05526000 DATA: Chemical and Microbiological Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05526000 IROQUOIS RIVER NEAR CHEBANSE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°00'32", long 87°49'24", in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.10, T.29 N., R.13 W., Kankakee County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on county highway, 3.1 mi downstream from Beaver Creek, 4.5 mi east of Chebanse, and at mile 6.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,091 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: April 1923 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-1998;2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999-2000. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site FL 02.

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

MISCELLANEOUS: June and July 1998; Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998.

BIOLOGICAL: Benthic macroinvertebrates, July 1999; fish, August, 1999.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1308: 1924-28(M), 1930(M), 1936(M), 1938(M), 1942(M), 1947(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemetry, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 595.99 ft above sea level. Prior to June 16,1976, nonrecording gage, and June 17, 1976 to Aug. 13, 1979 water-stage recorder at site 600 ft upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. Aug. 14 to Oct. 24, 1979, nonrecording gage at present site at datum 2.00 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,000 ft³/s, May 13, 1933, Mar. 7, 1979; maximum gage height 21.68 ft, Mar. 7, 1979, present datum, ice jam; minimum discharge, 9 ft³/s, Oct. 6-8, 1956.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 1,400 mg/L, Apr. 14, 1979; minimum daily, 4 mg/L, Mar. 3, 1994.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 57,000 tons, June 5, 1980; minimum daily, 3.2 tons, Nov. 16, 1979.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood in spring of 1913 reached a stage of 21.6 ft, present datum, discharge about 34,000 ft³/s.

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...	1100	80020	81700	2.48	109	--	30	748	10.5	7.8
NOV
02...	1055	80020	81700	2.22	55	--	21	742	12.3	7.9
DEC
07...	1105	80020	81700	2.69	166	--	24	745	14.0	7.9
JAN 2000
04...	1110	80020	81700	2.70	169	--	24	741	14.2	7.9
FEB
01...	1055	80020	81700	2.80	--	113	6	748	14.1	6.7
MAR
07...	0855	80020	1028	3.51	495	--	24	748	10.8	8.3
22...	1045	80020	1028	4.28	942	--	12	753	14.8	8.2
APR
04...	0830	80020	81700	3.27	383	--	24	739	12.2	8.3
MAY
02...	1035	80020	81700	4.72	1260	--	19	750	8.9	8.0
30...	1020	80020	81700	6.02	2340	--	10	744	6.3	7.8
JUN
08...	1120	80020	81700	4.52	1120	--	14	745	12.2	8.1
16...	1140	80020	81700	5.50	1880	--	12	733	7.0	7.9
21...	1440	80020	81700	5.90	2240	--	15	739	7.2	7.8
27...	1030	80020	81700	6.66	2920	--	15	745	7.0	7.8
JUL
06...	1140	80020	81700	10.13	7410	--	8	736	5.4	7.5
AUG
02...	1150	80020	81700	3.65	582	--	20	744	6.8	7.9
SEP
05...	1115	80020	1028	2.17	50	--	18	756	9.6	8.2

								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	14.5	11.8	71.6	25.6	3.6	25.0	216	263	--
NOV
02...	641	8.0	13.3	72.3	26.2	4.0	27.3	198	235	4
DEC
07...	648	7.5	4.7	73.9	25.7	3.4	29.4	208	236	7
JAN 2000
04...	636	-1.0	1.9	78.8	24.3	3.6	21.7	190	232	--
FEB
01...	686	-3.5	.0	88.5	27.1	2.9	23.9	213	259	--
MAR
07...	700	15.0	9.9	82.2	27.1	2.2	15.3	186	227	--
22...	636	17.5	8.9	77.5	27.4	2.2	16.7	186	227	--
APR
04...	728	2.5	9.6	80.8	27.9	2.1	14.2	206	242	4
MAY
02...	680	18.0	15.1	82.1	28.6	1.6	11.1	195	238	--
30...	628	22.5	17.6	71.3	27.5	2.1	8.7	166	203	--
JUN
08...	718	28.0	20.1	82.9	29.5	1.5	9.1	225	274	--
16...	631	24.5	22.6	72.9	27.0	2.1	8.8	188	230	--
21...	598	26.0	22.4	65.4	24.6	2.2	7.5	173	211	--
27...	643	24.0	22.1	77.9	26.4	2.1	7.7	190	232	--
JUL
06...	343	28.5	23.1	41.4	13.6	3.0	3.9	106	130	--
AUG
02...	659	28.0	25.5	78.5	27.9	2.4	14.6	242	295	--
SEP
05...	647	18.5	22.3	76.6	32.3	3.1	22.2	211	243	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...	38.8	.3	7.2	75.5	<.020	.51	.38	.72	--	.210
NOV
02...	42.4	.2	6.1	84.0	<.020	.32	.67	--	--	<.050
DEC
07...	42.5	.2	3.9	86.2	<.020	.38	.80	.64	.253	.263
JAN 2000
04...	38.9	.2	3.6	99.9	<.020	.34	.42	2.3	1.98	2.00
FEB
01...	41.6	.2	2.2	103	.042	.42	.42	2.1	1.64	1.66
MAR
07...	39.1	.2	4.5	86.8	<.020	.56	.82	9.6	9.02	9.07
22...	41.3	.2	4.5	78.1	<.020	.30	.81	7.7	7.33	7.36
APR
04...	37.2	.2	2.0	83.3	<.020	.43	.86	6.7	6.19	6.23
MAY
02...	34.8	.2	5.9	68.9	.027	.51	.89	11	10.6	10.7
30...	27.2	.2	7.9	47.7	.048	.65	1.2	16	15.8	15.8
JUN
08...	31.0	.3	7.4	62.7	<.020	.50	.85	13	12.9	13.0
16...	27.4	.2	8.3	51.1	.027	.62	1.0	13	12.1	12.2
21...	27.7	.3	8.8	41.4	.032	.62	1.7	13	--	12.6
27...	25.7	.2	10.5	45.7	<.020	.62	1.2	15	14.3	14.3
JUL
06...	11.9	.2	7.4	18.9	.024	.50	1.6	7.8	7.29	7.33
AUG
02...	30.4	.2	8.2	67.2	<.020	.42	.62	4.6	4.17	4.18
SEP
05...	38.9	.3	9.7	87.1	<.020	.47	.90	--	--	<.050

	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...	--	--	.59	<.010	.120	.061	.039	.121	400	<10
NOV
02...	--	--	--	<.010	--	.022	<.010	.069	411	<10
DEC
07...	--	--	1.1	.010	--	.014	<.010	.066	412	E10
JAN 2000
04...	--	--	2.4	.018	.055	.027	.018	.040	422	E10
FEB
01...	.38	.38	2.1	.018	.067	.022	.022	.030	443	20
MAR
07...	--	--	9.9	.051	.031	.024	.010	.077	434	10
22...	--	--	8.2	.034	.067	.033	.022	.096	420	E10
APR
04...	--	--	7.1	.038	--	.006	<.010	.076	409	E10
MAY
02...	.48	.87	12	.061	.092	.039	.030	<.008	420	<10
30...	.60	1.2	17	.074	.196	.077	.064	.177	383	<10
JUN
08...	--	--	14	.044	.110	.046	.036	.117	436	<10
16...	.59	1.0	13	.064	.218	.084	.071	.172	398	<10
21...	.59	1.6	14	<.010	.264	.101	.086	.310	375	<10
27...	--	--	16	.065	.261	.098	.085	.177	411	<10
JUL
06...	.48	1.6	9.0	.045	.389	.146	.127	.445	226	E10
AUG
02...	--	--	4.8	.014	.193	.085	.063	.147	421	<10
SEP
05...	--	--	--	<.010	.120	.064	.039	.131	410	190

			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...	7	98	100	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
NOV
02...	11	73	96	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
DEC
07...	14	80	96	1001	1	--	15.00	3045	10
JAN 2000
04...	12	74	96	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
FEB
01...	22	80	74	1001	1	--	15.00	3060	70
MAR
07...	13	82	99	1001	10	--	15.00	3044	10
22...	13	74	92	1003	1	--	15.00	3052	10
APR
04...	3	101	95	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
MAY
02...	<2	142	97	1001	30	30.00	15.00	3052	10
30...	E1	191	96	1003	1	--	15.00	3051	10
JUN
08...	E2	170	94	1001	1	--	15.00	3052	10
16...	E2	183	97	1003	1	--	15.00	3052	10
21...	E1	290	98	1003	1	--	15.00	3052	10
27...	<2	212	96	1001	10	--	15.00	3052	10
JUL
06...	3	375	96	1003	1	--	15.00	3052	10
AUG
02...	3	171	89	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
SEP
05...	10	113	92	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10