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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 to current year.

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. 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 stages greater than 3.0 ft., which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1630 595 746 1120 e1000 e860 1220 1510 2000 920 3040 839 
2624 598 758 1130 e1050 e820 1220 1840 1910 860 3060 1070 
3614 577 e800 1140 e1100 e800 1220 1930 1910 795 2710 1170 
4640 616 e820 1110 e1200 e800 1230 2060 1940 742 2660 1220 
5695 616 e820 1080 e1250 e800 2020 3490 1890 1100 2600 1260 
 
6660 620 e800 1080 e1350 e840 2180 3610 1810 2600 2290 1250 
7635 655 e800 1030 e1300 e880 2180 3300 1760 3950 2020 1140 
8667 663 e780 1020 e1250 e940 2300 3280 1690 4370 1850 1030 
9640 660 e760 1040 e1200 e1000 2390 5090 1650 5240 1710 964 
10635 686 e740 1030 e1150 e980 2370 6250 1610 5860 1570 903 
 
11665 735 e760 e1050 e1100 e1000 2290 5890 1580 6040 1460 855 
12681 791 e760 e1100 e1050 1050 2200 5490 1550 5830 1340 828 
13675 784 772 e860 e1000 1440 2090 5140 1530 5430 1220 821 
14644 778 753 e980 e1000 1760 1990 4930 1530 4930 1130 873 
15650 789 741 e1150 e980 1590 1890 4840 1520 4730 1060 861 
 
16632 770 738 e1300 e960 1570 1780 4730 1490 4680 1010 854 
17672 759 743 e1200 e940 1620 1720 4600 1430 4120 1010 877 
18668 746 838 e1150 e920 1620 1610 4410 1360 4690 957 878 
19681 736 982 e1100 e900 1620 1530 4160 1330 4760 902 851 
20656 739 1070 e1050 e900 1610 1540 3930 1320 4340 840 813 
 
21638 736 1150 e1000 e920 1640 1520 3730 1270 5390 792 798 
22626 762 1170 e1000 e1000 1620 1510 3410 1210 6690 778 798 
23615 745 1160 e1000 e1150 1570 1450 3140 1140 7010 714 809 
24601 750 1150 e980 e1300 1520 1390 2920 1080 6900 653 833 
25595 763 1160 e960 e1150 1500 1350 2740 1010 6130 629 813 
 
26623 746 e1150 e940 e1050 1480 1320 2530 960 5280 602 796 
27611 742 e1200 e940 e980 1430 1260 2350 917 4620 582 817 
28612 726 e1100 e920 e900 1400 1210 2240 905 4430 567 851 
29627 744 1040 e920 --- 1370 1180 2160 1090 4070 640 858 
30632 763 991 e940 --- 1300 1190 2080 985 3740 680 869 
 
31625 --- 1060 e960 --- 1250 --- 2020 --- 3380 666 --- 

TOTAL19869213902831232280300503968050350109800433771336274174227599
MEAN64171391310411073128016783542144643111347920
MAX6957911200130013501760239062502000701030601260
MIN59557773886090080011801510905742567796
CFSM0.280.310.400.450.470.560.731.540.631.880.590.40
IN.0.320.350.460.520.490.640.821.780.702.170.680.45

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1905 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN12041552197622012501326134772920221315221088976
MAX473947316759625051367485743859365966447135304014
(WY)199419911928199119681982195019431997199619961993
MIN4295115474044981001862883640434378369
(WY)196419651964191819631957191519341934198819881919

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1905 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL828285     578076     
ANNUAL MEAN2269     1584     2082         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN3743         1991
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN857         1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN9660         May 137010         Jul 2314800         Mar 7 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN435         Sep 10567         Aug 28248         Aug 7 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM459         Sep 5607         Oct 31271         Aug 3 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW7110         Jul 2316000      AMar 6 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE4.59    Jul 2310.51 BMar 6 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW559         Aug 28243         Aug 7 1988
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.990.690.91    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.439.3712.33    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS4870     3730     4350         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS1470     1080     1590         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS618     660     660         

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Ice jam.



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