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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536105       NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT ALBANY AVENUE AT CHICAGO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°58'27", long 87°42'22" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.12, T.40 N., R.13 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right downstream side of bridge in West River Park in Chicago, 0.1 mi upstream from North Shore Channel, and at mile 43.4.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 113 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1989 to September 1998; June 2000 to current year.

 

STAGE: October 1994 to September 1998, June 2000 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 580.67 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,360 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1997, gage height 6.81 ft; minimum discharge, 3.6 ft3/s, Aug. 5,6, 1993.

 

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


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
168 27 36 28 e40 e23 58 994 148 32 51 56 
280 26 33 26 e48 e23 52 972 100 30 73 43 
384 28 36 27 e50 e25 51 614 94 29 296 28 
4150 27 38 26 e52 e27 333 439 75 30 151 22 
5265 26 36 26 e49 e28 624 808 58 123 57 21 
 
6101 32 46 27 e45 e29 377 738 62 195 45 19 
770 36 48 29 e43 e31 245 508 59 432 42 19 
866 29 42 28 e41 e32 243 280 75 399 41 19 
958 29 46 29 e37 e31 215 802 112 342 59 19 
1063 32 63 28 e27 e30 260 754 71 286 39 19 
 
1158 30 49 30 e29 e34 204 713 61 198 36 19 
1249 37 34 e34 e28 e48 148 714 52 148 33 17 
1341 36 30 e28 e29 e60 110 554 53 95 29 20 
1438 32 27 e26 e28 e70 88 410 52 73 28 59 
1539 39 28 e32 e27 101 76 445 48 330 29 116 
 
1645 35 27 e30 e26 106 66 291 47 276 30 54 
1731 34 27 e29 e26 93 59 208 49 230 34 41 
1841 37 156 e31 e26 79 54 170 64 303 24 31 
1933 52 242 e30 e26 68 49 135 93 140 24 27 
2028 60 118 e29 e25 82 49 117 67 93 24 23 
 
2125 55 77 e29 e25 102 45 109 54 213 25 20 
2225 73 59 e30 e25 92 43 90 47 99 23 36 
2325 57 45 e31 e24 74 40 74 43 76 21 34 
2426 48 41 e30 e23 65 32 67 50 63 19 29 
2543 42 38 e29 e23 73 37 e64 41 56 19 24 
 
2650 39 33 e28 e22 79 35 e63 47 49 25 38 
2737 39 39 e27 e22 67 33 62 31 43 24 79 
2832 39 30 e26 e22 87 33 93 31 39 21 47 
2930 37 28 e24 --- 135 35 314 31 38 21 34 
3029 37 28 e30 --- 85 150 179 35 36 20 30 
 
3129 --- 30 e34 --- 65 --- 178 --- 32 20 --- 

TOTAL17591150161089188819443844119591850452813831043
MEAN56.738.351.928.731.762.712838661.714644.634.8
MAX265732423452135624994148432296116
MIN252627242223326231291917
CFSM0.500.340.460.250.280.551.133.410.551.290.390.31
IN.0.580.380.530.290.290.641.273.940.611.490.460.34

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1990 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN11312186.010715217919721114810212589.5
MAX488266175280394288514446332189342247
(WY)200219911992199319971993199319961996199319902001
MIN38.738.331.328.731.762.784.145.046.033.044.624.1
(WY)199520031990200320032003199419921992200220031994

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1990 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL41940     32849     
ANNUAL MEAN115     90.0  135     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN201     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN90.0  2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1490         Aug 23994         May 11990     Feb 22 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN16         Aug 1217         Sep 1211     Oct 11 1992
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM20         Jul 1819         Sep 614     Sep 16 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1130         May 12360     Feb 21 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE5.31    May 16.81Feb 21 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW15         A3.6  B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.020.801.20
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.8110.8116.24
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS253     210     319     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS55     41     69     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS27     25     28     

A - Jan. 11, due to freezeup, Sept. 9, Sept. 12.

B - Aug. 5, 6, 1993.



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