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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05532500       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVERSIDE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°49'20", long 87°49'15" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.36, T.39 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank 400 ft downstream from bridge on Barry Point Road in Riverside, 500 ft downstream from Hoffman Dam, 4,000 ft downstream from Salt Creek, and at mile 44.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 630 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1943 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1987-92 and 1999 to current year.
 

SEDIMENT: April 1979 to September 1982, January 2003 to current year.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998; sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1998-2003.

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999, and 2002.
 

FISH: Water years 1999-2000, and 2002-03.
 

HABITAT: Water years 1999, and 2002-03.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1174: 1944, 1948. WSP 1308: 1944(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, pumping sampler, and rain gage, and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 594.68 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Nov. 27, 1946, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft upstream at same datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation by gates at Hoffman Dam.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,770 ft3/s, Aug. 15, 1987, gage height, 9.90 ft; no flow Aug. 22-24, 1962, and part of Sept. 5, 1968, Aug. 31, Oct. 7, 1974.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 297 mg/L Apr. 12, 1979; minimum daily mean, 3 mg/L Jan. 24, Feb. 1, 3, 4, 1982

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 3,240 tons Apr. 12, 1979; minimum daily, 1.5 tons Feb. 3, 4, 1982.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Mar. 18, 1919, reached a discharge of 7,450 ft3/s, gage height, 9.43 ft., present datum, from information furnished by Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good.
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
 
1 318  187  201  231  276  179  421  3010  712  178  553  442 
2 486  187  197  221  241  170  388  3720  605  173  1550  348 
3 480  187  224  224  256  176  360  2910  610  170  964  203 
4 780  187  207  215  264  190  1170  1790  548  176  1200  167 
5 903  199  210  215  239  189  1850  2500  488  438  915  149 
 
6 568  224  203  231  213  206  1470  2710  455  529  631  154 
7 458  198  197  227  193  209  1080  2340  434  882  695  144 
8 385  187  200  223  175  224  1010  1670  572  877  734  147 
9 334  183  180  224  178  241  899  2590  745  867  535  151 
10 306  191  190  219  182  197  913  2960  514  888  373  137 
 
11 263  201  181  196  178  207  856  3200  437  703  319  134 
12 232  217  183  187  169  264  733  2800  382  536  276  139 
13 243  199  179  208  175  379  644  2470  358  440  225  160 
14 227  213  189  203  174  352  585  1860  331  411  301  444 
15 214  314  193  176  175  371  591  1780  302  1180  363  533 
 
16 208  253  195  189  169  383  534  1620  273  1350  303  261 
17 201  217  203  181  168  402  494  1280  260  953  248  193 
18 229  210  786  173  170  415  407  1030  291  1100  220  163 
19 210  300  1060  167  172  396  366  858  649  672  211  150 
20 193  270  523  184  174  504  378  851  456  510  200  144 
 
21 190  268  402  181  176  562  355  777  342  1100  188  140 
22 194  362  319  179  182  488  353  689  281  840  186  253 
23 189  286  283  159  172  436  336  603  250  646  176  214 
24 190  246  269  170  180  402  323  528  235  477  174  161 
25 283  232  259  176  179  453  316  450  230  369  170  158 
 
26 301  231  240  174  181  458  301  398  218  300  189  218 
27 252  230  222  165  180  416  285  367  209  253  200  490 
28 231  223  219  180  179  514  277  411  192  248  173  267 
29 221  207  215  191  ---  687  277  902  194  231  181  200 
30 209  218  215  190  ---  531  791  722  186  218  152  176 
 
31 202  ---  235  206  ---  449  ---  834  ---  215  149  --- 

TOTAL 9700 6827 8579 6065 5370 11050 18763 50630 11759 17930 12754 6640
MEAN 313 228 277 196 192 356 625 1633 392 578 411 221
MAX 903 362 1060 231 276 687 1850 3720 745 1350 1550 533
MIN 189 183 179 159 168 170 277 367 186 170 149 134
CFSM 0.50 0.36 0.44 0.31 0.30 0.57 0.99 2.59 0.62 0.92 0.65 0.35
IN. 0.57 0.40 0.51 0.36 0.32 0.65 1.11 2.99 0.69 1.06 0.75 0.39


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 339 407 431 439 554 991 1096 774 583 387 367 332
MAX 2224 2056 2211 1711 1830 3499 3050 2362 1922 1355 2306 2035
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1960 1997 1979 1993 1996 1996 1993 1987 1972
MIN 4.27 11.8 15.2 11.2 28.9 77.8 184 79.4 69.7 26.5 8.46 11.9
(WY) 1954 1954 1945 1945 1963 1945 1945 1946 1963 1944 1944 1946

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 226317      166067     
ANNUAL MEAN 620      455      558     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1092      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 111      1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4800          Aug 23 3720          May 2 9180      Aug 15 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 157          Aug 11 134          Sep 11 0.00 Aug 23 1962
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 178          Jul 20 144          Sep 6 1.5   Oct 19 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3840          May 2 9770      Aug 15 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.44     May 2 9.90 Aug 15 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 127          Sep 10-11 A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.98 0.72 0.89
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.36 9.81 12.03
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1280      900      1370     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 356      248      305     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 193      174      38     

A - No flow Aug. 22-24, 1962, and part of Sept. 5, 1968, Aug. 31, Oct. 7, 1974.


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Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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