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USGS 05536000 NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT NILES, IL

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°00'44",   Longitude 87°47'45"   NAD83
Cook County, Illinois, Hydrologic Unit 07120003
Drainage area: 100 square miles
Datum of gage: 601.49 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1950-10-01  2025-10-24  27418 
    Gage height, feet  1991-10-01  2025-10-24  12183 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1984-10-11  1986-09-29  719 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1984-10-11  1986-09-29  385 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1950-10-01  2025-08-14 27347 
    Gage height, feet  1991-10-01  2025-08-14 12112 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1984-10-11  1986-09-29 719 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1984-10-11  1986-09-29 385 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1950-10  2025-08  
    Gage height, feet  1991-10  2025-08  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1984-10  1986-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1984-10  1986-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1951  2025  
    Gage height, feet  1992  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1985  1986  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1985  1986  
 Peak streamflow 1951-05-11  2024-07-17  74 
 Field measurements 1970-03-06  2025-09-25  452 
 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  323 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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