979	1993	1996	2000	1993	1972	1972
MIN	.96	3.02	2.73	2.92	5.01	40.7	57.7	41.5	15.3	6.35	.81	.30
(WY)	1945	1954	1945	1945	1963	1945	1945	1946	1963	1946	1944	1944

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1941 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	144012		154095
ANNUAL MEAN	395		421		295
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					656	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					31.4	1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	3330	Apr 24	2450	Jun 18	4870	Oct 1 1986
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	32	Sep 10,11	36	Oct 23	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	34	Sep 6	43	Oct 21	.00	Aug 10 1944
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			2460	Jun 18	4900	Oct 1 1986
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			5.82	Jun 18	10.88	Oct 1 1986
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			29	Oct 23
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.10		1.17		.82
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	14.88		15.92		11.15
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1090		1080		776
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	148		199		133
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	46		69		11

A - Many days in 1944, 1946 and Aug. 7, 8, 1962.