05527500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05527500 KANKAKEE RIVER NEAR WILMINGTON, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 41°20'48", long 88°11'11" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec. 15, T.33 N., R.9 E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, on right bank, 0.4 mi downstream from Prairie Creek, 0.5 mi upstream from bridge on Interstate 55, 5 mi downstream from Wilmington, and at mile 5.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 5,150 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: February 1935 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308. November 1914 to September 1933 at site 8.5 mi upstream, published as Kankakee River at Custer Park. Records may not be equivalent.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-77 are published in Water Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site F 01.
	SEDIMENT: October 1978 to September 1982, January 1993 to December 1995.
	WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1973-77.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-83-2: 1982(M). WDR IL-91-2: 1981(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 510.86 ft above NGVD of 1929. However, datum incorrectly published as 511.10 ft above NGVD of 1929 from Feb. 16, 1935 to Sept. 30, 1953.

REMARKS.-- Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplants upstream from station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 75,900 ft³/s, July 13, 1957, gage height, 11.40 ft; maximum gage height, 13.88 ft, Jan. 30, 1968, ice jam; minimum discharge, 204 ft³/s, Aug. 1, 1936.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 2,180 mg/L, Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily, 5 mg/L, Feb. 5, 1993, Sept. 24-30, 1995, Oct. 12, 1995.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 172,000 tons, Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily, 12 tons, Sept. 20, 29-30, 1995.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Floods in 1883, 1887 reached a stage of 16.7 ft, discharge not determined.

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

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	1870	2060	6950	7860	e1380	3680	10700	3130	13300	2890	1410	13000
2	1630	2080	6420	7560	e1310	3810	10200	3190	12500	2620	1280	12100
3	1490	1940	5780	7040	e1270	4130	9280	2980	11900	2500	1140	10300
4	1330	1840	5320	6800	e1210	4480	7930	2680	11200	2580	1980	8130
5	1320	2220	5020	6520	e1170	7770	6730	2700	9780	2590	1960	6810

6	1300	2560	5060	6760	e1120	11500	5960	2580	8210	2480	2000	5940
7	1240	2740	5160	7030	e1200	11400	5400	e2630	7260	2450	1900	5410
8	1210	2860	5320	6480	e1280	10700	4930	e2700	6270	2350	1940	4920
9	1150	3020	5520	5600	e1390	9420	4630	e2650	5650	2290	1750	4750
10	1140	3050	6230	4960	e1280	8300	4340	e2600	4940	2430	1490	4350

11	1100	2890	7740	4990	e1200	7520	4060	e2800	4890	2530	1250	3880
12	1070	2620	7460	4700	e1350	6870	3760	3270	e15100	3530	1190	3360
13	1040	2460	7020	4580	e1500	6330	3610	3730	e27000	4720	1050	2810
14	1110	2560	6700	4270	e1400	5800	3470	4840	23400	4510	1040	2470
15	1180	2520	6330	4050	e1280	5470	3390	6070	23500	3680	1010	2210

16	1350	2460	5940	3810	e1280	5240	3240	6610	21700	2700	982	2080
17	1560	2360	5480	3690	e1280	4950	3150	6530	18400	1930	975	1930
18	1790	4010	5110	3510	e1280	4710	3050	5960	15900	1990	1010	1900
19	1930	10900	4830	3670	e1500	4540	2890	5350	14700	2000	1930	1830
20	1920	11300	4610	3720	e1950	4360	2910	4980	13900	2080	2160	1750

21	1720	10500	4380	3190	e2600	4340	3220	4960	12800	1790	2380	1670
22	1780	10300	3960	e2900	e3400	4100	3520	4760	10800	1730	2600	1600
23	1670	9590	3920	e2700	e3800	3880	3270	4670	8070	1840	2780	1560
24	1630	10100	4110	e2400	e4000	3800	3140	4510	6180	2380	2880	1480
25	1610	10500	5540	e2100	e4100	3830	3410	4830	5120	2280	2640	1430

26	1630	10300	6450	e1900	e4200	4380	3520	5340	4490	2310	6240	e1410
27	1850	9920	6150	e1700	4050	6780	3390	5520	3970	2330	9630	e1390
28	2130	9080	5760	e1600	3820	8680	3170	5360	3490	2230	12200	e1380
29	2260	8150	5540	e1540	3670	11300	2730	4860	3320	1900	13400	e1370
30	2310	7420	5880	e1480	---	11400	2760	4950	3090	1660	13300	e1360

31	2280	---	7240	e1410	---	10900	---	11300	---	1560	13100	---

TOTAL	48600	164310	176930	130520	60270	204370	135760	139040	330830	76860	110597	114580
MEAN	1568	5477	5707	4210	2078	6593	4525	4485	11030	2479	3568	3819
MAX	2310	11300	7740	7860	4200	11500	10700	11300	27000	4720	13400	13000
MIN	1040	1840	3920	1410	1120	3680	2730	2580	3090	1560	975	1360
CFSM	0.30	1.06	1.11	0.82	0.40	1.28	0.88	0.87	2.14	0.48	0.69	0.74
IN.	0.35	1.19	1.28	0.94	0.44	1.48	0.98	1.00	2.39	0.56	0.80	0.83

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1934 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	2305	3254	4280	4798	5951	7824	7994	7070	5642	3617	1985	1858
MAX	15570	15530	18150	17270	13870	22730	18360	21480	14320	12720	5793	14370
(WY)	1994	1986	1983	1993	1968	1982	1950	1943	1993	2003	1990	1993
MIN	515	605	637	700	709	1443	2359	1820	957	463	451	482
(WY)	1964	1954	1964	1945	1963	1957	1940	1958	1936	1936	1988	1941

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1934 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	1509677		1692667
ANNUAL MEAN	4136		4625		4710
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					10380	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					1407	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	21100	Jul 12	27000 A	Jun 13	55100	Nov 28 1990
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	833	Aug 28	975	Aug 17	270	Jan 1 1940
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	880	Feb 28	1040	Aug 12	340	Aug 2 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			29100	Jun 13	75900 B	Jul 13 1957
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			6.43	Jun 13	13.88 C	Jan 30 1968
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			948	Aug 17,18	204	Aug 1 1936
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.803		0.898		0.915
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	10.90		12.23		12.43
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	9710		10200		10800
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2560		3520		3020
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1070		1350		876

	A - Estimated.
	B - Gage height, 11.40 ft.
	C - Ice jam.