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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05546500                         FOX RIVER AT WILMOT, WI



LOCATION.--Lat 42°30'40", long 88°10'45", in SW1/4 sec.30, T.1N., R.20E., Kenosha County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank 100 ft downstream from bridge on County Trunk Highway C, 300 ft upstream from Wilmot Dam, 1.0 mi north of Wisconsin-Illinois State line, and 6.0 mi upstream from Fox Chain of Lakes.

DRAINAGE AREA.--868 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: Dec. 1997 to Sept. 1998.

REMARKS.--Suspended-sediment samples were collected twice weekly with more frequent samples collected during high runoff periods.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily, 147 mg/L, May 8, 1998; minimum daily, 20 mg/L, Sept. 25-26, 1998.
SEDIMENT LOAD: Maximum daily, 542 tons, May 8, 1998; minimum daily, 13 tons, Sept. 25, 1998.
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
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 --- --- --- --- --- --- e510 62 86
2 --- --- --- --- --- --- e570 59 91
3 --- --- --- --- --- --- e590 56 90
4 --- --- --- --- --- --- e600 54 87
5 --- --- --- --- --- --- e600 51 83
 
6 --- --- --- --- --- --- e580 48 76
7 --- --- --- --- --- --- e570 46 71
8 --- --- --- --- --- --- e560 44 66
9 --- --- --- --- --- --- e540 42 61
10 --- --- --- --- --- --- e490 41 54
 
11 --- --- --- --- --- --- 479 42 55
12 --- --- --- --- --- --- 472 45 57
13 --- --- --- --- --- --- 483 47 61
14 --- --- --- --- --- --- 474 49 63
15 --- --- --- --- --- --- 476 52 67
 
16 --- --- --- --- --- --- 473 54 70
17 --- --- --- --- --- --- 479 57 74
18 --- --- --- --- --- --- 472 60 77
19 --- --- --- --- --- --- 474 63 81
20 --- --- --- --- --- --- 477 66 86
 
21 --- --- --- --- --- --- 477 70 90
22 --- --- --- --- --- --- 476 73 94
23 --- --- --- --- --- --- 475 77 99
24 --- --- --- --- --- --- 464 78 98
25 --- --- --- --- --- --- 483 78 102
 
26 --- --- --- --- --- --- 475 78 100
27 --- --- --- --- --- --- 451 78 94
28 --- --- --- --- --- --- 375 86 93
29 --- --- --- --- --- --- 516 95 132
30 --- --- --- --- --- --- 421 86 97
 
31 --- --- --- --- --- --- 358 77 75
 
TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- --- 15340 --- 2530
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 377 72 76 e580 36 56 967 49 127   
2 524 82 116 e700 31 59 1000 50 134   
3 547 96 142 e940 27 69 989 51 136   
4 656 112 200 e1000 24 64 931 52 130   
5 837 118 267 940 22 56 845 48 108   
 
6 956 109 284 922 28 69 842 48 109   
7 802 95 206 887 36 86 767 52 108   
8 1130 93 284 862 47 109 836 54 122   
9 1050 92 260 822 61 136 1060 64 183   
10 738 91 180 693 77 144 1030 61 171   
 
11 e690 89 166 782 80 172 646 57 99.8
12 e650 88 154 1270 117 406 641 53 92   
13 e630 87 147 1510 106 432 687 56 104   
14 e620 85 143 1400 84 318 847 61 139   
15 e620 84 141 1290 67 233 857 58 134   
 
16 e620 83 138 1250 53 180 783 54 114   
17 e630 81 139 1300 43 149 605 52 85   
18 e640 80 139 1310 35 122 827 60 135   
19 e640 79 136 1290 34 119 1010 72 198   
20 e620 78 130 1220 36 117 1170 75 237   
 
21 e600 77 124 1160 37 117 1130 70 215   
22 e590 76 120 1130 39 118 1030 66 184   
23 e580 74 116 1070 40 117 1000 62 168   
24 e570 73 113 1100 42 125 989 58 155   
25 e550 72 107 1040 44 123 992 54 146   
 
26 e540 71 104 1010 46 124 919 51 126   
27 e540 69 100 947 47 120 746 49 98   
28 e530 61 87 955 48 123 719 50 96   
29 e530 53 76 --- --- --- 713 51 98   
30 e550 47 69 --- --- --- 727 53 103   
 
31 e560 41 62 --- --- --- 903 54 132   
 
TOTAL 20117 --- 4526 29380 --- 4063 27208 --- 4186.8
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 1260 56 189 884 55 132 589 88 139
2 1320 55 196 892 56 135 583 80 126
3 1280 54 187 873 57 134 554 74 110
4 1250 53 179 849 58 133 463 68 85
5 1200 52 168 744 59 118 366 64 63
 
6 1150 51 157 741 62 124 367 64 63
7 1130 50 153 920 97 247 400 63 68
8 1110 51 153 1370 147 542 381 63 65
9 1290 65 230 1470 124 491 391 63 66
10 1510 69 280 1350 97 354 417 62 70
 
11 1530 64 265 1230 80 265 436 64 75
12 1210 60 196 e1170 84 264 610 80 132
13 1030 57 159 1040 88 248 636 88 151
14 1140 62 191 977 83 220 577 84 131
15 1150 68 213 849 77 178 549 81 119
 
16 1240 76 252 770 72 150 517 74 103
17 1440 77 300 697 67 126 445 67 80
18 1430 70 272 641 63 108 375 53 54
19 1260 64 220 502 62 84 514 46 64
20 1190 59 190 514 61 85 631 49 84
 
21 1210 59 191 643 61 106 520 53 74
22 1340 55 198 550 61 91 499 56 76
23 1350 46 166 430 63 73 429 60 70
24 1210 46 152 395 70 75 339 64 59
25 1080 49 142 447 81 99 375 71 72
 
26 1060 52 147 493 94 126 593 85 138
27 1100 54 160 496 106 142 719 103 200
28 997 55 148 444 106 126 909 125 309
29 877 63 148 513 103 143 1080 130 378
30 880 58 138 526 101 143 1030 116 322
 
31 --- --- --- 621 95 160 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 36224 --- 5740 24041 --- 5422 16294 --- 3546
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 925 106 265 233 44 28 351 47 45
2 e760 99 203 221 44 26 345 58 54
3 623 87 146 212 43 25 251 55 37
4 720 76 141 251 45 31 265 52 38
5 708 67 127 537 76 120 281 50 38
 
6 656 58 99 1210 97 318 272 48 36
7 509 51 71 1130 92 280 328 58 52
8 554 45 68 922 87 216 396 59 63
9 594 43 69 856 82 189 338 55 50
10 543 41 60 910 77 190 321 52 45
 
11 435 40 46 955 73 189 225 48 29
12 433 38 44 919 69 172 216 48 28
13 389 36 38 937 65 166 237 51 32
14 374 35 35 949 62 159 263 53 38
15 344 33 31 865 59 137 425 54 61
 
16 331 32 28 809 55 121 507 49 67
17 314 32 27 673 52 95 446 44 53
18 308 33 27 594 49 79 415 41 46
19 306 35 29 464 47 59 324 38 33
20 303 42 34 372 44 44 313 35 29
 
21 340 51 47 260 42 29 284 32 25
22 352 52 49 309 47 39 284 30 23
23 378 49 50 318 39 33 275 28 21
24 392 46 49 313 31 26 243 25 16
25 369 46 46 447 41 52 243 20 13
 
26 344 45 42 602 80 130 259 20 14
27 261 45 32 360 63 78 256 21 14
28 239 45 29 375 39 39 248 22 15
29 228 45 27 350 35 34 250 23 15
30 237 44 28 333 37 33 245 24 16
 
31 246 44 29 337 39 35 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 13515 --- 2016 18023 --- 3172 9106 --- 1046
e Estimated


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