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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
 

ALGAE: Pigment and biomass, Water year 2000.
 

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, 3,500 ft3/s, May 23, 2004, gage height, 11.09 ft, 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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.13 1.7 22  e44    e7.8 195  328  60  679  130  11    9.6  
2 0.13 6.4 18  e43    e7.8 224  311  55  622  86  9.0 6.5  
3 0.15 54    16  e41    e8.0 241  289  49  508  65  9.0 4.8  
4 0.16 87    14  e38    e8.4 253  261  45  418  136  21    3.6  
5 0.15 112    15  e37    e8.6 353  234  39  357  223  32    3.1  
 
6 0.15 117    16  e36    e8.8 483  206  35  313  290  31    2.6  
7 0.15 100    16  e34    e8.6 573  174  31  270  357  20    1.9  
8 0.13 72    16  e32    e8.4 630  139  29  233  387  14    1.6  
9 0.11 50    16  e30    e8.2 661  106  36  196  360  12    1.4  
10 0.09 36    89  e29    e7.8 640  84  64  191  316  9.3 1.1  
 
11 0.08 28    191  e29    e7.6 568  72  107  274  265  8.0 1.1  
12 0.07 23    218  e28    e7.6 463  64  154  334  216  7.2 1.1  
13 0.18 20    224  e27    e7.8 387  58  213  369  151  6.5 0.96
14 0.59 19    214  e25    e8.2 338  54  274  354  92  5.8 0.77
15 0.56 21    201  e23    e8.8 290  51  340  322  66  5.0 0.77
 
16 0.82 22    190  e21    e12    245  48  386  283  55  4.2 1.7  
17 1.4   25    174  e19    e15    205  53  412  248  48  6.1 3.5  
18 1.8   39    150  e17    e20    167  58  492  229  41  9.7 3.0  
19 1.3   68    120  e16    e25    138  57  543  233  36  8.0 2.5  
20 1.0   83    108  e16    30    120  51  540  246  31  7.6 2.2  
 
21 0.84 85    90  e15    36    105  80  635  273  34  6.0 1.7  
22 0.70 75    71  e14    45    92  100  2020  315  44  4.6 1.2  
23 0.63 65    62  e13    65    82  102  3190  326  46  4.0 0.63
24 0.65 62    61  e12    102    91  93  3260  332  39  4.0 0.32
25 0.77 55    62  e11    128    135  96  2540  328  30  4.3 0.18
 
26 0.73 48    56  e11    148    183  99  1850  311  24  4.6 0.10
27 0.72 43    44  e10    165    220  95  1310  283  20  6.1 0.08
28 0.94 37    43  e9.6 176    239  88  946  250  17  17    0.03
29 1.3   32    e43  e9.0 179    306  77  712  217  15  23    0.01
30 1.5   28    e44  e8.6 ---    335  66  575  179  13  18    0.03
 
31 1.8   ---    e45  e8.2 ---    336  ---  604  ---  12  15    ---     

TOTAL 19.73 1514.1 2649 706.4 1268.4 9298 3594 21546 9493 3645 343.0 58.08
MEAN 0.64 50.5 85.5 22.8 43.7 300 120 695 316 118 11.1 1.94
MAX 1.8 117 224 44 179 661 328 3260 679 387 32 9.6
MIN 0.07 1.7 14 8.2 7.6 82 48 29 179 12 4.0 0.01
CFSM 0.01 0.41 0.69 0.19 0.36 2.44 0.97 5.65 2.57 0.96 0.09 0.02
IN. 0.01 0.46 0.80 0.21 0.38 2.81 1.09 6.52 2.87 1.10 0.10 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 41.6 67.8 85.4 66.1 105 208 219 142 109 54.3 38.4 50.8
MAX 364 390 382 279 327 673 718 695 642 363 417 410
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1993 1974 1979 1993 2004 2000 1978 1978 1972
MIN 0.06 1.60 3.06 1.46 1.19 14.9 33.4 6.15 1.90 0.78 0.23 0.06
(WY) 1995 2000 1977 1977 2003 1968 1977 1977 1988 1988 1999 1994

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 13753.49   54134.71
ANNUAL MEAN 37.7     148      99.0    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 206        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.24   1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 238            May 11 3260          May 24 3260        May 24 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       A 0.01     Sep 29 0.00   B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00       Sep 18 0.11     Sep 24 0.00   Jul 27 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3500          May 23 3500        May 23 2004
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.09     May 23 11.09   May 23 2004
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00     Sep 28,29
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.306 1.20 0.805
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 4.16   16.37 10.94  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 93        339      271       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 16        43      34       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.21   1.1   2.7    

A - Several days.

B - At times in most years.


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