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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

05536290 LITTLE CALUMET RIVER AT SOUTH HOLLAND, IL

LOCATION - Lat 41°36'25.3", long 87°35'51.3" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.15, T.36 N., R.14 E., Cook County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Cottage Grove Avenue in South Holland, 2.0 mi downstream from Thorn Creek, and at mile 23.0.

DRAINAGE AREA - 208 mi². (does not include part of watershed diverted to Lake Michigan.)

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1507: 1950, 1953. WDR IL-81-2: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: October 1947 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.
  PRECIPITATION: October 2000 to current.

GAGE -

Water-stage recorder, satellite and phone telemeter, unheated tipping-bucket rain gage, and crest-stage gage.

Datum of gage is 574.70 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

Prior to Oct. 27, 1947, nonrecording gage and Oct. 27, 1947, to Mar. 31, 1981, water-stage recorder at site 1.4 mi upstream at same datum.

Apr. 14 to Nov. 8, 1981, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

Nov. 17, 1947, to Nov. 19, 1970, auxiliary water-stage recorder at Dixmoor, 4.7 mi downstream; prior to Nov. 17, 1947, nonrecording gage at the Dixmoor site read twice daily.

REMARKS -

Flow from upper Little Calumet River basin is diverted to Lake Michigan by Burns Ditch. Calumet Sag Channel, 6.6 mi downstream from station diverts the entire flow to the Mississippi River Basin.

PRECIPITATION RECORDS: Collection, computation and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation, which are identified as estimated (e).

Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Apr. 6, 1947, reached a stage of 19.24 ft, from flood marks, discharge, 4,760 ft³/s.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,440 ft³/s, July 14, 1957, gage height, 20.11 ft, site then in use; maximum gage height, 20.50 ft, Nov. 28, 1990, discharge, 4,150 ft³/s; minimum daily discharge, 7.9 ft³/s Oct. 6, 1950.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 5.69 in., Sep. 17, 2023.