05526000 DATA: Chemical and Microbiological Tables, 2001

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05526000 IROQUOIS RIVER NEAR CHEBANSE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°00'32", long 87°49'24", in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.10, T.29 N., R.13 W., Kankakee County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on county highway, 3.1 mi downstream from Beaver Creek, 4.5 mi east of Chebanse, and at mile 6.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,091 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: April 1923 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to current. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site FL 02.

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

MISCELLANEOUS: June and July 1998; 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 1308: 1924-28(M), 1930(M), 1936(M), 1938(M), 1942(M), 1947(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemetry, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 595.99 ft above sea level. Prior to June 16,1976, nonrecording gage, and June 17, 1976 to Aug. 13, 1979 water-stage recorder at site 600 ft upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. Aug. 14 to Oct. 24, 1979, nonrecording gage at present site at datum 2.00 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,000 ft³/s, May 13, 1933, Mar. 7, 1979; maximum gage height 21.68 ft, Mar. 7, 1979, present datum, ice jam; minimum discharge, 9 ft³/s, Oct. 6-8, 1956.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 1,400 mg/L, Apr. 14, 1979; minimum daily, 4 mg/L, Mar. 3, 1994.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 57,000 tons, June 5, 1980; minimum daily, 3.2 tons, Nov. 16, 1979.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood in spring of 1913 reached a stage of 21.6 ft, present datum, discharge about 34,000 ft³/s.

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...	1030	80020	81700	2.25	64	7.0	78.3	8.3	661	23.5	19.0	62.3	27.7
NOV 2000
08...	1020	80020	81700	2.40	95	11.7	106	7.9	664	6.5	9.8	79.9	28.3
DEC 2000
04...	1030	80020	81700	--	--	14.6	102	8.0	744	0	.0	89.9	29.9
JAN 2001
05...	1150	80020	81700	--	--	7.9	56.3	7.3	806	1.0	0	92.6	31.9
FEB 2001
21...	1100	80020	81700	6.68	2950	13.5	96.2	7.7	660	-8.0	1.2	78.8	27.3

			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...	3.48	33.9	184	207	8	49.9	.3	6.7	87.8	408	<.020	.40	.94
NOV 2000
08...	4.01	24.3	215	245	8	37.7	.2	5.5	90.8	422	<.041	.35	.60
DEC 2000
04...	2.50	18.6	230	271	5	39.8	.3	7.2	87.7	446	.106	.39	.77
JAN 2001
05...	2.56	24.6	238	290	--	50.3	.2	8.2	88.9	493	.125	.48	.63
FEB 2001
21...	2.14	9.2	180	220	--	32.0	.3	7.9	61.9	395	.065	.61	.82

	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...	<.050	<.010	.029	.021	.128	<10	<3.2	92	107
NOV 2000
08...	.080	E.003	.030	E.017	.062	<10	20.9	97	75
DEC 2000
04...	5.88	.031	.051	.045	.064	M	10.7	94	72
JAN 2001
05...	6.50	.052	.051	.048	.076	M	17.4	88	105
FEB 2001
21...	13.6	.042	.063	.052	.099	<10	10.1	97	80

<</td>	Less than
E	Estimated value
M	Presence verified, not quantified

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data