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Chicago River at Columbus Drive at Chicago, IL - 05536123

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Chicago River at Columbus Drive at Chicago, IL - 05536123
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February 12, 2025 - February 19, 2025
Gage height, feet
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Gage height, feetGage height, feet from February 12, 2025 - February 19, 2025Feb 13Feb 14Feb 15Feb 16Feb 17Feb 18Feb 190.00.20.40.60.81.0
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
-1.84 ft
Provisional
Feb 19, 2025
20:38:00 PM CST
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Median
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Statistics for February 19, 2025 based on 26 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (2014)
-3.07 ft
25th percentile
-2.36 ft
median
-2.17 ft
75th percentile
-1.94 ft
mean
-2.19 ft
high (2000)
-1.72 ft

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Continuous data

3 data types available - data from 2005-10-01 to 2025-02-19
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2025-02-19
Discharge, cubic feet per second
2005-10-01 - 2006-09-30
Water velocity reading from field sensor, feet per second (RDI-ADVM AVE-X)
2018-04-16 - 2025-02-19

Daily data

2 data types available - data from 1996-10-01 to 2025-02-18

Field measurements - Coming soon

0 data types available

Discrete sample data

6 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 2005-12-19 to 2005-12-19
2 Sampling activities
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Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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