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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527800       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

 

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 to 2001. 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: Water years 1999-2000; contaminants in streambed sediment, Water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, Water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999-2001.

 

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

 

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 NGVD of 1929. 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.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,130 ft3/s, June 14, 2000, gage height, 9.95 ft, maximum gage height, 10.75 ft, Mar. 6, 1976, and Sept. 27, 1986; no flow, at times in most years.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
125   290 92 e21 53 75 60 101 32 13   3.3  2.6
217   244 100 e18 50 70 60 92 26 11   2.3  21   
313   196 101 e17 53 81 66 87 32 9.82.2  84   
49.1139 93 e16 52 75 69 e76 137 7.82.4  85   
56.397 86 e16 45 70 70 e70 303 6.72.4  51   
 
65.377 79 e15 31 61 64 66 383 6.02.4  21   
75.768 71 e15 37 54 64 61 447 5.03.1  11   
86.963 65 e15 36 77 114 57 481 5.23.1  7.0
97.959 61 e16 38 190 288 60 473 12   2.9  4.4
108.555 61 e16 63 245 383 58 427 25   2.0  2.7
 
1111   51 55 e17 98 281 458 57 371 17   0.742.1
1220   47 50 e17 111 309 513 98 322 12   0.571.6
1366   45 63 e17 104 315 508 134 271 9.21.5  1.5
14239   60 77 e17 86 309 451 140 221 6.710     1.5
15291   100 77 e17 72 289 388 125 171 5.422     1.4
 
16290   113 70 e18 65 256 329 103 130 4.715     1.5
17281   115 67 e18 60 217 272 107 96 3.710     1.7
18263   107 65 e17 55 172 221 106 79 3.16.5  2.6
19241   95 63 e16 55 130 219 95 85 2.74.7  5.2
20212   84 63 e15 79 105 209 81 85 2.34.2  43   
 
21171   74 59 e15 126 93 188 70 74 1.94.5  38   
22116   67 57 16 153 81 172 62 62 1.717     21   
23135   62 61 17 164 73 156 56 51 1.441     13   
24228   59 59 21 163 68 140 52 42 1.134     8.9
25348   65 e50 25 154 61 125 52 33 1.138     6.4
 
26408   66 e43 25 134 56 108 58 30 1.118     4.6
27438   67 e35 24 112 54 94 56 26 1.19.0  3.0
28438   65 e30 27 91 53 101 52 25 1.15.5  2.4
29412   64 e27 29 --- 54 111 46 23 1.24.0  3.4
30370   71 e25 30 --- 62 110 41 16 4.82.5  7.2
 
31331   --- e24 35 --- 63 --- 36 --- 4.52.4  ---   

TOTAL5413.72765192959823404099611123554954189.3277.21459.7
MEAN174.692.1762.2319.2983.57132.2203.775.97165.16.1068.94215.32
MAX43829010135164315513140481254185
MIN5.345241531536036161.10.571.4
CFSM1.420.750.510.160.681.081.660.621.340.050.070.12
IN.1.640.840.580.180.711.241.850.711.500.060.080.14

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN43.6069.7787.4069.09109.7210.3226.7126.6105.652.9939.8953.59
MAX364390382279327673718410642363417410
(WY)198719861983199319741979199319962000197819781972
MIN0.0561.603.061.462.3514.933.46.151.900.780.230.060
(WY)199520001977197719771968197719771988198819991994

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1967 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL38742.5531490.91    
ANNUAL MEAN106.1  86.28    99.59    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN206         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN9.24    1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN483         Jun 17513             Apr 122100         Mar 21 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.50    Aug 80.57        Aug 120.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.59    Aug 71.2          Jul 230.00    Jul 27 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW527      B    Apr 132130      CJun 14 2000
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE6.97 D    Jun 810.75    E
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.51        Aug 12,13
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.860.70    0.81    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.729.52    11.00    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS253     249         274         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS73     57         35         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS3.6  3.1      2.8      

A - At times in most years.

B - Gage height, 6.87 ft.

C - Gage height, 9.95 ft.

D - Discharge, 490 ft3/s.

E - March 6, 1976, Sept. 27, 1986.



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