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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05552500       FOX RIVER AT DAYTON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°23'04", long 88°47'21" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.29, T.34 N., R.4 E., La Salle County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, on left bank under County Highway 18 bridge in Dayton, and at mile 5.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,642 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: November 1914 to current year. Prior to April 1925, published as "at Wedron." Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-92 and 1996.
 

SEDIMENT: February 2003 to current year.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1996-97, 2003.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 730: 1931. WSP 1208: 1930, 1935, 1939. WSP 1308: 1916(M), 1922(M), 1926-31(M), 1934-40(M), 1946-47(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1969.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, automatic water sampler, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 462.30 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Apr. 13, 1925, nonrecording gage at site 4.1 mi upstream at datum 496.80 ft above Memphis datum. Apr. 13, 1925, to Sept. 30, 1942, nonrecording gage at site 1,000 ft upstream at datum 7.70 ft below NGVD of 1929. Oct. 1, 1942, to Apr. 10, 1951, nonrecording gage, and Apr. 11, 1951, to Sept. 30, 1978, water-stage recorder, at site 1.000 ft upstream at same datum. Oct. 1, 1978 to June 11, 1997, water-stage recorder at site 500 ft upstream at same datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Regulation by hydropower plant upstream from gage.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 55,400 ft3/s, July 19, 1996, gage height, 24.47 ft, from rating curve extended above 43,000 ft3/s; affected by dam failure 500 ft upstream from gage then in use. Maximum gage height, 36.47 ft, Jan. 25, 1960, ice jam; minimum daily discharge, 1.0 ft3/s, Aug. 29, 1934, when turbines were shut down; minimum daily with plant operating, 78 ft3/s, Oct. 29, 1956.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 2,380 mg/L, June 1, 2004; minimum daily, 4 mg/L, Feb. 18-20, 2003.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 90,100 tons, June 1, 2004; minimum daily, 2.6 tons, Feb. 18, 2003.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 473 mg/L, May 2; minimum daily, 4 mg/L, Feb. 18-20.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 5,450 tons, May 2; minimum daily, 2.6 tons, Feb. 18.
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
1 565 --- --- 686 --- --- 658 --- ---
2 567 --- --- 636 --- --- 640 --- ---
3 678 --- --- 595 --- --- 720 --- ---
4 1120 --- --- 616 --- --- 554 --- ---
5 1480 --- --- 654 --- --- 657 --- ---
 
6 1400 --- --- 702 --- --- 482 --- ---
7 1280 --- --- 695 --- --- 547 --- ---
8 1180 --- --- 664 --- --- 773 --- ---
9 1070 --- --- 638 --- --- 511 --- ---
10 924 --- --- 612 --- --- 618 --- ---
 
11 847 --- --- 607 --- --- 772 --- ---
12 738 --- --- 654 --- --- 748 --- ---
13 727 --- --- 684 --- --- 655 --- ---
14 702 --- --- 675 --- --- 614 --- ---
15 668 --- --- 664 --- --- 589 --- ---
 
16 646 --- --- 700 --- --- 602 --- ---
17 642 --- --- 725 --- --- 566 --- ---
18 654 --- --- 719 --- --- 610 --- ---
19 624 --- --- 802 --- --- 742 --- ---
20 592 --- --- 1000 --- --- 689 --- ---
 
21 604 --- --- 1810 --- --- 606 --- ---
22 614 --- --- 1700 --- --- 538 --- ---
23 614 --- --- 1750 --- --- 483 --- ---
24 624 --- --- 1260 --- --- 475 --- ---
25 669 --- --- 1260 --- --- 440 --- ---
 
26 722 --- --- 1250 --- --- 532 --- ---
27 746 --- --- 1150 --- --- 546 --- ---
28 882 --- --- 1080 --- --- 688 --- ---
29 898 --- --- 897 --- --- 680 --- ---
30 835 --- --- 692 --- --- 811 --- ---
 
31 718 --- --- --- --- --- 762 --- ---
 
TOTAL 25030 --- --- 26577 --- --- 19308 --- ---
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 818 --- --- e540 --- --- e430 6 7.5
2 1160 --- --- e540 --- --- e430 7 7.8
3 1320 --- --- e540 --- --- e440 7 8.3
4 903 --- --- e540 --- --- e440 7 8.5
5 629 --- --- e540 --- --- e450 7 9.0
 
6 586 --- --- e540 --- --- e450 8 9.3
7 589 --- --- e540 --- --- e440 8 9.4
8 563 --- --- e540 --- --- e440 8 9.6
9 541 --- --- e540 --- --- e450 8 10
10 562 --- --- e550 --- --- e450 9 10
 
11 e640 --- --- e550 --- --- e450 9 11
12 e520 --- --- e550 --- --- e450 9 11
13 e560 --- --- e550 --- --- e480 9 12
14 e610 --- --- e550 --- --- e480 9 12
15 e640 --- --- e540 --- --- e470 10 12
 
16 e650 --- --- e540 --- --- e500 10 14
17 e640 --- --- e520 --- --- e580 11 17
18 e630 --- --- e500 4 2.6 724 12 24
19 e620 --- --- e470 4 5.4 752 13 27
20 e630 --- --- e430 4 5.2 849 14 33
 
21 e630 --- --- e390 5 4.9 854 16 38
22 e640 --- --- e380 5 5.0 858 19 44
23 e640 --- --- e420 5 5.8 966 22 57
24 e610 --- --- e430 5 6.2 1000 22 59
25 e580 --- --- e430 6 6.5 971 18 47
 
26 e570 --- --- e430 6 6.7 1010 22 60
27 e560 --- --- e430 6 7.0 1050 19 55
28 e570 --- --- e430 6 7.3 1060 20 57
29 e580 --- --- --- --- --- 1160 34 107
30 e540 --- --- --- --- --- 1170 20 63
 
31 e520 --- --- --- --- --- 1140 16 51
 
TOTAL 20251 --- --- 13950 --- --- 21394 --- 900.4
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 1090 14 42 1750 272 1590 1510 76 309
2 1040 14 39 4250 473 5450 1520 72 293
3 1050 15 43 3290 320 2900 1430 68 261
4 1280 22 76 2540 132 911 1380 63 236
5 1910 51 273 3150 237 2290 1350 59 216
 
6 2030 59 326 4270 338 3930 1290 55 191
7 1770 40 191 3740 214 2160 1200 51 165
8 1750 25 118 3440 198 1840 1230 47 155
9 1520 23 96 4860 270 3660 1450 43 171
10 1360 22 81 5640 229 3510 1320 44 157
 
11 1330 21 75 5620 207 3190 1250 45 153
12 1200 20 64 6260 274 4670 1170 46 146
13 1200 19 61 4880 159 2110 1270 48 162
14 1190 18 57 4130 128 1440 1220 49 160
15 1110 16 49 3990 131 1420 1160 50 155
 
16 996 15 41 3850 104 1080 1110 51 153
17 996 15 40 3380 75 685 1050 52 148
18 1290 21 72 3080 81 677 1050 55 155
19 1230 21 69 2840 90 685 1180 59 189
20 1080 15 43 2690 87 636 1240 61 206
 
21 931 12 31 2440 78 514 1400 60 226
22 736 12 23 2200 71 423 1070 54 157
23 821 16 36 2080 72 405 825 52 117
24 880 20 47 1680 74 335 731 52 102
25 867 19 44 1470 76 301 698 52 97
 
26 861 18 41 1410 78 296 677 52 94
27 843 16 37 1360 80 292 685 52 95
28 684 15 28 1330 82 293 656 52 91
29 507 16 22 1310 83 295 673 52 94
30 569 21 33 1220 84 277 663 52 92
 
31 --- --- --- 1360 80 293 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 34121 --- 2198 95510 --- 48558 33458 --- 4946
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 637 52 89 892 45 111 360 37 36
2 617 52 86 1310 75 268 430 37 43
3 599 52 83 1440 91 351 378 37 38
4 570 52 79 1460 72 283 295 37 30
5 603 52 84 1310 55 194 267 37 27
 
6 706 56 108 1170 52 163 237 38 24
7 909 65 158 1150 50 156 240 38 24
8 983 64 170 1100 48 144 239 38 24
9 1300 75 278 905 47 114 e230 38 22
10 1550 85 357 842 45 103 225 38 22
 
11 1460 49 192 785 44 92 232 38 22
12 1260 32 108 722 42 82 242 38 24
13 1230 30 98 669 40 73 215 38 22
14 1140 38 117 668 39 70 216 38 22
15 1430 152 611 647 37 65 379 38 39
 
16 2030 168 926 631 36 61 354 39 35
17 1780 72 351 509 34 47 305 39 32
18 2800 240 1830 433 32 38 335 39 31
19 2030 221 1220 422 34 39 302 39 29
20 1720 121 567 397 36 39 266 39 26
 
21 1720 52 240 376 36 37 241 39 26
22 1670 48 215 315 36 29 252 40 27
23 1340 46 165 398 36 34 279 40 29
24 1150 44 135 388 36 33 259 40 28
25 998 41 112 298 37 28 253 41 28
 
26 885 39 94 e280 37 29 295 41 33
27 768 52 110 e310 37 28 364 46 46
28 1120 109 331 366 37 30 469 47 59
29 1110 91 273 e290 37 29 368 43 43
30 950 68 174 e300 37 29 318 41 12
 
31 811 51 112 308 37 31 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 37876 --- 9473 21091 --- 2830 8845 --- 903
e Estimated


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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