Station list     Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05526000       IROQUOIS RIVER NEAR CHEBANSE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°00'32", long 87°49'24" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.10, T.29 N., R.13 W., Kankakee County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on county highway, 3.1 mi downstream from Beaver Creek, 4.5 mi east of Chebanse, and at mile 6.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,091 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: April 1923 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to 2001. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site FL 02.

 

SEDIMENT: October 1978 to September 1981, January 1993 to December 1995.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1998 and 2002; 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 1308: 1924-28(M), 1930(M), 1936(M), 1938(M), 1942(M), 1947(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemetry, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 595.99 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to June 16,1976, nonrecording gage, and June 17, 1976 to Aug. 13, 1979 water-stage recorder at site 600 ft upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. Aug. 14 to Oct. 24, 1979, nonrecording gage at present site at datum 2.00 ft higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,000 ft3/s, May 13, 1933, Mar. 7, 1979; maximum gage height 21.68 ft, Mar. 7, 1979, present datum, ice jam; minimum discharge, 9 ft3/s, Oct. 6-8, 1956.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 1,400 mg/L, Apr. 14, 1979; minimum daily, 4 mg/L, Mar. 3, 1994.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 57,000 tons, June 5, 1980; minimum daily, 3.2 tons, Nov. 16, 1979.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood in spring of 1913 reached a stage of 21.6 ft, present datum, discharge about 34,000 ft3/s.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for June 22 to Aug. 15, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1121 4700 3090 e1300 9960 2770 7050 7980 1700 1040 820 360 
2115 4440 4100 e1220 11500 2660 7210 7250 1560 861 815 301 
3110 4450 3850 e1150 12000 4070 7030 6420 1440 715 806 257 
497 3840 3230 e1100 11400 5180 5860 5420 1350 639 1030 226 
5142 3240 2710 e1050 9620 5270 4860 4420 1290 546 1130 203 
 
6243 2770 2290 e990 7220 4820 4200 3640 1410 500 944 184 
7288 2390 2000 e920 5280 5770 3770 3150 1750 452 751 168 
8441 2100 1780 e870 4140 7190 3620 2760 1790 421 583 154 
9548 1860 1610 e860 3380 8200 4890 3740 1640 426 430 143 
10503 1690 1450 e880 2820 8460 5630 4700 1460 537 332 132 
 
11431 1560 1320 e870 2440 8040 5260 5510 1380 727 266 119 
12614 1430 1220 e850 2180 7440 4570 13200 1510 739 225 119 
131220 1330 1210 e830 2020 6290 4010 18400 1740 615 199 112 
144410 1260 1350 e820 1870 5170 3560 18500 2040 476 178 110 
157480 1220 1960 804 1710 4430 3180 18000 2400 392 170 106 
 
168940 1170 2720 748 1600 3810 2810 16200 2420 336 157 108 
179800 1130 3520 698 1490 3310 2440 13800 2080 294 156 104 
189840 1080 4810 683 1380 2900 2170 11500 1740 254 145 109 
199280 1040 5560 673 1410 2550 1920 9490 1470 243 412 119 
208080 1010 5370 679 3810 2290 1770 7860 1280 236 3180 130 
 
216430 973 4420 671 7280 2090 1690 6480 1120 257 4620 142 
226890 938 3580 704 8540 1900 1740 5370 1020 280 4680 142 
238410 897 3100 657 8500 1760 1960 4510 937 262 3810 141 
249320 891 2780 632 7330 1650 2050 3870 891 327 2680 132 
2511900 937 2460 628 5540 1600 2110 3330 858 562 2800 130 
 
2612700 917 2150 607 4410 1550 2090 2820 898 660 2940 125 
2712500 900 1910 590 3690 1510 2290 2390 1220 500 2600 114 
2811700 863 1770 573 3180 1640 5620 2100 1750 387 1790 116 
2910200 872 1640 580 --- 2260 7960 2050 1520 344 1000 113 
308100 1570 e1500 871 --- 4630 8350 2000 1240 419 633 106 
 
316030 --- e1400 4180 --- 6500 --- 1840 --- 570 452 --- 

TOTAL1668835346881860286881457001277101216702187004490415017407344525
MEAN538317822641925.452044120405670551497484.41314150.8
MAX12700470055604180120008460835018500242010404680360
MIN9786312105731380151016901840858236145104
CFSM2.570.851.260.442.491.971.943.370.720.230.630.07
IN.2.970.951.460.512.592.272.163.890.800.270.720.08

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN744.4954.615211878257531393221271820281242465.7555.3
MAX80195850820390797425112108396109107934700424977372
(WY)199419861928195019821982195019431958199319771993
MIN25.537.240.726.182.320057416994.633.033.726.3
(WY)195719651964194519311931193119341934193419881941

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1923 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL836231     1049859     
ANNUAL MEAN2291     2876     1752         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN4477         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN365         1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN14500         Jun 718500         May 1427000         Mar 7 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN73         Aug 1597         Oct 410         Oct 6 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM84         Aug 12110         Sep 1214         Aug 2 1934
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW18600         May 1327000      A
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE15.45    May 1321.68 BMar 7 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW95         Oct 49.0   C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.101.380.84    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)14.8818.6811.38    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS6530     7460     4780         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS1120     1640     739         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS190     201     80         

A - May 13, 1933; March 7, 1979.

B - Present datum, ice jam.

C - Oct. 6-8, 1956.



Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data