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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05568500       ILLINOIS RIVER AT KINGSTON MINES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°33'11", long 89°46'38" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.26, T.7 N., R.6 E., Peoria County, Hydrologic Unit 07130003, on right bank at Kingston Mines, 2.3 mi downstream from Mackinaw River, and at mile 145.4. Auxiliary gage (05568615) 8.6 miles downstream.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 15,818 mi2, does not include diversion from Lake Michigan through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which has occurred since Jan. 17, 1900.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1975-77.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, October 1996; contaminants in fish tissue, October 1996.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1558: 1957. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Auxiliary water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at site 8.6 mi downstream. Datum of gage is 428.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 1, 1940, nonrecording gage at same site at datum 1.65 ft higher. Oct. 1, 1940, to Mar. 31, 1942, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Prior to Oct. 30, 1967 and Nov. 9, 1999 to Oct. 29, 2002, auxiliary water-stage recorder at mouth of Copperas Creek, 8.0 mi downstream.

 

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation at low flow by navigation dams at Peoria and La Grange. Since Jan. 17, 1900, flow has included diversion from Lake Michigan through Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 88,800 ft3/s, Dec. 7, 1982, gage height, 23.86 ft; maximum gage height, 26.02 ft, May 25, 1943; minimum daily discharge, 600 ft3/s, Oct. 26, 1997, estimated, caused by dam regulation.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
14890 3310 3940 e6000 e3000 4500 6230 8330 8150 5950 25800 5860 
25210 3080 3600 e7500 e3600 4880 6160 16000 9700 5460 24800 7410 
35710 2960 3310 e7200 e4500 4190 6150 17800 12800 5570 23700 6940 
46630 2940 3250 e6900 e3900 4500 7190 17900 13600 5420 23200 5980 
57390 e3100 5160 e6100 e4200 4910 11000 24600 13300 5420 22700 6080 
 
66210 3230 4390 e6400 e4500 e4700 14000 27900 12500 5170 21900 6150 
77770 3210 2910 e4700 e4900 3390 18800 27400 11400 5490 17100 7230 
87780 2510 2990 e3400 e5200 3710 20100 26600 10800 8160 11000 7320 
95860 2740 3540 e4000 e5000 4020 20600 26300 8660 15100 10700 7180 
10e6500 3290 2820 e5600 e4600 4100 20300 26500 8210 24100 10800 6870 
 
11e6700 3510 3330 e4200 e5200 4230 19600 26400 9700 26400 10400 6010 
12e4700 3730 3280 e3300 e4600 e4600 19300 28500 11300 27500 11000 4110 
136610 3310 3410 e2900 5420 e5200 18100 30300 11500 27600 10900 3340 
145060 3410 3590 e4000 5130 e6200 14800 31000 11500 27600 10400 3980 
154980 3520 3450 e4800 3970 e7400 10200 31200 e11000 27800 8780 4230 
 
165970 3500 3260 e4200 4610 e8400 8990 30400 10800 28400 7920 3960 
175560 3780 3030 e3700 5290 7860 12600 29300 11500 28900 7290 3780 
185090 3230 3520 e3200 4730 8370 12600 28300 11900 29600 6800 4520 
194340 3640 5750 e2900 4720 10700 8590 27300 13000 30100 6440 6640 
204730 3410 8020 e3100 4930 9370 6440 27200 14200 30900 5860 6840 
 
214500 4190 8100 e3400 5000 8050 6630 26100 12200 33000 5900 6050 
224780 4100 9210 e4000 4990 7580 6790 25200 10800 33800 5900 4780 
233910 3840 8750 e2800 5230 7820 7540 23900 8220 34000 5980 4830 
243220 4270 9240 e3400 5000 7470 7490 22700 7040 33700 5680 4280 
253730 4850 9370 e4200 4650 8100 7470 22000 6220 32700 5500 4000 
 
263750 4770 7940 e3600 4330 7810 7580 20700 6600 31200 4980 3790 
273730 4990 6820 e3300 4180 7010 6830 19400 6360 30100 4310 4350 
283290 4630 5950 e3800 4610 7380 5700 14500 6090 29200 3810 4770 
29e3500 4460 5400 e3200 --- 7920 5610 7650 6020 28700 3260 5040 
302800 4770 5530 e3700 --- 8110 5640 7070 6050 28100 3270 5640 
 
313020 --- 6090 e4000 --- 7470 --- 7750 --- 26900 3490 --- 

TOTAL157920110280158950133500129990199950329030706200301120712040329570161960
MEAN50943676512743064642645010970227801004022970106305399
MAX778049909370750054201070020600312001420034000258007410
MIN280025102820280030003390561070706020517032603340

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN954111070132301399017020233002521023540189701371097779045
MAX331803710052390444804047056190556305218046230461302844034620
(WY)198719861983199319741979198319431974199319931993
MIN336236764598374734216450792878225579447450384027
(WY)196420031944196319632003194019891977196519441963

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1940 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL5750580 3430510         
ANNUAL MEAN15760 9399         15680         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN32200         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN6820         1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN68200     May 1634000             Jul 2386700         Dec 7 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN2510     Nov 82510             Nov 8600      AOct 26 1997
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM2960     Nov 32960             Nov 32060         Oct 8 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW34400      B    Jul 2388800      CDec 7 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE14.00 D    Jul 2326.02    May 25 1943
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS34600 26200         32200         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS8800 6010         10900         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS3600 3340         5200         

A - Estimated, caused by dam regulation.

B - Gage height, 13.94 ft.

C - Gage height, 23.86 ft.

D - Discharge, 34,200 ft3/s.



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