05548280 DATA: Sediment Tables, 1998

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05548280 NIPPERSINK CREEK NEAR SPRING GROVE, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 42°26'37", long 88°14'51", in NE1/4NW sec. 25, T.46N., R.8E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank upstream side of bridge on Winn Road, 0.6 mi west of Spring Grove, and at mile 7.4.

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, 128 mg/L, March 12, 1998; minimum daily, 11 mg/L, Dec. 1-2, 1997.
SEDIMENT LOAD: Maximum daily, 163 tons, May 8, 1998; minimum daily, 2.7 tons, Dec. 7-9, 1997.

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	54	---	---	66	---	---	99	11	3.0
2	57	---	---	61	---	---	93	11	2.9
3	55	---	---	58	---	---	99	12	3.1
4	56	---	---	56	---	---	107	12	3.5
5	55	---	---	56	---	---	95	12	3.2

6	50	---	---	69	---	---	84	13	2.9
7	49	---	---	73	---	---	77	13	2.7
8	50	---	---	72	---	---	75	13	2.7
9	58	---	---	69	---	---	72	14	2.7
10	51	---	---	66	---	---	77	14	2.9

11	51	---	---	65	---	---	80	14	3.1
12	54	---	---	61	---	---	78	15	3.1
13	69	---	---	60	---	---	74	15	3.0
14	59	---	---	59	---	---	70	16	3.0
15	53	---	---	65	---	---	69	16	3.0

16	54	---	---	70	---	---	69	17	3.1
17	55	---	---	68	---	---	69	17	3.2
18	57	---	---	66	---	---	70	17	3.3
19	57	---	---	59	---	---	71	18	3.4
20	52	---	---	59	---	---	72	18	3.6

21	50	---	---	62	---	---	74	19	3.8
22	48	---	---	64	---	---	75	19	3.9
23	50	---	---	64	---	---	76	20	4.1
24	54	---	---	61	---	---	75	20	4.1
25	55	---	---	59	---	---	80	20	4.3

26	61	---	---	63	---	---	77	20	4.1
27	93	---	---	78	---	---	71	20	3.8
28	96	---	---	83	---	---	73	23	4.6
29	79	---	---	81	---	---	71	26	5.0
30	77	---	---	100	---	---	71	23	4.4

31	73	---	---	---	---	---	67	20	3.7

TOTAL	1832	---	---	1993	---	---	2410	---	107.2


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	e67	19	3.4	118	45	14	158	36	15
2	69	24	4.4	181	66	32	156	30	12
3	94	31	8.0	223	58	35	154	25	10
4	135	41	15	214	50	29	150	21	8.4
5	206	53	30	191	44	23	143	20	7.9

6	284	70	54	168	39	17	142	21	8.1
7	342	69	64	157	34	14	137	22	8.0
8	330	63	56	152	29	12	146	35	15
9	329	57	51	147	26	10	203	80	44
10	238	52	34	142	22	8.6	207	94	53

11	e200	48	26	179	23	12	195	111	59
12	e185	44	22	340	38	36	168	128	58
13	e170	40	18	360	37	36	156	108	46
14	e162	36	16	298	32	26	144	84	33
15	e150	33	13	252	29	19	137	67	25

16	e133	30	11	222	25	15	134	62	22
17	e122	28	9.1	246	22	15	139	63	24
18	e116	25	7.9	262	20	14	221	77	46
19	e111	23	6.9	253	21	15	283	56	43
20	e108	21	6.1	230	25	15	277	44	33

21	e108	20	5.7	211	29	16	257	38	26
22	e107	22	6.5	194	33	17	231	32	20
23	e106	27	7.6	182	38	19	205	28	15
24	e106	32	9.1	177	44	21	188	26	13
25	106	38	11	169	51	23	177	25	12

26	105	46	13	160	58	25	192	25	13
27	104	54	15	174	53	25	176	31	15
28	105	54	15	168	43	20	154	38	16
29	108	50	15	---	---	---	154	44	18
30	109	47	14	---	---	---	165	49	22

31	110	43	13	---	---	---	248	58	39

TOTAL	4725	---	580.7	5770	---	563.6	5597	---	779.4


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	415	68	76	218	71	42	123	38	13
2	409	74	82	209	76	43	111	37	11
3	338	65	59	202	76	42	104	37	10
4	280	57	44	201	77	42	103	36	9.9
5	245	51	34	193	78	41	104	32	8.8

6	219	50	30	191	82	42	105	27	7.6
7	202	50	28	344	111	107	100	23	6.2
8	276	51	38	624	98	163	97	20	5.3
9	368	51	51	695	59	111	99	31	8.3
10	415	51	57	571	53	81	104	53	15

11	360	59	58	422	52	59	121	58	19
12	307	61	50	316	51	43	152	55	22
13	248	59	40	372	62	63	160	52	22
14	234	58	36	357	59	57	160	49	21
15	237	57	37	300	58	47	137	47	18

16	539	71	104	243	56	37	131	62	22
17	564	69	105	199	55	29	138	87	32
18	489	62	82	183	54	26	125	95	32
19	379	56	57	164	52	23	181	89	44
20	313	51	43	152	51	21	171	88	40

21	400	61	67	143	50	19	142	96	37
22	474	68	87	131	49	17	122	76	25
23	411	68	76	129	47	16	110	54	16
24	329	69	61	147	46	18	104	49	14
25	273	69	51	157	45	19	109	50	15

26	279	69	52	143	44	17	379	88	92
27	284	69	53	127	43	15	465	80	101
28	256	69	48	127	42	14	609	60	98
29	237	70	44	138	41	15	735	44	86
30	229	70	43	136	40	15	630	45	75

31	---	---	---	135	39	14	---	---	---

TOTAL	10009	---	1693	7669	---	1298	5931	---	926.1


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	387	57	59	65	12	2.1	52	37	5.1
2	269	63	46	65	15	2.6	50	34	4.5
3	247	63	42	63	21	3.5	49	30	3.9
4	391	61	65	69	26	4.8	48	26	3.4
5	392	60	63	75	31	6.3	49	26	3.4

6	291	67	52	77	36	7.6	48	26	3.4
7	249	74	49	76	35	7.1	56	27	4.1
8	229	79	49	76	31	6.4	51	27	3.7
9	210	73	41	71	29	5.5	46	26	3.2
10	183	65	32	67	26	4.8	46	26	3.2

11	163	67	29	62	24	4.0	46	22	2.7
12	146	71	28	59	22	3.5	42	18	2.1
13	134	65	23	58	20	3.2	41	22	2.4
14	125	55	18	58	20	3.1	51	30	4.2
15	117	46	15	58	21	3.2	104	41	12

16	104	40	11	56	26	4.0	95	31	8.0
17	99	38	10	54	35	5.2	82	27	5.9
18	95	37	9.5	51	46	6.3	71	24	4.7
19	98	34	8.9	50	38	5.2	66	23	4.1
20	95	34	8.8	51	28	3.9	61	22	3.6

21	102	36	9.9	52	25	3.6	55	21	3.2
22	101	37	10	55	23	3.5	53	23	3.3
23	100	36	9.8	60	20	3.2	51	26	3.7
24	92	34	8.5	54	21	3.1	53	30	4.2
25	87	32	7.6	79	47	9.9	54	33	4.9

26	84	31	7.0	71	48	9.1	61	36	5.9
27	83	39	8.6	61	49	8.0	53	39	5.5
28	79	50	11	70	50	9.3	45	40	5.0
29	73	38	7.4	68	47	8.5	48	31	4.0
30	69	23	4.4	59	43	6.9	49	22	2.9

31	66	16	2.9	54	40	5.8	---	---	---

TOTAL	4960	---	746.3	1944	---	163.2	1676	---	130.2

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