05527800 DATA: Chemical and Microbiological Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05527800 DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'22", long 87°55'32", in SE1/4 sec.3, T.46 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of Russell Road bridge, 0.3 mi west of Russell, 7.2 mi upstream from Mill Creek, and at mile 109.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: July 1967 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum gage heights, water years 1962-66.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999-2000. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-60, 1964-69, 1971-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-22 and 79-23 as site G 08.

MISCELLANEOUS: March to September 1999; contaminants in streambed sediment, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998.

BIOLOGICAL: Benthic macroinvertebrates, July 1999; fish, August 1999 and August 2000.
PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960-68(M), 1973(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, raingage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 662.00 ft above sea level. Oct. 17, 1961 to June 29, 1967, crest-stage gage at left downstream side of bridge at datum 4.29 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
PRECIPITATION: Maximum, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000.

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	SPE-
		ANA-	COL-		INST.	IN	OF	PRES-		WHOLE	CIFIC
		LYZING	LECTING		CUBIC	CUBIC	SAM-	SURE	OXYGEN,	FIELD	CON-	TEMPER-
		SAMPLE	SAMPLE	GAGE	FEET	FEET	PLING	(MM	DIS-	(STAND-	DUCT-	ATURE
DATE	TIME	(CODE	(CODE	HEIGHT	PER	PER	POINTS	OF	SOLVED	ARD	ANCE	AIR
		NUMBER)	NUMBER)	(FEET)	SECOND	SECOND	(COUNT)	HG)	(MG/L)	UNITS)	(US/CM)	(DEG C)
		(00028)	(00027)	(00065)	(00061)	(00060)	(00063)	(00025)	(00300)	(00400)	(00095)	(00020)
OCT 1999
07...	0950	80020	1028	2.36	--	2.5	14	749	7.6	7.8	975	12.5
NOV
04...	1010	80020	1028	3.71	--	1.0	15	753	6.6	7.9	1140	11.0
DEC
09...	0940	80020	1028	4.07	12	--	11	739	11.0	7.9	1050	9.0
JAN 2000
06...	1000	80020	1028	3.94	7.3	--	1	747	14.7	7.9	1	.0
FEB
04...	1025	80020	1028	3.75	15	--	3	738	7.7	7.4	1540	--
24...	1235	80020	1028	4.87	134	--	1	--	7.5	7.4	1220	12.0
MAR
03...	1005	80020	1028	5.10	163	--	10	734	8.8	7.7	990	8.0
APR
06...	1050	80020	1028	2.53	50	--	24	737	13.0	8.0	1150	14.0
20...	1205	80020	1028	4.93	208	--	24	732	9.2	7.8	949	13.0
MAY
05...	1020	80020	1028	3.57	110	--	15	745	6.7	7.9	833	25.0
JUN
08...	0805	80020	1028	7.20	559	--	7	741	3.9	7.5	550	23.0
12...	1720	80020	1028	7.58	689	--	15	738	--	7.8	--	14.0
13...	1400	80020	1028	9.35	1630	--	18	740	4.9	7.7	252	17.0
29...	0800	80020	1028	3.23	89	--	15	739	4.4	7.7	736	--
JUL
18...	0805	80020	81700	3.46	84	--	18	746	3.1	7.5	755	20.0
AUG
01...	1525	80020	1028	3.06	61	--	16	743	--	8.1	--	24.5
SEP
01...	1100	80020	81700	1.87	9.5	--	6	741	--	8.0	--	33.0

						ALKA-	BICAR-					NITRO-
			MAGNE-	POTAS-		LINITY	BONATE	CHLO-	FLUO-	SILICA,		GEN,
		CALCIUM	SIUM,	SIUM,	SODIUM,	WAT DIS	WATER	RIDE,	RIDE,	DIS-	SULFATE	AMMONIA
	TEMPER-	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	TOT IT	DIS IT	DIS-	DIS-	SOLVED	DIS-	DIS-
	ATURE	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	FIELD	FIELD	SOLVED	SOLVED	(MG/L	SOLVED	SOLVED
DATE	WATER	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	MG/L AS	MG/L AS	(MG/L	(MG/L	AS	(MG/L	(MG/L
	(DEG C)	AS CA)	AS MG)	AS K)	AS NA)	CACO₃	HCO₃	AS CL)	AS F)	SIO₂)	AS SO₄)	AS N)
	(00010)	(00915)	(00925)	(00935)	(00930)	(39086)	(00453)	(00940)	(00950)	(00955)	(00945)	(00608)
OCT 1999
07...	10.7	83.4	36.4	5.4	56.0	185	226	99.5	.4	8.7	169	<.020
NOV
04...	6.5	106	48.5	5.5	64.6	248	303	113	.4	5.7	196	<.020
DEC
09...	3.6	79.2	37.7	6.2	70.5	201	245	117	.4	5.6	141	.031
JAN 2000
06...	.8	105	52.6	5.2	92.0	289	533	154	.4	2.9	193	<.020
FEB
04...	.5	111	53.6	4.5	119	316	386	201	.4	6.0	170	.140
24...	.7	62.2	30.4	6.0	129	136	166	252	.2	6.2	66.2	.227
MAR
03...	4.2	71.7	35.0	5.4	56.5	153	187	124	.2	8.6	94.8	<.020
APR
06...	7.8	93.1	47.3	3.3	65.5	230	281	134	.3	1.2	133	<.020
20...	8.9	66.1	32.4	3.1	64.7	176	214	130	.2	3.8	81.8	.085
MAY
05...	19.2	71.3	35.7	3.5	39.2	214	257	77.6	.3	2.5	81.5	.036
JUN
08...	19.4	49.7	24.1	3.5	19.7	184	224	37.8	.3	2.3	30.2	.027
12...	--	38.6	18.6	3.0	17.3	157	192	29.4	.2	3.4	21.9	.059
13...	15.7	22.3	10.2	2.9	9.2	69	84	15.5	.2	4.4	11.0	.048
29...	18.7	73.8	35.5	3.1	29.0	282	359	51.2	.3	9.5	50.7	.197
JUL
18...	22.9	73.7	34.4	3.1	29.4	--	--	52.2	.3	10.7	53.0	.059
AUG
01...	24.5	63.3	28.3	3.8	42.8	199	242	73.9	.2	7.5	74.9	.075
SEP
01...	--	83.5	39.7	3.9	58.3	260	318	99.4	.4	6.3	92.4	<.020

	NITRO-	NITRO-		NITRO-	NITRO-	NITRO-			NITRO-	PHOS-		PHOS-
	GEN,AM-	GEN,AM-	NITRO-	GEN,	GEN,	GEN,	NITRO-		GEN,	PHATE,	PHOS-	PHORUS
	MONIA +	MONIA +	GEN	NITRATE	NO₂+NO₃	ORGANIC	GEN,	NITRO-	NITRITE	ORTHO,	PHORUS	ORTHO,
	ORGANIC	ORGANIC	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	ORGANIC	GEN,	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-
	DIS.	TOTAL	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	TOTAL	TOTAL	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED
DATE	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L
	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)	AS PO₄)	AS P)	AS P)
	(00623)	(00625)	(00602)	(00618)	(00631)	(00607)	(00605)	(00600)	(00613)	(00660)	(00666)	(00671)
OCT 1999
07...	.73	.56	2.9	2.13	2.16	--	--	2.7	.029	.058	.062	.019
NOV
04...	.53	1.1	--	--	<.050	--	--	--	<.010	.123	.063	.040
DEC
09...	.65	.75	2.5	1.87	1.89	.62	.72	2.6	.015	.313	.132	.102
JAN 2000
06...	.43	.51	1.6	--	1.13	--	--	1.6	<.010	.034	.022	.011
FEB
04...	.63	.61	2.6	1.95	1.98	.49	.47	2.6	.026	.107	.046	.035
24...	.75	1.1	5.9	5.11	5.14	.52	.87	6.2	.029	.386	.157	.126
MAR
03...	.85	1.0	9.0	8.06	8.11	--	--	9.1	.047	.218	.099	.071
APR
06...	.53	.71	3.6	3.05	3.06	--	--	3.8	.014	--	.020	<.010
20...	.97	.85	4.0	3.01	3.03	.88	.77	3.9	.026	.110	.047	.036
MAY
05...	.86	1.2	3.6	2.69	2.73	.82	1.2	3.9	.045	.104	.054	.034
JUN
08...	.77	1.1	3.7	2.87	2.90	.75	1.1	4.0	.026	.212	.103	.069
12...	.69	.87	2.3	1.55	1.58	.63	.81	2.4	.027	.411	.166	.134
13...	.52	1.0	2.5	1.96	1.98	.47	.97	3.0	.021	.386	.155	.126
29...	1.1	1.3	4.1	2.89	2.97	.90	1.1	4.3	.078	.242	.106	.079
JUL
18...	.91	1.2	3.6	2.68	2.72	.85	1.2	4.0	.045	.340	.128	.111
AUG
01...	.69	.97	1.9	1.21	1.24	.62	.90	2.2	.030	.175	.079	.057
SEP
01...	.61	1.0	--	--	<.050	--	--	--	<.010	.205	.093	.067

		SOLIDS,				SED.		QUALITY
		RESIDUE		MANGA-		SUSP.		ASSUR-
	PHOS-	AT 180	IRON,	NESE,	SEDI-	SIEVE		ANCE
	PHORUS	DEG. C	DIS-	DIS-	MENT,	DIAM.	PURPOSE	DATA	REP-			SAM-
	TOTAL	DIS-	SOLVED	SOLVED	SUS-	% FINER	SITE	INDICA-	LICATE	SAMPLE	SAMPLER	PLING
DATE	(MG/L	SOLVED	(UG/L	(UG/L	PENDED	THAN	VISIT,	TOR	TYPE	PURPOSE	TYPE	METHOD,
	AS P)	(MG/L)	AS FE)	AS MN)	(MG/L)	.062 MM	(CODE)	CODE	(CODE)	CODE	(CODE)	CODES
	(00665)	(70300)	(01046)	(01056)	(80154)	(70331)	(50280)	(99111)	(99105)	(71999)	(84164)	(82398)
OCT 1999
07...	.162	601	10	73	135	100	1001	10	--	15.00	3045	10
NOV
04...	.176	738	20	41	211	79	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
DEC
09...	.189	618	20	23	111	98	1001	1	--	15.00	3045	10
JAN 2000
06...	.073	828	10	49	199	76	1001	1	--	15.00	8010	70
FEB
04...	.093	894	20	173	199	66	1001	1	--	15.00	8010	70
24...	.199	668	30	85	119	98	1003	1	--	15.00	3045	70
MAR
03...	.124	567	20	7	93	97	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
APR
06...	.064	678	20	46	120	98	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
20...	.129	525	10	19	130	99	1003	30	30.00	15.00	3039	10
MAY
05...	.132	500	30	66	128	97	1001	1	--	15.00	3044	10
JUN
08...	.120	326	20	5	69	97	1001	1	--	15.00	3060	10
12...	.249	255	30	24	107	100	1002	1	--	15.00	3051	10
13...	.323	155	30	5	146	99	1002	30	30.00	15.00	3051	10
29...	.230	452	20	183	129	97	1001	1	--	15.00	3045	10
JUL
18...	.243	453	20	93	--	--	1006	1	--	15.00	8010	10
AUG
01...	.215	460	10	134	140	98	1001	1	--	15.00	3045	10
SEP
01...	.304	594	<10	216	218	98	1001	1	--	15.00	3045	10