05520500 DATA: Chemical and Microbiological Tables, 2001

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 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1975-1991 and 1999 to current. 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: Water year 1999.

FISH: Water year 1999.

HABITAT: Water year 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-		OXYGEN,	PH
		AGENCY	AGENCY		CHARGE,		DIS-	WATER	SPE-				MAGNE-
		ANA-	COL-		INST.		SOLVED	WHOLE	CIFIC			CALCIUM	SIUM,
		LYZING	LECTING		CUBIC	OXYGEN,	(PER-	FIELD	CON-	TEMPER-	TEMPER-	DIS-	DIS-
		SAMPLE	SAMPLE	GAGE	FEET	DIS-	CENT	(STAND-	DUCT-	ATURE	ATURE	SOLVED	SOLVED
DATE	TIME	(CODE	(CODE	HEIGHT	PER	SOLVED	SATUR-	ARD	ANCE	AIR	WATER	(MG/L	(MG/L
		NUMBER)	NUMBER)	(FEET)	SECOND	(MG/L)	ATION)	UNITS)	(US/CM)	(DEG C)	(DEG C)	AS CA)	AS MG)
		(00028)	(00027)	(00065)	(00061)	(00300)	(00301)	(00400)	(00095)	(00020)	(00010)	(00915)	(00925)
OCT 2000
02...	1125	80020	81700	1.28	740	5.9	64.3	8.2	665	24.0	17.9	95.2	28.2
NOV 2000
08...	1130	80020	81700	1.27	729	13.5	122	8.2	661	7.5	9.7	87.8	28.1
DEC 2000
04...	1150	80020	81700	1.66	1220	14.1	102	7.8	709	1.0	1.5	99.2	29.2
JAN 2001
05...	1015	80020	81700	2.69	--	9.4	66.8	7.5	727	.5	0	90.9	28.7
FEB 2001
21...	1225	80020	81700	3.87	5260	12.6	90.3	7.7	597	-6.0	1.3	76.3	21.9

			ALKA-	BICAR-	CAR-					SOLIDS,	NITRO-	NITRO-	NITRO-
	POTAS-		LINITY	BONATE	BONATE	CHLO-	FLUO-	SILICA,		RESIDUE	GEN,	GEN,AM-	GEN,AM-
	SIUM,	SODIUM,	WAT DIS	WATER	WATER	RIDE,	RIDE,	DIS-	SULFATE	AT 180	AMMONIA	MONIA +	MONIA +
	DIS-	DIS-	TOT IT	DIS IT	DIS IT	DIS-	DIS-	SOLVED	DIS-	DEG. C	DIS-	ORGANIC	ORGANIC
	SOLVED	SOLVED	FIELD	FIELD	FIELD	SOLVED	SOLVED	(MG/L	SOLVED	DIS-	SOLVED	DIS.	TOTAL
DATE	(MG/L	(MG/L	MG/L AS	MG/L AS	MG/L AS	(MG/L	(MG/L	AS	(MG/L	SOLVED	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L
	AS K)	AS NA)	CACO₃	HCO₃	CO₃	AS CL)	AS F)	SIO₂)	AS SO₄)	(MG/L)	AS N)	AS N)	AS N)
	(00935)	(00930)	(39086)	(00453)	(00452)	(00940)	(00950)	(00955)	(00945)	(70300)	(00608)	(00623)	(00625)
OCT 2000
02...	2.58	14.6	208	246	4	25.3	.2	10.4	96.2	422	<.020	.29	.43
NOV 2000
08...	2.71	16.3	213	250	5	26.8	.2	8.4	99.5	424	<.041	.25	.39
DEC 2000
04...	2.69	15.0	210	249	4	29.7	.2	9.9	122	461	E.037	.23	.50
JAN 2001
05...	2.70	15.6	214	261	--	35.1	.2	10.4	117	461	.141	.43	.54
FEB 2001
21...	3.63	9.2	165	201	--	22.1	E.2	8.7	87.7	379	.110	.69	.75

	NITRO-	NITRO-		PHOS-				SED.
	GEN,	GEN,	PHOS-	PHORUS			MANGA-	SUSP.
	NO₂+NO₃	NITRITE	PHORUS	ORTHO,	PHOS-	IRON,	NESE,	SIEVE	SEDI-
	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	PHORUS	DIS-	DIS-	DIAM.	MENT,
	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	TOTAL	SOLVED	SOLVED	% FINER	SUS-
DATE	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(UG/L	(UG/L	THAN	PENDED
	AS N)	AS N)	AS P)	AS P)	AS P)	AS FE)	AS MN)	.062 MM	(MG/L)
	(00631)	(00613)	(00666)	(00671)	(00665)	(01046)	(01056)	(70331)	(80154)
OCT 2000
02...	.789	<.010	.022	.018	.062	M	17.3	73	104
NOV 2000
08...	.658	E.005	.016	E.011	.035	30	45.5	88	61
DEC 2000
04...	1.97	.015	.017	E.013	.043	20	31.7	94	147
JAN 2001
05...	1.31	.017	.013	E.012	.058	10	84.4	91	91
FEB 2001
21...	4.99	.048	.030	.019	.070	20	33.6	95	51

<	Less than
E	Estimated value
M	Presence verified, not quantified