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ROCK RIVER BASIN


05447500       GREEN RIVER NEAR GENESEO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°29'20", long 90°09'27" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.4, T.17 N., R.3 E., Henry County, Hydrologic Unit 07090007, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 82, 1.4 mi upstream from Geneseo Creek, 2.4 mi north of Geneseo, and at mile 14.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,003 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 1936 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

SEDIMENT: March 1978 to September 1981.

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 875: 1938. WSP 1508: 1937, 1939-41(M), 1946(P), 1947-49. WDR IL-74-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 577.66 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 1, 1939, nonrecording gage at present site at datum 27.00 ft. lower. Oct. 1, 1939 to Apr. 3, 1940, nonrecording gage at present site at datum 3.0 ft. higher. Apr. 3, 1940 to Sept. 30, 1997, recording gage at present site at datum 3.0 ft. higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 12,100 ft3/s, June 22, 1974, gage height, 19.75 ft, present datum; maximum gage height, 21.59 ft, present datum, Jan. 23, 1969, ice jam; minimum daily discharge, 22 ft3/s, Jan. 18, 1977.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 8,620 mg/L Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily mean, 17 mg/L Jan. 15, 16, 1979.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 132,000 tons Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily, 7.3 tons Jan. 15, 16, 1979.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
170 80 135 366 e150 418 1090 499 5340 499 207 205 
270 85 126 361 e160 424 1010 500 3910 475 200 180 
371 152 127 356 e170 407 923 493 2930 461 202 164 
471 211 131 e350 e180 403 854 473 2240 478 261 155 
571 262 138 e347 e200 968 790 459 1810 452 304 140 
 
671 243 141 e343 e210 1320 744 434 1550 565 233 131 
770 185 139 e340 e220 1090 709 521 1370 553 207 126 
869 159 134 e337 e210 927 672 602 1220 489 195 123 
970 145 141 e333 e200 811 637 517 1100 445 184 121 
1071 138 1730 e330 e195 714 600 484 1080 462 175 117 
 
1171 134 2870 e327 e185 661 574 823 1670 452 172 117 
1270 133 1590 e323 e175 582 555 828 1610 426 170 111 
1371 118 1090 e320 e165 594 535 1020 1380 396 167 103 
1487 111 915 e317 e160 565 524 1290 1400 368 159 103 
15103 111 806 e313 e155 542 501 1670 1480 359 149 107 
 
1693 114 730 e300 e150 536 479 1720 1200 335 140 143 
1787 117 645 e340 e145 528 462 1340 1060 320 138 149 
1881 184 600 e300 e140 535 437 1500 962 308 159 114 
1978 246 559 e270 e220 541 426 1700 875 299 175 100 
2077 211 442 e240 e400 534 429 1460 812 288 169 96 
 
2174 188 471 e210 935 520 520 1350 785 293 151 95 
2273 173 520 e180 779 490 574 1290 788 294 138 91 
2373 169 491 e170 898 471 555 2130 746 305 129 90 
2474 161 424 e165 e700 485 522 2040 699 292 131 91 
2579 155 363 e160 e600 557 539 1710 663 282 144 90 
 
2680 154 374 e170 e520 892 555 1500 624 269 166 87 
2781 147 420 e180 e460 1300 539 1280 596 259 168 88 
2883 141 414 e170 e410 1200 506 1130 579 247 247 86 
2980 132 400 e160 410 1180 486 997 553 232 362 84 
3081 138 394 e155 --- 1230 484 2150 525 219 303 84 
 
3182 --- 381 e153 --- 1140 --- 5310 --- 214 243 --- 

TOTAL238246971784183869502225651823139220415571133659483491
MEAN76.815757627132872860812651385366192116
MAX10326228703669351320109053105340565362205
MIN698012615314040342643452521412984
CFSM0.080.160.570.270.330.730.611.261.380.360.190.12
IN.0.090.170.660.310.350.840.681.451.540.420.220.13

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1936 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN379448459525749102010581004924560379331
MAX213517901905197623183244356235003568294618451777
(WY)199919781983194620011979197319741974199019871970
MIN48.860.457.126.568.817415714012762.961.046.5
(WY)195419541959197719402003200319891977194019881940

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1936 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL112383       185156       
ANNUAL MEAN308       506       654           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1579           1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN159           1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN3670           May 15340           Jun 110100           Mar 19 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN59           Aug 2869           Oct 822           Jan 18 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM63           Aug 2570           Oct 624           Jan 17 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW5840           May 3112100        AJun 22 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE13.77      May 3121.59   BJan 23 1969
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW68           C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.3070.5040.652    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)4.17  6.87  8.86      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS643       1200       1460           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS147       325       384           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS72       89       97           

A - Gage height, 19.75 ft., present datum.

B - Present datum, due to backwater from ice, estimated discharge, 8000 ft3/s.

C - Oct. 2, 7, 8.



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