05520500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2002

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05520500 KANKAKEE RIVER AT MOMENCE, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 41°09'36", long 87°40'07" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.
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 NGVD of 1929. 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 estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	663	4120	2660	e2200	4490	3050	3720	4130	3900	1600	1150	550
2	634	4140	2690	e2100	4660	3070	4180	4100	3760	1470	1030	550
3	624	4240	2790	e2100	4620	3210	4910	4030	3590	1390	1070	553
4	632	4040	2900	e2150	4640	3290	4870	3920	3430	1280	1120	549
5	698	3900	2950	e2200	4570	3460	4860	3770	3270	1200	1120	504

6	809	3780	2890	e2250	4520	3590	4820	3660	3150	1160	1020	454
7	938	3660	2780	e2200	4490	3920	4810	3610	3030	1060	900	438
8	995	3530	2680	e2100	4440	5530	5060	3470	2930	1000	822	457
9	1030	3330	2590	e2000	4370	6730	6710	4640	2840	1330	754	447
10	1040	3170	2460	1900	4340	6230	6530	4870	2750	1340	678	435

11	1040	3010	2350	1880	4170	5600	6080	4490	2670	1310	612	475
12	1130	2850	2290	1850	3880	5320	5800	8470	2610	1270	594	533
13	1480	2710	2260	1800	3660	5170	5570	9660	2580	1160	573	542
14	2420	2600	2250	1790	3470	5060	5400	8550	2580	1100	573	515
15	3170	2510	2300	1760	3290	4930	5250	7960	2550	1030	627	508

16	3680	2420	2360	1730	3140	4820	5080	7450	2460	923	677	481
17	4110	2350	2630	1700	3000	4690	4880	7170	2370	877	698	486
18	4420	2300	2980	1660	2860	4520	4610	6840	2280	844	718	478
19	4630	2270	3070	1610	2830	4320	4370	6580	2150	825	811	607
20	4700	2200	3100	1580	3280	4150	4170	6490	2030	790	893	743

21	4690	2170	3130	1570	3600	3980	4100	6380	1910	785	938	763
22	4680	2130	3150	1570	3530	3810	4060	6240	1770	771	956	756
23	4670	2050	3170	1590	3510	3670	3990	6100	1690	784	988	719
24	4760	2050	3160	1600	3510	3560	3990	5990	1610	809	952	685
25	5140	2040	3060	1590	3470	3440	4080	5800	1490	840	893	680

26	5190	2010	e2900	1560	3410	3340	4040	5460	1470	847	835	681
27	5140	2000	e2800	1560	3320	3240	4040	5130	1580	874	749	663
28	5010	1970	e2700	1530	3170	3200	4530	4830	1810	916	724	654
29	4800	1980	e2500	1500	---	3260	4400	4520	1890	1030	675	672
30	4590	2330	e2400	1970	---	3520	4210	4280	1780	1200	613	622

31	4370	---	e2300	3250	---	3610	---	4090	---	1240	586	---

TOTAL	91883	83860	84250	57850	106240	129290	143120	172680	73930	33055	25349	17200
MEAN	2964	2795	2718	1866	3794	4171	4771	5570	2464	1066	817.7	573.3
MAX	5190	4240	3170	3250	4660	6730	6710	9660	3900	1600	1150	763
MIN	624	1970	2250	1500	2830	3050	3720	3470	1470	771	573	435
CFSM	1.29	1.22	1.18	0.81	1.65	1.82	2.08	2.43	1.07	0.46	0.36	0.25
IN.	1.49	1.36	1.37	0.94	1.72	2.10	2.32	2.80	1.20	0.54	0.41	0.28

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1905 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1210	1561	1988	2214	2517	3284	3497	2913	2221	1491	1085	977.1
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 2001 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2002 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1905 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL	858397		1018707
ANNUAL MEAN	2352		2791		2087
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					3743	1991
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					857	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	7830	Feb 25	9660	May 13	14800	Mar 7 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	546	Aug 15	435	Sep 10	248	Aug 7 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	589	Aug 11	459	Sep 5	271	Aug 3 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			10300	May 12	16000 A	Mar 6 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			5.85	May 12	10.51 B	Mar 6 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			420	Sep 10	243	Aug 7 1988
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.03		1.22		0.91
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	13.92		16.52		12.36
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4680		4960		4360
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2170		2610		1590
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	773		678		660

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