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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527800                   DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 42°29'22", long 87°55'32", 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.--Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum gage heights, water years 1962-66. June 1967 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960-68(M), 1973(M).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 662.00 ft above sea level. Oct. 17, 1961 to June 29, 1967, crest-stage gage at left downstream side of bridge at datum 4.29 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for July 30 to Septemeber 30 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Recording rain gage and gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 1.7 38  31  17  701  82  45  391  38  66      .00 .12
2 1.5 32  33  19  607  82  43  339  79  60      .00 .12
3 2.4 26  31  e22  554  87  43  297  128  51      .00 .09
4 8.2 23  29  e21  502  88  48  255  152  43      .00 .04
5 17    21  27  e21  451  84  54  215  153  34      .00 .01
 
6 43    19  30  e21  424  78  61  174  130  24      .00 .00
7 50    18  71  e21  395  72  67  145  102  17      .00 .00
8 46    17  104  e21  365  67  69  124  83  12      .00 .00
9 38    16  111  e21  342  78  118  105  73  9.7   .00 .00
10 24    60  103  e21  319  106  193  88  61  9.0   .00 .00
 
11 12    142  84  e21  304  76  225  75  52  8.6   .00 .00
12 14    166  69  e21  316  70  241  74  43  7.9   .01 .00
13 6.8 175  60  e22  309  67  244  75  126  7.0   .02 .00
14 6.4 177  54  e22  299  66  235  72  336  7.4   .02 .00
15 7.4 171  50  e22  293  68  217  66  411  7.3   .06 .00
 
16 7.9 158  46  e23  286  81  231  62  464  5.9   .07 .00
17 10    132  52  e25  277  137  259  107  501  6.8   .04 .00
18 67    97  56  35  258  204  255  143  505  7.2   .01 .00
19 83    70  52  39  239  229  245  145  467  8.5   .83 .00
20 79    57  46  42  212  238  229  139  415  7.1   2.1   .00
 
21 71    49  39  44  177  236  210  130  357  6.3   1.2   .00
22 57    45  40  111  136  219  246  119  301  5.6   .44 .00
23 45    41  30  279  105  191  612  106  240  4.5   .31 .00
24 34    36  25  455  88  153  1020  99  181  3.5   .36 .00
25 25    32  22  600  78  118  1210  91  129  2.8   .54 .00
 
26 21    30  20  733  75  93  1170  82  96  2.4   .40 .00
27 19    28  19  856  77  78  977  70  73  1.4   .20 .00
28 18    26  19  1000  80  68  786  62  74  .85 .18 17     
29 19    27  19  1030  ---  63  607  57  67  .43 .16 65     
30 36    28  19  951  ---  57  470  43  64  .14 .14 67     
 
31 43    ---  18  831  ---  52  ---  35  ---  .03 .12 ---     

TOTAL 913.3 1957 1409 7367 8269 3388 10430 3985 5901 427.35 7.21 149.38
MEAN 29.5 65.2 45.5 238 295 109 348 129 197 13.8 .23 4.98
MAX 83 177 111 1030 701 238 1210 391 505 66 2.1 67
MIN 1.5 16 18 17 75 52 43 35 38 .03 .00 .00
CFSM .24 .53 .37 1.93 2.40 .89 2.83 1.05 1.60 .11 .00 .04
IN. .28 .59 .43 2.23 2.50 1.02 3.15 1.21 1.78 .13 .00 .05

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 41.3 70.0 92.3 73.4 111 218 229 120 83.6 55.2 42.4 54.1
MAX 364 390 382 279 327 673 718 410 356 363 417 410
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1993 1974 1979 1993 1996 1996 1978 1978 1972
MIN .056 2.75 3.06 1.46 2.35 14.9 33.4 6.15 1.90 .78 .23 .060
(WY) 1995 1972 1977 1977 1977 1968 1977 1977 1988 1988 1999 1994

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 42164.17 44203.24
ANNUAL MEAN 116      121      99.2      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 206          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.24     1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 782          Apr 18 1210          Apr 25 2100          Mar 21 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .48     Aug 3 .00     A .00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .67     Jul 30 .00     Aug 1 .00     Jul 27 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 1250          Apr 25 2120      C Mar 21 1979
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 8.38     Apr 25 10.75     D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .94 .98 .81    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.75 13.37 10.95    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 320      317      276         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 53      52      33         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.7   .02 2.8      
A - Many days.
B - At times in most years.
C - Gage height, 9.69 ft.
D - March 6, 1976, Sept. 27, 1986.


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