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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 2004.

 

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

 

ALGAE: Water years 1989, 1990, and 2002-03.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2002.

 

FISH: Water years 1999-2000 and 2002-04.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999 and 2002-04.

 

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, automatic water 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, 1974, 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 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
 
1157 162 372 400 e200 795 1890 555 4730 778 219 377 
2151 362 350 386 e210 1000 1570 514 4270 684 209 305 
3173 1500 325 387 e220 968 1380 471 3260 649 239 257 
4282 1780 318 383 e220 1020 1200 439 2510 1590 1270 225 
5195 2430 647 407 e220 2550 1080 410 2020 1490 956 200 
 
6171 1960 600 352 e230 2900 988 376 1660 1060 565 191 
7165 1370 472 296 e230 2840 914 368 1390 918 397 192 
8159 841 417 366 e230 2360 854 351 1180 885 328 194 
9145 636 406 369 e230 1890 758 327 1040 973 289 195 
10139 516 1400 321 e220 1660 673 338 1140 1370 257 172 
 
11141 451 1970 305 e220 1520 597 541 e2100 1340 251 167 
12138 392 1820 332 e220 1400 527 518 e2380 1230 228 157 
13134 355 1360 346 e220 1300 486 819 e2250 1000 219 158 
14664 310 1070 324 e220 1260 477 1590 e2200 843 212 159 
15742 282 930 312 e220 1200 467 1840 1840 684 200 172 
 
16424 272 844 297 e220 1130 442 1570 1620 535 187 314 
17277 283 784 e290 231 1070 470 1280 1400 423 261 223 
18206 1340 724 e270 238 1030 463 1520 1230 357 257 200 
19179 1910 667 e250 250 996 453 1830 1080 324 402 172 
20174 1470 598 e240 410 1000 503 1940 975 320 264 163 
 
21176 978 535 e230 719 846 788 2410 992 307 221 168 
22168 713 480 e220 677 708 688 3000 1400 477 200 168 
23167 677 466 e210 705 626 637 3500 1200 448 188 157 
24161 1150 448 e210 830 793 604 3640 1080 375 513 145 
25343 845 421 e210 856 1000 995 3410 1010 309 826 149 
 
26224 654 380 e210 831 1400 832 3390 974 283 438 142 
27184 548 358 e210 791 1570 713 3630 939 282 548 145 
28173 479 407 e210 742 1620 618 3790 922 255 1820 159 
29170 422 461 e200 710 2360 559 3630 881 242 1350 156 
30163 390 450 e200 --- 2580 538 3680 824 254 792 146 
 
31164 --- 423 e200 --- 2340 --- 4530 --- 236 500 --- 

TOTAL690925478209038943115204573223164562075049720921146065728
MEAN223849674288397147577218131683675471191
MAX74224301970407856290018904530473015901820377
MIN134162318200200626442327824236187142
CFSM0.351.351.070.460.632.341.232.882.671.070.750.30
IN.0.411.501.230.530.682.701.373.322.981.240.860.34

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN3374154354365529991091791601392369329
MAX222420562211171118303499305023621922135523062035
(WY)198719861983196019971979199319961996199319871972
MIN4.2711.815.211.228.977.818479.469.726.58.4611.9
(WY)195419541945194519631945194519461963194419441946

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1944 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL194251       290608     
ANNUAL MEAN532       794     562       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1092       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN111       1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN3720           May 24730         Jun 19180       Aug 15 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN134           Sep 11,Oct 13134         Oct 130.00  Aug 23 1962
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM144           Sep 6146         Oct 71.5    Oct 19 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW4780         Jun 19770       Aug 15 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE7.08    Jun 19.90  Aug 15 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW127         Oct 13,14A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.8451.260.892
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.47  17.1612.12  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1160       1830     1380       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS343       470     308       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS168       173     39       

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



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