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USGS 05534500 NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT DEERFIELD, IL

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°09'09.51",   Longitude 87°49'06.25"   NAD83
Lake County, Illinois, Hydrologic Unit 07120003
Drainage area: 19.7 square miles
Datum of gage: 638.73 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1952-08-01  2025-10-24  26735 
    Gage height, feet  1993-11-30  2025-10-24  11232 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1952-08-01  2025-09-03 26684 
    Gage height, feet  1993-11-30  2025-09-03 11181 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1952-08  2025-09  
    Gage height, feet  1993-11  2025-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1952  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1994  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1953-03-15  2024-07-16  72 
 Field measurements 1972-01-03  2025-09-04  442 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1974-10-02  1997-04-29  279 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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