05548105 DATA: Sediment Tables, 2000

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, 504 mg/L, April 20; minimum daily, 18 mg/L, Nov. 13.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,200 tons, June 13; minimum daily, 1.1 tons, Nov. 13, Sept. 6,7.

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
		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	57	37	5.7	25	46	3.1	22	32	1.9
2	39	36	3.9	25	59	3.9	23	32	2.0
3	39	52	5.7	24	78	5.1	24	33	2.1
4	51	144	20	24	113	7.4	25	34	2.3
5	45	132	16	23	64	4.1	53	69	10

6	38	119	12	23	49	3.0	56	181	27
7	35	106	9.9	23	43	2.6	44	176	21
8	32	90	7.8	23	37	2.3	42	223	26
9	30	76	6.2	23	31	2.0	41	258	28
10	29	68	5.4	24	30	2.0	40	228	25

11	28	61	4.5	22	30	1.8	44	244	29
12	27	54	4.0	21	24	1.3	33	199	18
13	27	56	4.1	23	18	1.1	29	170	14
14	27	59	4.4	23	23	1.4	28	187	14
15	28	62	4.7	22	29	1.7	29	168	13

16	27	64	4.7	23	28	1.7	30	158	13
17	27	62	4.5	22	26	1.6	28	132	9.8
18	26	59	4.2	23	27	1.7	e27	246	18
19	26	55	3.9	24	27	1.8	26	134	9.7
20	26	52	3.6	24	24	1.6	25	115	7.8

21	23	51	3.2	25	20	1.4	e23	112	6.9
22	22	50	3.0	25	23	1.5	e22	109	6.5
23	22	41	2.4	32	58	5.0	e21	105	6.0
24	22	31	1.9	31	58	4.8	e21	102	5.8
25	26	39	2.9	28	40	3.1	e21	99	5.6

26	33	66	6.0	27	36	2.6	e21	95	5.4
27	28	48	3.7	26	33	2.3	e21	92	5.2
28	27	35	2.5	24	33	2.1	e22	89	5.3
29	25	34	2.3	23	32	2.0	e21	85	4.8
30	25	35	2.4	22	32	1.9	e21	82	4.7

31	24	40	2.6	---	---	---	21	79	4.5

TOTAL	941	---	168.1	727	---	77.9	904	---	352.3


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	22	72	4.2	e16	152	6.6	69	112	21
2	24	129	8.7	e16	153	6.6	55	93	14
3	27	337	25	e16	153	6.6	49	61	8.2
4	26	318	23	e16	153	6.6	47	63	8.0
5	26	251	18	e17	150	6.9	45	84	10

6	27	193	14	e17	145	6.7	41	101	11
7	23	181	11	e18	141	6.8	40	99	11
8	36	178	17	e18	136	6.6	39	95	9.9
9	25	195	13	e18	131	6.4	39	93	10
10	40	236	26	e19	127	6.5	36	92	9.0

11	43	241	28	e20	122	6.6	35	90	8.5
12	35	231	22	e21	118	6.7	35	89	8.4
13	32	222	19	20	113	6.1	35	88	8.2
14	e29	213	17	20	108	5.7	35	87	8.1
15	e27	204	15	20	104	5.6	35	86	8.1

16	25	196	13	20	99	5.4	36	85	8.2
17	e23	187	12	20	95	5.2	34	83	7.6
18	e22	178	11	21	90	5.2	33	82	7.3
19	e21	169	9.6	22	85	5.1	35	82	7.9
20	e20	160	8.6	21	81	4.5	42	100	12

21	e19	151	7.8	21	77	4.3	46	102	13
22	e19	146	7.5	45	106	15	42	100	11
23	e18	147	7.1	124	221	74	38	104	11
24	e18	147	7.2	181	211	105	38	108	11
25	e18	148	7.2	175	182	87	40	112	12

26	e18	149	7.2	130	149	53	38	144	15
27	e17	149	6.9	105	133	38	42	182	21
28	e17	150	6.9	80	117	25	37	173	17
29	e16	150	6.5	71	96	18	33	180	16
30	e16	151	6.5	---	---	---	29	156	12

31	e16	152	6.5	---	---	---	26	151	11

TOTAL	745	---	392.4	1308	---	541.7	1224	---	346.4


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	26	145	10	47	226	29	338	328	321
2	26	139	9.7	45	269	33	755	478	978
3	25	132	9.0	42	296	33	453	338	423
4	24	127	8.2	40	303	33	241	245	161
5	24	126	8.0	38	238	25	244	237	156

6	24	125	8.0	37	236	24	209	269	152
7	26	138	9.7	36	272	27	166	217	97
8	32	189	16	37	300	30	139	157	59
9	38	196	20	54	294	44	118	165	53
10	38	194	20	160	301	130	103	178	50

11	36	184	18	164	311	146	108	137	40
12	34	174	16	173	396	185	870	414	1160
13	31	177	15	117	332	106	2100	365	2200
14	30	179	14	85	259	59	991	246	665
15	29	165	13	67	216	39	650	192	340

16	28	152	11	61	178	29	324	180	157
17	30	150	12	60	147	24	210	169	96
18	30	149	12	240	273	239	156	159	67
19	50	238	42	703	416	788	128	149	51
20	249	504	353	472	340	440	123	138	46

21	346	494	467	256	274	190	116	128	40
22	198	423	226	203	217	119	93	128	32
23	133	410	148	163	187	82	81	135	29
24	106	390	112	127	159	54	81	141	31
25	82	338	75	103	146	40	99	148	40

26	68	287	53	93	138	35	81	154	34
27	61	262	43	105	131	37	68	161	30
28	56	240	36	125	125	42	63	168	28
29	52	209	29	137	121	45	65	171	30
30	48	189	24	122	117	39	58	160	25

31	---	---	---	136	126	47	---	---	---

TOTAL	1980	---	1837.6	4248	---	3193	9231	---	7591


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	54	147	22	66	171	30	23	100	6.5
2	88	145	36	54	205	30	26	100	7.2
3	292	147	115	45	135	16	24	40	2.6
4	254	120	82	40	75	8.0	22	31	1.8
5	201	112	61	39	75	7.9	21	25	1.4

6	157	104	44	47	103	13	20	22	1.1
7	122	97	32	41	79	8.7	18	23	1.1
8	103	89	25	36	79	7.6	21	25	1.4
9	93	82	20	34	81	7.5	27	27	1.9
10	335	145	148	31	81	6.8	27	29	2.1

11	369	101	102	28	74	5.6	29	33	2.7
12	199	92	49	27	67	4.8	83	61	14
13	140	87	33	27	62	4.5	67	51	9.4
14	111	85	25	27	63	4.5	59	52	8.5
15	92	91	23	25	64	4.4	62	36	6.1

16	78	99	21	24	65	4.1	47	32	4.1
17	69	104	19	31	78	6.6	40	30	3.3
18	60	101	16	29	80	6.3	34	29	2.7
19	56	97	15	24	78	5.1	31	29	2.4
20	55	92	14	23	74	4.6	37	34	3.4

21	51	83	11	22	70	4.2	48	41	5.2
22	48	73	9.4	21	66	3.8	76	48	11
23	45	66	8.0	21	64	3.6	341	75	69
24	42	65	7.5	21	62	3.5	271	61	45
25	40	66	7.2	20	59	3.2	171	50	23

26	39	66	6.9	21	56	3.1	86	39	9.1
27	37	66	6.5	21	53	3.0	69	30	5.6
28	35	66	6.3	21	49	2.8	69	28	5.2
29	38	65	6.7	20	46	2.5	56	26	4.0
30	39	65	6.9	20	43	2.3	56	27	4.0

31	59	104	17	21	42	2.4	---	---	---

TOTAL	3401	---	995.4	927	---	220.4	1961	---	264.8

YEAR	27597		15981.0

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