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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527800       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35" (NAD of 1927), 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 to current year.
 

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 2001. 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 1999-2001.
 

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 NGVD of 1929. 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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 6.2 17    e8.2 e14    e1.4 e1.1 49  48  87    9.2 4.1 0.91
2 14    16    e7.8 e13    e1.5 e1.2 44  86  90    8.2 17    0.68
3 30    16    e7.5 e13    e1.5 e1.2 40  106  84    5.8 20    0.50
4 26    17    e7.2 e13    e1.5 e1.4 41  109  73    4.3 38    0.40
5 48    17    e6.9 e13    e1.4 e1.9 63  144  62    4.6 49    0.29
 
6 48    18    e6.6 e13    e1.3 e2.4 83  183  54    11    53    0.20
7 35    21    e6.4 e13    e1.3 e3.4 88  198  48    40    50    0.15
8 22    21    e6.1 e12    e1.2 e4.2 81  200  49    70    38    0.22
9 14    14    e5.8 e11    e1.2 e5.6 73  219  57    102    29    0.33
10 9.3 16    e5.7 e10    e1.2 e7.2 84  233  58    102    21    0.05
 
11 7.5 23    e5.6 e9.0 e1.2 10    104  238  54    83    15    0.00
12 5.6 23    e5.6 e8.0 e1.2 12    112  237  48    65    12    0.00
13 5.2 23    e5.7 e7.0 e1.2 14    110  226  42    52    11    0.00
14 6.3 21    e5.8 e6.2 e1.2 18    96  211  37    41    8.6 0.00
15 4.0 19    e6.0 e5.4 e1.1 29    79  195  34    43    6.7 0.01
 
16 3.9 17    e7.0 e4.7 e1.1 41    65  175  25    59    6.0 0.05
17 4.1 16    9.2 e4.2 e1.1 56    57  153  19    71    5.2 0.01
18 3.8 16    18    e3.8 e1.1 54    52  129  15    85    4.3 0.00
19 3.4 20    31    e3.4 e1.0 40    49  106  18    72    4.0 0.00
20 3.3 21    47    e3.0 e1.0 37    53  91  22    51    2.9 0.00
 
21 3.5 34    51    e2.7 e1.0 51    55  84  27    38    2.2 0.00
22 3.5 26    47    e2.4 e1.1 63    52  80  24    37    1.9 0.01
23 3.9 16    38    e2.1 e1.1 59    46  71  20    25    2.1 0.00
24 4.4 12    30    e1.8 e1.1 51    40  62  15    17    2.0 0.00
25 4.9 11    24    e1.7 e1.1 51    34  55  11    12    1.6 0.00
 
26 8.9 11    20    e1.5 e1.0 55    30  47  9.4 9.1 1.5 0.06
27 13    12    18    e1.4 e1.1 54    27  41  10    7.6 1.4 0.11
28 13    11    16    e1.3 e1.1 52    24  37  7.9 6.6 1.2 0.07
29 15    e9.8 15    e1.3 ---    57    21  41  7.6 5.5 1.5 0.09
30 17    e9.0 e15    e1.4 ---    59    22  57  8.4 4.6 2.6 0.12
 
31 17    ---    e14    e1.4 ---    54    ---  76  ---    3.9 1.3 ---     

TOTAL 403.7 523.8 497.1 198.7 33.3 946.6 1774 3938 1116.3 1145.4 414.1 4.26
MEAN 13.0 17.5 16.0 6.41 1.19 30.5 59.1 127 37.2 36.9 13.4 0.14
MAX 48 34 51 14 1.5 63 112 238 90 102 53 0.91
MIN 3.3 9.0 5.6 1.3 1.0 1.1 21 37 7.6 3.9 1.2 0.00
CFSM 0.11 0.14 0.13 0.05 0.01 0.25 0.48 1.03 0.30 0.30 0.11 0.00
IN. 0.12 0.16 0.15 0.06 0.01 0.29 0.54 1.19 0.34 0.35 0.13 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 42.7 68.3 85.4 67.4 107 205 222 127 104 52.6 39.2 52.1
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 0.056 1.60 3.06 1.46 1.19 14.9 33.4 6.15 1.90 0.78 0.23 0.060
(WY) 1995 2000 1977 1977 2003 1968 1977 1977 1988 1988 1999 1994

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 22807.81 10995.26    
ANNUAL MEAN 62.5   30.1       97.7      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 206          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.24     1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 513          Apr 12 238              May 11 2100          Mar 21 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.57     Aug 12 0.00 A 0.00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.2       Jul 23 0.00         Sep 18 0.00     Jul 27 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 241              May 11 2130      C Jun 14 2000
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 5.34         May 11 10.75     D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.51 0.24     0.79    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 6.90 3.33     10.79    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 163      79          269         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 22      13          34         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.1   1.1       2.8      

A - Several days.

B - At times in most years.

C - Gage height, 9.95 ft.

D - March 6, 1976, Sept. 27, 1986.


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