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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536101       NORTH SHORE CHANNEL AT WILMETTE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°04'16", long 87°41'09" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.35, T.42 S., R.13 W., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Maple Avenue, 0.25 mi downstream from Wilmette Controlling Works, and at mile 7.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- Undetermined.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1999 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, acoustic velocity meter, and phone telemetry. Datum of gage is 579.48 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Chicago City Datum).

 

REMARKS.--Estimated daily discharges determined from a regression relation between USGS mean discharges and mean daily discharges for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's Wilmette Controlling Works located 0.5 miles upstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- Maximum daily discharge, 241 ft3/s, Aug. 12-14, 2003, estimated by regression; minimum daily discharge, -58 ft3/s, Oct. 13, 2001.

 

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

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
120   e20     -1.9  4.3  2.1  12     e21     -0.27-4.3  42   58 81 
215   e18     -4.8  2.3  0.301.2  e32     8.6  1.4  35   88 104 
38.7e12     -2.7  2.8  2.0  6.6  e27     -1.8  31     17   119 101 
412   e10     12     4.8  4.1  -0.21e3     -4.3  11     40   99 141 
58.3e8     -0.060.04-1.0  6.2  e1     2.1  0.9153   32 133 
 
618   e6     0.35-2.2  -4.6  2.9  41     -6.8  5.4  61   41 112 
713   e1     -0.66-2.4  0.082.0  8.4  -4.1  -3.6  68   29 89 
813   e1     -2.6  0.29-0.770.236.4  -8.9  9.4  47   51 82 
938   e0.0  -1.6  0.374.1  5.8  4.2  -0.48-0.1448   88 94 
1038   e0.0  -0.340.501.4  8.7  -0.211.1  -0.2225   71 42 
 
1133   e0.0  -2.2  -2.5  3.5  4.5  e1     -1.5  10     44   107 24 
1223   e0.0  -1.1  6.3  3.0  1.6  e1     -0.226.6  49   102 -47 
1322   e0.0  2.9  3.8  -0.400.29e1     -1.2  3.7  66   73 42 
1428   e0.0  -0.576.6  9.2  -0.48e7     0.3620     51   108 25 
1518   e0.0  1.0  2.5  3.9  6.0  e1     20     -0.9264   53 59 
 
164.3e0.0  -0.812.6  4.5  7.7  e1     95     3.0  69   90 51 
1730   e0.0  3.3  2.9  1.7  12     e1     126     9.6  93   37 42 
1828   e0.0  0.86-0.415.1  2.6  e1     51     25     95   72 36 
1931   -0.941.8  0.554.6  9.7  -0.67-2.8  6.6  109   99 44 
2031   -0.572.0  0.000.197.0  30     0.6520     103   103 30 
 
2118   0.11-0.22-2.7  -0.972.3  13     -3.2  32     113   110 33 
2225   -0.20-0.61-1.9  3.8  3.1  -0.660.1238     90   41 16 
2327   0.111.1  -2.8  3.7  13     3.8  0.2146     59   90 24 
2423   3.1  1.1  -5.3  10     -7.4  3.9  -3.8  25     54   74 35 
2511   -0.37-1.7  0.740.496.6  2.1  -1.6  44     56   79 36 
 
26e24   -0.503.7  2.6  1.3  -3.4  1.4  12     49     62   61 41 
27e27   3.6  1.2  1.8  4.8  -0.341.6  11     54     61   119 37 
28e27   2.1  -0.011.7  0.65e1     1.1  -1.8  34     48   103 38 
29e22   2.1  0.452.2  -3.5  e1     6.6  1.9  50     90   94 29 
30e20   1.8  1.0  2.5  ---     e1     -7.4  -7.7  60     33   92 29 
 
31e18   ---     1.9  2.5  ---     e1     ---     -1.5  ---     2.196 --- 

TOTAL674.386.3412.7834.4863.27114.19212.56278.07586.431847.124791603
MEAN21.82.880.411.112.183.687.098.9719.559.680.053.4
MAX3820126.610134112660113119141
MIN4.3-0.94-4.8-5.3-4.6-7.4-7.4-8.9-4.32.129-47

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2000 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN21.82.880.411.112.183.687.098.9719.559.680.053.4
MAX21.82.880.411.112.183.687.098.9719.559.680.053.4
(WY)200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000
MIN21.82.880.411.112.183.687.098.9719.559.680.053.4
(WY)200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2000 WATER YEAR
ANNUAL TOTAL7991.52    
ANNUAL MEAN21.8      
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN141             Sep 4
LOWEST DAILY MEAN-47      A    Sep 12
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM-3.5          May 3
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS76         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.8      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS-1.1      

A - May have been less during missing-record period Nov. 9-18.



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