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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05534500 NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT DEERFIELD, IL
LOCATION - Lat 42°09'09.51", long 87°49'06.25" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.34, T.43 N., R.12 E., Lake County, IL, 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.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: August 1952 to current.
  STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
  CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
PRECIPITATION: April 2018 to current.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, unheated tipping bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.73 ft. above NAVD of 1988.
REMARKS - Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 933 ft³/s, August 14, 1987, gage height, 11.52 ft; maximum gage height, 12.75 ft, July 12, 2017, discharge, 928 ft³/s; no flow at times in most years.