05559600 DATA: Sediment Tables, 1999

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05559600 ILLINOIS RIVER AT CHILLICOTHE, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 40°55'45", long 89°27'42", in NW1/4 sec.22, T.11 N., R.9 W., Peoria County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, at center of Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railroad bridge, 1 mi north of Chillicothe and at mile 181.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.--Not determined.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: May 1993 to current year.

REMARKS.--Water discharge used to compute this record are from Illinois River at Henry (station 05558300). Suspended-sediment samples were collected by a local observer twice weekly with additional samples colleced during high runoff periods. Samples were not collected (and data are not published) during periods of ice.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 491 mg/L, July 20, 1996; minimum daily, 16 mg/L, Mar. 7, 1998.
SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 93,800 tons, July 20, 1996; minimum daily, 177 tons, Oct. 5, 1997.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 338 mg/L, April 18, minimum daily, 20 mg/L, Sept. 18.
SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 33,200 tons, April 18, minimum daily, 191 tons, Sept. 18.

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	5690	38	540	7720	66	1380	4060	45	492
2	4680	38	480	6880	70	1290	5140	46	640
3	5780	38	594	5650	67	1020	4860	50	661
4	5500	38	565	3170	62	533	5580	56	848
5	5430	38	560	3800	58	599	5460	63	927

6	5280	42	605	4180	58	649	6460	68	1180
7	7220	49	956	3790	57	584	9870	67	1800
8	6350	47	812	4120	57	630	11500	62	1930
9	6370	43	738	3830	56	580	10300	56	1550
10	6140	41	682	e8000	100	2150	9440	50	1270

11	5320	40	577	13500	139	5100	7870	44	945
12	5830	39	616	11300	81	2500	7530	40	815
13	5040	38	518	10800	63	1840	7060	40	758
14	4930	38	503	10200	53	1460	5670	41	622
15	3970	45	474	8790	46	1090	5010	42	567

16	3400	56	508	8670	50	1170	4660	42	533
17	4170	60	681	7430	56	1120	4770	43	554
18	14000	63	2410	6440	51	886	3930	45	482
19	18500	158	7960	7100	44	848	5620	47	703
20	16900	136	6210	6900	39	731	3280	49	430

21	15000	107	4350	4690	41	516	4580	49	609
22	11500	100	3110	3630	45	445	e4300	48	556
23	9910	91	2440	5420	49	722	2960	45	365
24	9200	73	1800	4610	52	639	3000	42	349
25	8300	56	1250	4780	52	680	2870	38	299

26	7110	42	813	3960	41	424	2960	36	288
27	6520	33	580	4160	30	342	4830	35	386
28	7690	41	866	4160	32	362	3210	35	307
29	7110	50	966	3410	37	319	4240	36	282
30	7960	58	1250	5830	43	681	e3200	36	315

31	7150	63	1210	---	---	---	e3800	42	433

TOTAL	237950	---	45624	186920	---	31290	168020	---	21896


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	e3500	---	---	39400	---	---	14800	64	2560
2	e3600	---	---	38000	---	---	16000	63	2710
3	e3000	---	---	35900	---	---	16300	68	3000
4	e3500	---	---	38800	---	---	14900	76	3060
5	e3000	---	---	32400	---	---	16000	72	3090

6	e3100	---	---	32600	---	---	17200	66	3090
7	e3400	---	---	29600	---	---	16000	63	2740
8	e3100	---	---	25800	---	---	16000	70	3020
9	e3000	---	---	26600	---	---	17000	82	3770
10	e3100	---	---	24600	---	---	16500	84	3770

11	e3200	---	---	22800	---	---	15800	68	2900
12	e3100	---	---	28300	---	---	15400	54	2230
13	e3000	---	---	26000	---	---	15500	70	2910
14	e3100	---	---	e24000	---	---	15800	105	4510
15	e3200	---	---	22600	---	---	14300	93	3610

16	e3300	---	---	21900	---	---	12200	69	2280
17	e3500	---	---	20300	---	---	15200	67	2780
18	e3700	---	---	17900	---	---	22800	89	5510
19	e4100	---	---	17100	---	---	24400	106	7000
20	e4700	---	---	16700	---	---	22400	83	5050

21	e7000	---	---	15900	---	---	21800	78	4580
22	11500	---	---	14300	---	---	19200	64	3320
23	18800	---	---	14500	---	---	17400	51	2400
24	34500	---	---	12100	---	---	17500	46	2170
25	49300	---	---	12200	---	---	16200	45	1980

26	48700	---	---	12400	---	---	14600	50	1960
27	48300	---	---	13100	---	---	13700	52	1930
28	47300	---	---	14500	---	---	13600	53	1950
29	48200	---	---	---	---	---	13700	54	2010
30	46300	---	---	---	---	---	10400	55	1550

31	41700	---	---	---	---	---	10100	52	1420

TOTAL	468800	---	---	650300	---	---	502700	---	94860


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	10300	50	1390	46100	36	4440	14300	66	2560
2	6800	49	945	43300	29	3350	19000	101	5240
3	e7500	50	1020	39100	33	3480	22200	86	5140
4	6820	54	1020	33000	33	2900	21000	76	4330
5	8170	62	1350	30800	31	2580	19600	70	3700

6	9100	71	1760	27300	35	2540	18900	64	3280
7	8460	80	1830	26600	39	2770	17700	64	3080
8	11000	82	2440	26500	36	2540	16800	81	3690
9	13500	83	3020	23800	30	1950	15500	89	3720
10	15400	78	3260	21700	28	1640	14400	72	2820

11	16700	74	3310	20500	27	1470	15400	103	4280
12	16000	77	3330	21400	26	1530	18500	158	7930
13	15000	84	3400	25100	47	3220	23400	174	11100
14	14700	91	3620	29100	60	4730	31500	171	14500
15	15900	102	4400	28800	53	4100	38000	155	15900

16	19900	206	11600	26500	52	3740	39700	118	12700
17	32000	299	25900	24600	43	2890	33800	95	8700
18	36400	338	33200	27600	36	2670	28700	72	5590
19	39000	163	16900	26400	36	2550	25600	54	3760
20	e37000	74	7370	23800	38	2440	e23500	41	2620

21	34100	57	5340	22300	54	3240	21200	42	2420
22	32600	61	5380	24300	75	4940	19100	46	2400
23	36800	61	6080	23600	101	6490	19300	46	2400
24	46700	47	5860	23500	126	7980	20900	51	2860
25	50200	41	5540	21600	101	5910	20000	58	3150

26	47100	41	5260	20300	74	4060	17400	64	3010
27	43800	43	5090	17500	72	3390	16300	63	2770
28	44300	43	5170	16100	92	4000	15800	62	2640
29	47000	40	5100	15900	84	3600	15400	72	2990
30	46900	43	5490	14800	73	2930	13300	102	3670

31	---	---	---	13900	64	2410	---	---	---

TOTAL	769150	---	185375	785800	---	106480	636200	---	152950


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	14300	112	4300	6660	47	839	5580	67	1010
2	13500	118	4290	5530	46	687	5260	48	692
3	14200	119	4560	5410	45	661	5290	35	508
4	13800	117	4340	5570	44	665	5100	31	430
5	13300	114	4080	4800	44	573	4930	30	404

6	14100	93	3540	5150	45	621	4580	30	369
7	12400	73	2440	5080	45	621	5160	30	423
8	10700	69	1980	5900	50	784	5060	35	480
9	8930	69	1660	4970	56	757	4110	43	486
10	8810	67	1600	4690	63	805	3570	44	423

11	8210	61	1350	4880	60	786	3640	42	410
12	8260	55	1220	4710	54	694	3420	42	394
13	7080	49	941	6950	81	1480	3760	45	454
14	6000	45	739	5840	116	1840	4160	51	577
15	5770	45	693	5630	84	1290	4370	60	704

16	5500	50	745	4910	60	795	2940	47	370
17	5980	56	907	5810	60	935	3880	30	322
18	6280	50	853	5330	63	909	3450	20	191
19	6880	44	805	6480	52	901	3370	25	227
20	6750	41	738	6130	39	640	3060	37	294

21	6800	39	723	6130	37	619	3660	52	526
22	7480	40	815	6640	39	708	4320	39	458
23	7670	42	863	5120	41	574	3070	39	328
24	9190	41	1000	7870	43	911	4450	43	510
25	7990	40	876	8020	34	738	2820	66	481

26	8010	47	1010	8710	34	803	3600	112	1140
27	7380	54	1060	7590	39	793	4060	91	1030
28	6960	52	978	7450	41	833	8000	60	1290
29	5220	48	674	7810	44	923	11200	96	2920
30	5660	45	693	5410	56	822	8810	89	2040

31	6740	46	839	5520	77	1140	---	---	---

TOTAL	269850	---	51312	186700	---	26147	138680	---	19891

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