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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536195       LITTLE CALUMET RIVER AT MUNSTER, IN

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°34'38", long 87°31'17" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec. 13, T. 36 N., R. 10 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank 200 ft upstream from Hohman Avenue bridge at north city limits of Munster, 0.4 mi upstream from Illinois-Indiana State line, 4.6 mi upstream from mouth of Thorn Creek, and at mile 29.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 90.0 mi2. During times of floods on Deep River, flow may enter basin from eastern portion of Little Calumet River Basin; or, during times of floods on Hart Ditch, flow may leave the basin and enter eastern portion of the Little Calumet River Basin.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: June 1958 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum is 580.72 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.--Flow from eastern portion of Little Calumet River Basin is diverted to Lake Michigan by Burns Ditch. Periods of high flow frequently are in backwater from downstream storage.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1510 ft3/sec, April 28, 1959, gage height, 13.67 ft; maximum gage height, 17.03 ft, November 28, 1990, due to backwater, discharge, 1200 ft3/sec, estimated; minimum daily discharge, 1.9 ft3/s, Aug. 16, 1964.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Records poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
114 23 41 28 e14 79 125 73 272 24   8.754 
214 86 37 28 e14 93 93 51 150 24   8.742 
317 51 34 28 e14 73 76 40 104 35   9.840 
418 49 33 29 e14 90 64 32 77 72   108   36 
514 162 66 e29 e14 355 54 29 63 22   28   32 
 
613 77 83 e24 e14 318 48 29 54 18   17   30 
713 48 74 e23 e14 182 42 29 45 16   12   28 
812 36 66 e21 e14 130 37 27 39 15   9.728 
912 30 61 e21 e14 104 33 27 34 17   9.628 
1012 27 103 e20 e14 84 31 58 41 15   8.126 
 
1113 26 130 e21 e14 73 29 125 78 14   8.026 
1215 25 83 e22 e14 60 27 80 291 14   8.125 
1316 23 55 e23 e14 51 26 126 290 15   9.924 
14111 24 54 e23 e14 46 25 198 180 14   11   19 
1552 24 45 e22 e14 43 24 144 134 14   8.221 
 
1629 26 42 e22 e13 41 23 95 97 16   7.6120 
1722 27 39 e21 e13 40 40 72 75 16   7.333 
1820 279 32 e20 e14 42 26 123 61 15   11   22 
1919 397 35 e19 e19 42 22 74 50 15   19   19 
2019 271 28 e18 46 42 26 62 42 13   13   17 
 
2119 157 30 e17 105 38 46 51 44 73   11   15 
2218 99 29 e17 99 35 35 85 44 76   9.814 
2319 104 31 e16 111 31 29 154 36 25   11   13 
2419 180 31 e16 117 42 25 115 31 17   55   12 
2552 128 27 e16 85 42 64 102 28 13   48   12 
 
2632 86 27 e16 69 87 46 75 26 13   64   12 
2727 70 26 e16 60 112 37 59 25 11   88   13 
2825 60 27 e15 54 89 29 48 25 9.8248   12 
2924 52 30 e15 49 145 26 41 24 9.0201   11 
3023 46 31 e14 --- 142 31 135 24 12   116   12 
 
3122 --- 31 e14 --- 179 --- 322 --- 10   73   --- 

TOTAL7352693146163410642930123926812484672.81247.5796
MEAN23.789.847.120.536.794.541.386.582.821.740.226.5
MAX1113971302911735512532229176248120
MIN1223261413312227249.07.311
CFSM0.261.000.520.230.411.050.460.960.920.240.450.29
IN.0.301.110.600.260.441.210.511.111.030.280.520.33

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1959 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN34.858.371.561.681.612312394.070.942.137.538.8
MAX151212301199252386268266222185141217
(WY)199419731983199319591979197319591993199619901965
MIN6.475.297.127.328.4918.221.318.111.29.567.285.54
(WY)196919721961196119632000196319921965199119641966

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1959 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL17999.1    18637.3    
ANNUAL MEAN49.3    50.9    69.6    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN121       1973
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN23.5    1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN529           Jul 21397           Nov 191160       Apr 28 1959
LOWEST DAILY MEAN6.7        Jun 257.3        Aug 171.9    Aug 16 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM7.5        Jun 228.6        Aug 112.2    Sep 2 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW428           Nov 181510       Apr 28 1959
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE11.07      Nov 1817.03  Nov 28 1990
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.5480.5660.774
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)7.44  7.70  10.51  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS131       113       173       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS21       29       31       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS10       13       9.0    



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