05527800 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05527800 DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35", 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 1994-2001.

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 to current. 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: Water years 1999-2000; contaminants in streambed sediment, Water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, Water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.
BIOLOGICAL

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2000.

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,130 ft³/s, June 14, 2000, gage height, 9.95 ft, maximum gage height, 10.75 ft, Mar. 6, 1976, and Sept. 27, 1986; no flow, at times in most years.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	80	34	e56	e29	e53	e235	86	89	156	6.0	1.7	3.9
2	43	39	e56	e30	e80	e260	85	82	143	4.9	1.1	3.9
3	23	41	e58	e30	e98	e270	83	77	141	4.3	.97	4.1
4	32	45	e58	e30	e104	e270	79	63	139	4.5	.87	4.1
5	39	43	e55	e30	e106	e260	79	57	139	3.9	.91	4.0

6	50	44	e52	e31	e103	e250	84	51	182	3.0	.96	3.2
7	49	73	e46	e32	e100	e210	92	50	229	2.5	.67	9.8
8	45	95	e41	e32	e94	202	93	61	254	2.5	.50	27
9	36	131	e37	e32	e88	174	90	61	264	2.0	.54	51
10	25	208	e35	e32	e83	149	89	58	259	1.5	.61	69

11	18	239	e33	e32	e150	134	93	89	243	1.3	.61	72
12	15	254	e32	e32	e210	130	133	118	269	1.2	.69	68
13	13	256	e31	e33	e310	136	183	128	324	1.0	.53	58
14	11	243	e30	e34	e380	138	217	132	376	.89	e.90	44
15	9.3	224	e30	e35	e409	151	228	196	429	1.0	e2.0	29

16	9.0	196	e29	e38	e350	195	224	232	480	1.1	e4.0	17
17	8.4	160	e29	e45	e250	230	208	250	483	1.6	e10	9.1
18	8.1	129	e33	e52	e200	247	183	247	438	6.3	21	4.9
19	8.3	109	e34	e57	e175	253	155	226	375	4.5	45	49
20	9.0	99	e33	e66	e148	246	141	188	319	3.2	58	130

21	11	e82	e32	e69	e138	231	174	136	260	2.6	35	136
22	13	e73	e32	e68	e120	211	216	101	199	3.4	16	135
23	18	e66	e31	e63	e118	190	255	85	125	3.9	8.6	127
24	23	e61	e31	e58	e114	176	267	78	73	8.9	5.7	133
25	26	e57	e31	e54	e111	158	257	73	49	7.6	4.5	126

26	32	e55	e30	e52	e115	137	237	74	31	3.8	4.3	110
27	35	e56	e30	e46	e145	118	209	126	21	2.6	5.6	92
28	29	e58	e30	e43	e202	105	175	188	15	2.9	7.3	71
29	29	e59	e29	e40	---	97	139	203	10	3.1	6.1	53
30	28	e57	e29	e38	---	91	108	203	7.5	2.8	5.1	38

31	28	---	e29	e40	---	87	---	183	---	2.4	4.4	---

TOTAL	803.1	3286	1142	1303	4554	5741	4662	3905	6432.5	101.19	254.16	1682.0
MEAN	25.9	110	36.8	42.0	163	185	155	126	214	3.26	8.20	56.1
MAX	80	256	58	69	409	270	267	250	483	8.9	58	136
MIN	8.1	34	29	29	53	87	79	50	7.5	.89	.50	3.2
CFSM	.21	.89	.30	.34	1.32	1.51	1.26	1.02	1.74	.03	.07	.46
IN.	.24	.99	.35	.39	1.38	1.74	1.41	1.18	1.95	.03	.08	.51

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	39.7	69.1	88.1	70.6	111	213	227	128	104	54.3	40.8	54.7
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 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1967 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	53628.0		33865.95
ANNUAL MEAN	147		92.8		100
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					206	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					9.24	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2060	Jun 14	483	Jun 17	2100	Mar 21 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	4.8	Jan 1	.50	Aug 8	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	7.2	Jan 1	.59	Aug 7	.00	Jul 27 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			501 B	Jun 17	2130 C	Jun 14 2000
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			7.87 D	Feb 13	10.75	E
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			.41 F	Aug 13, 14
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.19		.75		.81
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	16.22		10.24		11.04
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	375		238		273
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	51		57		34
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	9.4		3.6		2.8

	A - At times in most years.
	B - Gage height, 7.00 ft.
	C - Gage height, 9.95 ft.
	D - Backwater from ice.
	E - Mar. 6, 1976, Sept. 27, 1986.
	F - May have been less during period of missing record, Aug. 14.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data