05527800 DATA: Chemical and Microbiological Tables, 2001

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05527800 DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35", in SE1/4 sec.3, T.46 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of Russell Road bridge, 0.3 mi west of Russell, 7.2 mi upstream from Mill Creek, and at mile 109.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: July 1967 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum gage heights, water years 1962-66.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to current. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-60, 1964-69, 1971-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-22 and 79-23 as site G 08.

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1999-2000; contaminants in streambed sediment, Water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, Water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.
BIOLOGICAL

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2000.

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960-68(M), 1973(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, raingage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 662.00 ft above sea level. Oct. 17, 1961 to June 29, 1967, crest-stage gage at left downstream side of bridge at datum 4.29 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,130 ft³/s, June 14, 2000, gage height, 9.95 ft, maximum gage height, 10.75 ft, Mar. 6, 1976, and Sept. 27, 1986; no flow, at times in most years.
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000.

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)
NOV 2000
03...	1030	80020	1028	2.84	41	7.9	74.1	7.8	1020	14.0	11.4	97.4	48.0
OCT 2000
12...	0950	80020	1028	2.46	15	7.5	65.9	7.0	915	16.5	8.9	88.1	42.0
DEC 2000
01...	1000	80020	1028	3.10	--	12.2	88.7	6.9	925	0	1.7	85.1	40.4
JAN 2001
11...	0910	80020	1028	2.98	--	8.8	--	7.5	1370	-2.0	-0.2	92.6	46.7
FEB 2001
01...	1030	80020	1028	5.21	--	8.7	60.9	7.2	1070	-4.0	0	70.7	34.0
MAR 2001
08...	1000	80020	1028	4.93	204	11.6	82.3	7.6	686	-2.0	.2	59.7	29.0
APR 2001
03...	1100	80020	1028	3.25	82	12.3	102	8.1	874	4.0	6.3	72.5	36.4
MAY 2001
23...	0940	80020	1028	3.32	86	6.8	69.3	7.8	844	--	14.1	78.0	38.5
JUN 2001
11...	1005	80020	1028	5.38	245	4.8	54.6	7.5	710	25.0	20.1	69.0	33.7
JUL 2001
16...	1645	80020	1028	1.67	1.2	7.0	97.2	8.0	947	29.0	30.9	70.4	46.6
AUG 2001
09...	1030	80020	1028	1.54	.51	5.8	78.1	8.5	1070	30.5	29.1	82.5	40.9

			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)
NOV 2000
03...	3.85	49.9	303	350	10	85.5	.4	4.5	98.8	596	E.024	.60	1.2
OCT 2000
12...	3.94	39.8	288	352	--	71.6	.4	7.6	94.3	564	<.041	.60	.83
DEC 2000
01...	3.47	41.8	272	332	--	77.0	.3	6.8	82.8	527	E.028	.52	.57
JAN 2001
11...	3.09	102	303	370	--	196	.3	8.7	100	794	.118	.60	.61
FEB 2001
01...	4.18	90.8	176	215	--	169	.2	7.3	54.2	634	.178	.85	1.0
MAR 2001
08...	2.76	30.3	184	224	--	61.7	.2	6.1	51.9	399	<.041	.50	.63
APR 2001
03...	2.58	44.9	218	265	--	93.6	.2	1.2	67.5	506	<.041	.50	.82
MAY 2001
23...	2.31	40.3	257	313	--	73.5	.4	7.1	51.5	484	.089	.75	1.1
JUN 2001
11...	2.73	26.6	240	286	3	47.6	.3	7.4	37.9	412	E.021	.76	.90
JUL 2001
16...	3.55	54.5	259	309	4	100	.4	8.6	89.6	593	.096	1.1	1.2
AUG 2001
09...	3.93	63.5	234	273	6	127	.4	.4	136	650	.041	.74	1.2

	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)
NOV 2000
03...	.987	.014	.033	.021	.105	M	89.9	90	179
OCT 2000
12...	2.34	.011	.031	.027	.123	10	52.6	94	211
DEC 2000
01...	3.00	.019	.030	.027	.058	<10	35.9	84	174
JAN 2001
11...	2.76	.053	.026	.021	.049	10	69.4	90	127
FEB 2001
01...	5.72	.030	.105	.081	.155	20	29.3	99	137
MAR 2001
08...	3.77	.011	.059	.042	.104	10	4.1	96	92
APR 2001
03...	2.92	.011	.017	<.018	.059	10	35.5	95	82
MAY 2001
23...	3.49	.056	.067	.947	.168	20	73.5	91	180
JUN 2001
11...	4.74	.043	.074	.053	.112	20	11.0	94	88
JUL 2001
16...	E.034	.010	.191	.154	.319	<10	366	97	154
AUG 2001
09...	E.028	<.006	.121	.084	.382	<10	131	97	149

<</td>	Less than
>	Greater 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