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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05543500       ILLINOIS RIVER AT MARSEILLES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°19'37", long 88°43'03" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.13, T.33 N., R.4 E., La Salle County, Hydrologic Unit 07120005, on right bank 0.5 mi downstream from Marseilles Dam in Marseilles, 6.9 mi upstream from Fox River, and at mile 246.5.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 8,259 mi2, does not include diversion from Lake Michigan through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which has occurred since Jan. 17, 1900.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1919 to current year. Prior to October 1939, published as "at Morris."
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1975-96.
 

SEDIMENT: February 2003 to current year.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1975-81.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1975-81.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water Year 1998; Contaminants in streambed sediments, October 1996; contaminants in fish tissue, October 1996; sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1993-97, 2003.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Water year 1989.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, automatic water sampler, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 452.91 ft above NGVD of 1929. October 1919 to January 1935, nonrecording gage at site at Morris, 16.6 mi upstream, at datum 25.59 ft higher. January 1935 to September 1939, water-stage recorder 300 ft downstream from Morris site at that datum. October 1939 to September 2002, water-stage recorder at current site at datum 10 ft. higher.
 

REMARKS.-- Figures of daily discharge include flow through navigation locks. Flow regulated by powerplants and navigation dam above station. Since Jan. 17, 1900, flow has included diversion from Lake Michigan through Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Suspended sediment samples were collected twice weekly with additionl samples during high-runoff periods by an automatic water sampler.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 95,000 ft3/s, Feb. 22, 1997, gage height, 26.85 ft, present datum; minimum daily discharge, 461 ft3/s, Nov. 21, 2002.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 307 mg/L, June 13, 2004; minimum daily, 6 mg/L, Jan. 28 - Feb. 6, 2004.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 42,100 tons, June 13, 2004; minimum daily, 37 tons, Feb. 4, 2004.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: A stage of 26.2 ft at Morris occurred in 1831, discharge not determined, and a stage of 35.4 ft (ice jam) occurred at present site and datum on Jan. 21, 1916, estimated discharge, 40,000 ft3/s.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 307 mg/L, June 13; minimum daily, 6 mg/L, Jan. 28 - Feb. 6.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 42,100 tons, June 13; minimum daily, 37 tons, Feb. 4.
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 4040 16 162 4070 29 305 10600 60 1730
2 2640 17 112 6650 32 579 10500 42 1140
3 4510 18 200 9310 29 708 8830 52 1200
4 2460 18 111 9320 32 798 8340 61 1330
5 3050 19 143 13300 34 1210 10200 66 1800
 
6 2820 19 135 13300 35 1250 10300 61 1660
7 2990 20 143 11300 37 1110 10300 54 1480
8 2870 20 144 8110 37 796 9700 48 1250
9 3110 21 161 7190 36 687 10200 45 1210
10 1810 22 90 8340 36 806 14200 50 1900
 
11 3620 22 195 4990 37 477 17900 82 4010
12 3200 23 182 5320 39 536 17400 87 4080
13 2740 24 163 5970 41 657 15100 55 2220
14 5150 32 445 5830 37 558 12800 48 1650
15 5470 30 427 4850 29 361 12200 52 1680
 
16 5940 29 445 4610 22 265 10500 59 1670
17 4760 29 353 5160 18 258 9780 75 1910
18 4280 29 311 13800 44 1680 9790 83 2130
19 4510 28 321 25900 109 7840 8970 60 1440
20 4630 28 331 26500 156 11200 7430 45 874
 
21 2870 28 199 20800 104 5870 8810 40 922
22 4080 26 269 17400 79 3650 6580 35 609
23 3390 25 206 16600 79 3530 7360 31 592
24 3430 23 199 19300 79 4030 6490 28 468
25 4870 23 282 20100 65 3520 8240 31 691
 
26 4220 25 266 17100 67 3040 9800 35 902
27 3970 27 272 15800 50 2130 9250 39 960
28 4860 29 357 14200 42 1590 8820 44 1020
29 3550 30 268 12900 43 1460 8810 48 1120
30 4880 31 401 12300 69 2230 8900 48 1130
 
31 4220 31 339 --- --- --- 10300 45 1240
 
TOTAL 118940 --- 7632 360320 --- 63131 318400 --- 46018
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 10900 42 1220 e4600 6 80 7380 16 318
2 10700 39 1110 e4000 6 71 8360 21 448
3 10200 36 979 e4400 6 100 8960 28 668
4 9420 32 799 2460 6 37 10500 39 1150
5 10000 28 745 4770 6 73 22400 104 6220
 
6 9900 24 625 4920 6 83 28500 115 8820
7 10100 20 537 4340 7 76 27500 83 6150
8 9750 16 405 4880 7 92 23000 67 4160
9 8350 13 278 5380 7 104 18500 57 2840
10 7310 12 230 3940 8 80 17300 50 2320
 
11 7220 11 213 3920 8 81 14000 43 1620
12 7850 10 216 4350 8 93 12700 37 1260
13 7430 9 187 4700 9 106 12500 34 1130
14 6130 9 142 4400 9 104 10800 32 907
15 7180 9 164 4160 9 101 11500 29 897
 
16 6630 9 154 4010 10 101 9230 28 674
17 5820 9 134 3420 10 90 9130 26 630
18 6480 9 152 4560 10 125 9840 24 634
19 4820 9 112 4990 11 142 8810 22 519
20 5100 9 115 5630 12 180 8920 20 468
 
21 5710 8 115 8300 16 355 8240 18 384
22 4710 8 95 9050 20 480 8080 16 343
23 5080 7 99 10400 20 550 7500 14 289
24 4230 7 80 10000 16 416 8530 14 312
25 5450 7 100 9270 12 298 9090 17 402
 
26 4250 7 78 8960 14 331 9280 20 479
27 e3800 7 68 8440 14 309 12600 23 784
28 e4500 6 77 7320 13 244 16300 56 2460
29 e3700 6 62 7930 14 298 22400 56 3410
30 e4600 6 74 --- --- --- 26500 84 5950
 
31 e2300 6 38 --- --- --- 22600 83 5010
 
TOTAL 209620 --- 9403 167500 --- 5200 430950 --- 61656
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 21000 63 3510 7400 29 563 39000 148 15600
2 19600 55 2890 8160 33 699 30900 145 12100
3 16800 47 2120 6690 28 497 26900 115 8330
4 14500 40 1550 6490 23 393 22100 115 6760
5 11700 30 928 7280 19 369 20300 99 5310
 
6 12200 26 848 6360 19 311 17400 81 3780
7 9570 23 580 5880 19 290 14200 67 2530
8 8740 20 467 5890 20 299 13200 55 1940
9 9250 20 477 7840 22 448 11400 52 1560
10 7420 19 375 6000 25 386 12400 49 1590
 
11 7530 19 380 6390 27 452 16700 51 2260
12 7450 20 388 7270 29 548 33900 132 13900
13 6840 20 373 9130 32 765 50600 307 42100
14 6400 20 341 17500 66 3040 45400 158 19500
15 5350 18 259 18400 87 4220 39400 117 12300
 
16 6990 16 291 16900 60 2700 35500 103 9840
17 6130 14 227 15400 43 1740 29600 85 6690
18 6070 15 240 14200 36 1360 25600 75 5110
19 5240 16 221 13000 31 1080 22300 74 4410
20 6590 18 312 12700 28 965 20900 76 4210
 
21 7580 20 393 12200 29 940 19300 79 4060
22 7400 23 450 14700 34 1340 18200 68 3330
23 7910 25 510 16400 35 1520 15900 58 2470
24 7460 23 457 15500 34 1420 13200 60 2100
25 7490 22 440 15000 41 1670 11000 58 1700
 
26 9710 21 530 14600 36 1380 9800 57 1450
27 7980 19 401 14200 35 1320 9630 56 1410
28 7840 18 374 13700 35 1280 8540 54 1220
29 6340 18 311 12800 36 1240 8070 51 1070
30 6680 24 410 15800 56 2560 7950 44 913
 
31 --- --- --- 33400 142 12900 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 271760 --- 21053 377180 --- 48695 649290 --- 199543
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 7710 37 739 4170 27 276 19600 69 3590
2 6040 32 496 5750 27 404 18900 65 3290
3 7950 34 706 3400 27 226 15400 55 2280
4 11000 36 1040 9620 27 701 13600 50 1780
5 8850 38 882 9570 27 682 11800 46 1430
 
6 8600 40 893 8230 27 576 10600 43 1180
7 9380 41 1030 7300 27 505 8750 40 912
8 8110 42 888 6390 26 423 9240 37 890
9 8590 41 926 5290 25 338 8400 35 768
10 8680 41 925 6010 23 368 8310 37 802
 
11 9240 40 950 4870 22 282 7460 40 774
12 8440 37 818 4690 21 254 6890 41 726
13 10100 35 925 4370 25 274 6690 37 637
14 9460 34 845 4930 27 341 5420 32 446
15 8960 38 903 4780 24 291 5990 28 429
 
16 7560 42 833 4920 22 271 7890 27 563
17 6220 46 744 4720 23 281 5770 27 395
18 6970 47 856 3010 25 177 5560 26 368
19 5320 48 667 5290 26 348 4750 25 301
20 6790 48 853 6530 27 464 4770 25 297
 
21 6620 45 771 6130 28 440 4650 24 292
22 6580 42 721 5580 29 415 3530 25 229
23 6600 40 647 6640 27 478 4740 26 318
24 6950 37 665 8220 26 563 3790 27 261
25 6400 35 577 8280 27 619 3320 27 231
 
26 6140 33 532 10600 38 1060 4070 28 286
27 6040 31 494 16100 51 2170 4140 28 294
28 6780 29 506 31100 208 18200 3420 27 239
29 5090 27 355 32400 164 14400 4650 26 316
30 5180 27 363 27900 103 7760 3110 25 196
 
31 5240 27 370 22600 80 4880 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 231590 --- 22920 289390 --- 58467 225210 --- 24520
 
YEAR 3650150 568238


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data