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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05526000       IROQUOIS RIVER NEAR CHEBANSE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°00'32", long 87°49'24" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.10, T.29 N., R.13 W., Kankakee County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on county highway, 3.1 mi downstream from Beaver Creek, 4.5 mi east of Chebanse, and at mile 6.5.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,091 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: April 1923 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to 2001. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site FL 02.
 

SEDIMENT: October 1978 to September 1981, January 1993 to December 1995.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1998 and 2002; Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998.

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999.
 

FISH: Water year 1999.
 

HABITAT: Water year 1999.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1308: 1924-28(M), 1930(M), 1936(M), 1938(M), 1942(M), 1947(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemetry, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 595.99 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to June 16,1976, nonrecording gage, and June 17, 1976 to Aug. 13, 1979 water-stage recorder at site 600 ft upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. Aug. 14 to Oct. 24, 1979, nonrecording gage at present site at datum 2.00 ft higher.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,000 ft3/s, May 13, 1933, Mar. 7, 1979; maximum gage height 21.68 ft, Mar. 7, 1979, present datum, ice jam; minimum discharge, 9 ft3/s, Oct. 6-8, 1956.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 1,400 mg/L, Apr. 14, 1979; minimum daily, 4 mg/L, Mar. 3, 1994.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 57,000 tons, June 5, 1980; minimum daily, 3.2 tons, Nov. 16, 1979.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood in spring of 1913 reached a stage of 21.6 ft, present datum, discharge about 34,000 ft3/s.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for June 15 to Sept. 27, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 727  752  2790  5090  e540  e800  6650  651  8020  931  224  8740 
2 560  672  2370  4320  e510  974  6370  698  8390  830  214  7690 
3 461  608  2010  3750  e480  1180  5330  682  8190  778  202  5670 
4 389  575  1770  3360  e450  1420  4080  662  7250  775  295  3940 
5 350  643  1660  3470  e435  2800  3220  630  5600  793  514  3230 
 
6 331  897  1710  4360  e420  5230  2640  618  4090  850  641  2840 
7 313  1120  1850  4470  e445  5960  2230  614  3310  795  673  2570 
8 288  1270  2090  3740  e470  5380  1970  760  2780  699  600  2340 
9 265  1220  2410  2980  e520  4220  1730  776  2260  638  474  2120 
10 251  1080  2810  2450  e450  3390  1520  763  1790  650  364  1860 
 
11 241  947  3350  1990  e450  2820  1340  861  3050  1230  291  1550 
12 222  860  3540  1760  e500  2370  1200  1020  10800  2960  243  1220 
13 207  802  3320  1650  e580  1980  1120  1060  15200  3540  216  955 
14 220  929  2960  1560  e540  1680  1070  1310  17400  2980  197  777 
15 274  956  2640  1470  e480  1480  994  2540  18100  1960  190  668 
 
16 365  849  2350  1410  e500  1370  919  3480  16100  1270  183  609 
17 553  756  2080  1340  e480  1300  866  3170  13400  914  171  594 
18 677  1150  1910  1280  e490  1260  849  2500  11500  754  162  585 
19 629  3700  1730  1240  e500  1210  771  2060  10800  799  181  540 
20 560  5890  1500  e1150  e600  1160  754  2170  10000  894  234  501 
 
21 475  6640  1290  e1100  e900  1110  843  2230  8430  761  278  464 
22 429  6470  1240  e1000  e1200  1050  898  1960  5900  596  440  429 
23 400  5330  1310  e975  e1300  1000  881  1720  3630  469  653  408 
24 383  5170  2270  e840  e1200  960  840  1990  2490  400  730  383 
25 407  5770  3920  e900  e1000  958  838  2300  1940  347  940  361 
 
26 558  5930  3980  e700  e950  1310  836  2740  1640  314  3370  346 
27 744  5420  3300  e640  e850  3210  806  2870  1440  293  6010  325 
28 928  4510  2810  e700  e780  5270  783  2630  1280  265  7030  300 
29 992  3770  2640  e600  e740  6310  698  2040  1150  239  7340  305 
30 967  3240  3840  e560  ---  6360  650  1890  1040  232  8130  293 
 
31 858  ---  5080  e580  ---  6290  ---  5470  ---  226  8820  --- 

TOTAL 15024 77926 78530 61435 18760 81812 53696 54865 206970 29182 50010 52613
MEAN 485 2598 2533 1982 647 2639 1790 1770 6899 941 1613 1754
MAX 992 6640 5080 5090 1300 6360 6650 5470 18100 3540 8820 8740
MIN 207 575 1240 560 420 800 650 614 1040 226 162 293
CFSM 0.23 1.24 1.21 0.95 0.31 1.26 0.86 0.85 3.30 0.45 0.77 0.84
IN. 0.27 1.39 1.40 1.09 0.33 1.46 0.96 0.98 3.68 0.52 0.89 0.94
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 733 965 1518 1861 2524 3103 3182 2710 2085 1325 485 571
MAX 8019 5850 8203 9079 7425 11210 8396 10910 7934 8361 2497 7372
(WY) 1994 1986 1928 1950 1982 1982 1950 1943 1958 2003 1977 1993
MIN 25.5 37.2 40.7 26.1 82.3 200 574 169 94.6 33.0 33.7 26.3
(WY) 1957 1965 1964 1945 1931 1931 1931 1934 1934 1934 1988 1941

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 715979        780823     
ANNUAL MEAN 1962        2133      1754           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 4477            1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 365            1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 16800            Jul 13 18100          Jun 15 27000            Mar 7 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 190            A 162          Aug 18 10            Oct 6 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 199            Sep 19 186          Aug 13 14            Aug 2 1934
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 18400          Jun 15 27000            B
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 15.35     Jun 15 21.68   C Mar 7 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 157          Aug 18 9.0         D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.938 1.02 0.839    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.74   13.89 11.40      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5130        5440      4780           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 849        1060      740           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 266        347      81           

A - Jan 27 and 28, estimated due to backwater from ice; and Sept. 23.

B - May 13, 1933; March 7, 1979.

C - Present datum, ice jam.

D - Oct. 6-8, 1956.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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