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USGS 05529000 DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR DES PLAINES, IL

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°05'14",   Longitude 87°53'14"   NAD83
Cook County, Illinois, Hydrologic Unit 07120004
Drainage area: 360 square miles
Datum of gage: 616.15 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-10-01  2025-10-20  31066 
    Gage height, feet  1993-10-01  2025-10-20  11452 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-10-01  2025-07-20 30974 
    Gage height, feet  1993-10-01  2025-07-20 11360 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-10  2025-07  
    Gage height, feet  1993-10  2025-07  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1941  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1994  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1938-07-04  2024-07-16  85 
 Field measurements 1971-08-24  2025-09-16  429 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1974-10-03  1997-04-29  292 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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