05520500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

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.--February to December 1905, February to July 1906, December 1914 to current year.

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. 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.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	845	868	928	e1050	5160	2500	2170	6450	2460	1910	867	657
2	825	877	948	e870	5130	2540	2130	6180	2800	2360	895	611
3	881	878	986	e810	5020	2650	2110	5930	2570	2640	942	581
4	905	851	998	e820	4620	2730	2120	5690	2340	2770	934	563
5	907	834	1050	e880	4280	2760	2090	5480	2250	2780	808	569

6	925	829	1100	e950	4020	2910	2080	5260	2130	2670	779	562
7	940	823	1300	e1030	3850	3040	2110	4950	1990	2420	754	547
8	983	833	1380	e1050	3860	3070	2130	4590	1850	2120	736	519
9	1050	831	1380	e1020	3890	3120	2230	4270	1740	1840	740	491
10	1050	906	1380	e1000	3800	3160	2260	3960	1820	1660	707	483

11	1040	973	1360	e980	3690	3150	2300	3650	1800	1500	665	477
12	1010	983	1320	e960	3690	3050	2500	3450	2870	1400	677	448
13	963	1010	1270	e940	3620	2940	2710	3480	3250	1300	715	427
14	931	1030	1230	e930	3510	2830	2860	3450	3350	1200	727	425
15	902	1050	1210	e920	3410	2750	3020	3250	2760	1130	713	429

16	880	1050	1190	e910	3300	2770	4270	3100	2470	1030	704	446
17	892	1010	1140	e910	3200	3310	4820	2930	2300	986	639	450
18	904	979	1120	e900	3080	3240	4420	2790	2140	984	561	453
19	892	940	1110	e1050	2980	3070	4170	2650	1960	980	564	501
20	901	930	1070	e1500	2870	3060	3990	2540	1810	949	606	508

21	907	912	1060	e2200	2760	3080	4060	2470	1710	1000	637	502
22	886	898	1020	e2800	2670	3110	5040	2440	1610	1050	641	510
23	859	906	e980	e3700	2560	3080	7880	2380	1490	1060	634	508
24	850	907	e930	e4400	2460	2950	7680	2350	1390	1260	669	496
25	838	920	e840	e5100	2380	2800	6650	2280	1380	1230	729	482

26	817	919	e780	e5600	2320	2680	6000	2260	1430	1100	751	472
27	837	911	e750	e5900	2340	2580	5700	2250	1560	998	767	462
28	844	899	e760	6000	2410	2470	7560	2230	1640	908	795	514
29	848	906	e800	5560	---	2360	7370	2130	1690	857	789	573
30	858	917	e850	5360	---	2250	6760	2010	1680	808	740	623

31	858	---	e960	5240	---	2200	---	1980	---	774	693	---

TOTAL	28028	27580	33200	71340	96880	88210	121190	108830	62240	45674	22578	15289
MEAN	904	919	1071	2301	3460	2845	4040	3511	2075	1473	728	510
MAX	1050	1050	1380	6000	5160	3310	7880	6450	3350	2780	942	657
MIN	817	823	750	810	2320	2200	2080	1980	1380	774	561	425
CFSM	.39	.40	.47	1.00	1.51	1.24	1.76	1.53	.90	.64	.32	.22
IN.	.45	.45	.54	1.16	1.57	1.43	1.97	1.76	1.01	.74	.37	.25

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1905 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1199	1565	2000	2246	2491	3284	3511	2906	2198	1488	1092	987
MAX	4739	4731	6759	6250	5136	7485	7438	5936	5966	4471	3530	4014
(WY)	1994	1991	1928	1991	1968	1982	1950	1943	1997	1996	1996	1993
MIN	429	511	547	404	498	1001	862	883	640	434	378	369
(WY)	1964	1965	1964	1918	1963	1957	1915	1934	1934	1988	1988	1919

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1905 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	975176		721039
ANNUAL MEAN	2672		1975		2089
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					3743	1991
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					857	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	9730	Mar 19	7880	Apr 23	14800	Mar 7 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	750 A	Dec 27	425	Sep 14	248	Aug 7 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	816	Dec 24	440	Sep 12	271	Aug 3 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			8510 B	Apr 23	16000 A	Mar 6 1979
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			8.83 C	Jan 24	10.51 D	Mar 6 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			420	Sep 13-15	243	Aug 7 1988
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.16		.86		.91
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	15.81		11.69		12.37
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5170		4040		4320
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2310		1260		1590
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	885		651		658

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
B - Gage height, 5.29 ft.
C - Backwater from ice jam.
D - Ice jam.