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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04092750 INDIANA HARBOR CANAL AT EAST CHICAGO, IN
LOCATION - Lat 41°38'57", long 87°28'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.20, T.37 N., R.9 W., Lake County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 04040001, on left bank at the site of the former Canal Street drawbridge, 3,200 ft east of U.S. Highway 20, 3,500 ft north of U.S. Highway 12, 4,300 ft south of 129th Street, and 1,000 ft west of the crossing of the centerlines of Cline Avenue and the Indiana Harbor Canal.
DRAINAGE AREA - Indeterminate.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR IN-96-1: Instantaneous peak flow date.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1991 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meter. Datum of gage is 569.89 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Oct. 1, 2019, at datum 570.20 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Sept. 22, 2000, at site 4,200 ft downstream.
REMARKS - Positive discharges indicate flow towards Lake Michigan; negative discharges indicate flow away from Lake Michigan.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1996 to Current.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
Water Temperature: March 17, 2011 to Current.
Specific Conductance: March 17, 2011 to Current.
pH: March 17, 2011 to Current.
Dissolved Oxygen: March 17, 2011 Current.
Turbidity: March 17, 2011 to Current.
COOPERATION - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)
REMARKS - For most years records fair.
