05536290 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05536290 LITTLE CALUMET RIVER AT SOUTH HOLLAND, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 41°36'25", long 87°35'52" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.15, T.36 N., R.14 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Cottage Grove Avenue in South Holland, 2.0 mi downstream from Thorn Creek, and at mile 23.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 208 mi². (Does not include part of watershed diverted to Lake Michigan.)

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1947 to current year. Prior to October 1974, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin (WSP 1307, 1727, 1911, 2111, WDR IL 1971-74).
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
PRECIPITATION: October 2000 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1507: 1950, 1953. WDR IL-81-2: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 575.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Illinois Department of Transportation bench mark). Prior to Oct. 27, 1947, nonrecording gage and Oct. 27, 1947, to Mar. 31, 1981,water-stage recorder at site 1.4 mi upstream at same datum. Apr. 14 to Nov. 8, 1981, nonrecording gage at same site and datum. Nov. 17, 1947, to Nov. 19, 1970, auxiliary water-stage recorder at Dixmoor, 4.7 mi downstream; prior to Nov. 17, 1947, nonrecording gage at the Dixmoor site read twice daily.

REMARKS.-- Flow from upper Little Calumet River is diverted to Lake Michigan by Burns ditch. Calumet Sag Channel, 6.6 mi downstream from station diverts the entire flow to the Mississippi River Basin.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,440 ft³/s, July 14, 1957, gage height, 20.11 ft, site then in use; maximum gage height, 20.50 ft, Nov. 28, 1990; minimum daily discharge, 7.9 ft³/s Oct. 6, 1950.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.32 in., May 11, 2002 and Nov. 18, 2003.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Apr. 6, 1947, reached a stage of 19.24 ft, from floodmarks, discharge, 4,760 ft³/s.

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

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	42	52	128	74	e47	152	444	215	1160	47	43	186
2	37	349	116	70	e48	306	302	162	539	44	35	121
3	42	277	98	70	e51	254	225	117	303	86	47	87
4	59	221	94	71	e52	250	179	94	208	476	405	85
5	45	680	196	85	e52	1240	151	86	155	228	227	67

6	39	457	290	79	e50	1290	137	97	124	116	109	60
7	41	256	232	75	e49	677	124	84	104	94	70	65
8	36	169	184	74	e48	393	111	72	98	78	57	62
9	51	132	164	78	e47	287	98	62	81	77	45	62
10	40	113	322	63	e46	244	88	76	126	73	37	59

11	35	105	434	57	44	224	80	166	367	54	37	56
12	34	99	286	64	44	168	70	178	1360	49	56	46
13	37	92	179	72	41	130	67	340	1240	45	48	46
14	288	89	145	72	40	133	64	815	694	48	36	53
15	272	77	126	69	41	125	59	785	515	55	34	75

16	132	72	124	58	38	118	59	397	334	74	31	498
17	90	78	124	60	38	116	106	230	252	69	33	209
18	63	1170	117	67	39	129	95	384	181	45	39	107
19	52	1550	106	55	49	136	66	258	144	41	81	74
20	49	1190	83	55	135	126	78	173	113	37	63	65

21	46	697	77	50	310	114	157	145	109	118	58	57
22	45	425	79	54	278	100	106	212	131	255	42	53
23	44	375	86	50	286	89	79	913	92	127	36	41
24	44	702	86	46	324	121	71	559	73	67	98	39
25	141	511	82	e45	282	153	242	475	63	47	274	46

26	126	339	71	e45	220	232	184	367	61	41	325	49
27	81	238	72	e44	154	398	120	248	54	39	350	47
28	70	190	72	e44	131	323	90	187	55	46	898	33
29	69	157	86	e44	121	733	73	150	54	44	799	30
30	68	140	91	e43	---	595	82	458	48	44	390	31

31	58	---	87	e45	---	601	---	1380	---	55	247	---

TOTAL	2276	11002	4437	1878	3105	9957	3807	9885	8838	2719	5050	2509
MEAN	73.4	367	143	60.6	107	321	127	319	295	87.7	163	83.6
MAX	288	1550	434	85	324	1290	444	1380	1360	476	898	498
MIN	34	52	71	43	38	89	59	62	48	37	31	30
CFSM	0.35	1.76	0.69	0.29	0.51	1.54	0.61	1.53	1.42	0.42	0.78	0.40
IN.	0.41	1.97	0.79	0.34	0.56	1.78	0.68	1.77	1.58	0.49	0.90	0.45

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	103	150	170	171	219	315	313	254	203	135	105	103
MAX	645	572	767	572	667	916	712	638	817	555	360	480
(WY)	1955	1991	1983	1993	1997	1979	1950	1996	1993	1957	1968	1961
MIN	19.8	18.1	27.8	27.0	33.2	65.4	65.1	51.8	35.4	39.0	23.8	17.8
(WY)	1957	1950	1963	1963	2003	2000	1986	1958	1949	1948	1948	1949

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1948 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	65293		65463
ANNUAL MEAN	179		179		187
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					333	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					72.4	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	1550	Nov 19	1550	Nov 19	4240	Jul 14 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	25	Jul 3	30	Sep 29	7.9	Oct 6 1950
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	28	Jan 22	39	Oct 7	14	Oct 27 1949
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			1820	Nov 18	4440 A	Jul 14 1957
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			14.00	Nov 18	20.50 B	Nov 28 1990
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			28	C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.860		0.860		0.897
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	11.68		11.71		12.18
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	455		397		422
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	82		87		84
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	31		43		36

	A - Gage height, 20.11 ft, site then in use.
	B - Discharge, 4.150 ft³/s.
	C - Aug. 16, 17, and Sept. 28-30.