05527800 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

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.--Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum gage heights, water years 1962-66. June 1967 to current year.

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

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder 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.--Records good except those for July 30 to Septemeber 30 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Recording rain gage and gage-height 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	1.7	38	31	17	701	82	45	391	38	66	.00	.12
2	1.5	32	33	19	607	82	43	339	79	60	.00	.12
3	2.4	26	31	e22	554	87	43	297	128	51	.00	.09
4	8.2	23	29	e21	502	88	48	255	152	43	.00	.04
5	17	21	27	e21	451	84	54	215	153	34	.00	.01

6	43	19	30	e21	424	78	61	174	130	24	.00	.00
7	50	18	71	e21	395	72	67	145	102	17	.00	.00
8	46	17	104	e21	365	67	69	124	83	12	.00	.00
9	38	16	111	e21	342	78	118	105	73	9.7	.00	.00
10	24	60	103	e21	319	106	193	88	61	9.0	.00	.00

11	12	142	84	e21	304	76	225	75	52	8.6	.00	.00
12	14	166	69	e21	316	70	241	74	43	7.9	.01	.00
13	6.8	175	60	e22	309	67	244	75	126	7.0	.02	.00
14	6.4	177	54	e22	299	66	235	72	336	7.4	.02	.00
15	7.4	171	50	e22	293	68	217	66	411	7.3	.06	.00

16	7.9	158	46	e23	286	81	231	62	464	5.9	.07	.00
17	10	132	52	e25	277	137	259	107	501	6.8	.04	.00
18	67	97	56	35	258	204	255	143	505	7.2	.01	.00
19	83	70	52	39	239	229	245	145	467	8.5	.83	.00
20	79	57	46	42	212	238	229	139	415	7.1	2.1	.00

21	71	49	39	44	177	236	210	130	357	6.3	1.2	.00
22	57	45	40	111	136	219	246	119	301	5.6	.44	.00
23	45	41	30	279	105	191	612	106	240	4.5	.31	.00
24	34	36	25	455	88	153	1020	99	181	3.5	.36	.00
25	25	32	22	600	78	118	1210	91	129	2.8	.54	.00

26	21	30	20	733	75	93	1170	82	96	2.4	.40	.00
27	19	28	19	856	77	78	977	70	73	1.4	.20	.00
28	18	26	19	1000	80	68	786	62	74	.85	.18	17
29	19	27	19	1030	---	63	607	57	67	.43	.16	65
30	36	28	19	951	---	57	470	43	64	.14	.14	67

31	43	---	18	831	---	52	---	35	---	.03	.12	---

TOTAL	913.3	1957	1409	7367	8269	3388	10430	3985	5901	427.35	7.21	149.38
MEAN	29.5	65.2	45.5	238	295	109	348	129	197	13.8	.23	4.98
MAX	83	177	111	1030	701	238	1210	391	505	66	2.1	67
MIN	1.5	16	18	17	75	52	43	35	38	.03	.00	.00
CFSM	.24	.53	.37	1.93	2.40	.89	2.83	1.05	1.60	.11	.00	.04
IN.	.28	.59	.43	2.23	2.50	1.02	3.15	1.21	1.78	.13	.00	.05

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	41.3	70.0	92.3	73.4	111	218	229	120	83.6	55.2	42.4	54.1
MAX	364	390	382	279	327	673	718	410	356	363	417	410
(WY)	1987	1986	1983	1993	1974	1979	1993	1996	1996	1978	1978	1972
MIN	.056	2.75	3.06	1.46	2.35	14.9	33.4	6.15	1.90	.78	.23	.060
(WY)	1995	1972	1977	1977	1977	1968	1977	1977	1988	1988	1999	1994

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1967 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	42164.17		44203.24
ANNUAL MEAN	116		121		99.2
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					206	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					9.24	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	782	Apr 18	1210	Apr 25	2100	Mar 21 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.48	Aug 3	.00	A	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.67	Jul 30	.00	Aug 1	.00	Jul 27 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			1250	Apr 25	2120 C	Mar 21 1979
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			8.38	Apr 25	10.75	D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.94		.98		.81
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	12.75		13.37		10.95
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	320		317		276
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	53		52		33
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.7		.02		2.8

A - Many days.
B - At times in most years.
C - Gage height, 9.69 ft.
D - March 6, 1976, Sept. 27, 1986.