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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05532500       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVERSIDE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°49'20", long 87°49'15" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.36, T.39 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank 400 ft downstream from bridge on Barry Point Road in Riverside, 500 ft downstream from Hoffman Dam, 4,000 ft downstream from Salt Creek, and at mile 44.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 630 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1943 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1987-92 and 1999 to current.

 

SEDIMENT: April 1979 to September 1982.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999.

 

FISH: Water years 1999, 2000, and 2002.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999, and 2002.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1174: 1944, 1948. WSP 1308: 1944(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 594.68 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Nov. 27, 1946, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft upstream at same datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation by gates at Hoffman Dam.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,770 ft3/s, Aug. 15, 1987, gage height, 9.90 ft; no flow Aug. 22-24, 1962, and part of Sept. 5, 1968, Aug. 31, Oct. 7, 1974.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 297 mg/L Apr. 12, 1979; minimum daily mean, 3 mg/L Jan. 24, Feb. 1, 3, 4, 1982

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 3,240 tons Apr. 12, 1979; minimum daily, 1.5 tons Feb. 3, 4, 1982.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Mar. 18, 1919, reached a discharge of 7,450 ft3/s, gage height, 9.43 ft., present datum, from information furnished by Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago.

 

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
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1531 1410 866 e265 494 632 584 679 370 246 175 328 
2491 1280 757 e260 504 630 743 1130 334 246 210 673 
3434 1170 651 e255 454 761 641 1360 329 222 169 1080 
4473 1050 608 e255 424 691 578 1000 e1650 222 168 784 
51420 935 560 e260 370 582 556 749 e3300 199 451 577 
 
6870 837 551 e255 342 613 493 642 3590 183 292 486 
7606 729 508 e250 364 810 560 580 2940 194 208 404 
8477 620 473 e250 405 1260 1030 565 2140 195 196 342 
9397 542 442 e260 475 2130 2160 734 1560 1400 176 313 
10348 507 416 266 705 2450 2200 636 1420 775 166 296 
 
11443 483 404 274 804 1900 1890 951 1640 443 157 274 
12871 462 394 269 793 1480 1560 3310 1500 318 163 243 
131740 447 728 261 727 1300 1370 3530 1260 266 372 241 
145410 467 725 263 676 1180 1270 2770 1220 241 1790 233 
155860 452 637 274 606 1080 1220 1670 1250 236 1260 205 
 
165170 471 586 274 565 1000 1180 1480 995 237 681 184 
173950 479 687 296 513 913 1210 2130 816 199 424 186 
182730 497 620 292 471 856 1110 1800 698 187 297 276 
191920 570 607 275 584 798 1010 1320 544 181 336 264 
201490 558 646 275 1020 749 1150 1090 470 176 341 561 
 
211250 496 570 271 1300 647 1070 873 412 175 317 668 
221110 426 516 268 1200 571 1170 725 384 174 3090 563 
232060 396 556 269 1030 512 1010 630 353 184 4800 554 
243090 416 525 276 925 463 919 575 330 182 4150 404 
254380 674 472 279 855 441 1020 586 356 177 2750 320 
 
263970 565 408 273 812 425 801 552 344 175 1450 262 
273120 559 e380 260 781 392 811 505 302 223 967 240 
282380 510 e360 267 701 381 1220 454 286 256 745 222 
291960 550 e310 284 --- 584 979 437 264 250 546 295 
301770 804 e280 295 --- 891 809 418 251 254 448 358 
 
311600 --- e270 348 --- 697 --- 408 --- 203 402 --- 

TOTAL6232119362165138419189002781932324342893130886192769711836
MEAN2010645.4532.7271.6675.0897.4107711061044278.0893.5394.5
MAX5860141086634813002450220035303590140048001080
MIN348396270250342381493408251174157184
CFSM3.191.020.850.431.071.421.711.761.660.441.420.63
IN.3.681.140.980.501.121.641.912.021.850.511.640.70

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN339.8410.4433.9442.8560.410021104759.0586.6384.0366.3333.5
MAX222420562211171118303499305023621922135523062035
(WY)198719861983196019971979199319961996199319871972
MIN4.2711.815.211.228.977.818479.469.726.58.4611.9
(WY)195419541945194519631945194519461963194419441946

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1944 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL339557     299407     
ANNUAL MEAN930.3  820.3  559.7      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1092         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN111         1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN5860         Oct 155860         Oct 159180         Aug 15 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN182         Jul 16157         Aug 110.00    Aug 23 1962
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM200         Jul 11178         Jul 201.5      Oct 19 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW6050         Oct 149770         Aug 15 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE7.89    Oct 149.90    Aug 15 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW153         Aug 11 A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.481.300.89    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)20.0517.6812.07    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1740     1660     1380         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS725     554     306         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS294     241     37         

A - No flow Aug. 22-24, 1962, and part of Sept. 5, 1968, Aug. 31, Oct. 7, 1974.



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