USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
413339087223001 LITTLE CALUMET RIVER AT BURR STREET AT GARY, IN
LOCATION - Lat 41°33'38", long 87°24'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.024, T.36 N., R.9 W., Lake County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on old CSO access road to the levy in Gary, IN.
DRAINAGE AREA - 5.17 mi². Drainage area derived from the "Drainage Areas of Indiana Streams" publication
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2010 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. 584.51 ft. above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Formerly 584.88 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 14.49 ft, Sept. 17, 2008 based on readings from temporary installation of stage recorder.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 11.66 ft, Feb. 22, 2018. Minimum gage height, 4.45 ft, 07/17-18/12, 09/30/12, 10/01-09/12, 07/25 and 28-30/13, 09/15/13, 10/22/13, 08/18-21/14 and 09/05/15.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water Temperature: Sept. 2018 to current
INSTRUMENTATION - Sutron AquaTemp (SN 1710051) High Accuracy Temperature Sensor, ±0.1°C (-5 to +45°C), NIST-traceable AquaTemp Calibration Certificate 8700-0006.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum: 27.1 degrees Celsius, Sept. 11, 2019. Minimum: 0.6 degrees Celsius, Jan. 25, 2019*.
* Multiple occurrences of the same extreme in selected dataset.
