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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.-- Records good except those for November 15 to March 15, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
140     e.622.14.8e11   231 60 262 401 70 59   9.4
28.9  e.662.25.8e10   199 58 220 573 65 49   8.6
31.5  e1.0  2.48.2e9.6160 56 177 747 152 33   8.4
42.5  e1.0  3.08.9e9.4117 54 137 813 165 25   8.1
54.9  e.8413   8.0e9.281 52 109 824 171 22   7.5
 
6e2.9  e.9021   7.4e9.261 49 93 754 154 50   8.0
7e2.5  e1.1  19   7.1e9.251 49 81 648 120 54   8.6
8e2.4  e1.3  15   6.7e9.046 65 73 535 84 41   8.6
9e2.4  e1.5  12   7.6e8.847 89 87 431 64 27   8.1
10e2.3  e1.8  9.610   e9.045 106 142 354 68 19   6.0
 
11e1.8  e1.6  7.215   e9.240 121 192 303 94 16   7.4
12e1.6  e1.4  6.216   e9.437 126 233 502 97 13   53   
13e1.0  e1.2  5.715   e9.835 119 251 1490 82 11   90   
14e1.0  e1.1  5.413   e9.834 107 254 2060 125 9.497   
15e1.0  1.2  5.99.9e10   41 95 248 1970 175 12   87   
 
16e1.0  1.1  8.29.7e10   63 85 235 1560 164 9.067   
17e.981.1  8.49.4e11   55 79 216 1160 128 12   48   
18e.981.2  7.19.5e16   53 75 243 872 78 19   34   
19e.961.4  6.09.6e18   51 83 598 673 53 18   23   
20e.941.5  e4.59.9e19   71 208 1120 526 44 15   18   
 
21e.861.5  e3.79.5e19   115 390 1310 414 37 12   24   
22e.841.6  e3.29.344   129 525 1170 341 30 10   33   
23e.782.0  e3.09.581   123 681 962 287 23 11   127   
24e.683.3  3.09.4132   112 793 768 243 21 12   190   
25e.583.1  3.09.5196   108 780 602 206 19 11   214   
 
26e.622.6  3.09.5233   101 679 473 167 18 9.0226   
27e.702.6  3.29.6256   92 558 399 135 18 8.8221   
28e1.1  2.7  3.310   262   83 447 368 105 14 9.6206   
29e1.1  2.7  3.611   251   76 366 363 86 13 10   180   
30e1.4  2.5  3.9e11   ---   71 310 359 76 14 11   137   
 
31e1.0  ---     4.4e11   ---   64 --- 359 --- 36 11   ---   

TOTAL91.2248.12201.2300.81690.62592726512104192562396628.82163.7
MEAN2.941.606.499.7058.383.624239064277.320.372.1
MAX403.321162622317931310206017559226
MIN.58.622.14.88.834497376138.86.0
CFSM.02.01.05.08.47.681.973.175.22.63.16.59
IN..03.01.06.09.51.782.203.665.82.72.19.65

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN40.267.989.771.410921323012810155.841.754.6
MAX364390382279327673718410642363417410
(WY)198719861983199319741979199319962000197819781972
MIN.0561.603.061.462.3514.933.46.151.90.78.23.060
(WY)199520001977197719771968197719771988198819991994

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1967 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL40264.4848737.44    
ANNUAL MEAN110     133         100         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN206         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN9.24    1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1210         Apr 252060             Jun 142100         Mar 21 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN.00    A.58 B    Oct 25.00    C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM.00    Aug 1.72        Oct 21.00    Jul 27 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW2130      D    Jun 142130      DJun 14 2000
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE9.95        Jun 1410.75    E
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).901.08    .81    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)12.1814.74    11.07    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS317     375         278         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS21     21         33         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS.021.5      2.8      
A - Many days.
B - Estimated.
C - At times in most years.
D - Gage height, 9.95 ft.
E - March 6, 1976, Sept. 27, 1986.

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