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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527800       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35", 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 1994-2001.
 

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 current. 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 and 2000.
 

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 sea level. 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.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum daily total, 1.37 in., August 18, but may have been greater during period of missing record.

PRECIPITATION, TOTAL, INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY SUM VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .28 .00 .00 .00
2 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .05 .00 .00 .00
3 .29 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 ---
4 .13 .00 .00 .00 .03 .00 .00 .00 .00 .07 .00 ---
5 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .32 .01 .55 .00 .00 ---
6 .00 .08 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .07 .03 .00 .00 ---
7 .00 .00 .00 .00 .03 .00 .00 .51 .00 .28 .00 ---
8 .00 .00 .00 .00 .52 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 ---
9 .00 .00 .00 .00 .53 .00 .34 .00 .00 .00 .00 ---
10 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .11 .00 .95 .00 .00 .00 ---
11 .00 .00 .00 .16 .00 .01 .69 .11 .72 .00 .00 ---
12 .00 .00 .00 .09 .00 .11 .00 .00 .70 .00 .00 ---
13 .00 .00 .00 .05 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 ---
14 .00 .00 .00 .17 .07 .00 .03 .93 .00 .00 .00 ---
15 .00 .00 .00 .02 .00 .42 .00 .00 .08 .00 .00 ---
16 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .22 .00 .00 .00 ---
17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .33 .00 .00 .02 .81 .00 ---
18 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .12 .00 1.37 ---
19 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .26 ---
20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .61 .00 .00 .00 .00 ---
21 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .46 .31 .10 .00 .07 ---
22 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .43 .07 .00 .21 .11 ---
23 .09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .09 .07 .00 .65 .00 ---
24 .00 .00 .00 .00 .76 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .01 ---
25 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .05 .10 .00
26 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .67 .00 .00 .00 .00
27 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .41 .00 .00 .01 .00
28 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
29 .00 .00 .00 .71 --- .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
30 .00 .00 .00 .14 --- .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .07 .00
31 .00 --- .00 .00 --- .12 --- .30 --- .00 .00 ---

TOTAL 0.52 0.08 0.00 1.36 1.96 1.11 2.97 4.64 2.65 2.07 2.00 ---
MEAN .02 .00 .00 .04 .07 .04 .10 .15 .09 .07 .06 ---
MAX .29 .08 .00 .71 .76 .42 .69 .95 .72 .81 1.37 ---

CAL YR 2000 TOTAL 21.95 MEAN .06 MAX 3.55


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data