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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05536265 LANSING DITCH NEAR LANSING, IL
LOCATION - Lat 41°31'42.1", long 87°31'46" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in sec.17, T.35 N., R.15 E., Cook County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on 202nd Street, 0.2 mi west of the Indiana State line, 0.5 mi east of Burnham Avenue, 2 mi south of Lansing, and at mile 2.7.
DRAINAGE AREA - 8.84 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-79-2: 1975-78.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: May 1948 to current. Prior to October 1974,
    records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin
    (WSP 1307, 1727, 1911, 2111, WDR IL 1971-74).
  STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 606.69 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Sept. 20, 1948, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS - Some diurnal fluctuation caused by pumping operations upstream from station. Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 461 ft³/s, May 10 or 11, 1948, gage height, 9.24 ft, from floodmark; maximum gage height, 10.18 ft, Oct. 11, 1954, discharge 302 ft³/s; no flow at times in most years.