05568500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

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 1994-2001.

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. During 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 February-September and estimated daily 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	6600	3280	10200	e4500	20200	44800	21600	14100	18400	e12500	6110	10800
2	4890	2810	9960	e4600	20300	43200	21000	5880	17200	e10200	5700	11000
3	9830	2830	9240	e4600	20200	41500	21700	6630	17900	e9200	7910	10300
4	11800	3250	7120	e4500	22600	40300	20200	9550	18000	e11800	11300	10500
5	12700	e3600	7200	e4500	23300	38200	14700	10800	18300	e14000	10900	9440

6	12700	4030	7040	e4400	22800	36500	7520	9320	20500	e12600	9990	6290
7	11600	3720	6370	e4400	22200	34400	8130	7670	22200	e11000	8120	5090
8	9140	6300	6250	e4400	21400	33000	12100	8930	25800	e12000	6500	5800
9	9140	11000	6060	e4300	26000	31000	11900	9410	27500	13000	5800	9250
10	8840	14500	6060	e4300	34600	27800	18500	6600	27400	12800	6110	10100

11	8660	17000	7780	e4300	40100	28100	20700	8150	27700	12700	6130	9770
12	6340	20400	7280	e4400	45000	26300	18000	11600	e27500	12400	5740	9540
13	5460	21400	5680	e4500	46600	26000	20400	11400	e27200	11300	5540	9500
14	5750	20900	4700	e4700	46000	25500	20600	12300	e27000	10300	4930	8180
15	5840	20000	3530	e5000	45100	26000	21500	13000	e26800	8270	4780	7200

16	7580	19100	4560	e5500	45200	26700	22200	13100	e25800	6220	5020	6070
17	7830	19400	4680	e6000	44300	25200	24100	13500	e24500	5580	4890	5410
18	7770	17500	4430	e6800	42500	25400	23200	15800	e23500	6290	4750	4680
19	7140	14500	4840	e8000	40500	26400	21800	12900	e22500	6590	5640	7810
20	6170	14100	3670	e9000	40500	27600	20200	10800	e23000	6030	5840	12100

21	4810	12400	e4500	e10000	38800	27700	19600	7360	e22800	6190	6190	13900
22	5260	9170	e5100	e10500	36100	27400	20200	6970	e21500	6220	6380	15200
23	5100	7600	e5600	e10500	34500	27000	19000	11800	e20200	6800	7100	16500
24	5720	7610	e5900	e9600	33600	26700	21600	12600	e19800	6440	9010	19100
25	5560	8040	e6000	e8800	35900	26300	21900	12000	e18000	8280	9000	19400

26	4940	8070	e5700	e8000	41900	25000	21000	11400	e18000	9880	10700	18300
27	4580	7660	e5300	e7600	47100	24200	21600	12000	e17200	9650	12200	14700
28	5500	6900	e5000	e7100	47600	22700	20800	14900	e16000	8680	14000	12700
29	5990	9490	e4600	e9000	---	22700	19400	20000	e15000	7640	14600	11400
30	5200	10200	e4500	17300	---	23000	19600	22800	e14000	7350	13000	10800

31	4840	---	e4500	18800	---	22100	---	20700	---	6830	10300	---

TOTAL	223280	326760	183350	219900	984900	908700	574750	363970	651200	288740	244180	320830
MEAN	7203	10890	5915	7094	35180	29310	19160	11740	21710	9314	7877	10690
MAX	12700	21400	10200	18800	47600	44800	24100	22800	27700	14000	14600	19400
MIN	4580	2810	3530	4300	20200	22100	7520	5880	14000	5580	4750	4680

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	9412	11080	13340	14240	17140	23560	25380	23230	19020	13640	9749	9153
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 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	4086010		5290560
ANNUAL MEAN	11160		14490		15730
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					32200	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					6820	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	29700	Jul 14	47600	Feb 28	86700	Dec 7 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	2810	Nov 2	2810	Nov 2	600 A	Oct 26 1997
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	3360	Nov 1	3360	Nov 1	2060	Oct 8 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			48500 B	Feb 28	88800 C	Dec 7 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			19.12 D	Mar 2	26.02	May 25 1943
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	22900		27400		32300
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7940		10800		11000
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4500		4830		5250

	A - Estimated, caused by dam regulation.
	B - Gage height, 18.90 ft.
	C - Gage height, 23.86 ft.
	D - Discharge, 44,200 ft³/s.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data