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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 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

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

 

SEDIMENT: April 1979 to September 1982, January 2003 to current year.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998; sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1998-2003.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999, and 2002.

 

FISH: Water years 1999-2000, and 2002-03.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999, and 2002-03.

 

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, pumping sampler, 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 Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1318 187 201 231 276 179 421 3010 712 178 553 442 
2486 187 197 221 241 170 388 3720 605 173 1550 348 
3480 187 224 224 256 176 360 2910 610 170 964 203 
4780 187 207 215 264 190 1170 1790 548 176 1200 167 
5903 199 210 215 239 189 1850 2500 488 438 915 149 
 
6568 224 203 231 213 206 1470 2710 455 529 631 154 
7458 198 197 227 193 209 1080 2340 434 882 695 144 
8385 187 200 223 175 224 1010 1670 572 877 734 147 
9334 183 180 224 178 241 899 2590 745 867 535 151 
10306 191 190 219 182 197 913 2960 514 888 373 137 
 
11263 201 181 196 178 207 856 3200 437 703 319 134 
12232 217 183 187 169 264 733 2800 382 536 276 139 
13243 199 179 208 175 379 644 2470 358 440 225 160 
14227 213 189 203 174 352 585 1860 331 411 301 444 
15214 314 193 176 175 371 591 1780 302 1180 363 533 
 
16208 253 195 189 169 383 534 1620 273 1350 303 261 
17201 217 203 181 168 402 494 1280 260 953 248 193 
18229 210 786 173 170 415 407 1030 291 1100 220 163 
19210 300 1060 167 172 396 366 858 649 672 211 150 
20193 270 523 184 174 504 378 851 456 510 200 144 
 
21190 268 402 181 176 562 355 777 342 1100 188 140 
22194 362 319 179 182 488 353 689 281 840 186 253 
23189 286 283 159 172 436 336 603 250 646 176 214 
24190 246 269 170 180 402 323 528 235 477 174 161 
25283 232 259 176 179 453 316 450 230 369 170 158 
 
26301 231 240 174 181 458 301 398 218 300 189 218 
27252 230 222 165 180 416 285 367 209 253 200 490 
28231 223 219 180 179 514 277 411 192 248 173 267 
29221 207 215 191 --- 687 277 902 194 231 181 200 
30209 218 215 190 --- 531 791 722 186 218 152 176 
 
31202 --- 235 206 --- 449 --- 834 --- 215 149 --- 

TOTAL970068278579606553701105018763506301175917930127546640
MEAN3132282771961923566251633392578411221
MAX90336210602312766871850372074513501550533
MIN189183179159168170277367186170149134
CFSM0.500.360.440.310.300.570.992.590.620.920.650.35
IN.0.570.400.510.360.320.651.112.990.691.060.750.39


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN3394074314395549911096774583387367332
MAX222420562211171118303499305023621922135523062035
(WY)198719861983196019971979199319961996199319871972
MIN4.2711.815.211.228.977.818479.469.726.58.4611.9
(WY)195419541945194519631945194519461963194419441946

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1944 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL226317     166067     
ANNUAL MEAN620     455     558     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1092     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN111     1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN4800         Aug 233720         May 29180     Aug 15 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN157         Aug 11134         Sep 110.00Aug 23 1962
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM178         Jul 20144         Sep 61.5  Oct 19 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW3840         May 29770     Aug 15 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE6.44    May 29.90Aug 15 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW127         Sep 10-11A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.980.720.89
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.369.8112.03
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1280     900     1370     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS356     248     305     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS193     174     38     

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



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Meteorological Data

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