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USGS 05528500 BUFFALO CREEK NEAR WHEELING, IL

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°09'07",   Longitude 87°57'28"   NAD83
Cook County, Illinois, Hydrologic Unit 07120004
Drainage area: 19.6 square miles
Datum of gage: 658.28 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1985-10-04  2025-10-27  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1952-08-12  2025-10-26  26738 
    Gage height, feet  1993-10-01  2025-10-26  11436 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1952-08-12  2025-07-14 26634 
    Gage height, feet  1993-10-01  2025-07-14 11332 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1952-08  2025-07  
    Gage height, feet  1993-10  2025-07  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1952  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1994  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1953-03-15  2024-07-15  72 
 Field measurements 1967-07-12  2025-09-09  492 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1974-10-02  1984-06-15  92 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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