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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 2004.
 

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
 

ALGAE: Water years 1989, 1990, and 2002-03.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2002.
 

FISH: Water years 1999-2000 and 2002-04.
 

HABITAT: Water years 1999 and 2002-04.
 

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, automatic water 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, 1974, 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 except 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
 
1 157  162  372  400  e200  795  1890  555  4730  778  219  377 
2 151  362  350  386  e210  1000  1570  514  4270  684  209  305 
3 173  1500  325  387  e220  968  1380  471  3260  649  239  257 
4 282  1780  318  383  e220  1020  1200  439  2510  1590  1270  225 
5 195  2430  647  407  e220  2550  1080  410  2020  1490  956  200 
 
6 171  1960  600  352  e230  2900  988  376  1660  1060  565  191 
7 165  1370  472  296  e230  2840  914  368  1390  918  397  192 
8 159  841  417  366  e230  2360  854  351  1180  885  328  194 
9 145  636  406  369  e230  1890  758  327  1040  973  289  195 
10 139  516  1400  321  e220  1660  673  338  1140  1370  257  172 
 
11 141  451  1970  305  e220  1520  597  541  e2100  1340  251  167 
12 138  392  1820  332  e220  1400  527  518  e2380  1230  228  157 
13 134  355  1360  346  e220  1300  486  819  e2250  1000  219  158 
14 664  310  1070  324  e220  1260  477  1590  e2200  843  212  159 
15 742  282  930  312  e220  1200  467  1840  1840  684  200  172 
 
16 424  272  844  297  e220  1130  442  1570  1620  535  187  314 
17 277  283  784  e290  231  1070  470  1280  1400  423  261  223 
18 206  1340  724  e270  238  1030  463  1520  1230  357  257  200 
19 179  1910  667  e250  250  996  453  1830  1080  324  402  172 
20 174  1470  598  e240  410  1000  503  1940  975  320  264  163 
 
21 176  978  535  e230  719  846  788  2410  992  307  221  168 
22 168  713  480  e220  677  708  688  3000  1400  477  200  168 
23 167  677  466  e210  705  626  637  3500  1200  448  188  157 
24 161  1150  448  e210  830  793  604  3640  1080  375  513  145 
25 343  845  421  e210  856  1000  995  3410  1010  309  826  149 
 
26 224  654  380  e210  831  1400  832  3390  974  283  438  142 
27 184  548  358  e210  791  1570  713  3630  939  282  548  145 
28 173  479  407  e210  742  1620  618  3790  922  255  1820  159 
29 170  422  461  e200  710  2360  559  3630  881  242  1350  156 
30 163  390  450  e200  ---  2580  538  3680  824  254  792  146 
 
31 164  ---  423  e200  ---  2340  ---  4530  ---  236  500  --- 

TOTAL 6909 25478 20903 8943 11520 45732 23164 56207 50497 20921 14606 5728
MEAN 223 849 674 288 397 1475 772 1813 1683 675 471 191
MAX 742 2430 1970 407 856 2900 1890 4530 4730 1590 1820 377
MIN 134 162 318 200 200 626 442 327 824 236 187 142
CFSM 0.35 1.35 1.07 0.46 0.63 2.34 1.23 2.88 2.67 1.07 0.75 0.30
IN. 0.41 1.50 1.23 0.53 0.68 2.70 1.37 3.32 2.98 1.24 0.86 0.34
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 337 415 435 436 552 999 1091 791 601 392 369 329
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 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 194251        290608     
ANNUAL MEAN 532        794      562       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1092        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 111        1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3720            May 2 4730          Jun 1 9180        Aug 15 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 134            Sep 11,Oct 13 134          Oct 13 0.00   Aug 23 1962
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 144            Sep 6 146          Oct 7 1.5     Oct 19 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 4780          Jun 1 9770        Aug 15 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.08     Jun 1 9.90   Aug 15 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 127          Oct 13,14 A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.845 1.26 0.892
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.47   17.16 12.12  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1160        1830      1380       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 343        470      308       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 168        173      39       

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


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