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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05570000       SPOON RIVER AT SEVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°29'24", long 90°20'25" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.24, T.6 N., R.1 E., Fulton County, Hydrologic Unit 07130005, on left bank at downstream side of State Highway 95 bridge, 0.5 mi upstream from a railroad bridge, 0.5 mi northeast of Seville, 0.1 mi downstream from Shaw Creek, and at mile 39.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,636 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: July 1914 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 1978-93.
 

SEDIMENT: Water years 1980-97, Feb. 2003 to current year.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1993, 1995-97, 2003.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1208: 1917, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926-27, 1929(M). WSP 1308: 1919(M), 1936(M), 1938(M), 1942(M), 1945(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, sediment sampler, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 467.04 ft above NGVD of 1929. Datum of gage was incorrectly published water years 1927-1941. Prior to May 9, 1935, nonrecording gage 0.5 miles downstream at same datum. May 9, 1935 to June 30, 1976, nonrecording gage 0.47 miles downstream at same datum. July 1, 1976, to July 13, 1983, recording gage at present site and datum. July 14, 1983 to Sept. 18, 2000, recording gage 0.47 miles downstream at same datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 37,300 ft3/s, Aug. 22, 1924, gage height, 30.77 ft, from graph based on gage readings; maximum gage height, 33.10 ft, July 26, 1993, discharge, 34,700 ft3/s; minimum observed discharge, 3.8 ft3/s, July 31, Aug. 27-29, 1914.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 4,630 mg/L, July 21, 1996; minimum daily, 10 mg/L, Feb. 5, 6, 1996.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 128,000 tons, May 27, 1996; minimum daily, 2.9 tons, Feb. 6, 1996.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of 1883 reached a stage of about 33.0 ft, backwater from ice, discharge not determined.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,580 mg/L, July 10; minimum daily, 35 mg/L, Sept. 29.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 93,400 tons, July 10; minimum daily, 5 tons, Sept. 29.
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 96 --- --- 126 --- --- 118 --- ---
2 94 --- --- 123 --- --- 123 --- ---
3 94 --- --- 118 --- --- 123 --- ---
4 95 --- --- 117 --- --- e105 --- ---
5 99 --- --- 117 --- --- e95 --- ---
 
6 98 --- --- 122 --- --- e96 --- ---
7 121 --- --- 120 --- --- e97 --- ---
8 116 --- --- 121 --- --- e92 --- ---
9 114 --- --- 124 --- --- e87 --- ---
10 103 --- --- 132 --- --- e92 --- ---
 
11 95 --- --- 117 --- --- e94 --- ---
12 90 --- --- 113 --- --- e98 --- ---
13 88 --- --- 109 --- --- 102 --- ---
14 88 --- --- 109 --- --- 104 --- ---
15 86 --- --- 109 --- --- 110 --- ---
 
16 88 --- --- 109 --- --- 115 --- ---
17 86 --- --- 109 --- --- 116 --- ---
18 88 --- --- 127 --- --- 196 --- ---
19 96 --- --- 138 --- --- 274 --- ---
20 102 --- --- 139 --- --- 445 --- ---
 
21 102 --- --- 163 --- --- 398 --- ---
22 99 --- --- 185 --- --- 306 --- ---
23 100 --- --- 171 --- --- 220 --- ---
24 104 --- --- 165 --- --- 173 --- ---
25 105 --- --- 143 --- --- e140 --- ---
 
26 107 --- --- 133 --- --- e170 --- ---
27 111 --- --- 129 --- --- e198 --- ---
28 123 --- --- 124 --- --- e202 --- ---
29 130 --- --- 126 --- --- 198 --- ---
30 132 --- --- 129 --- --- 175 --- ---
 
31 132 --- --- --- --- --- 162 --- ---
 
TOTAL 3182 --- --- 3867 --- --- 5024 --- ---
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 155 --- --- e97 --- --- e132 103 37
2 e146 --- --- e106 --- --- e122 87 29
3 e142 --- --- e117 --- --- e118 77 25
4 e142 --- --- e125 --- --- e123 67 22
5 e146 --- --- e137 --- --- e113 57 17
 
6 e160 --- --- e146 --- --- e110 47 14
7 e140 --- --- e132 --- --- e125 62 21
8 e130 --- --- e123 50 16 e150 108 44
9 e142 --- --- e110 49 15 e185 155 77
10 e125 --- --- e99 49 13 e210 278 158
 
11 e107 --- --- e92 48 12 e240 394 255
12 e110 --- --- e85 48 11 e220 353 210
13 e112 --- --- e83 47 11 e250 203 137
14 e94 --- --- e82 47 10 1000 409 1120
15 e86 --- --- e82 47 10 918 248 615
 
16 e82 --- --- e82 46 10 819 147 328
17 e78 --- --- e84 46 10 718 121 235
18 e75 --- --- e87 45 11 703 92 176
19 e72 --- --- e92 45 11 635 83 143
20 e70 --- --- e98 57 15 658 112 199
 
21 e68 --- --- e140 83 31 616 64 107
22 e67 --- --- e220 182 108 536 44 64
23 e66 --- --- e385 350 363 433 40 47
24 e66 --- --- e410 329 364 363 39 38
25 e66 --- --- e300 238 193 347 56 52
 
26 e66 --- --- e220 203 121 329 64 57
27 e68 --- --- e170 169 78 315 58 49
28 e72 --- --- e150 136 55 313 58 49
29 e76 --- --- --- --- --- 340 44 40
30 e82 --- --- --- --- --- 360 110 108
 
31 e90 --- --- --- --- --- 349 75 72
 
TOTAL 3101 --- --- 4054 --- --- 11850 --- 4545
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 310 69 57 295 113 90 634 178 303
2 275 88 66 1250 1130 6120 e570 161 248
3 247 87 58 3010 2900 23900 e540 156 227
4 334 181 202 1810 1450 7180 e550 157 232
5 443 329 408 1710 1000 4660 e560 158 239
 
6 369 163 162 2250 1050 6710 e520 160 225
7 394 151 160 2560 1450 10100 e550 166 246
8 398 116 126 1730 847 4040 e580 168 263
9 422 272 311 1430 513 1990 e540 156 228
10 383 198 206 2430 977 7160 e530 141 202
 
11 339 128 117 4110 2520 28300 519 119 168
12 306 118 97 5920 3450 55400 531 131 188
13 278 113 85 4380 1870 23000 539 149 217
14 258 108 75 2650 1040 7580 519 163 228
15 239 92 59 2080 613 3460 498 154 207
 
16 230 77 48 2470 754 5100 452 145 177
17 299 159 131 2150 1810 10600 404 143 156
18 336 194 178 1650 1100 4930 379 141 145
19 384 217 226 1440 466 1820 368 137 136
20 349 144 136 1310 394 1390 349 143 135
 
21 330 131 116 1240 379 1270 333 187 168
22 313 123 104 1170 355 1130 306 212 175
23 280 115 87 1030 289 806 292 152 120
24 259 107 75 971 279 730 284 92 71
25 269 100 73 913 290 714 303 170 166
 
26 267 93 67 860 290 673 602 755 1230
27 261 86 61 796 234 504 1060 955 2760
28 241 79 52 729 184 363 780 751 1590
29 226 69 42 685 185 343 592 539 868
30 242 82 54 690 241 450 510 363 501
 
31 --- --- --- 691 315 590 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 9281 --- 3639 56410 --- 221103 15194 --- 11819
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 443 311 373 290 87 69 248 434 296
2 388 276 289 264 65 47 246 232 155
3 349 256 241 250 40 27 222 197 120
4 325 235 207 343 122 122 172 120 56
5 306 211 174 328 72 66 140 99 38
 
6 280 202 152 255 53 36 104 92 26
7 256 253 175 219 50 29 83 91 21
8 261 311 220 200 48 26 72 90 17
9 674 672 2200 180 49 24 66 87 15
10 9400 3580 93400 166 51 23 62 85 14
 
11 5150 1400 19900 155 53 22 59 82 13
12 3550 1560 15100 150 55 22 55 79 12
13 2300 916 5830 148 58 23 61 89 15
14 1460 597 2380 144 60 23 70 94 18
15 1170 369 1170 145 62 24 80 122 27
 
16 975 315 830 135 64 23 91 113 27
17 803 276 600 126 66 22 86 56 13
18 703 238 452 121 68 22 70 48 9.1
19 625 215 363 e112 70 21 63 45 7.7
20 571 194 299 e105 72 20 56 41 6.3
 
21 543 180 265 e95 74 19 52 42 5.9
22 832 266 603 78 83 19 58 55 8.7
23 921 292 728 73 114 23 57 45 7.0
24 733 225 453 70 148 28 53 42 6.0
25 524 160 227 67 170 31 54 38 5.5
 
26 444 132 158 65 151 26 59 54 8.7
27 396 110 118 62 128 22 59 52 8.3
28 372 106 107 58 105 16 53 37 5.4
29 351 101 96 67 125 23 53 35 5.0
30 332 81 72 79 157 33 57 47 7.1
 
31 317 69 59 93 169 45 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 35754 --- 147241 4643 --- 976 2661 --- 973.7


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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