05568500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05568500 ILLINOIS RIVER AT KINGSTON MINES, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°33'11", long 89°46'38", 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.

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 1994-2000.

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, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage at site and at auxiliary site 8.0 mi downstream, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 428.00 ft above sea level (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. Auxiliary water-stage recorder at mouth of Copperas Creek, 8.0 mi downstream. Oct. 30, 1967 to Nov. 9, 1999, auxiliary water-stage recorder 0.6 mi downstream from mouth of Copperas Creek, 8.6 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 except 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	7040	5320	3120	5610	e4200	15000	7830	22800	16200	24300	6570	e5800
2	8390	5890	2790	5620	e4200	14900	7880	21600	23000	22700	7290	e5000
3	10500	4730	3240	5810	e4300	14400	8080	20400	24500	22000	11100	e5400
4	10700	4120	5490	6170	e4700	13900	7800	18900	25000	21300	10900	7570
5	8590	3630	9280	5710	e4400	e12500	6670	14900	25200	21000	6890	6720

6	9620	4120	10500	5680	e4400	e10500	5340	5040	24500	21900	6510	5430
7	6490	3650	7880	5760	e4500	e8000	6130	5670	23500	22200	9410	5700
8	e5500	4160	7320	5450	e4500	6720	9420	7170	23100	21600	10700	4080
9	e4700	3280	8960	5680	e4500	5670	4540	10700	22300	21400	13700	4270
10	4390	3130	9440	6020	e5000	9290	5400	13000	20400	21500	13000	4460

11	6060	3150	8350	6230	e6000	10900	7880	12900	20300	22600	9140	4620
12	6130	2760	7020	8160	e5700	e9000	8060	13800	19800	25900	7900	9360
13	8340	3230	6290	8270	e5400	e6300	5830	15800	19400	28900	4290	11900
14	6160	3490	6490	6340	e6200	e4500	3710	17000	19700	29700	5150	13900
15	e4700	3980	6280	5640	e5400	e5800	3640	17400	20500	28700	5520	15000

16	e4500	4060	5490	5850	e6100	8940	5990	17100	21600	27000	6780	14900
17	e4900	3380	6430	5780	6610	8400	10800	17000	23800	24900	4220	11300
18	e5400	3280	7290	e5300	7420	4870	10600	15900	24500	23400	5040	11200
19	5210	3690	5990	e4600	7470	6690	10000	16700	23900	22000	6400	8610
20	e4400	3900	5770	e5100	6910	7690	13700	17600	22500	20200	7370	10200

21	3920	3850	e5500	e5400	6530	7310	22600	17400	22900	19200	4610	9090
22	4430	3630	e5300	e4600	6200	7410	26300	16900	22100	18100	e5000	8590
23	4490	3850	e5200	e4800	6410	7060	28100	20000	23200	17000	7990	10000
24	4140	4520	e5100	e4300	8100	6490	29200	23400	24900	15800	10100	11400
25	3850	4670	e5000	e4800	12400	6890	29400	21700	25400	11800	8350	12500

26	4120	4230	e4900	e4500	12900	6970	28600	20500	26200	5100	7890	12300
27	4030	5490	e5000	e4200	14300	7810	27600	19900	27500	e4400	7380	10200
28	4180	5890	e5100	e4100	15400	8990	26700	18700	27700	e4900	7080	10600
29	4180	5230	e5300	e4200	14300	8990	25800	18800	27500	e5000	6970	10200
30	4270	4710	5440	e4300	---	9060	24300	15700	25900	e4700	6900	8110

31	4670	---	6030	e4500	---	8140	---	11600	---	e5400	6560	---

TOTAL	178000	123020	191290	168480	204450	269090	417900	505980	697000	584600	236710	268410
MEAN	5742	4101	6171	5435	7050	8680	13930	16320	23230	18860	7636	8947
MAX	10700	5890	10500	8270	15400	15000	29400	23400	27700	29700	13700	15000
MIN	3850	2760	2790	4100	4200	4500	3640	5040	16200	4400	4220	4080

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	9448	11080	13460	14360	16840	23470	25480	23420	18970	13710	9779	9127
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	4101	4598	3747	3421	7000	7928	7822	5579	4474	5038	4027
(WY)	1964	2000	1944	1963	1963	1964	1940	1989	1977	1965	1944	1963

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	5626010		3844930
ANNUAL MEAN	15410		10510		15750
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					32200	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					6820	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	46400	Apr 28	29700	Jul 14	86700	Dec 7 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	2760	Nov 12	2760	Nov 12	600 A	Oct 26 1997
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	3290	Nov 9	3290	Nov 9	2060	Oct 8 1964
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			30200 B	Jul 14	88800 C	Dec 7 1982
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			14.46 D	Jul 15	26.02	May 25 1943
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	35400		22900		32300
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	8710		7230		11000
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3860		4200		5250

A - Estimated, caused by dam regulation.
B - Gage height, 14.45 ft.
C - Gage height, 23.86 ft.
D - Discharge, 28,600 ft³/s.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data