05532500 DATA: Chemical and Microbiological Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05532500 DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVERSIDE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°49'20", long 87°49'15", in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.36, T.39 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank 400 ft downstream from bridge on Barry Point Road in Riverside, 500 ft downstream from Hoffman Dam, 4,000 ft downstream from Salt Creek, and at mile 44.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 630 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1943 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1987-92 and 1999 to current.

SEDIMENT: April 1979 to September 1982.

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

BIOLOGICAL

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999.

FISH: Water years 1999 and 2000.

HABITAT: Water year 1999.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1174: 1944, 1948. WSP 1308: 1944(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 594.68 ft above sea level. Prior to Nov. 27, 1946, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft upstream at same datum.

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation by gates at Hoffman Dam.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,770 ft³/s, Aug. 15, 1987, gage height, 9.90 ft; no flow Aug. 22-24, 1962, and part of Sept. 5, 1968, Aug. 31, Oct. 7, 1974.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 297 mg/L Apr. 12, 1979; minimum daily mean, 3 mg/L Jan. 24, Feb. 1, 3, 4, 1982
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 3,240 tons Apr. 12, 1979; minimum daily, 1.5 tons Feb. 3, 4, 1982.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Mar. 18, 1919, reached a discharge of 7,450 ft³/s, gage height, 9.43 ft., present datum, from information furnished by Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago.

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
03...	0925	80020	81700	3.43	467	--	--	7.8	826	16.5	17.4	65.3	28.5
NOV 2000
09...	0930	80020	81700	3.99	986	9.9	92.5	7.7	736	8.0	10.4	50.7	20.4
DEC 2000
05...	0930	80020	81700	3.37	421	13.2	98.2	8.5	1090	-8.0	2.6	74.2	30.8
JAN 2001
04...	1105	80020	81700	3.29	--	13.8	96.7	7.7	1860	-2.5	0	76.5	32.1
FEB 2001
22...	0955	80020	81700	3.53	908	14.2	102	7.8	1270	-5.0	.7	75.2	34.2
MAR 2001
07...	1030	80020	81700	4.00	996	13.6	99.6	7.8	1010	1.5	1.6	67.0	28.7
APR 2001
09...	1020	80020	81700	3.71	711	9.9	100	7.8	1510	15.5	14.0	80.5	34.6
MAY 2001
18...	1040	80020	81700	3.89	888	8.0	92.2	7.8	1080	21.0	20.7	67.4	29.7
JUN 2001
12...	1025	80020	81700	4.24	1220	7.3	85.7	7.7	907	23.0	21.8	58.2	25.3
JUL 2001
16...	1050	80020	81700	3.01	183	7.8	96.0	7.8	1120	28.0	24.3	63.3	28.4
AUG 2001
07...	1030	80020	81700	3.12	253	7.5	96.8	7.6	990	31.0	27.5	53.8	24.9

			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
03...	7.55	69.4	177	216	--	102	.5	8.9	70.1	489	.062	.85	1.0
NOV 2000
09...	5.72	68.6	131	160	--	108	.4	3.7	63.3	431	.189	.56	1.0
DEC 2000
05...	7.50	95.5	202	242	2	164	.5	6.0	85.7	632	.078	<.10	1.0
JAN 2001
04...	8.47	240	193	235	--	395	.6	5.4	89.0	1060	.205	.98	1.1
FEB 2001
22...	5.56	125	209	255	--	226	.3	6.9	74.2	724	.185	.89	1.0
MAR 2001
07...	4.91	90.9	179	219	--	169	.3	5.7	61.6	588	.113	.76	.88
APR 2001
09...	5.90	163	207	252	--	297	.4	3.0	84.8	874	.100	.83	1.1
MAY 2001
18...	4.65	99.8	197	240	--	181	.3	5.2	61.5	624	E.040	.71	1.3
JUN 2001
12...	5.06	80.1	172	210	--	141	.3	5.3	53.5	535	.062	.64	1.5
JUL 2001
16...	10.6	111	172	210	--	174	.8	4.8	91.9	668	.172	1.1	1.4
AUG 2001
07...	9.41	109	136	166	--	167	.8	5.2	82.7	588	.041	.88	1.0

	NITRO-	NITRO-		PHOS-				2,6-DI-					BEN-
	GEN,	GEN,	PHOS-	PHORUS			MANGA-	ETHYL	ACETO-	ALA-		ATRA-	FLUR-
	NO₂+NO₃	NITRITE	PHORUS	ORTHO,	PHOS-	IRON,	NESE,	ANILINE	CHLOR,	CHLOR,	ALPHA	ZINE,	ALIN
	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	DIS-	PHORUS	DIS-	DIS-	WAT FLT	WATER	WATER,	BHC	WATER,	WAT FLD
	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	SOLVED	TOTAL	SOLVED	SOLVED	0.7 U	FLTRD	DISS,	DIS-	DISS,	0.7 U
DATE	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(MG/L	(UG/L	(UG/L	GF, REC	REC	REC,	SOLVED	REC	GF, REC
	AS N)	AS N)	AS P)	AS P)	AS P)	AS FE)	AS MN)	(UG/L)	(UG/L)	(UG/L)	(UG/L)	(UG/L)	(UG/L)
	(00631)	(00613)	(00666)	(00671)	(00665)	(01046)	(01056)	(82660)	(49260)	(46342)	(34253)	(39632)	(82673)
OCT 2000
03...	4.41	.021	.737	.713	.823	20	21.2	--	--	--	--	--	--
NOV 2000
09...	2.95	.040	.401	.457	.634	30	21.2	--	--	--	--	--	--
DEC 2000
05...	5.70	.037	<.060	.977	1.07	20	17.6	--	--	--	--	--	--
JAN 2001
04...	6.45	.114	1.15	1.10	1.20	30	32.2	--	--	--	--	--	--
FEB 2001
22...	4.68	.067	.364	.365	.426	20	36.4	--	--	--	--	--	--
MAR 2001
07...	4.24	.039	.340	.333	.427	20	25.8	<.002	<.004	<.002	<.005	.031	<.010
APR 2001
09...	4.31	.063	.836	.761	.559	10	28.8	<.002	.008	<.002	<.005	.032	<.010
MAY 2001
18...	3.48	.056	.456	.415	.572	10	15.2	<.002	.099	.007	<.005	.607	<.010
JUN 2001
12...	4.17	.057	.404	.384	.631	M	12.0	<.002	.108	.009	<.005	.782	<.010
JUL 2001
16...	6.63	.064	1.46	1.39	1.53	<10	24.1	<.002	<.004	<.002	<.005	.103	<.010
AUG 2001
07...	6.29	.051	1.35	1.22	1.42	M	20.7	<.002	<.004	<.002	<.005	.050	<.010

CAR-

CARBO-

DEETHYL

DISUL-

ETHO-

BUTYL-

BARYL

FURAN

CYANA-

DCPA

ATRA-

FOTON

EPTC

PROP

ATE,

WATER

CHLOR-

ZINE,

WATER

ZINE,

DI-

WATER

FONOFOS

WATER,

FLTRD

PYRIFOS

WATER,

FLTRD

WATER,

AZINON,

ELDRIN

FLTRD

WATER

DISS,

0.7 U

DIS-

DISS,

0.7 U

DISS,

DIS-

0.7 U

DISS

DATE

REC

GF, REC

SOLVED

REC

GF, REC

REC

SOLVED

GF, REC

REC

(UG/L)

(04028)

(82680)

(82674)

(38933)

(04041)

(82682)

(04040)

(39572)

(39381)

(82677)

(82668)

(82672)

(04095)

OCT 2000

03...

NOV 2000

09...

DEC 2000

05...

JAN 2001

04...

FEB 2001

22...

MAR 2001

07...

<.002

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.015

.008

<.005

<.021

<.002

<.005

<.003

APR 2001

09...

<.002

E.007

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.008

.017

<.005

<.021

<.002

<.005

<.003

MAY 2001

18...

<.002

E.041

<.020

<.005

.085

<.003

E.074

.031

<.005

<.021

<.002

<.005

<.003

JUN 2001

12...

<.002

E.019

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.089

.053

<.005

<.021

<.002

<.005

<.003

JUL 2001

16...

<.002

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.009

.023

<.005

<.021

<.002

<.005

<.003

AUG 2001

07...

<.002

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.014

.024

<.005

<.021

<.002

<.005

<.003

LIN-

METHYL

MOL-

NAPROP-

PEB-

PENDI-

URON

AZIN-

PARA-

METRI-

INATE

AMIDE

ULATE

METH-

WATER

MALA-

PHOS

THION

METO-

BUZIN

WATER

PARA-

WATER

ALIN

LINDANE

FLTRD

THION,

WAT FLT

LACHLOR

SENCOR

FLTRD

P,P'

THION,

FILTRD

WAT FLT

DIS-

0.7 U

DIS-

0.7 U

WATER

0.7 U

DDE

DIS-

0.7 U

DATE

SOLVED

GF, REC

SOLVED

GF, REC

DISSOLV

GF, REC

DISSOLV

SOLVED

GF, REC

(UG/L)

(39341)

(82666)

(39532)

(82686)

(82667)

(39415)

(82630)

(82671)

(82684)

(34653)

(39542)

(82669)

(82683)

OCT 2000

03...

NOV 2000

09...

DEC 2000

05...

JAN 2001

04...

FEB 2001

22...

MAR 2001

07...

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

E.006

<.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

<.007

<.003

<.010

APR 2001

09...

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

.017

<.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

<.007

<.002

E.016

MAY 2001

18...

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

.340

<.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

<.007

<.002

<.010

JUN 2001

12...

<.004

<.035

E.013

<.050

<.006

.105

<.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

<.007

<.002

<.010

JUL 2001

16...

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

.023

<.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

<.007

<.002

<.010

AUG 2001

07...

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

E.005

<.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

<.007

<.002

<.010

PER-

PRON-

PRO-

TEBU-

TER-

THIO-

TRIAL-

METHRIN

PHORATE

PRO-

AMIDE

PROPA-

PANIL

PARGITE

SI-

THIURON

BACIL

BUFOS

BENCARB

LATE

CIS

WATER

METON,

WATER

CHLOR,

WATER

MAZINE,

WATER

WAT FLT

FLTRD

WATER,

FLTRD

WATER,

FLTRD

WATER,

FLTRD

0.7 U

DISS,

0.7 U

DISS,

0.7 U

DISS,

0.7 U

DATE

GF, REC

REC

GF, REC

REC

GF, REC

REC

GF, REC

(UG/L)

(82687)

(82664)

(04037)

(82676)

(04024)

(82679)

(82685)

(04035)

(82670)

(82665)

(82675)

(82681)

(82678)

OCT 2000

03...

NOV 2000

09...

DEC 2000

05...

JAN 2001

04...

FEB 2001

22...

MAR 2001

07...

<.006

<.011

E.005

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.023

<.011

<.016

<.034

<.017

<.005

<.002

APR 2001

09...

<.006

<.011

E.010

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.023

E.004

.032

<.034

<.017

<.005

<.002

MAY 2001

18...

<.006

<.011

.025

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.023

.034

E.013

<.034

<.017

<.005

<.002

JUN 2001

12...

<.006

<.011

.028

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.023

.045

.180

<.034

<.017

<.005

<.002

JUL 2001

16...

<.006

<.011

.058

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.023

E.009

<.030

<.034

<.017

<.005

<.002

AUG 2001

07...

<.006

<.011

.021

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.023

<.011

.051

<.034

<.017

<.005

<.002

	TRI-	SED.
	FLUR-	SUSP.
	ALIN	SIEVE	SEDI-
	WAT FLT	DIAM.	MENT,
	0.7 U	% FINER	SUS-
DATE	GF, REC	THAN	PENDED
	(UG/L)	.062 MM	(MG/L)
	(82661)	(70331)	(80154)
OCT 2000
03...	--	94	92
NOV 2000
09...	--	95	100
DEC 2000
05...	--	99	142
JAN 2001
04...	--	98	174
FEB 2001
22...	--	98	99
MAR 2001
07...	<.009	99	119
APR 2001
09...	E.001	99	134
MAY 2001
18...	E.005	98	180
JUN 2001
12...	E.006	95	234
JUL 2001
16...	<.009	99	146
AUG 2001
07...	<.009	96	143

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