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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.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 174 mg/L, Feb. 20; minimum daily, 15 mg/L, Nov. 13-14 and Sept. 26-30.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 1,850 tons, May 31; minimum daily, 5.0 tons, Sept. 30.
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
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
1 157 20 7.0 162 20 8.5 372 18 18
2 151 20 8.1 362 81 89 350 17 16
3 173 20 9.4 1500 149 604 325 16 14
4 282 20 16 1780 97 473 318 22 19
5 195 21 11 2430 118 776 647 47 81
 
6 171 21 9.8 1960 69 366 600 35 58
7 165 22 9.6 1370 51 183 472 29 36
8 159 22 9.5 841 37 88 417 28 31
9 145 23 8.9 636 25 43 406 86 95
10 139 24 8.8 516 20 29 1400 123 467
 
11 141 24 9.2 451 18 22 1970 117 623
12 138 26 9.6 392 17 18 1820 108 529
13 134 29 10 355 15 15 1360 96 354
14 664 56 110 310 15 12 1070 85 247
15 742 58 117 282 17 13 930 77 193
 
16 424 43 49 272 20 14 844 70 159
17 277 31 23 283 25 19 784 65 137
18 206 27 15 1340 89 351 724 61 120
19 179 25 12 1910 76 395 667 59 107
20 174 23 11 1470 53 209 598 59 95
 
21 176 23 11 978 43 114 535 58 83
22 168 23 10 713 33 64 480 71 91
23 167 23 10 677 41 81 466 101 127
24 161 24 10 1150 62 192 448 121 147
25 343 28 26 845 52 120 421 107 121
 
26 224 25 15 654 44 78 380 90 92
27 184 23 11 548 35 53 358 81 78
28 173 21 9.7 479 27 35 407 84 92
29 170 19 8.6 422 20 23 461 88 110
30 163 17 7.6 390 19 20 450 78 95
 
31 164 18 7.7 --- --- --- 423 68 78
 
TOTAL 6909 --- 590.5 25478 --- 4507.5 20903 --- 4513
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 400 63 68 e200 33 18 795 20 43
2 386 61 64 e210 33 19 1000 27 74
3 387 59 61 e220 34 20 968 34 89
4 383 62 64 e220 34 20 1020 65 189
5 407 78 86 e220 34 20 2550 140 971
 
6 352 55 54 e230 72 50 2900 80 624
7 296 42 34 e230 73 52 2840 53 410
8 366 42 41 e230 59 42 2360 44 279
9 369 41 41 e230 47 32 1890 40 203
10 321 41 36 e220 44 30 1660 38 170
 
11 305 40 33 e220 43 28 1520 40 166
12 332 40 36 e220 41 27 1400 37 138
13 346 40 37 e220 41 25 1300 34 119
14 324 39 34 e220 41 27 1260 31 106
15 312 39 33 e220 41 26 1200 28 92
 
16 297 39 31 e220 41 25 1130 27 83
17 e290 38 32 231 40 25 1070 27 79
18 e270 38 34 238 44 29 1030 27 76
19 e250 37 26 250 99 68 996 28 74
20 e240 37 29 410 174 190 1000 28 75
 
21 e230 37 28 719 141 273 846 28 64
22 e220 36 24 677 107 197 708 28 53
23 e210 36 21 705 74 139 626 28 47
24 e210 36 23 830 40 89 793 43 97
25 e210 35 23 856 22 52 1000 48 130
 
26 e210 35 22 831 21 47 1400 76 288
27 e210 35 20 791 20 42 1570 55 235
28 e210 34 19 742 18 36 1620 67 300
29 e200 34 18 710 17 32 2360 144 930
30 e200 33 18 --- --- --- 2580 158 1100
 
31 e200 33 18 --- --- --- 2340 139 883
 
TOTAL 8943 --- 1108 11520 --- 1680 45732 --- 8187
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 1890 121 620 555 36 53 4730 97 1240
2 1570 103 437 514 35 48 4270 42 486
3 1380 85 317 471 34 43 3260 32 281
4 1200 74 241 439 32 39 2510 34 228
5 1080 70 203 410 31 35 2020 33 182
 
6 988 65 174 376 30 31 1660 33 147
7 914 60 149 368 29 29 1390 32 121
8 854 56 129 351 28 27 1180 32 102
9 758 51 104 327 28 24 1040 32 91
10 673 46 84 338 31 29 1140 67 241
 
11 597 42 68 541 36 53 e2100 115 653
12 527 41 58 518 44 62 e2380 115 732
13 486 41 53 819 60 132 e2250 101 618
14 477 40 52 1590 97 428 e2200 87 524
15 467 40 51 1840 111 553 1840 75 394
 
16 442 40 48 1570 95 404 1620 67 295
17 470 40 51 1280 79 276 1400 59 225
18 463 40 50 1520 86 355 1230 53 177
19 453 40 49 1830 102 503 1080 48 141
20 503 40 55 1940 94 494 975 43 114
 
21 788 54 114 2410 130 853 992 45 123
22 688 45 83 3000 158 1280 1400 55 207
23 637 40 69 3500 147 1380 1200 47 154
24 604 40 66 3640 119 1170 1080 44 129
25 995 61 165 3410 81 749 1010 43 117
 
26 832 54 122 3390 68 620 974 41 109
27 713 43 83 3630 69 679 939 40 101
28 618 39 65 3790 79 804 922 38 95
29 559 38 57 3630 75 732 881 37 87
30 538 37 53 3680 115 1160 824 35 78
 
31 --- --- --- 4530 151 1850 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 23164 --- 3870 56207 --- 14895 50497 --- 8192
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 778 34 71 219 37 22 377 64 66
2 684 32 59 209 36 20 305 59 49
3 649 32 56 239 38 26 257 54 38
4 1590 64 279 1270 72 246 225 50 30
5 1490 60 243 956 66 171 200 47 25
 
6 1060 47 135 565 60 92 191 44 22
7 918 43 107 397 54 58 192 41 21
8 885 43 102 328 53 47 194 38 20
9 973 52 140 289 52 41 195 33 18
10 1370 67 248 257 51 35 172 23 11
 
11 1340 55 198 251 46 31 167 17 7.6
12 1230 50 165 228 41 25 157 17 7.1
13 1000 47 127 219 36 21 158 17 7.1
14 843 43 99 212 31 18 159 17 7.1
15 684 40 74 200 28 15 172 17 7.6
 
16 535 37 53 187 29 15 314 16 14
17 423 33 38 261 31 22 223 16 9.8
18 357 30 29 257 33 23 200 16 8.7
19 324 27 23 402 35 38 172 16 7.5
20 320 23 20 264 37 26 163 16 7.1
 
21 307 28 23 221 39 23 168 16 7.2
22 477 56 72 200 40 22 168 16 7.2
23 448 43 53 188 42 22 157 16 6.6
24 375 37 38 513 71 127 145 16 6.1
25 309 34 29 826 106 231 149 16 6.2
 
26 283 32 25 438 78 93 142 15 6.0
27 282 33 25 548 76 112 145 15 6.0
28 255 35 24 1820 145 722 159 15 6.5
29 242 36 23 1350 112 416 156 15 6.4
30 254 37 25 792 76 165 146 15 5.0
 
31 236 38 24 500 69 94 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 20921 --- 2627 14606 --- 3019 5728 --- 446.8
 
YEAR 290608 53635.8


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