USGS Surface Water for USA: Peak Streamflow

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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 05536310 CALUMET UNION DRAINAGE CANAL NEAR MARKHAM, IL

Cook County, Illinois

Hydrologic Unit Code 07120003

Latitude 41°35'49.2", Longitude 87°39'56.6" NAD83

Drainage area 12.6 square miles

Gage datum 597.14 feet above NAVD88

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1955	1954-10-11	5.52	389⁷
1957	1957-07-13	6.55	467⁷
1961	1961-09-24	5.80	410
1962	1962-03-11	2.33	191
1963	1963-07-19	3.53	259
1964	1964-04-21	1.46	145
1965	1965-03-17	4.28	306
1966	1965-12-25	6.08	431
1967	1967-04-01	4.36	311
1968	1968-08-17	6.98	502
1969	1969-07-27	2.67	210
1970	1970-05-14	5.64	398
1971	1971-02-19	4.53	322
1972	1972-04-16	3.62	265
1973	1972-12-30	5.05	356
1974	1974-06-06	5.46	385
1975	1975-06-15	2.75	214
1976	1976-03-05	3.52	259
2021	2021-06-26	7.47	640
2022	2021-10-24	6.37	415
2023	2023-09-17	9.68	1,240
2024	2024-03-14	6.91	519⁵

Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.

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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