05520500 DATA: Discharge 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.-- Records good except those for Aug. 10-24, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	775	732	1200	e1000	e2000	6000	2270	2260	2180	1410	1240	978
2	741	732	1210	e990	e2200	5820	2220	2130	2150	1310	1130	886
3	719	729	1210	e990	e2400	5680	2170	2000	2250	1330	1050	869
4	867	720	1230	e980	e2500	5590	2110	1910	2360	1360	989	821
5	911	707	1220	e980	2610	5460	2050	1840	2750	1380	934	710

6	1000	700	e1200	e970	2520	5310	2090	1760	3710	1450	853	633
7	1050	719	e1130	e970	2390	5140	2110	1710	3870	1470	778	615
8	1060	729	e1100	e960	2530	4910	2200	1670	3800	1520	712	626
9	1080	832	e1200	e960	5370	4620	2370	1650	3760	1740	653	673
10	1100	1010	e1100	e960	6790	4360	2660	1610	3670	2020	643	707

11	1120	1080	e1120	e970	6060	4160	2880	1600	3500	2110	631	771
12	1110	1090	e1150	e980	5650	3990	2910	1580	3340	1990	617	816
13	1070	1140	e1100	e990	5520	3870	2820	1550	3310	1680	601	821
14	1050	1190	e1150	e1000	5590	3750	2670	1540	3250	1440	556	806
15	1020	1190	e1100	e1030	5970	3650	2590	1540	3270	1270	546	763

16	988	1170	e1090	e1070	5910	3620	2490	1540	3250	1150	563	748
17	975	1170	e1080	e1200	5820	3610	2410	1650	3130	1020	610	727
18	937	1170	e1070	e1250	5700	3640	2330	1720	2950	955	662	721
19	912	1160	e1060	e1280	5610	3520	2310	1770	2800	954	738	778
20	876	1130	e1060	e1300	5480	3360	2330	1770	2670	946	763	815

21	855	1070	e1050	e1280	5260	3230	2380	1720	2560	924	763	870
22	857	e1020	e1050	e1230	5060	3120	2540	1660	2450	940	770	907
23	867	995	e1040	e1200	4790	3030	2590	1620	2330	1060	785	881
24	839	955	e1040	e1180	4920	2920	2660	1610	2220	1290	774	809
25	830	967	e1030	e1150	7830	2800	2730	1630	2130	1450	849	798

26	826	1040	e1030	e1150	7470	2690	2720	1670	2020	1550	1150	765
27	827	1090	e1020	e1140	6740	2590	2680	1910	1880	1660	1500	758
28	797	1080	e1020	e1140	6310	2520	2590	2220	1750	1780	1490	729
29	775	1110	e1010	e1300	---	2440	2480	2300	1640	1870	1360	715
30	770	1160	e1010	e1500	---	2380	2370	2260	1490	1830	1200	689

31	735	---	e1000	e1800	---	2310	---	2230	---	1550	1090	---

TOTAL	28339	29587	34080	34900	137000	120090	73730	55630	82440	44409	27000	23205
MEAN	914	986	1099	1126	4893	3874	2458	1795	2748	1433	871	774
MAX	1120	1190	1230	1800	7830	6000	2910	2300	3870	2110	1500	978
MIN	719	700	1000	960	2000	2310	2050	1540	1490	924	546	615
CFSM	.40	.43	.48	.49	2.13	1.69	1.07	.78	1.20	.62	.38	.34
IN.	.46	.48	.55	.57	2.22	1.95	1.20	.90	1.34	.72	.44	.38

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1905 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1190	1547	1980	2218	2503	3274	3482	2883	2218	1496	1088	982
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 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1905 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	556114		690410
ANNUAL MEAN	1519		1892		2079
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					3743	1991
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					857	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	6050	Jun 26	7830	Feb 25	14800	Mar 7 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	488	Sep 7	546	Aug 15	248	Aug 7 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	512	Sep 3	589	Aug 11	271	Aug 3 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			8310	Feb 25	16000 A	Mar 6 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			5.16	Feb 25	10.51 B	Mar 6 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			530	Aug 16	243	Aug 7 1988
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.66		.82		.91
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	9.02		11.20		12.31
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2630		3750		4300
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1170		1250		1580
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	717		761		656

	A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
	B - Ice jam.