05529000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

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 1995-2001.

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 FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,900 ft³/s, Oct. 1, 1986, gage height, 10.88 ft; no flow many days in 1944, 1946 and Aug. 7, 8, 1962.

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 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	449	122	241	e149	679	931	325	387	693	164	103	114
2	379	126	248	e150	600	944	313	313	776	154	170	99
3	290	119	242	e150	592	939	288	268	693	147	155	92
4	452	114	236	e150	552	901	275	237	602	141	104	97
5	403	114	222	e152	515	837	275	213	642	133	79	91

6	387	132	197	e157	476	764	368	186	679	129	69	99
7	356	400	189	e160	433	693	363	212	647	305	60	189
8	326	373	186	e160	462	634	334	259	628	268	53	177
9	288	605	166	e162	1510	568	363	231	618	188	e110	180
10	257	894	162	164	2060	498	398	255	609	162	292	277

11	231	807	177	165	1910	454	421	1200	604	141	165	263
12	204	719	153	175	1670	426	728	1140	861	127	107	241
13	182	704	173	191	1450	424	713	805	964	122	97	215
14	168	673	209	230	1380	408	629	692	895	121	88	195
15	159	626	183	322	1370	502	617	813	849	119	81	177

16	152	582	171	422	1310	698	617	768	816	118	213	153
17	142	537	178	455	1130	738	607	653	796	172	235	141
18	129	484	161	448	1010	758	571	597	812	220	160	132
19	121	423	e160	439	894	779	529	548	804	172	314	1720
20	118	353	e159	413	797	793	534	513	787	164	302	1770

21	119	285	e156	384	694	820	593	504	771	148	222	1450
22	115	230	e153	354	594	787	606	478	727	196	367	883
23	113	221	e150	333	515	724	669	416	662	318	699	746
24	130	208	e150	302	557	657	742	e450	565	400	393	741
25	118	192	e147	266	1000	585	753	417	425	315	371	602

26	121	220	e144	247	1020	518	718	412	313	217	433	485
27	134	242	e142	231	954	454	663	661	256	172	275	400
28	138	241	e143	215	928	401	606	690	224	154	196	329
29	149	243	e143	249	---	355	532	644	199	137	164	276
30	139	243	e147	601	---	327	463	606	179	131	150	234

31	128	---	e149	695	---	317	---	577	---	116	171	---

TOTAL	6597	11232	5437	8691	27062	19634	15613	16145	19096	5571	6398	12568
MEAN	213	374	175	280	966	633	520	521	637	180	206	419
MAX	452	894	248	695	2060	944	753	1200	964	400	699	1770
MIN	113	114	142	149	433	317	275	186	179	116	53	91
CFSM	.59	1.04	.49	.78	2.68	1.76	1.45	1.45	1.77	.50	.57	1.16
IN.	.68	1.16	.56	.90	2.80	2.03	1.61	1.67	1.97	.58	.66	1.30

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	146	213	229	239	324	628	639	416	298	176	131	137
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 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1941 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	168073		154044
ANNUAL MEAN	459		422		297
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					656	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					31.4	1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2450	Jun 18	2060	Feb 10	4870	Oct 1 1986
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	74 A	Jan 22	53	Aug 8	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	78	Jan 20	90	Aug 3	.00	Aug 10 1944
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			2090 C		4900	Oct 1 1986
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			4.81	Sep 19	10.88	Oct 1 1986
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			41	Aug 9
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.28		1.17		.83
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	17.37		15.92		11.23
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1080		806		779
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	252		314		137
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	107		129		11

	A - Estimated.
	B - Many days in 1944, 1946 and Aug. 7, 8, 1962.
	C - Feb. 10 and Sept. 19. Maximum stage on Feb. 10 was 4.78 ft.