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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05529000 DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR DES PLAINES, IL
LOCATION - Lat 42°05'14", long 87°53'14" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.30, T.42 N., R.12 E., Cook County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, in the center of the downstream side of the Euclid Road (Lake Avenue), 2.9 mi upstream of Des Plaines, and at mile 69.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 360 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 975: 1942. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
GAGE -
Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage.
Datum of gage is 616.15 ft. above NAVD of 1988.
April 8, 1941, to June 3, 2014, recording gage at site 2000 ft. downstream at datum 10 ft. higher.
Prior to April 8, 1941, nonrecording gage at site 2000 ft. downstream at datum 10 ft. higher.
REMARKS - Accuracy of records is discussed in the Station Analysis archived at the USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of July 4, 1938, reached a stage of 9.0 ft. site and datum then in use (19.0 ft. new datum), from floodmark, discharge, 5,000 ft³/s.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,060 ft³/s, April 19, 2013, gage height, 20.93 ft, present datum; no flow many days in 1944, 1946 and August 7, 8, 1962.
