LOCATION.-- Lat 40°33'11", long 89°46'38" (NAD of 1927), 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. |
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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. |
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PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE |
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DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year. |
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STAGE: Water years 1994-2002. |
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SURFACE-WATER QUALITY |
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WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1975-77. |
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MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, October 1996; contaminants in fish tissue, October 1996. |
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REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1558: 1957. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. |
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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 NGVD of 1929 (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. |
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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. |
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EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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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. |
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REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records poor. |
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002 DAILY MEAN VALUES |
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DAY | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP |
1 | 8460 | 31400 | 12600 | e7500 | 13200 | 21900 | 18500 | 35900 | 31800 | 18300 | 6070 | e7700 |
2 | 7060 | 31500 | 13800 | e7400 | 21600 | 21000 | 19000 | 36800 | 30600 | 17100 | 6630 | e6400 |
3 | 6570 | 30300 | 14400 | e8000 | 26400 | 20100 | 19800 | 36300 | 28500 | e14500 | 6450 | e7600 |
4 | 6790 | 29200 | 14800 | e7600 | 26800 | 18400 | 21400 | 36400 | 30000 | e12000 | 6380 | e9200 |
5 | 7810 | 28700 | 14300 | e7200 | 25900 | 19000 | 22800 | 36100 | 33500 | e10000 | 6360 | e7800 |
6 | 9150 | 27000 | 14600 | 6720 | 25900 | 19200 | 23600 | 35800 | 36900 | e8800 | 6720 | e6800 |
7 | 9280 | 26100 | 15800 | 8060 | 25500 | 20000 | 23200 | 36900 | 36900 | e7800 | 7180 | e6200 |
8 | 8810 | 25400 | 15800 | 7210 | 24200 | 18800 | 24500 | 35900 | 36100 | 6010 | 7060 | 5700 |
9 | 7940 | 23500 | 14600 | 6300 | 22400 | 21500 | 26500 | 35300 | 34900 | 8280 | 6780 | 4990 |
10 | 7050 | 22900 | 13900 | 7580 | 23000 | 28000 | 28200 | 34900 | 32300 | 10000 | 6700 | 4870 |
11 | 9300 | 22200 | 13200 | 9600 | 21100 | 31600 | 31100 | 36500 | 34400 | 12100 | 6320 | 5160 |
12 | 12500 | 20300 | 11500 | 10200 | 22000 | 33600 | 33700 | 40300 | 33700 | 11700 | 5860 | 4640 |
13 | 13400 | 18600 | 10600 | 8990 | 22500 | 33000 | 34800 | 50700 | 35800 | 11100 | 5900 | 4540 |
14 | 17300 | 13800 | e10300 | 8390 | 20100 | 32100 | 34200 | 58400 | 27800 | 9270 | 6230 | 5040 |
15 | 27900 | e14000 | e12000 | 8350 | 21200 | 32700 | 33200 | 67100 | 25800 | e8000 | 6260 | 5010 |
16 | 33700 | e12000 | e12500 | 7860 | 21300 | 30700 | 31700 | 68200 | 23800 | e7000 | 6680 | 4870 |
17 | 35000 | e10500 | e13200 | 7870 | 20700 | 28100 | 31900 | 61700 | 21100 | 5840 | 7050 | 4900 |
18 | 34300 | 8930 | 14100 | 6640 | 17900 | 27300 | 31800 | 56700 | 17400 | 6410 | 7690 | 4540 |
19 | 34800 | 9820 | 17400 | 6130 | 17800 | 26100 | 33400 | 54100 | 17200 | 6760 | 8600 | 5450 |
20 | 33800 | 11300 | 24400 | e6000 | 18500 | 25800 | 33000 | 50900 | 15700 | 6030 | 9420 | 6600 |
21 | 33100 | 9940 | 22800 | e6700 | 20400 | 25100 | 32000 | 46300 | 12700 | 5720 | 8840 | 6770 |
22 | 31800 | 9930 | 20200 | e7500 | 21700 | 23300 | 31400 | 41600 | 11600 | 6080 | 10200 | 6930 |
23 | 29200 | 9730 | 20200 | e8400 | 21600 | 21700 | 30400 | 44200 | 11600 | 5950 | 15500 | 9890 |
24 | 27900 | 9020 | 20200 | 7500 | 21700 | 22000 | 29600 | 45300 | 12000 | 5750 | 22800 | 8800 |
25 | 28700 | 9100 | 19300 | 6340 | 24000 | 22800 | 29700 | 42100 | 14400 | 5230 | 25800 | 6860 |
26 | 30900 | 14000 | 16200 | e6000 | 24400 | 20300 | 30100 | 40300 | 16600 | 7320 | 24800 | 4880 |
27 | 32800 | 13900 | e14000 | e7400 | 23300 | 19000 | 29900 | 39600 | 18700 | 6920 | 23900 | 4390 |
28 | 33200 | 12800 | e13000 | e6400 | 22000 | 18200 | 31300 | 37300 | 20300 | 6180 | 22800 | 4880 |
29 | 34000 | 13100 | e11600 | 7600 | --- | 18600 | 32700 | 35400 | 20900 | 7080 | 15800 | 4810 |
30 | 35100 | 13900 | e10400 | 9740 | --- | 18100 | 34900 | 34000 | 18600 | 5640 | e14000 | 4780 |
31 | 33300 | --- | 8690 | 11600 | --- | 18200 | --- | 33700 | --- | 6100 | e10000 | --- |
TOTAL | 680920 | 532870 | 460390 | 238780 | 617100 | 736200 | 868300 | 1344700 | 741600 | 264970 | 330780 | 181000 |
MEAN | 21970 | 17760 | 14850 | 7703 | 22040 | 23750 | 28940 | 43380 | 24720 | 8547 | 10670 | 6033 |
MAX | 35100 | 31500 | 24400 | 11600 | 26800 | 33600 | 34900 | 68200 | 36900 | 18300 | 25800 | 9890 |
MIN | 6570 | 8930 | 8690 | 6000 | 13200 | 18100 | 18500 | 33700 | 11600 | 5230 | 5860 | 4390 |
e Estimated |
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY) | ||||||||||||
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MEAN | 9611 | 11190 | 13360 | 14140 | 17210 | 23570 | 25430 | 23550 | 19110 | 13560 | 9763 | 9103 |
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 2001 CALENDAR YEAR | FOR 2002 WATER YEAR | WATER YEARS 1940 - 2002 | |||
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ANNUAL TOTAL | 6231350 | 6997610 | ||||
ANNUAL MEAN | 17070 | 19170 | 15780 | |||
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN | 32200 | 1993 | ||||
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN | 6820 | 1964 | ||||
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN | 47600 | Feb 28 | 68200 | May 16 | 86700 | Dec 7 1982 |
LOWEST DAILY MEAN | 4300 A | Jan 9-11 | 4390 | Sep 27 | 600 B | Oct 26 1997 |
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM | 4360 | Jan 6 | 4790 | Sep 12 | 2060 | Oct 8 1964 |
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW | 69900 C | May 16 | 88800 D | Dec 7 1982 | ||
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE | 23.91 E | May 19 | 26.02 | May 25 1943 | ||
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS | 33000 | 34900 | 32400 | |||
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS | 13900 | 17400 | 11000 | |||
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS | 6090 | 6250 | 5260 |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |