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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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: July 1967 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum gage heights, water years 1962-66.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999-2000. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-60, 1964-69, 1971-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-22 and 79-23 as site G 08.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: March to September 1999; contaminants in streambed sediment, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998.
BIOLOGICAL: Benthic macroinvertebrates, July 1999; fish, August 1999 and August 2000.
PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, raingage, 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.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
PRECIPITATION: Maximum, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for November 15 to March 15, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 40      e.62 2.1 4.8 e11    231  60  262  401  70  59    9.4
2 8.9   e.66 2.2 5.8 e10    199  58  220  573  65  49    8.6
3 1.5   e1.0   2.4 8.2 e9.6 160  56  177  747  152  33    8.4
4 2.5   e1.0   3.0 8.9 e9.4 117  54  137  813  165  25    8.1
5 4.9   e.84 13    8.0 e9.2 81  52  109  824  171  22    7.5
 
6 e2.9   e.90 21    7.4 e9.2 61  49  93  754  154  50    8.0
7 e2.5   e1.1   19    7.1 e9.2 51  49  81  648  120  54    8.6
8 e2.4   e1.3   15    6.7 e9.0 46  65  73  535  84  41    8.6
9 e2.4   e1.5   12    7.6 e8.8 47  89  87  431  64  27    8.1
10 e2.3   e1.8   9.6 10    e9.0 45  106  142  354  68  19    6.0
 
11 e1.8   e1.6   7.2 15    e9.2 40  121  192  303  94  16    7.4
12 e1.6   e1.4   6.2 16    e9.4 37  126  233  502  97  13    53   
13 e1.0   e1.2   5.7 15    e9.8 35  119  251  1490  82  11    90   
14 e1.0   e1.1   5.4 13    e9.8 34  107  254  2060  125  9.4 97   
15 e1.0   1.2   5.9 9.9 e10    41  95  248  1970  175  12    87   
 
16 e1.0   1.1   8.2 9.7 e10    63  85  235  1560  164  9.0 67   
17 e.98 1.1   8.4 9.4 e11    55  79  216  1160  128  12    48   
18 e.98 1.2   7.1 9.5 e16    53  75  243  872  78  19    34   
19 e.96 1.4   6.0 9.6 e18    51  83  598  673  53  18    23   
20 e.94 1.5   e4.5 9.9 e19    71  208  1120  526  44  15    18   
 
21 e.86 1.5   e3.7 9.5 e19    115  390  1310  414  37  12    24   
22 e.84 1.6   e3.2 9.3 44    129  525  1170  341  30  10    33   
23 e.78 2.0   e3.0 9.5 81    123  681  962  287  23  11    127   
24 e.68 3.3   3.0 9.4 132    112  793  768  243  21  12    190   
25 e.58 3.1   3.0 9.5 196    108  780  602  206  19  11    214   
 
26 e.62 2.6   3.0 9.5 233    101  679  473  167  18  9.0 226   
27 e.70 2.6   3.2 9.6 256    92  558  399  135  18  8.8 221   
28 e1.1   2.7   3.3 10    262    83  447  368  105  14  9.6 206   
29 e1.1   2.7   3.6 11    251    76  366  363  86  13  10    180   
30 e1.4   2.5   3.9 e11    ---    71  310  359  76  14  11    137   
 
31 e1.0   ---      4.4 e11    ---    64  ---  359  ---  36  11    ---   

TOTAL 91.22 48.12 201.2 300.8 1690.6 2592 7265 12104 19256 2396 628.8 2163.7
MEAN 2.94 1.60 6.49 9.70 58.3 83.6 242 390 642 77.3 20.3 72.1
MAX 40 3.3 21 16 262 231 793 1310 2060 175 59 226
MIN .58 .62 2.1 4.8 8.8 34 49 73 76 13 8.8 6.0
CFSM .02 .01 .05 .08 .47 .68 1.97 3.17 5.22 .63 .16 .59
IN. .03 .01 .06 .09 .51 .78 2.20 3.66 5.82 .72 .19 .65

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 40.2 67.9 89.7 71.4 109 213 230 128 101 55.8 41.7 54.6
MAX 364 390 382 279 327 673 718 410 642 363 417 410
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1993 1974 1979 1993 1996 2000 1978 1978 1972
MIN .056 1.60 3.06 1.46 2.35 14.9 33.4 6.15 1.90 .78 .23 .060
(WY) 1995 2000 1977 1977 1977 1968 1977 1977 1988 1988 1999 1994

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 40264.48 48737.44    
ANNUAL MEAN 110      133          100         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 206          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.24     1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1210          Apr 25 2060              Jun 14 2100          Mar 21 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     A .58 B     Oct 25 .00     C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00     Aug 1 .72         Oct 21 .00     Jul 27 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2130      D     Jun 14 2130      D Jun 14 2000
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 9.95         Jun 14 10.75     E
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .90 1.08     .81    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.18 14.74     11.07    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 317      375          278         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21      21          33         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .02 1.5       2.8      
A - Many days.
B - Estimated.
 C - At times in most years.
 D - Gage height, 9.95 ft.
 E - March 6, 1976, Sept. 27, 1986.


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