05527800 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
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 to current year.
	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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	6.2	17	e8.2	e14	e1.4	e1.1	49	48	87	9.2	4.1	0.91
2	14	16	e7.8	e13	e1.5	e1.2	44	86	90	8.2	17	0.68
3	30	16	e7.5	e13	e1.5	e1.2	40	106	84	5.8	20	0.50
4	26	17	e7.2	e13	e1.5	e1.4	41	109	73	4.3	38	0.40
5	48	17	e6.9	e13	e1.4	e1.9	63	144	62	4.6	49	0.29

6	48	18	e6.6	e13	e1.3	e2.4	83	183	54	11	53	0.20
7	35	21	e6.4	e13	e1.3	e3.4	88	198	48	40	50	0.15
8	22	21	e6.1	e12	e1.2	e4.2	81	200	49	70	38	0.22
9	14	14	e5.8	e11	e1.2	e5.6	73	219	57	102	29	0.33
10	9.3	16	e5.7	e10	e1.2	e7.2	84	233	58	102	21	0.05

11	7.5	23	e5.6	e9.0	e1.2	10	104	238	54	83	15	0.00
12	5.6	23	e5.6	e8.0	e1.2	12	112	237	48	65	12	0.00
13	5.2	23	e5.7	e7.0	e1.2	14	110	226	42	52	11	0.00
14	6.3	21	e5.8	e6.2	e1.2	18	96	211	37	41	8.6	0.00
15	4.0	19	e6.0	e5.4	e1.1	29	79	195	34	43	6.7	0.01

16	3.9	17	e7.0	e4.7	e1.1	41	65	175	25	59	6.0	0.05
17	4.1	16	9.2	e4.2	e1.1	56	57	153	19	71	5.2	0.01
18	3.8	16	18	e3.8	e1.1	54	52	129	15	85	4.3	0.00
19	3.4	20	31	e3.4	e1.0	40	49	106	18	72	4.0	0.00
20	3.3	21	47	e3.0	e1.0	37	53	91	22	51	2.9	0.00

21	3.5	34	51	e2.7	e1.0	51	55	84	27	38	2.2	0.00
22	3.5	26	47	e2.4	e1.1	63	52	80	24	37	1.9	0.01
23	3.9	16	38	e2.1	e1.1	59	46	71	20	25	2.1	0.00
24	4.4	12	30	e1.8	e1.1	51	40	62	15	17	2.0	0.00
25	4.9	11	24	e1.7	e1.1	51	34	55	11	12	1.6	0.00

26	8.9	11	20	e1.5	e1.0	55	30	47	9.4	9.1	1.5	0.06
27	13	12	18	e1.4	e1.1	54	27	41	10	7.6	1.4	0.11
28	13	11	16	e1.3	e1.1	52	24	37	7.9	6.6	1.2	0.07
29	15	e9.8	15	e1.3	---	57	21	41	7.6	5.5	1.5	0.09
30	17	e9.0	e15	e1.4	---	59	22	57	8.4	4.6	2.6	0.12

31	17	---	e14	e1.4	---	54	---	76	---	3.9	1.3	---

TOTAL	403.7	523.8	497.1	198.7	33.3	946.6	1774	3938	1116.3	1145.4	414.1	4.26
MEAN	13.0	17.5	16.0	6.41	1.19	30.5	59.1	127	37.2	36.9	13.4	0.14
MAX	48	34	51	14	1.5	63	112	238	90	102	53	0.91
MIN	3.3	9.0	5.6	1.3	1.0	1.1	21	37	7.6	3.9	1.2	0.00
CFSM	0.11	0.14	0.13	0.05	0.01	0.25	0.48	1.03	0.30	0.30	0.11	0.00
IN.	0.12	0.16	0.15	0.06	0.01	0.29	0.54	1.19	0.34	0.35	0.13	0.00

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	42.7	68.3	85.4	67.4	107	205	222	127	104	52.6	39.2	52.1
MAX	364	390	382	279	327	673	718	410	642	363	417	410
(WY)	1987	1986	1983	1993	1974	1979	1993	1996	2000	1978	1978	1972
MIN	0.056	1.60	3.06	1.46	1.19	14.9	33.4	6.15	1.90	0.78	0.23	0.060
(WY)	1995	2000	1977	1977	2003	1968	1977	1977	1988	1988	1999	1994

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	22807.81		10995.26
ANNUAL MEAN	62.5		30.1		97.7
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					206	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					9.24	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	513	Apr 12	238	May 11	2100	Mar 21 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.57	Aug 12	0.00 A		0.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	1.2	Jul 23	0.00	Sep 18	0.00	Jul 27 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			241	May 11	2130 C	Jun 14 2000
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			5.34	May 11	10.75	D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.51		0.24		0.79
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	6.90		3.33		10.79
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	163		79		269
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	22		13		34
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.1		1.1		2.8

	A - Several days.
	B - At times in most years.
	C - Gage height, 9.95 ft.
	D - March 6, 1976, Sept. 27, 1986.