05520500 DATA: Chemical and Microbiological Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05520500 KANKAKEE RIVER AT MOMENCE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°09'36", long 87°40'07", in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.24, T.31 N., R.13 E., Kankakee County, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, on right bank at end of Hill Street in Momence, 0.2 mi downstream from bridge on State Highways 1 and 17, 1.2 mi upstream from Tower Creek, and at mile 47.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,294 mi², of which 201 mi² probably is noncontributing.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: February to December 1905, February to July 1906, December 1914 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1975-1991 and 1999-2000. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-72 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site F 02.

SEDIMENT: October 1978-September 1981, January 1993-December 1995.

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; Contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998.

BIOLOGICAL: Benthic Macroinvertebrates, July 1999; Fish, August 1999.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1238: 1916, 1930. WSP 1308: 1915(M), 1917(M), 1919(M), 1922(M), 1926(M), 1934-35(M), 1938(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage. Datum of gage is 609.18 ft above sea level. Prior to Aug. 1, 1938, nonrecording gage at site 0.2 mi upstream at datum 1.00 ft higher. Aug. 1, 1938, to Aug. 8, 1969, water-stage recorder at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 16,000 ft³/s, Mar. 6, 1979, gage height, 10.51 ft, ice jam; minimum, 243 ft³/s, Aug. 7, 1988.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 2,620 mg/L, June 9, 1981; minimum daily, 4 mg/L, Feb. 22, Apr. 30, May 3, 4, 1993.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 30,600 tons, May 30, 1981; minimum daily, 23 tons, Nov. 23, 1980.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Sampled as part of the Upper Illinois River Basin (UIRB) National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA).

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
					DIS-	DIS-		BARO-		PH
		AGENCY	AGENCY		CHARGE,	CHARGE,	NUMBER	METRIC		WATER
		ANA-	COL-		INST.	IN	OF	PRES-		WHOLE
		LYZING	LECTING		CUBIC	CUBIC	SAM-	SURE	OXYGEN,	FIELD
		SAMPLE	SAMPLE	GAGE	FEET	FEET	PLING	(MM	DIS-	(STAND-
DATE	TIME	(CODE	(CODE	HEIGHT	PER	PER	POINTS	OF	SOLVED	ARD
		NUMBER)	NUMBER)	(FEET)	SECOND	SECOND	(COUNT)	HG)	(MG/L)	UNITS)
		(00028)	(00027)	(00065)	(00061)	(00060)	(00063)	(00025)	(00300)	(00400)
OCT 1999
05...	1245	80020	81700	1.28	740	--	24	748	11.5	8.0
NOV
02...	1230	80020	81700	1.12	569	--	24	739	13.3	8.2
DEC
07...	1240	80020	81700	1.61	1160	--	21	746	12.4	7.9
JAN 2000
04...	1240	80020	81700	1.73	--	1180	20	741	12.0	7.9
FEB
01...	1230	80020	81700	2.24	--	640	6	748	13.4	7.2
MAR
07...	1100	80020	1028	2.15	1910	--	17	748	10.0	8.2
APR
04...	1135	80020	81700	1.77	1360	--	14	739	13.2	8.2
MAY
02...	1155	80020	81700	2.42	2320	--	21	750	9.2	7.9
JUN
01...	1400	80020	81700	2.61	2640	--	10	747	13.7	7.9
08...	1300	80020	81700	2.29	2130	--	14	746	10.7	8.1
14...	1300	80020	81700	2.73	2840	--	10	729	7.2	7.9
16...	0930	80020	81700	3.00	3290	--	12	732	7.0	7.8
21...	1300	80020	81700	4.41	6330	--	16	740	6.6	7.7
27...	1200	80020	81700	4.10	5600	--	12	745	5.6	7.6
AUG
02...	1000	80020	81700	1.67	1230	--	20	744	11.2	8.3
SEP
05...	1340	80020	1028	1.09	540	--	28	756	10.1	8.3

								ALKA-	BICAR-	CAR-
	SPE-				MAGNE-	POTAS-		LINITY	BONATE	BONATE
	CIFIC			CALCIUM	SIUM,	SIUM,	SODIUM,	WAT DIS	WATER	WATER
	CON-	TEMPER-	TEMPER-	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	TOT IT	DIS IT	DIS IT
	DUCT-	ATURE	ATURE	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	FIELD	FIELD	FIELD
DATE	ANCE	AIR	WATER	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	MG/L AS	MG/L AS	MG/L AS
	(US/CM)	(DEG C)	(DEG C)	AS CA)	AS MG)	AS K)	AS NA)	CACO₃	HCO₃	CO₃
	(00095)	(00020)	(00010)	(00915)	(00925)	(00935)	(00930)	(39086)	(00453)	(00452)
OCT 1999
05...	627	15.5	12.0	80.2	25.5	3.0	15.1	207	252	--
NOV
02...	656	10.5	13.0	86.4	27.5	2.8	15.2	219	257	5
DEC
07...	632	7.0	5.8	83.1	26.1	2.9	14.8	164	200	--
JAN 2000
04...	599	-1.0	3.9	81.8	24.2	2.6	11.7	203	247	--
FEB
01...	655	1.5	.0	88.6	27.0	2.6	16.4	215	262	--
MAR
07...	661	22.0	11.1	85.1	24.7	2.5	11.6	200	245	--
APR
04...	662	4.5	10.0	86.7	25.9	2.4	12.4	202	246	--
MAY
02...	622	20.0	15.4	84.2	25.2	2.4	11.7	196	238	--
JUN
01...	617	29.0	20.2	73.7	23.7	3.2	11.9	207	253	--
08...	611	30.5	19.3	77.7	24.1	2.6	11.0	186	227	--
14...	618	28.5	22.5	69.2	21.9	3.2	10.6	182	222	--
16...	589	23.5	21.4	70.3	22.4	3.5	10.6	156	190	--
21...	426	24.5	21.4	42.0	13.5	4.2	6.2	101	124	--
27...	536	23.5	21.8	69.0	20.2	3.4	8.4	151	184	--
AUG
02...	617	26.0	23.0	79.1	24.5	2.4	13.3	211	251	3
SEP
05...	694	20.5	22.5	101	30.8	2.6	15.4	219	253	7

					NITRO-	NITRO-	NITRO-		NITRO-	NITRO-
	CHLO-	FLUO-	SILICA,		GEN,	GEN,AM-	GEN,AM-	NITRO-	GEN,	GEN,
	RIDE,	RIDE,	DIS-	SULFATE	AMMONIA	MONIA +	MONIA +	GEN	NITRATE	NO₂+NO₃
	DIS-	DIS-	SOLVED	DIS-	DIS-	ORGANIC	ORGANIC	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-
	SOLVED	SOLVED	(MG/L	SOLVED	SOLVED	DIS.	TOTAL	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED
DATE	(MG/L	(MG/L	AS	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L
	AS CL)	AS F)	SIO₂)	AS SO₄)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)
	(00940)	(00950)	(00955)	(00945)	(00608)	(00623)	(00625)	(00602)	(00618)	(00631)
OCT 1999
05...	28.4	.2	9.8	89.3	<.020	.33	.42	.99	.648	.660
NOV
02...	28.2	.2	9.2	95.2	<.020	.23	.36	.69	--	.460
DEC
07...	30.2	.2	9.3	110	.064	.38	.58	1.2	.809	.825
JAN 2000
04...	24.5	.1	9.5	95.0	.134	.41	.55	1.2	.815	.831
FEB
01...	31.8	.2	10.5	99.5	.123	.40	.41	1.5	1.04	1.05
MAR
07...	26.9	.1	8.4	108	.030	.34	.69	2.5	2.12	2.13
APR
04...	27.6	.2	7.8	102	.022	.33	.46	1.3	.984	.994
MAY
02...	26.2	.1	8.2	101	<.020	.41	.71	2.4	1.94	1.96
JUN
01...	25.2	.2	9.5	82.8	.040	.66	1.6	8.1	7.42	7.48
08...	25.0	.2	8.5	93.4	.020	.62	.81	4.4	3.71	3.73
14...	23.9	.1	8.7	81.7	.035	.59	1.2	5.2	4.52	4.57
16...	23.3	.2	9.6	86.5	.055	.76	1.1	6.1	5.26	5.32
21...	13.7	.2	7.0	45.6	.040	.59	2.1	5.1	--	4.51
27...	18.0	.2	10.1	73.2	<.020	.72	.91	4.5	3.75	3.81
AUG
02...	26.1	.1	7.1	90.7	<.020	.31	.77	.97	--	.655
SEP
05...	30.3	.2	10.1	124	<.020	.34	.57	.83	.474	.487

	NITRO-			NITRO-	PHOS-		PHOS-		SOLIDS,
	GEN,	NITRO-		GEN,	PHATE,	PHOS-	PHORUS		RESIDUE
	ORGANIC	GEN,	NITRO-	NITRITE	ORTHO,	PHORUS	ORTHO,	PHOS-	AT 180	IRON,
	DIS-	ORGANIC	GEN,	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	PHORUS	DEG. C	DIS-
	SOLVED	TOTAL	TOTAL	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	TOTAL	DIS-	SOLVED
DATE	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	SOLVED	(UG/L
	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS PO₄)	AS P)	AS P)	AS P)	(MG/L)	AS FE)
	(00607)	(00605)	(00600)	(00613)	(00660)	(00666)	(00671)	(00665)	(70300)	(01046)
OCT 1999
05...	--	--	1.1	.012	--	.023	<.010	.056	393	30
NOV
02...	--	--	.82	<.010	--	.016	<.010	.030	424	10
DEC
07...	.32	.52	1.4	.016	--	.018	<.010	.072	422	30
JAN 2000
04...	.28	.41	1.4	.016	--	.014	<.010	.058	399	20
FEB
01...	.28	.28	1.5	.012	.046	.014	.015	.028	424	10
MAR
07...	.31	.66	2.8	.016	--	.016	<.010	.096	423	10
APR
04...	.31	.44	1.5	.010	--	.016	<.010	.065	416	30
MAY
02...	--	--	2.7	.020	--	.021	<.010	<.008	416	20
JUN
01...	.62	1.5	9.1	.062	.120	.055	.039	.255	387	E10
08...	.60	.80	4.5	.025	.052	.024	.017	.103	409	<10
14...	.55	1.1	5.7	.043	.129	.053	.042	.266	371	E10
16...	.70	1.1	6.5	.060	.126	.053	.041	.182	383	10
21...	.55	2.0	6.6	<.010	.258	.110	.084	.664	239	20
27...	--	--	4.7	.059	.083	.046	.027	.103	357	20
AUG
02...	--	--	1.4	<.010	.037	.013	.012	.091	395	E10
SEP
05...	--	--	1.1	.013	--	.018	<.010	.066	448	E10

			SED.		QUALITY
	MANGA-		SUSP.		ASSUR-
	NESE,	SEDI-	SIEVE		ANCE
	DIS-	MENT,	DIAM.	PURPOSE	DATA	REP-			SAM-
	SOLVED	SUS-	% FINER	SITE	INDICA-	LICATE	SAMPLE	SAMPLER	PLING
DATE	(UG/L	PENDED	THAN	VISIT,	TOR	TYPE	PURPOSE	TYPE	METHOD,
	AS MN)	(MG/L)	.062 MM	(CODE)	CODE	(CODE)	CODE	(CODE)	CODES
	(01056)	(80154)	(70331)	(50280)	(99111)	(99105)	(71999)	(84164)	(82398)
OCT 1999
05...	22	52	98	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
NOV
02...	56	81	93	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
DEC
07...	41	82	91	1001	10	--	15.00	3045	10
JAN 2000
04...	40	75	93	1001	1	--	15.00	3045	10
FEB
01...	72	87	88	1001	1	--	15.00	3060	10
MAR
07...	38	102	92	1001	1	--	15.00	3052	10
APR
04...	42	97	89	1001	1	--	15.00	3052	10
MAY
02...	44	105	92	1001	1	--	15.00	3052	10
JUN
01...	15	166	93	1003	30	30.00	15.00	3051	10
08...	16	121	93	1001	1	--	15.00	3052	10
14...	10	192	95	1003	1	--	15.00	3051	10
16...	10	133	93	1003	1	--	15.00	3052	10
21...	10	447	89	1003	30	30.00	15.00	3052	10
27...	20	94	86	1001	1	--	15.00	3052	10
AUG
02...	16	102	94	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
SEP
05...	29	94	91	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10