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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05528000       DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°20'39", long 87°56'18" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.27, T.45 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 120, 2.5 mi southwest of Gurnee, and at mile 94.2.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 232 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1945 to September 1958, October 1968 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1960-68.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960(M), 1962(M). WDR IL-77-1: 1971.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 650.30 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to May 26, 1946, nonrecording gage. May 27, 1946, to Sept. 30, 1958, water-stage recorder. Dec. 17, 1959, to September 1968, crest-stage gage. October 1968 to September 1998, water stage recorder at site 800 ft upstream at same datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plants, 0.5 mi upstream. Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,530 ft3/s, Sept. 27, 1986, gage height, 11.95 ft; no flow Sept. 26 to Oct. 19, 1956, and part of each day Aug. 27-30, Sept. 1, 2, 1970.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.76 in., Oct. 13, 2001.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plants averaged 57.2 ft3/s. The maximum monthly effluent was 73.4 ft3/s in October, and the minimum was 44.3 ft3/s in September.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1115 716 203 e76 88 208 144 234 93 52 27 38 
2104 650 211 e76 95 193 154 240 82 44 27 77 
394 563 213 e77 96 172 156 209 89 41 26 95 
490 482 212 78 86 159 159 186 326 37 27 129 
5101 400 198 78 90 172 158 168 531 34 28 124 
 
688 298 185 79 93 168 153 159 644 34 26 96 
780 226 170 80 83 164 155 148 663 34 26 72 
876 197 159 78 88 240 243 141 669 34 25 59 
970 180 148 78 97 399 482 150 669 50 24 51 
1073 171 141 81 130 463 617 138 656 43 25 42 
 
1181 159 135 83 167 493 683 149 632 51 25 39 
12121 148 133 83 202 497 705 333 602 45 26 37 
13322 135 175 82 206 492 726 337 561 39 58 38 
14777 143 181 83 192 483 729 336 504 34 56 38 
15767 178 186 84 172 472 705 313 441 32 44 35 
 
16680 212 179 85 158 451 651 287 355 30 43 34 
17610 237 178 81 146 419 580 274 261 29 38 32 
18570 229 183 80 136 377 510 256 192 27 33 39 
19535 212 176 82 140 320 468 237 160 27 33 59 
20489 192 171 78 191 261 458 211 152 27 30 73 
 
21438 174 161 63 277 216 441 187 145 29 33 85 
22389 161 155 61 313 193 408 166 128 29 162 82 
23675 148 154 64 325 173 366 146 109 27 97 65 
24835 148 146 66 325 159 327 138 95 27 94 54 
25951 153 120 66 317 148 300 148 81 26 83 47 
 
26976 144 e110 70 305 136 271 135 93 28 78 42 
27929 134 e100 71 282 141 241 128 76 31 64 38 
28887 140 e94 73 243 126 237 122 67 31 49 35 
29856 135 e90 74 --- 142 231 121 64 32 47 74 
30813 174 e84 74 --- 149 227 115 61 30 43 57 
 
31769 --- e81 72 --- 146 --- 104 --- 28 41 --- 

TOTAL14361723948322356504383321168560169201106214381786
MEAN463.3241.3155.976.00180.1268.8389.5194.1306.734.2646.3959.53
MAX9767162138532549772933766952162129
MIN7013481618312614410461262432

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN137.3184.2232.2165.7261.1437.3500.8302.7234.7146.9126.9133.7
MAX1011785865514626151013958471123599648756
(WY)198719861983199320011979199319962000199319781986
MIN16.616.512.710.611.961.879.931.323.123.915.018.3
(WY)197719771977197719771977197719771977197719771977

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1977 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL104802.0    73351     
ANNUAL MEAN287.1    201.0  238.2  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN428     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN26.8  1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1120           Feb 14976         Oct 263470     Sep 27 1986
LOWEST DAILY MEAN38    A    Aug 1324         Aug 97.5  Feb 6 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM49           Aug 925         Aug 67.9  Jan 31 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW989         Oct 263530     Sep 27 1986
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE6.61    Oct 2611.95Sep 27 1986
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW17         Aug 11
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS644       506     578     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS205       141     125     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS64       34     43     

A - Estimated.



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