USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 05528230 INDIAN CREEK AT PRAIRIE VIEW, IL

Lake County, Illinois

Hydrologic Unit Code 07120004

Latitude 42°12'34", Longitude 87°57'18" NAD83

Drainage area 36.0 square miles

Gage datum 658.00 feet above NGVD29

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1960	1960-03-30	2.22	1,410
1961	1961-09-25	0.10	393
1963	1963-04-30	-1.03	162
1964	1964-07-18	-0.67	222
1965	1965-04-06	0.89	656
1967	1967-04-01	1.50	945
1968	1968-08-17	-0.05	354
1969	1969-06-08	0.81	625
1970	1970-06-02	1.32	852
1971	1971		364^4,Bm
1973	1973-04-22	0.79⁶	617
1974	1974-01-27	0.54	526
1975	1975-04-27	-0.60	235
1976	1976-03-05	0.57	537
1990	1990-03-11	5.06	586
1991	1991-05-26	5.30	646
1992	1991-11-30	4.18	268
1993	1993-04-01	5.11	576
1994	1994-02-20	5.72²	815^C
1995	1995-04-27	5.24	623^C
1996	1996-05-17	7.10	1,800^C

Peak Gage-Height Qualification Codes.

Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.

4 -- Discharge less than indicated value, which is Minimum Recordable Discharge at this site
Bm -- Month of occurrence is unknown or not exact
C -- All or part of the record affected by Urbanization, Mining, Agricultural changes, Channelization, or other

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Title: Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow
URL: https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/peak?

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