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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, 478 mg/L, Jan. 30; minimum daily, 11 mg/L, Oct. 11.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 610 tons, Feb. 25; minimum daily, 1.2 tons, Oct. 11.
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
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 65 29 5.0 24 216 14 44 203 24
2 34 27 2.4 27 210 15 42 252 29
3 31 25 2.1 32 196 17 39 251 27
4 59 24 3.9 30 194 16 38 246 25
5 59 24 3.8 29 194 15 e36 241 23
 
6 63 23 4.0 30 198 16 e36 235 23
7 55 20 3.0 89 220 53 36 228 22
8 49 18 2.3 87 220 51 37 224 22
9 46 15 1.8 117 234 74 e33 228 20
10 44 13 1.6 166 234 105 31 232 20
 
11 40 11 1.2 114 230 71 30 233 19
12 38 93 9.4 88 226 54 38 227 23
13 36 164 16 73 222 44 35 220 21
14 34 181 17 54 219 32 39 213 22
15 33 193 17 50 218 30 36 206 20
 
16 33 191 17 51 217 30 38 199 20
17 32 189 16 48 216 28 32 192 16
18 32 190 17 45 215 26 e34 185 17
19 35 201 19 48 221 29 e37 178 18
20 33 214 19 49 234 31 e38 171 18
 
21 32 222 19 39 226 24 e37 164 16
22 32 220 19 e37 220 22 e38 157 16
23 33 216 19 35 222 21 e37 150 15
24 36 213 20 34 224 21 e36 143 14
25 36 212 20 34 237 22 e35 136 13
 
26 35 212 20 40 246 26 e34 130 12
27 36 212 21 43 228 26 e35 123 12
28 35 214 20 41 225 25 e35 116 11
29 33 218 19 43 245 28 e35 109 10
30 32 219 19 45 219 27 e34 102 9.3
 
31 29 218 17 --- --- --- e32 95 8.2
 
TOTAL 1220 --- 391.5 1642 --- 993 1117 --- 565.5
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 e31 88 7.3 67 230 42 163 116 51
2 e30 81 6.5 e70 225 43 160 84 36
3 e29 74 5.8 e98 205 54 176 65 31
4 e29 67 5.2 45 179 22 176 74 35
5 e29 60 4.7 41 156 17 140 69 26
 
6 e30 63 5.1 40 138 15 116 67 21
7 30 87 7.0 45 122 15 110 72 22
8 29 107 8.3 42 110 12 108 140 41
9 e29 126 9.9 333 369 362 94 103 26
10 e28 146 11 460 389 484 89 87 21
 
11 e27 163 12 344 337 315 113 116 36
12 26 165 12 206 300 167 121 113 37
13 28 177 13 155 288 120 137 118 43
14 32 199 17 132 276 98 117 108 34
15 39 197 21 116 263 82 153 122 51
 
16 44 184 22 102 251 69 175 122 58
17 42 173 20 e90 239 58 138 105 39
18 43 162 19 e82 226 50 128 106 37
19 37 151 15 71 214 41 120 125 41
20 e35 141 13 67 201 36 114 126 39
 
21 e35 131 12 70 183 34 111 122 37
22 e34 125 11 57 165 25 106 121 35
23 32 119 10 56 147 22 100 126 34
24 e31 113 9.5 106 171 57 91 131 32
25 e29 107 8.4 845 267 610 82 135 30
 
26 29 101 7.9 475 217 282 74 135 27
27 e28 95 7.2 288 181 142 73 136 27
28 e28 93 7.0 201 149 81 71 137 26
29 27 278 21 --- --- --- 71 140 27
30 70 478 90 --- --- --- 70 142 27
 
31 83 356 80 --- --- --- 72 144 28
 
TOTAL 1073 --- 498.8 4704 --- 3355 3569 --- 1055
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 78 143 30 52 184 26 77 219 46
2 69 141 26 47 192 25 109 231 68
3 64 146 25 44 199 24 85 208 48
4 61 146 24 43 200 23 68 181 33
5 62 139 23 43 200 23 122 218 79
 
6 79 80 17 44 200 24 168 282 129
7 74 58 12 54 221 32 118 220 71
8 64 88 15 58 215 34 93 171 43
9 66 110 20 46 214 27 76 168 35
10 68 109 20 47 215 28 66 167 30
 
11 88 146 37 90 257 62 59 168 27
12 176 222 105 87 214 50 170 248 119
13 130 185 65 68 203 37 181 259 128
14 105 161 46 58 195 30 100 206 56
15 90 143 35 54 186 27 86 175 41
 
16 80 141 31 48 173 23 81 171 38
17 71 141 27 44 161 19 67 159 29
18 66 177 32 41 150 17 64 157 27
19 63 166 28 39 148 15 59 157 25
20 72 320 63 38 146 15 53 180 26
 
21 83 154 34 49 185 25 50 155 21
22 109 251 80 57 174 27 48 152 20
23 139 282 107 49 145 19 45 150 18
24 103 177 50 82 187 45 42 148 17
25 83 170 38 135 231 85 40 146 16
 
26 73 171 34 96 190 49 38 144 15
27 65 172 30 89 178 43 37 145 14
28 61 173 29 71 176 34 36 146 14
29 57 174 27 63 174 29 35 146 14
30 54 177 26 56 172 26 34 144 13
 
31 --- --- --- 53 187 27 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 2453 --- 1136 1845 --- 970 2307 --- 1260
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 36 141 14 21 --- --- 17 --- ---
2 43 140 16 41 --- --- 14 --- ---
3 45 146 18 29 --- --- 16 --- ---
4 46 152 19 24 --- --- 23 --- ---
5 42 157 18 21 --- --- 17 --- ---
 
6 41 159 18 18 --- --- 16 --- ---
7 57 161 25 18 --- --- 53 --- ---
8 49 164 22 17 --- --- 95 --- ---
9 43 173 20 20 --- --- 77 --- ---
10 41 183 20 29 --- --- 86 --- ---
 
11 39 192 20 20 --- --- 50 --- ---
12 39 199 21 19 --- --- 34 --- ---
13 38 206 21 18 --- --- 25 --- ---
14 38 207 21 19 --- --- 19 --- ---
15 36 187 18 19 --- --- 17 --- ---
 
16 31 167 14 50 --- --- 15 --- ---
17 36 178 18 32 --- --- 12 --- ---
18 39 165 17 19 --- --- 13 --- ---
19 32 161 14 18 --- --- 53 --- ---
20 30 156 12 15 --- --- 63 --- ---
 
21 28 144 11 18 --- --- 115 --- ---
22 28 132 10 20 --- --- 90 --- ---
23 61 140 23 21 --- --- 72 --- ---
24 61 172 28 20 --- --- 85 --- ---
25 38 168 17 22 --- --- 56 --- ---
 
26 30 164 13 37 --- --- 49 --- ---
27 24 160 10 24 --- --- 41 --- ---
28 24 156 10 21 --- --- 36 --- ---
29 24 154 9.9 19 --- --- 35 --- ---
30 21 161 9.1 18 --- --- 30 --- ---
 
31 21 168 9.3 17 --- --- --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 1161 --- 516.3 704 --- --- 1324 --- ---
e Estimated


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data