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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

 

ALGAE: Pigment and biomass, Water year 2000.

 

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, 3,500 ft3/s, May 23, 2004, gage height, 11.09 ft, 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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
10.131.722 e44   e7.8195 328 60 679 130 11   9.6  
20.136.418 e43   e7.8224 311 55 622 86 9.06.5  
30.1554   16 e41   e8.0241 289 49 508 65 9.04.8  
40.1687   14 e38   e8.4253 261 45 418 136 21   3.6  
50.15112   15 e37   e8.6353 234 39 357 223 32   3.1  
 
60.15117   16 e36   e8.8483 206 35 313 290 31   2.6  
70.15100   16 e34   e8.6573 174 31 270 357 20   1.9  
80.1372   16 e32   e8.4630 139 29 233 387 14   1.6  
90.1150   16 e30   e8.2661 106 36 196 360 12   1.4  
100.0936   89 e29   e7.8640 84 64 191 316 9.31.1  
 
110.0828   191 e29   e7.6568 72 107 274 265 8.01.1  
120.0723   218 e28   e7.6463 64 154 334 216 7.21.1  
130.1820   224 e27   e7.8387 58 213 369 151 6.50.96
140.5919   214 e25   e8.2338 54 274 354 92 5.80.77
150.5621   201 e23   e8.8290 51 340 322 66 5.00.77
 
160.8222   190 e21   e12   245 48 386 283 55 4.21.7  
171.4  25   174 e19   e15   205 53 412 248 48 6.13.5  
181.8  39   150 e17   e20   167 58 492 229 41 9.73.0  
191.3  68   120 e16   e25   138 57 543 233 36 8.02.5  
201.0  83   108 e16   30   120 51 540 246 31 7.62.2  
 
210.8485   90 e15   36   105 80 635 273 34 6.01.7  
220.7075   71 e14   45   92 100 2020 315 44 4.61.2  
230.6365   62 e13   65   82 102 3190 326 46 4.00.63
240.6562   61 e12   102   91 93 3260 332 39 4.00.32
250.7755   62 e11   128   135 96 2540 328 30 4.30.18
 
260.7348   56 e11   148   183 99 1850 311 24 4.60.10
270.7243   44 e10   165   220 95 1310 283 20 6.10.08
280.9437   43 e9.6176   239 88 946 250 17 17   0.03
291.3  32   e43 e9.0179   306 77 712 217 15 23   0.01
301.5  28   e44 e8.6---   335 66 575 179 13 18   0.03
 
311.8  ---   e45 e8.2---   336 --- 604 --- 12 15   ---     

TOTAL19.731514.12649706.41268.4929835942154694933645343.058.08
MEAN0.6450.585.522.843.730012069531611811.11.94
MAX1.8117224441796613283260679387329.6
MIN0.071.7148.27.6824829179124.00.01
CFSM0.010.410.690.190.362.440.975.652.570.960.090.02
IN.0.010.460.800.210.382.811.096.522.871.100.100.02

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN41.667.885.466.110520821914210954.338.450.8
MAX364390382279327673718695642363417410
(WY)198719861983199319741979199320042000197819781972
MIN0.061.603.061.461.1914.933.46.151.900.780.230.06
(WY)199520001977197720031968197719771988198819991994

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1967 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL13753.49  54134.71
ANNUAL MEAN37.7    148     99.0    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN206       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN9.24  1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN238           May 113260         May 243260       May 24 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.00      A0.01    Sep 290.00  B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.00      Sep 180.11    Sep 240.00  Jul 27 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW3500         May 233500       May 23 2004
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE11.09    May 2311.09  May 23 2004
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.00    Sep 28,29
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.3061.200.805
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)4.16  16.3710.94  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS93       339     271       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS16       43     34       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.21  1.1  2.7    

A - Several days.

B - At times in most years.



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