05559600 DATA: SED_TBL_2003

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05559600 ILLINOIS RIVER AT CHILLICOTHE, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 40°55'45", long 89°27'42" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4 sec.22, T.11 N., R.9 W., Peoria County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, at center of Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railroad bridge, 1 mi north of Chillicothe and at mile 181.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- Not determined.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	SEDIMENT: May 1993 to November 1993, water years 1994 to 2000 (March to December), March 2001 to current year.
	MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1996-99, 2002-03.

REMARKS.-- Water discharge used to compute sediment record are from Illinois River at Henry (station 05558300). Suspended-sediment samples were collected by a local observer twice weekly with additional samples colleced during high runoff periods. Samples were not collected (and data are not published) during periods of ice.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 491 mg/L, July 20, 1996; minimum daily, 16 mg/L, Mar. 7, 1998.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 93,800 tons, July 20, 1996; minimum daily, 140 tons, Oct. 30, 2002.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 184 mg/L, May 12; minimum daily, 17 mg/L, March 1.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 18,300 tons, May 12; minimum daily, 140 tons, Oct. 30.

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
		MEAN			MEAN			MEAN
	MEAN	CONCEN-	SEDIMENT	MEAN	CONCEN-	SEDIMENT	MEAN	CONCEN-	SEDIMENT
	DISCHARGE	TRATION	DISCHARGE	DISCHARGE	TRATION	DISCHARGE	DISCHARGE	TRATION	DISCHARGE
DAY	(CFS)	(MG/L)	(TONS/DAY)	(CFS)	(MG/L)	(TONS/DAY)	(CFS)	(MG/L)	(TONS/DAY)

	OCTOBER			NOVEMBER			DECEMBER

1	4710	48	589	2730	24	179	2550	28	192
2	4720	49	624	2880	27	212	4630	26	316
3	3960	31	333	2240	29	179	3240	25	225
4	4840	42	550	2400	28	179	2760	27	206
5	7470	50	1000	3290	26	225	2930	37	290

6	6640	31	560	3150	24	200	e3200	35	304
7	6090	25	414	e2700	23	171	e3100	34	286
8	5310	37	532	2500	24	160	3570	53	512
9	5830	41	636	2530	38	257	3530	44	424
10	5030	27	374	4200	39	440	2930	28	223

11	4520	23	281	3210	27	235	3310	30	266
12	4250	23	264	2940	26	205	2830	36	279
13	3880	23	243	2850	28	213	3220	42	366
14	4520	25	303	3580	28	269	2600	38	268
15	3760	27	278	3650	28	276	2950	32	251

16	3300	29	263	3330	28	253	3570	33	313
17	3620	30	292	3390	29	261	3170	36	308
18	e4400	30	355	3770	29	297	e7000	---	---
19	3930	30	319	2880	30	232	7900	---	---
20	3650	30	298	4160	27	298	5870	---	---

21	e4300	51	593	4540	23	278	6170	---	---
22	3640	50	494	3630	19	188	5050	---	---
23	2720	45	334	e3000	21	168	5470	---	---
24	2810	55	421	4830	24	310	5070	---	---
25	2510	45	307	2520	27	188	4060	---	---

26	4210	41	466	2340	30	192	4430	---	---
27	3830	27	279	3260	32	278	3100	---	---
28	2680	23	165	2440	33	217	3800	---	---
29	3000	22	179	3660	32	315	4240	---	---
30	2340	22	140	3310	30	269	4020	---	---

31	2710	22	161	---	---	---	5000	---	---

TOTAL	129180	---	12047	95910	---	7144	125270	---	---


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	3370	---	---	e3300	---	---	4160	17	192
2	4260	---	---	4220	---	---	4060	19	205
3	3910	---	---	2880	---	---	4080	21	228
4	5080	---	---	3280	---	---	4070	22	247
5	5090	---	---	3850	---	---	3520	22	207

6	4690	---	---	3580	---	---	4110	24	269
7	e2800	---	---	3600	---	---	3800	21	218
8	3990	---	---	4240	---	---	5930	27	430
9	4720	---	---	3510	---	---	3720	24	251
10	3330	---	---	4310	---	---	5560	26	389

11	3050	---	---	3650	---	---	5000	32	430
12	e2400	---	---	3390	---	---	5090	35	482
13	4460	---	---	4270	---	---	5710	33	505
14	2760	---	---	3140	---	---	6390	31	525
15	3010	---	---	3660	---	---	7160	31	603

16	2340	---	---	3390	---	---	6440	33	567
17	2440	---	---	3060	---	---	6070	34	554
18	3340	---	---	3180	---	---	5900	35	558
19	e2500	---	---	3500	---	---	5710	74	1140
20	e2800	---	---	2980	---	---	7610	104	2130

21	e3300	---	---	2800	---	---	7420	51	1010
22	e2700	---	---	4330	---	---	7790	65	1370
23	e2300	---	---	2730	---	---	6850	44	815
24	e2800	---	---	3900	---	---	6340	33	573
25	e3800	---	---	4440	---	---	7820	50	1050

26	e2800	---	---	4060	---	---	6780	59	1090
27	e3200	---	---	4350	---	---	7420	58	1160
28	e2800	---	---	4460	---	---	7880	63	1340
29	e3000	---	---	---	---	---	7600	51	1050
30	e3300	---	---	---	---	---	6940	39	730

31	e2700	---	---	---	---	---	6090	38	619

TOTAL	103040	---	---	102060	---	---	183020	---	20937


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	5930	38	609	12600	73	2530	11000	59	1770
2	5460	38	561	17200	97	4500	11500	66	2050
3	6290	38	644	16100	97	4200	11700	77	2450
4	8540	47	1100	15300	99	4120	10600	82	2350
5	11500	63	1950	19800	125	6720	9930	83	2230

6	13300	79	2860	22700	127	7760	10500	74	2090
7	12700	95	3270	23800	118	7600	9490	62	1590
8	14100	94	3580	21800	72	4270	8750	50	1190
9	13600	81	2980	e25000	114	7710	9640	55	1420
10	13800	68	2530	28800	133	10400	8720	61	1440

11	12800	55	1880	32700	91	8080	9630	55	1430
12	11500	44	1380	36600	184	18300	8820	48	1140
13	10200	49	1340	33900	120	11000	8210	46	1020
14	8570	54	1240	31000	79	6580	8180	57	1260
15	7030	47	886	28800	90	6990	10600	60	1690

16	9640	57	1470	27000	92	6690	12200	44	1450
17	8510	51	1170	26200	88	6200	12200	43	1420
18	7680	42	874	24000	84	5430	10900	44	1280
19	6460	40	704	21300	80	4610	13500	42	1510
20	6690	48	868	22800	82	5060	9370	40	1010

21	7510	47	948	19600	73	3860	9920	38	1000
22	6820	43	786	17900	58	2810	8050	37	818
23	5970	42	681	16000	72	3090	7490	38	776
24	6700	47	848	14900	89	3590	6430	40	704
25	6240	42	700	14000	86	3270	6250	42	715

26	5700	37	565	12700	80	2740	7160	40	774
27	5230	36	516	12100	69	2230	4890	37	492
28	6400	48	832	11100	60	1780	6570	37	645
29	5100	46	634	10600	58	1670	6970	37	699
30	5140	46	642	8230	67	1500	5200	38	537

31	---	---	---	12400	69	2310	---	---	---

TOTAL	255110	---	39048	636930	---	167600	274370	---	38950


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	5380	39	570	16600	60	2730	6380	28	481
2	5290	41	580	16600	60	2700	7910	28	595
3	4460	42	506	16700	60	2690	7140	28	533
4	5730	42	651	17600	108	5140	7680	27	564
5	5950	39	628	16600	96	4280	7650	29	596

6	6980	36	689	15400	91	3810	7580	31	632
7	10300	47	1320	14900	96	3840	6260	32	539
8	12600	61	2110	12600	113	3870	6980	33	625
9	17200	75	3500	11400	93	2880	5850	32	501
10	21900	76	4520	10100	63	1720	5660	29	439

11	26800	47	3360	9690	52	1370	5540	28	419
12	29400	91	7250	9690	52	1360	4260	36	418
13	27800	90	6770	8670	53	1240	e5100	49	676
14	26600	99	7130	8300	54	1210	e6100	49	811
15	28200	98	7550	7440	55	1100	e5200	48	679

16	30300	106	8660	7050	52	986	5030	47	639
17	29400	99	7820	7540	48	970	e4300	43	506
18	30400	52	4280	6740	44	798	e4500	39	478
19	32500	93	8210	5790	41	646	4700	44	554
20	36100	145	14100	5580	39	593	5360	47	681

21	34800	139	13100	6010	43	692	4700	42	537
22	32100	118	10300	7030	50	937	e4200	38	437
23	31800	104	8920	4780	43	555	e4900	48	628
24	29300	99	7870	5670	55	840	4640	46	573
25	26400	85	6050	5250	52	743	3900	57	597

26	23500	61	3920	6010	59	955	5240	71	1000
27	22200	67	4210	5190	53	748	6060	80	1300
28	e25000	65	4410	4630	45	558	5500	82	1230
29	22800	40	2600	6300	43	727	4770	82	1060
30	19800	49	2610	4160	33	376	5810	79	1180

31	17700	58	2770	5350	29	412	---	---	---

TOTAL	678690	---	156964	285370	---	51476	168900	---	19908

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