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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05519000       SINGLETON DITCH AT SCHNEIDER, IN



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°12'44", long 87°26'44", in SW1/4NW1/4 sec.22, T.32 N., R.9 W., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, on left bank 15 ft upstream from bridge on Ackerman Avenue, 0.5 mi upstream from Bruce Ditch, 1.5 mi downstream from Cedar Creek, 1.6 mi north of Schneider, and at mile 10.1.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: July 1948 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

SEDIMENT: Water years 1993-96.


REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1915: 1956-59. WSP 2115: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 623.67 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1949, nonrecording gage at same site at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 1, 1949, to Aug. 13, 1951, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,550 ft3/s, March 5, 1976, maximum gage height, 12.54 ft, November 28, 1990; minimum daily discharge, 3.6 ft3/s, September 7, 1964.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
126 27 29 e22 99 288 79 50 53 30 15 23 
226 27 29 e22 100 247 76 49 56 29 15 e19 
325 27 29 e22 115 217 73 45 55 32 18 e17 
443 27 e29 e22 91 193 70 42 51 35 16 e14 
539 27 e29 e22 71 149 68 41 58 31 16 e13 
 
636 27 e29 e22 67 133 77 40 191 29 16 e17 
732 29 e29 e21 66 130 78 41 188 28 15 23 
832 29 e28 e21 86 123 72 40 133 27 14 e21 
934 29 e28 e21 1030 119 67 40 104 24 14 e19 
1032 38 e28 e20 1060 114 72 39 91 21 14 e18 
 
1131 36 e28 e20 603 111 80 41 81 19 14 e16 
1230 33 e28 e19 388 108 88 39 99 19 14 e15 
1329 34 e28 e18 318 113 75 38 139 18 14 e14 
1429 38 e28 e25 311 108 70 38 106 18 13 e13 
1529 36 e28 e49 367 102 72 40 89 18 13 e12 
 
1628 36 e27 e53 293 105 78 41 80 19 14 e13 
1728 35 e27 e46 246 113 73 55 72 18 15 e16 
1828 32 e26 e44 197 131 70 48 68 18 15 22 
1929 32 e26 e41 176 127 66 46 64 19 20 26 
2029 33 e26 e40 161 120 65 43 59 17 18 27 
 
2129 44 e25 e39 148 112 72 43 58 18 16 e17 
2252 46 e25 e36 142 105 91 44 67 30 15 e18 
2352 41 e25 e35 136 102 87 40 60 34 17 e20 
2450 39 e25 e31 186 99 83 39 53 30 17 e22 
2547 31 e25 e30 1200 97 72 39 50 25 20 27 
 
2645 30 e24 e28 798 93 67 39 46 22 35 29 
2743 31 e24 e27 499 91 61 80 44 19 31 e24 
2842 30 e24 e26 357 87 57 87 40 18 23 e20 
2938 29 e23 e25 --- 84 52 67 37 19 e21 e17 
3030 30 e22 e50 --- 82 51 57 36 17 e18 e15 
 
3128 --- e22 104 --- 79 --- 52 --- 16 e21 --- 

TOTAL1071983823100193113882216214432328717537567
MEAN34.532.826.532.333312572.146.577.623.117.318.9
MAX52462910412002889187191353529
MIN252722186679513836161312
CFSM.28.27.22.262.701.02.59.38.63.19.14.15
IN..32.30.25.302.821.17.65.44.70.22.16.17

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN58.884.911112715320720914312771.549.045.2
MAX295471457475486634477421481321237308
(WY)199419861991199319591982195019741997199619901993
MIN7.5411.88.1317.515.634.348.630.626.310.67.097.78
(WY)196419571964197719641957196319581988198819641964

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2000 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2001 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1949 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL27642     24825     
ANNUAL MEAN75.5  68.0  115     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN227     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN24.0  1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1420         Jun 211200         Feb 252990     Mar 5 1976
LOWEST DAILY MEAN22         Dec 3012         Sep 153.6  Sep 7 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM23         Dec 2514         Aug 93.8  Sep 4 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1400         Feb 93550     Mar 5 1976
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE9.39    Feb 912.54Nov 28 1990
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).61.55.94
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)8.367.5112.72
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS123     117     253     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS38     35     61     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS25     17     19     



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