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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.46 N., R.8 E., 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 May 1999 (discontinued).

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, 244 mg/L, May 17, 1999; minimum daily, 8 mg/L, Nov. 24, 1998.
SEDIMENT LOAD: Maximum daily, 247 tons, May 17, 1999; minimum daily, 1.9 tons, Nov. 24, 1998.
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 49 22 2.9 97 22 5.8 101 17 4.7
2 50 27 3.6 92 17 4.3 103 16 4.3
3 66 32 5.7 88 16 3.8 95 14 3.6
4 69 34 6.2 87 16 3.7 92 24 6.0
5 81 39 8.7 88 14 3.3 92 22 5.5
 
6 114 47 14    87 11 2.6 101 28 7.8
7 111 37 11    81 14 3.0 180 46 22   
8 96 36 9.3 79 15 3.3 188 28 15   
9 86 37 8.7 78 28 6.0 170 15 6.9
10 80 39 8.3 265 119 90    150 10 3.9
 
11 75 40 8.0 367 66 67    136 12 4.5
12 73 40 7.9 276 52 39    124 18 6.0
13 69 41 7.6 213 36 21    114 21 6.5
14 66 39 7.0 184 31 15    112 15 4.6
15 67 37 6.7 159 33 14    111 14 4.1
 
16 68 36 6.6 150 28 11    102 18 5.1
17 104 68 21    135 24 8.9 101 24 6.7
18 274 155 116    126 22 7.6 106 27 7.6
19 288 106 83    123 20 6.7 94 28 7.2
20 219 58 35    105 17 4.8 92 36 9.0
 
21 162 41 18    104 19 5.5 89 43 10   
22 134 33 12    117 22 7.1 e88 58 14   
23 118 29 9.3 99 16 4.4 e84 63 14   
24 108 35 10    91 8 1.9 91 60 15   
25 99 32 8.7 95 10 2.7 91 56 14   
 
26 93 27 6.7 94 10 2.6 90 53 13   
27 94 30 7.7 91 9 2.3 89 50 12   
28 103 36 9.9 92 19 4.6 84 47 11   
29 100 24 6.5 98 19 5.0 84 44 10   
30 100 30 8.0 106 33 9.4 73 42 8.2
 
31 96 27 6.9 --- --- ---    86 39 9.1
 
TOTAL 3312 --- 480.9 3867 --- 366.3 3313 --- 271.3
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 88 37 8.8 274 33 24 170 25 11   
2 e88 35 8.3 302 32 26 172 31 15   
3 e80 49 11    372 31 31 183 41 20   
4 e72 49 9.5 359 31 30 180 41 20   
5 e76 48 9.8 308 31 26 171 38 17   
 
6 e77 47 9.7 275 30 23 171 34 16   
7 e78 46 9.6 256 30 21 165 32 14   
8 e77 45 9.3 238 30 19 156 29 12   
9 e76 44 9.0 229 30 19 162 27 12   
10 e76 43 8.8 229 29 18 158 24 10   
 
11 e76 42 8.6 259 27 19 151 17 7.0
12 e77 41 8.6 426 22 25 147 13 5.0
13 e78 40 8.5 372 18 18 147 21 8.5
14 e80 40 8.5 298 20 16 146 25 10   
15 e80 39 8.4 260 23 16 149 27 11   
 
16 e83 38 8.5 240 27 17 162 35 15   
17 88 37 8.9 225 27 17 205 46 26   
18 107 36 11    206 28 15 205 42 23   
19 99 36 9.6 193 28 15 189 34 17   
20 101 35 9.5 182 28 14 176 28 13   
 
21 101 35 9.4 170 29 13 161 27 12   
22 231 54 35    161 29 13 153 28 12   
23 506 76 102    156 31 13 148 32 13   
24 756 44 88    151 34 14 137 37 14   
25 804 29 62    150 36 15 130 35 12   
 
26 610 38 63    147 32 13 128 31 11   
27 444 37 45    157 27 12 126 38 13   
28 433 36 42    169 25 12 128 59 20   
29 397 35 38    --- --- --- 120 47 15   
30 329 34 31    --- --- --- 121 59 19   
 
31 296 33 27    --- --- --- 126 42 14   
 
TOTAL 6564 --- 726.3 6764 --- 514 4843 --- 437.5
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 106 46 13 300 57 46 171 --- ---
2 108 37 11 259 61 43 401 --- ---
3 122 48 16 232 57 36 452 --- ---
4 131 49 17 209 54 30 323 --- ---
5 128 44 15 200 51 28 267 --- ---
 
6 136 53 20 240 100 66 229 --- ---
7 120 48 16 288 105 82 215 --- ---
8 108 69 20 259 92 65 185 --- ---
9 191 66 34 235 81 52 169 --- ---
10 233 63 40 212 71 41 159 --- ---
 
11 205 47 26 194 72 38 219 --- ---
12 182 26 13 219 77 46 551 --- ---
13 163 43 19 270 62 45 1200 --- ---
14 152 52 21 256 53 37 2380 --- ---
15 139 51 19 227 49 30 2660 --- ---
 
16 197 48 26 211 57 32 1720 --- ---
17 224 48 29 364 244 247 936 --- ---
18 205 59 32 575 87 131 587 --- ---
19 184 58 29 564 56 84 441 --- ---
20 172 66 31 456 60 74 359 --- ---
 
21 189 80 41 333 62 55 305 --- ---
22 310 89 75 354 76 73 277 --- ---
23 680 119 216 402 64 70 320 --- ---
24 956 44 113 335 56 50 350 --- ---
25 757 39 78 276 56 42 316 --- ---
 
26 515 46 64 236 52 33 270 --- ---
27 391 51 54 214 49 28 235 --- ---
28 454 56 69 197 52 28 220 --- ---
29 436 53 63 184 44 22 216 --- ---
30 364 54 53 177 50 24 199 --- ---
 
31 --- --- --- 164 50 22 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 8258 --- 1273 8642 --- 1700 16332 --- ---
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 191 --- --- 81 --- --- 61 --- ---
2 185 --- --- 75 --- --- 59 --- ---
3 183 --- --- 76 --- --- 61 --- ---
4 177 --- --- 72 --- --- 61 --- ---
5 163 --- --- 68 --- --- 62 --- ---
 
6 146 --- --- 68 --- --- 54 --- ---
7 137 --- --- 78 --- --- 53 --- ---
8 128 --- --- 81 --- --- 54 --- ---
9 131 --- --- 76 --- --- 55 --- ---
10 116 --- --- 77 --- --- 54 --- ---
 
11 112 --- --- 71 --- --- 50 --- ---
12 108 --- --- 79 --- --- 53 --- ---
13 110 --- --- 88 --- --- 56 --- ---
14 107 --- --- 75 --- --- 54 --- ---
15 99 --- --- 72 --- --- 50 --- ---
 
16 95 --- --- 70 --- --- 52 --- ---
17 127 --- --- 65 --- --- 53 --- ---
18 133 --- --- 59 --- --- 50 --- ---
19 129 --- --- 94 --- --- 50 --- ---
20 116 --- --- 93 --- --- 52 --- ---
 
21 115 --- --- 79 --- --- 49 --- ---
22 119 --- --- 70 --- --- 50 --- ---
23 116 --- --- 72 --- --- 53 --- ---
24 119 --- --- 88 --- --- 47 --- ---
25 112 --- --- 85 --- --- 45 --- ---
 
26 108 --- --- 78 --- --- 53 --- ---
27 102 --- --- 76 --- --- 55 --- ---
28 99 --- --- 72 --- --- 238 --- ---
29 99 --- --- 66 --- --- 336 --- ---
30 91 --- --- 62 --- --- 267 --- ---
 
31 87 --- --- 61 --- --- --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 3860 --- --- 2327 --- --- 2287 --- ---
e Estimated


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