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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05548105       NIPPERSINK CREEK ABOVE WONDER LAKE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 42°23'07", long 88°22'10", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.13, T.45 N., R.7 E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Thompson Road, at west edge of Wonder Lake and 1.1 mi east of Greenwood at mile 19.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 84.5 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: June 1994 to September 1997, October 1998 to September 2001 (discontinued).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-1997; 1999-2001.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1965 to 1977.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: July 1994 to September 1997. Water years 1999 to 2001 (discontinued).
 

SEDIMENT: June 1994 to September 1997, March 1999 to July 2001 (discontinued).
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, water years 1998 and 1999.
BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2000.
 

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.
 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 798.00 ft above sea level. Prior to June 13, 1994, at datum 8.31 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height, 13.95 ft, present datum, June 11, 1967, discharge not determined; maximum discharge, 3,690 ft3/s, June 13, 1999, gage height, 11.63 ft; minimum discharge, 5.5 ft3/s, Sept. 12, 1995.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 808 mg/L, Aug. 17, 1995; minimum daily, 1 mg/L, Aug. 27, 1997.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,200 tons, June 13, 2000; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Aug. 27, 1997.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum stage of 12.26 ft, present datum, occurred between Sept. 30, 1977 and June 13, 1994, from floodmark obtained from crest-stage gage, discharge not determined.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 334 mg/L, May 17; minimum daily, 23 mg/L, March 26, August 16,17.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 1,470 tons, June 13; minimum daily, 1.0 tons, Sept. 20,21.
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
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 e15 --- --- 31 --- --- 34 --- ---
2 e16 --- --- 29 --- --- 40 --- ---
3 e21 --- --- 27 --- --- 36 --- ---
4 e22 --- --- 30 --- --- 33 --- ---
5 e25 --- --- 32 --- --- 30 --- ---
 
6 e37 --- --- 22 --- --- 45 --- ---
7 e37 --- --- 21 --- --- 110 --- ---
8 e31 --- --- 22 --- --- 81 --- ---
9 e29 --- --- 23 --- --- 72 --- ---
10 e26 --- --- 141 --- --- 54 --- ---
 
11 e25 --- --- 161 --- --- 46 --- ---
12 e24 --- --- 84 --- --- 44 --- ---
13 e23 --- --- 64 --- --- 41 --- ---
14 e21 --- --- 59 --- --- 38 --- ---
15 e21 --- --- 56 --- --- 37 --- ---
 
16 e22 --- --- 49 --- --- 36 --- ---
17 e35 --- --- 43 --- --- 35 --- ---
18 e88 --- --- 36 --- --- 34 --- ---
19 e90 --- --- 36 --- --- 33 --- ---
20 e76 --- --- 34 --- --- 31 --- ---
 
21 e56 --- --- 34 --- --- 31 --- ---
22 e47 --- --- 34 --- --- e30 --- ---
23 e40 --- --- 33 --- --- 30 --- ---
24 e35 --- --- 31 --- --- 30 --- ---
25 e32 --- --- 32 --- --- 30 --- ---
 
26 e30 --- --- 31 --- --- 29 --- ---
27 e30 --- --- 30 --- --- 29 --- ---
28 e33 --- --- 30 --- --- 27 --- ---
29 34 --- --- 31 --- --- 27 --- ---
30 33 --- --- 33 --- --- e26 --- ---
 
31 31 --- --- --- --- --- 25 --- ---
 
TOTAL 1085 --- --- 1319 --- --- 1224 --- ---
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 e25 --- --- e110 --- --- 66 50 8.8
2 24 --- --- e130 --- --- 68 55 10
3 e25 --- --- e150 --- --- 76 62 13
4 e25 --- --- e130 --- --- 66 58 10
5 e25 --- --- e125 --- --- 63 57 9.8
 
6 e25 --- --- e110 --- --- 60 57 9.3
7 e25 --- --- e100 --- --- 60 57 9.2
8 e26 --- --- e92 --- --- 52 57 8.1
9 e26 --- --- e90 --- --- 53 57 8.2
10 e26 --- --- e93 --- --- 52 55 7.8
 
11 e26 --- --- e120 --- --- 52 35 4.9
12 e26 --- --- e160 --- --- 51 29 4.0
13 e26 --- --- e140 --- --- 51 29 4.1
14 e26 --- --- e120 --- --- 51 30 4.1
15 e26 --- --- e110 --- --- 54 32 4.6
 
16 e27 --- --- e100 --- --- 67 59 11
17 e30 --- --- 88 --- --- 91 67 16
18 e35 --- --- 85 --- --- 81 61 13
19 e33 --- --- 77 --- --- 67 56 10
20 e33 --- --- 70 --- --- 63 52 8.8
 
21 33 --- --- 63 --- --- 59 48 7.6
22 150 --- --- 60 --- --- 55 43 6.3
23 361 --- --- 57 --- --- 53 36 5.2
24 437 --- --- 53 --- --- 51 30 4.1
25 e335 --- --- 52 --- --- 49 24 3.1
 
26 e205 --- --- 51 --- --- 48 23 2.9
27 173 --- --- 60 --- --- 47 27 3.5
28 216 --- --- 66 --- --- 46 34 4.2
29 163 --- --- --- --- --- 44 39 4.7
30 138 --- --- --- --- --- 41 44 4.9
 
31 e110 --- --- --- --- --- 41 49 5.5
 
TOTAL 2861 --- --- 2662 --- --- 1778 --- 226.7
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 42 54 6.1 115 80 25 72 115 24
2 41 58 6.5 101 80 22 255 235 163
3 43 60 7.0 89 81 19 158 176 76
4 47 61 7.8 82 82 18 102 147 41
5 51 62 8.5 78 139 29 84 126 28
 
6 57 63 9.6 123 179 59 69 105 20
7 60 80 13 153 157 65 62 97 16
8 73 108 21 138 133 49 52 92 13
9 e80 128 28 122 108 36 51 87 12
10 e92 121 30 112 90 27 57 83 13
 
11 e80 113 24 106 74 21 145 104 46
12 e72 105 20 188 85 44 565 155 235
13 e66 98 17 203 81 45 2060 248 1470
14 e58 91 14 183 80 40 2260 112 749
15 e56 88 13 163 81 36 985 45 122
 
16 e80 87 19 167 100 50 409 54 59
17 e82 100 22 397 334 350 248 50 34
18 80 103 22 376 300 311 177 46 22
19 70 100 19 226 162 102 147 48 19
20 65 104 18 151 144 59 127 51 18
 
21 78 113 24 127 98 34 115 54 17
22 164 148 66 209 169 97 135 57 21
23 588 171 269 174 150 71 154 60 25
24 478 125 165 126 124 42 164 63 28
25 267 84 62 107 118 34 129 66 23
 
26 184 53 27 93 118 30 108 72 21
27 151 41 17 85 117 27 103 78 22
28 236 83 53 77 116 24 104 84 24
29 189 85 43 78 115 24 87 89 21
30 141 81 31 70 115 22 80 89 19
 
31 --- --- --- 63 112 19 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 3771 --- 1082.5 4482 --- 1831 9264 --- 3401
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 79 88 19 26 54 3.7 17 59 2.6
2 74 87 18 24 49 3.2 17 57 2.6
3 72 87 17 23 44 2.7 16 50 2.2
4 69 86 16 22 35 2.1 16 46 2.0
5 62 85 14 21 27 1.6 16 44 1.9
 
6 58 85 13 21 24 1.3 14 46 1.8
7 54 93 14 23 40 2.5 14 48 1.9
8 52 100 14 25 48 3.2 14 47 1.8
9 52 100 14 23 41 2.5 14 44 1.7
10 48 98 13 22 40 2.4 14 44 1.7
 
11 45 97 12 21 40 2.3 14 44 1.7
12 43 96 11 25 68 4.6 14 42 1.6
13 41 95 11 29 67 5.2 15 39 1.6
14 39 93 9.9 25 52 3.5 15 36 1.4
15 37 92 9.2 23 36 2.2 14 32 1.2
 
16 35 96 9.2 22 23 1.4 14 31 1.2
17 63 118 20 23 23 1.4 14 30 1.2
18 65 141 25 23 28 1.7 15 30 1.2
19 58 164 26 38 78 8.1 14 31 1.2
20 47 188 24 28 53 3.9 13 29 1.0
 
21 44 200 23 22 72 4.2 14 27 1.0
22 39 155 16 20 72 4.0 14 29 1.1
23 37 106 10 22 93 5.5 14 32 1.2
24 53 93 13 26 82 5.7 15 30 1.2
25 41 88 9.8 25 76 5.2 15 28 1.2
 
26 36 84 8.0 22 73 4.4 14 29 1.1
27 35 79 7.5 21 69 3.9 20 36 2.0
28 31 74 6.1 20 66 3.6 120 83 28
29 28 69 5.3 20 63 3.4 144 82 32
30 27 64 4.6 19 60 3.0 90 48 12
 
31 27 59 4.2 17 59 2.7 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 1491 --- 416.8 721 --- 105.1 754 --- 114.3
e Estimated


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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