05548105 DATA: Sediment Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05548105 NIPPERSINK CREEK ABOVE WONDER LAKE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°23'07", long 88°22'10", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.13, T.45 N., R.7 E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Thompson Road, at west edge of Wonder Lake and 1.1 mi east of Greenwood at mile 19.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 84.5 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: June 1994 to September 1997, October 1998 to September 2001 (discontinued).

STAGE: Water years 1994-1997; 1999-2001.

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1965 to 1977.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: July 1994 to September 1997. Water years 1999 to 2001 (discontinued).

SEDIMENT: June 1994 to September 1997, March 1999 to July 2001 (discontinued).

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, water years 1998 and 1999.

BIOLOGICAL

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2000.

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 798.00 ft above sea level. Prior to June 13, 1994, at datum 8.31 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height, 13.95 ft, present datum, June 11, 1967, discharge not determined; maximum discharge, 3,690 ft³/s, June 13, 1999, gage height, 11.63 ft; minimum discharge, 5.5 ft³/s, Sept. 12, 1995.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 808 mg/L, Aug. 17, 1995; minimum daily, 1 mg/L, Aug. 27, 1997.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,200 tons, June 13, 2000; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Aug. 27, 1997.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum stage of 12.26 ft, present datum, occurred between Sept. 30, 1977 and June 13, 1994, from floodmark obtained from crest-stage gage, discharge not determined.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 478 mg/L, Jan. 30; minimum daily, 11 mg/L, Oct. 11.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 610 tons, Feb. 25; minimum daily, 1.2 tons, Oct. 11.

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
		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	65	29	5.0	24	216	14	44	203	24
2	34	27	2.4	27	210	15	42	252	29
3	31	25	2.1	32	196	17	39	251	27
4	59	24	3.9	30	194	16	38	246	25
5	59	24	3.8	29	194	15	e36	241	23

6	63	23	4.0	30	198	16	e36	235	23
7	55	20	3.0	89	220	53	36	228	22
8	49	18	2.3	87	220	51	37	224	22
9	46	15	1.8	117	234	74	e33	228	20
10	44	13	1.6	166	234	105	31	232	20

11	40	11	1.2	114	230	71	30	233	19
12	38	93	9.4	88	226	54	38	227	23
13	36	164	16	73	222	44	35	220	21
14	34	181	17	54	219	32	39	213	22
15	33	193	17	50	218	30	36	206	20

16	33	191	17	51	217	30	38	199	20
17	32	189	16	48	216	28	32	192	16
18	32	190	17	45	215	26	e34	185	17
19	35	201	19	48	221	29	e37	178	18
20	33	214	19	49	234	31	e38	171	18

21	32	222	19	39	226	24	e37	164	16
22	32	220	19	e37	220	22	e38	157	16
23	33	216	19	35	222	21	e37	150	15
24	36	213	20	34	224	21	e36	143	14
25	36	212	20	34	237	22	e35	136	13

26	35	212	20	40	246	26	e34	130	12
27	36	212	21	43	228	26	e35	123	12
28	35	214	20	41	225	25	e35	116	11
29	33	218	19	43	245	28	e35	109	10
30	32	219	19	45	219	27	e34	102	9.3

31	29	218	17	---	---	---	e32	95	8.2

TOTAL	1220	---	391.5	1642	---	993	1117	---	565.5


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	e31	88	7.3	67	230	42	163	116	51
2	e30	81	6.5	e70	225	43	160	84	36
3	e29	74	5.8	e98	205	54	176	65	31
4	e29	67	5.2	45	179	22	176	74	35
5	e29	60	4.7	41	156	17	140	69	26

6	e30	63	5.1	40	138	15	116	67	21
7	30	87	7.0	45	122	15	110	72	22
8	29	107	8.3	42	110	12	108	140	41
9	e29	126	9.9	333	369	362	94	103	26
10	e28	146	11	460	389	484	89	87	21

11	e27	163	12	344	337	315	113	116	36
12	26	165	12	206	300	167	121	113	37
13	28	177	13	155	288	120	137	118	43
14	32	199	17	132	276	98	117	108	34
15	39	197	21	116	263	82	153	122	51

16	44	184	22	102	251	69	175	122	58
17	42	173	20	e90	239	58	138	105	39
18	43	162	19	e82	226	50	128	106	37
19	37	151	15	71	214	41	120	125	41
20	e35	141	13	67	201	36	114	126	39

21	e35	131	12	70	183	34	111	122	37
22	e34	125	11	57	165	25	106	121	35
23	32	119	10	56	147	22	100	126	34
24	e31	113	9.5	106	171	57	91	131	32
25	e29	107	8.4	845	267	610	82	135	30

26	29	101	7.9	475	217	282	74	135	27
27	e28	95	7.2	288	181	142	73	136	27
28	e28	93	7.0	201	149	81	71	137	26
29	27	278	21	---	---	---	71	140	27
30	70	478	90	---	---	---	70	142	27

31	83	356	80	---	---	---	72	144	28

TOTAL	1073	---	498.8	4704	---	3355	3569	---	1055


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	78	143	30	52	184	26	77	219	46
2	69	141	26	47	192	25	109	231	68
3	64	146	25	44	199	24	85	208	48
4	61	146	24	43	200	23	68	181	33
5	62	139	23	43	200	23	122	218	79

6	79	80	17	44	200	24	168	282	129
7	74	58	12	54	221	32	118	220	71
8	64	88	15	58	215	34	93	171	43
9	66	110	20	46	214	27	76	168	35
10	68	109	20	47	215	28	66	167	30

11	88	146	37	90	257	62	59	168	27
12	176	222	105	87	214	50	170	248	119
13	130	185	65	68	203	37	181	259	128
14	105	161	46	58	195	30	100	206	56
15	90	143	35	54	186	27	86	175	41

16	80	141	31	48	173	23	81	171	38
17	71	141	27	44	161	19	67	159	29
18	66	177	32	41	150	17	64	157	27
19	63	166	28	39	148	15	59	157	25
20	72	320	63	38	146	15	53	180	26

21	83	154	34	49	185	25	50	155	21
22	109	251	80	57	174	27	48	152	20
23	139	282	107	49	145	19	45	150	18
24	103	177	50	82	187	45	42	148	17
25	83	170	38	135	231	85	40	146	16

26	73	171	34	96	190	49	38	144	15
27	65	172	30	89	178	43	37	145	14
28	61	173	29	71	176	34	36	146	14
29	57	174	27	63	174	29	35	146	14
30	54	177	26	56	172	26	34	144	13

31	---	---	---	53	187	27	---	---	---

TOTAL	2453	---	1136	1845	---	970	2307	---	1260


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	36	141	14	21	---	---	17	---	---
2	43	140	16	41	---	---	14	---	---
3	45	146	18	29	---	---	16	---	---
4	46	152	19	24	---	---	23	---	---
5	42	157	18	21	---	---	17	---	---

6	41	159	18	18	---	---	16	---	---
7	57	161	25	18	---	---	53	---	---
8	49	164	22	17	---	---	95	---	---
9	43	173	20	20	---	---	77	---	---
10	41	183	20	29	---	---	86	---	---

11	39	192	20	20	---	---	50	---	---
12	39	199	21	19	---	---	34	---	---
13	38	206	21	18	---	---	25	---	---
14	38	207	21	19	---	---	19	---	---
15	36	187	18	19	---	---	17	---	---

16	31	167	14	50	---	---	15	---	---
17	36	178	18	32	---	---	12	---	---
18	39	165	17	19	---	---	13	---	---
19	32	161	14	18	---	---	53	---	---
20	30	156	12	15	---	---	63	---	---

21	28	144	11	18	---	---	115	---	---
22	28	132	10	20	---	---	90	---	---
23	61	140	23	21	---	---	72	---	---
24	61	172	28	20	---	---	85	---	---
25	38	168	17	22	---	---	56	---	---

26	30	164	13	37	---	---	49	---	---
27	24	160	10	24	---	---	41	---	---
28	24	156	10	21	---	---	36	---	---
29	24	154	9.9	19	---	---	35	---	---
30	21	161	9.1	18	---	---	30	---	---

31	21	168	9.3	17	---	---	---	---	---

TOTAL	1161	---	516.3	704	---	---	1324	---	---

e Estimated