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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.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 178 mg/L, Aug 2; minimum daily, 16 mg/L, Feb. 20,21.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 1,410 tons, May 1; minimum daily, 7.6 tons, Feb. 20.
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
MEAN MEAN MEAN
MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT
DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE
DAY (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY) (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY) (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY)
 
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
1 318 --- --- 187 --- --- 201 --- ---
2 486 --- --- 187 --- --- 197 --- ---
3 480 --- --- 187 --- --- 224 --- ---
4 780 --- --- 187 --- --- 207 --- ---
5 903 --- --- 199 --- --- 210 --- ---
 
6 568 --- --- 224 --- --- 203 --- ---
7 458 --- --- 198 --- --- 197 --- ---
8 385 --- --- 187 --- --- 200 --- ---
9 334 --- --- 183 --- --- 180 --- ---
10 306 --- --- 191 --- --- 190 --- ---
 
11 263 --- --- 201 --- --- 181 --- ---
12 232 --- --- 217 --- --- 183 --- ---
13 243 --- --- 199 --- --- 179 --- ---
14 227 --- --- 213 --- --- 189 --- ---
15 214 --- --- 314 --- --- 193 --- ---
 
16 208 --- --- 253 --- --- 195 --- ---
17 201 --- --- 217 --- --- 203 --- ---
18 229 --- --- 210 --- --- 786 --- ---
19 210 --- --- 300 --- --- 1060 --- ---
20 193 --- --- 270 --- --- 523 --- ---
 
21 190 --- --- 268 --- --- 402 --- ---
22 194 --- --- 362 --- --- 319 --- ---
23 189 --- --- 286 --- --- 283 --- ---
24 190 --- --- 246 --- --- 269 --- ---
25 283 --- --- 232 --- --- 259 --- ---
 
26 301 --- --- 231 --- --- 240 --- ---
27 252 --- --- 230 --- --- 222 --- ---
28 231 --- --- 223 --- --- 219 --- ---
29 221 --- --- 207 --- --- 215 --- ---
30 209 --- --- 218 --- --- 215 --- ---
 
31 202 --- --- --- --- --- 235 --- ---
 
TOTAL 9700 --- --- 6827 --- --- 8579 --- ---
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 231 32 20 276 47 35 179 19 8.9
2 221 32 19 241 46 30 170 19 8.6
3 224 32 19 256 43 30 176 19 9.0
4 215 31 18 264 41 29 190 19 9.9
5 215 31 18 239 38 25 189 20 10
 
6 231 31 19 213 36 21 206 20 11
7 227 31 19 193 33 17 209 21 12
8 223 31 19 175 31 15 224 32 20
9 224 31 19 178 29 14 241 38 25
10 219 31 18 182 27 13 197 31 16
 
11 196 30 16 178 26 12 207 30 17
12 187 30 15 169 25 11 264 35 26
13 208 30 17 175 24 11 379 50 51
14 203 30 17 174 23 11 352 37 35
15 176 30 14 175 22 10 371 33 33
 
16 189 30 15 169 21 9.3 383 30 31
17 181 30 15 168 19 8.8 402 29 32
18 173 30 14 170 18 8.4 415 28 32
19 167 30 14 172 17 8.0 396 28 30
20 184 30 15 174 16 7.6 504 60 83
 
21 181 30 15 176 16 7.7 562 64 97
22 179 30 15 182 17 8.1 488 51 68
23 159 30 13 172 17 7.8 436 45 53
24 170 30 14 180 17 8.3 402 42 45
25 176 30 14 179 17 8.4 453 58 72
 
26 174 30 14 181 18 8.6 458 53 66
27 165 30 13 180 18 8.7 416 46 52
28 180 32 15 179 18 8.8 514 59 87
29 191 34 18 --- --- --- 687 66 123
30 190 37 19 --- --- --- 531 50 73
 
31 206 41 23 --- --- --- 449 43 52
 
TOTAL 6065 --- 513 5370 --- 392.5 11050 --- 1288.4
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 421 39 45 3010 174 1410 712 39 75
2 388 37 38 3720 77 781 605 36 59
3 360 37 36 2910 38 304 610 39 65
4 1170 126 436 1790 37 177 548 37 54
5 1850 163 817 2500 67 449 488 35 46
 
6 1470 123 493 2710 42 306 455 33 41
7 1080 108 316 2340 37 236 434 31 37
8 1010 94 258 1670 37 166 572 47 79
9 899 85 206 2590 88 616 745 51 105
10 913 76 187 2960 54 428 514 42 58
 
11 856 67 154 3200 53 460 437 39 47
12 733 57 114 2800 39 292 382 38 40
13 644 49 86 2470 35 234 358 38 36
14 585 46 72 1860 32 161 331 37 33
15 591 42 67 1780 49 235 302 35 28
 
16 534 39 56 1620 36 159 273 31 23
17 494 36 48 1280 34 119 260 28 20
18 407 33 36 1030 30 83 291 31 25
19 366 29 29 858 29 66 649 41 73
20 378 27 28 851 29 68 456 35 43
 
21 355 26 25 777 28 58 342 34 32
22 353 26 25 689 27 50 281 34 26
23 336 26 23 603 26 43 250 35 23
24 323 22 19 528 26 37 235 35 22
25 316 17 14 450 25 30 230 35 22
 
26 301 17 14 398 24 26 218 35 21
27 285 17 13 367 24 23 209 35 20
28 277 17 13 411 31 38 192 36 18
29 277 17 13 902 58 144 194 36 19
30 791 69 196 722 39 78 186 51 26
 
31 --- --- --- 834 63 143 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 18763 --- 3877 50630 --- 7420 11759 --- 1216
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 178 34 16 553 71 204 442 55 68
2 173 33 15 1550 178 793 348 43 42
3 170 32 14 964 94 256 203 34 19
4 176 31 14 1200 94 310 167 34 15
5 438 47 60 915 58 145 149 34 14
 
6 529 46 66 631 44 76 154 35 14
7 882 82 197 695 49 93 144 35 14
8 877 87 205 734 62 124 147 35 14
9 867 86 202 535 42 61 151 35 14
10 888 85 204 373 39 39 137 34 13
 
11 703 73 138 319 36 31 134 34 12
12 536 60 87 276 35 26 139 33 13
13 440 48 57 225 34 21 160 33 14
14 411 47 52 301 43 37 444 60 80
15 1180 137 500 363 45 44 533 66 97
 
16 1350 107 397 303 35 29 261 50 35
17 953 71 188 248 30 20 193 42 22
18 1100 86 259 220 31 19 163 38 17
19 672 59 109 211 35 20 150 36 15
20 510 49 67 200 22 12 144 34 13
 
21 1100 109 343 188 25 13 140 32 12
22 840 98 224 186 28 14 253 41 29
23 646 79 140 176 31 15 214 35 21
24 477 64 82 174 33 16 161 35 15
25 369 56 56 170 32 15 158 34 15
 
26 300 49 40 189 31 16 218 40 27
27 253 42 29 200 29 16 490 53 72
28 248 36 24 173 27 13 267 37 27
29 231 35 22 181 26 13 200 36 19
30 218 34 20 152 28 12 176 35 17
 
31 215 33 19 149 30 12 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 17930 --- 3846 12754 --- 2515 6640 --- 799


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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