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Water-Year Summary for Site 05536105

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05536105 NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT ALBANY AVENUE AT CHICAGO, IL
LOCATION - Lat 41°58'27", long 87°42'21" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.12, T.40 N., R.13 E., Cook County, IL, 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.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2009: 2008.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: October 1989 to September 1998; June 2000 to April 2018.
  STAGE: October 1994 to September 1998, June 2000 to April 2018.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 580.67 ft above NGVD of 1929 (580.39 ft NAVD 1988).
REMARKS - Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,850 ft³/s, April 18, 2013, gage height, 8.81 ft; minimum, 3.6 ft³/s, August 5,6, 1993.