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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 05536000 NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT NILES, IL

Cook County, Illinois
Hydrologic Unit Code 07120003
Latitude  42°00'44", Longitude  87°47'45" NAD83
Drainage area 100  square miles
Gage datum 601.49 feet above NAVD88
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Water
Year		 Date Gage
Height
(feet)		 Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1951 1951-05-11 7.12 952
1952 1952-04-14 7.89 870
1953 1953-03-15 5.23 428
1954 1954-04-26 8.56 1,510
1955 1954-10-11 9.01 1,700
1956 1956-04-29 7.26 1,030
1957 1957-07-13 9.28 1,850
1958 1958-02-28 6.15 647
1959 1959-04-29 6.37 695
1960 1960-03-31 8.15 1,340
1961 1961-09-25 8.12 1,290
1962 1962-03-20 7.38 1,010
1963 1963-04-30 7.14 905
1964 1964-04-06 6.82 810
1965 1965-04-25 6.09 658
1966 1966-05-12 8.25 1,360
1967 1967-06-11 9.83 2,210
1968 1968-08-17 6.96 858
1969 1969-06-09 8.87 1,300
1970 1970-06-02 8.14 1,170
1971 1971-02-20 7.56 1,070
1972 1972-06-15 8.87 1,440
1973 1973-04-22 7.73 1,050
1974 1974-05-17 7.80 1,070
1975 1975-04-19 8.09 1,160
1976 1976-04-25 9.14 1,550
1977 1977-06-11 6.32 723
1978 1978-09-17 8.07 1,150
1979 1979-03-04 7.80 1,150
1980 1979-12-25 5.91 712
1981 1981-08-15 8.45 1,160
1982 1982-07-23 8.78 1,420
1983 1982-12-03 8.99 1,480
1984 1983-10-23 8.05 1,210
1985 1985-03-04 8.56 1,350
1986 1986-09-29 9.47 1,800
1987 1987-08-14 11.35 2,590
1988 1988-01-20 6.47 831
1989 1989-08-04 9.45 1,780
1990 1990-05-10 8.99 1,600
1991 1990-11-28 8.29 1,360
1992 1991-10-04 6.73 893C
1993 1993-04-01 7.97 1,250C
1994 1994-06-24 8.80 1,530C
1995 1995-04-27 8.22 1,330C
1996 1996-05-09 7.61 1,220C
1997 1997-02-21 10.63 2,260C
1998 1998-05-08 7.12 993C
1999 1999-04-23 9.51 1,800C
2000 2000-04-21 8.10 1,290C
2001 2001-08-31 8.37 1,380C
2002 2002-08-22 9.86 1,940C
2003 2003-05-01 7.59 1,130C
2004 2004-05-23 7.79 1,130C
2005 2005-01-13 7.85 1,210C
2006 2006-09-23 7.02 965C
2007 2007-08-24 9.61 1,730C
2008 2008-09-13 12.13 3,340C
2009 2009-06-19 9.81 1,980C
2010 2010-07-24 8.95 1,560C
2011 2011-07-23 10.08 2,100C
2012 2012-05-03 6.71 770C
2013 2013-04-18 12.12 3,330C
2014 2014-05-13 8.99 1,580C
2015 2015-04-10 8.37 1,330C
2016 2016-07-24 9.20 1,670C
2017 2017-05-01 8.55 1,400C
2018 2018-02-21 9.20 1,670C
2019 2019-05-01 9.28 1,710C
2020 2020-05-18 10.26 2,2502,C
2021 2021-06-26 6.84 804C
2022 2022-05-03 6.76 918C
2023 2023-04-01 7.62 1,150C
2024 2024-07-17 7.16 1,030C
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