LOCATION.-- Lat 42°09'10", long 87°49'07" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.34, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on Lake-Cook Road, 1.7 mi southeast of Deerfield, 5.7 mi upstream from Skokie River, and at mile 64.7. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 19.7 mi2. | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current year. | |
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. | |
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY | |
CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91. | |
REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. | |
GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.88 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). | |
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 933 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 11.52 ft; maximum gage height, 11.55 ft, Oct. 13, 2001; no flow at times in most years. | |