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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05520500       KANKAKEE RIVER AT MOMENCE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°09'36", long 87°40'07", in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.24, T.31 N., R.13 E., Kankakee County, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, on right bank at end of Hill Street in Momence, 0.2 mi downstream from bridge on State Highways 1 and 17, 1.2 mi upstream from Tower Creek, and at mile 47.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,294 mi2, of which 201 mi2 probably is noncontributing.

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

DISCHARGE: February to December 1905, February to July 1906, December 1914 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1975-1991 and 1999 to current. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-72 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site F 02.

 

SEDIMENT: October 1978-September 1981, January 1993-December 1995.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; Contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998.

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999.

 

FISH: Water year 1999.

 

HABITAT: Water year 1999.


REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1238: 1916, 1930. WSP 1308: 1915(M), 1917(M), 1919(M), 1922(M), 1926(M), 1934-35(M), 1938(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage. Datum of gage is 609.18 ft above sea level. Prior to Aug. 1, 1938, nonrecording gage at site 0.2 mi upstream at datum 1.00 ft higher. Aug. 1, 1938, to Aug. 8, 1969, water-stage recorder at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 16,000 ft3/s, Mar. 6, 1979, gage height, 10.51 ft, ice jam; minimum, 243 ft3/s, Aug. 7, 1988.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 2,620 mg/L, June 9, 1981; minimum daily, 4 mg/L, Feb. 22, Apr. 30, May 3, 4, 1993.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 30,600 tons, May 30, 1981; minimum daily, 23 tons, Nov. 23, 1980.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Sampled as part of the Upper Illinois River Basin (UIRB) National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA).
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
DIS- OXYGEN, PH
AGENCY AGENCY CHARGE, DIS- WATER SPE- MAGNE-
ANA- COL- INST. SOLVED WHOLE CIFIC CALCIUM SIUM,
LYZING LECTING CUBIC OXYGEN, (PER- FIELD CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- DIS- DIS-
SAMPLE SAMPLE GAGE FEET DIS- CENT (STAND- DUCT- ATURE ATURE SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME (CODE (CODE HEIGHT PER SOLVED SATUR- ARD ANCE AIR WATER (MG/L (MG/L
NUMBER) NUMBER) (FEET) SECOND (MG/L) ATION) UNITS) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) AS CA) AS MG)
(00028) (00027) (00065) (00061) (00300) (00301) (00400) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00915) (00925)
OCT 2000
02... 1125 80020 81700 1.28 740 5.9 64.3 8.2 665 24.0 17.9 95.2 28.2
NOV 2000
08... 1130 80020 81700 1.27 729 13.5 122 8.2 661 7.5 9.7 87.8 28.1
DEC 2000
04... 1150 80020 81700 1.66 1220 14.1 102 7.8 709 1.0 1.5 99.2 29.2
JAN 2001
05... 1015 80020 81700 2.69 -- 9.4 66.8 7.5 727 .5 0 90.9 28.7
FEB 2001
21... 1225 80020 81700 3.87 5260 12.6 90.3 7.7 597 -6.0 1.3 76.3 21.9

ALKA- BICAR- CAR- SOLIDS, NITRO- NITRO- NITRO-
POTAS- LINITY BONATE BONATE CHLO- FLUO- SILICA, RESIDUE GEN, GEN,AM- GEN,AM-
SIUM, SODIUM, WAT DIS WATER WATER RIDE, RIDE, DIS- SULFATE AT 180 AMMONIA MONIA + MONIA +
DIS- DIS- TOT IT DIS IT DIS IT DIS- DIS- SOLVED DIS- DEG. C DIS- ORGANIC ORGANIC
SOLVED SOLVED FIELD FIELD FIELD SOLVED SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED DIS- SOLVED DIS. TOTAL
DATE (MG/L (MG/L MG/L AS MG/L AS MG/L AS (MG/L (MG/L AS (MG/L SOLVED (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L
AS K) AS NA) CACO3 HCO3 CO3 AS CL) AS F) SIO2) AS SO4) (MG/L) AS N) AS N) AS N)
(00935) (00930) (39086) (00453) (00452) (00940) (00950) (00955) (00945) (70300) (00608) (00623) (00625)
OCT 2000
02... 2.58 14.6 208 246 4 25.3 .2 10.4 96.2 422 <.020 .29 .43
NOV 2000
08... 2.71 16.3 213 250 5 26.8 .2 8.4 99.5 424 <.041 .25 .39
DEC 2000
04... 2.69 15.0 210 249 4 29.7 .2 9.9 122 461 E.037 .23 .50
JAN 2001
05... 2.70 15.6 214 261 -- 35.1 .2 10.4 117 461 .141 .43 .54
FEB 2001
21... 3.63 9.2 165 201 -- 22.1 E.2 8.7 87.7 379 .110 .69 .75

NITRO- NITRO- PHOS- SED.
GEN, GEN, PHOS- PHORUS MANGA- SUSP.
NO2+NO3 NITRITE PHORUS ORTHO, PHOS- IRON, NESE, SIEVE SEDI-
DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- PHORUS DIS- DIS- DIAM. MENT,
SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED % FINER SUS-
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (UG/L (UG/L THAN PENDED
AS N) AS N) AS P) AS P) AS P) AS FE) AS MN) .062 MM (MG/L)
(00631) (00613) (00666) (00671) (00665) (01046) (01056) (70331) (80154)
OCT 2000
02... .789 <.010 .022 .018 .062 M 17.3 73 104
NOV 2000
08... .658 E.005 .016 E.011 .035 30 45.5 88 61
DEC 2000
04... 1.97 .015 .017 E.013 .043 20 31.7 94 147
JAN 2001
05... 1.31 .017 .013 E.012 .058 10 84.4 91 91
FEB 2001
21... 4.99 .048 .030 .019 .070 20 33.6 95 51

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E Estimated value
M Presence verified, not quantified


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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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