05568500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

Station list Available data
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 fair.

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	5990	6060	24100	13500	e3700	9580	31100	16200	32900	24600	5850	28200
2	5710	6150	22600	13900	e4400	9970	31800	15900	38300	23100	6580	27400
3	4570	7270	18000	15200	e5000	11200	32200	14000	40800	21000	7630	26400
4	4270	9380	10100	17000	e4400	12300	31800	10700	40800	20200	6370	25100
5	3800	14100	9600	16500	e4000	12400	30500	9970	40400	19300	8000	23400

6	3520	18400	9350	13800	e4800	22300	29100	11400	39300	14800	8960	21800
7	3570	18900	9470	12000	e6000	29700	28700	11900	37800	8200	9070	18700
8	3720	18900	10500	11800	e5500	31400	27600	12200	36200	8690	8680	12900
9	3890	17500	12800	12000	e6200	32000	26000	9710	35000	10100	7840	7430
10	4110	15300	14200	12000	e5700	30700	24900	8710	33900	10800	7750	e6000

11	3670	12500	20800	11700	e5000	31100	23700	10800	33100	11100	6290	e5200
12	3400	11000	25400	11700	e5300	30400	22800	9990	32600	11000	6090	e5300
13	3310	8600	e29000	11700	e5700	28900	21700	10800	33500	11500	4620	e5400
14	3580	7750	e26000	10600	e5400	28000	15800	15000	37200	12400	4730	e6000
15	3750	6780	23800	10400	e5200	27600	8220	21700	41300	12700	5530	5030

16	4970	6280	23900	10100	e4900	26600	7120	27500	43100	12600	5280	7670
17	6050	6110	23900	10300	e4600	25100	6710	27600	43500	12300	4110	8250
18	5820	9210	23300	10600	e4800	24200	6880	28300	42900	11400	4460	7950
19	5850	13200	22600	e7500	e5300	e22000	7110	28500	41900	8890	5500	6690
20	5640	20600	17900	7180	e6000	20400	7970	27600	39900	6630	5930	6090

21	5910	28900	8470	7160	6970	15900	8770	27300	38000	7150	6030	5720
22	5800	29700	8610	7070	7840	12400	11500	26400	37400	8020	5610	5590
23	5160	28000	9770	6720	11700	11500	13500	26300	35500	8920	5610	5520
24	3890	27800	10800	6490	14500	7620	12000	27400	34700	9110	5800	5400
25	3730	27000	11100	5640	14700	7370	10700	e30000	33400	9020	5990	5420

26	4070	27900	11100	5750	14700	10200	11000	e29000	31500	7790	8310	e5300
27	4000	27900	10500	6300	14400	13900	13900	28000	29800	6410	10900	e6100
28	4060	27500	9900	e5400	14000	15400	11300	28000	28600	5380	16700	e4400
29	4710	e25000	11800	e4900	12400	27200	10400	27400	27100	5140	25700	3270
30	5200	24700	11900	e5300	---	28300	14800	27600	25600	5780	27100	2930

31	5420	---	11500	e4500	---	29800	---	29800	---	6220	28200	---

TOTAL	141140	508390	492770	304710	213110	645440	539580	635680	1086000	350250	275220	310560
MEAN	4553	16950	15900	9829	7349	20820	17990	20510	36200	11300	8878	10350
MAX	6050	29700	29000	17000	14700	32000	32200	30000	43500	24600	28200	28200
MIN	3310	6060	8470	4500	3700	7370	6710	8710	25600	5140	4110	2930

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	9464	11160	13270	13920	16870	23260	25100	23490	19230	13670	9763	9065
MAX	33180	37100	52390	44480	40470	56190	55630	52180	46230	46130	28440	34620
(WY)	1987	1986	1983	1993	1974	1979	1983	1943	1974	1993	1993	1993
MIN	3362	3676	4598	3747	3421	6450	7928	7822	5579	4474	5038	4027
(WY)	1964	2003	1944	1963	1963	2003	1940	1989	1977	1965	1944	1963

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	4145660		5502850
ANNUAL MEAN	11360		15040		15670
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					32200	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					6820	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	34000	Jul 23	43500	Jun 17	86700	Dec 7 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	2800 A	Jan 23	2930 B	Sep 30	600 C	Oct 26 1997
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	3260	Jan 18	3670	Oct 7	2060	Oct 8 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			43900 D	Jun 17	88800 E	Dec 7 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			16.84 F	Jun 18	26.02	May 25 1943
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			2320	Oct 13
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	27300		30100		32200
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7410		11100		10900
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3860		4950		5200

	A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
	B - But may have been less during period of missing record Sept. 26-28.
	C - Estimated, caused by dam regulation.
	D - Gage height, 16.70 ft.
	E - Gage height, 23.86 ft.
	F - Discharge, 42900 ft³/s.