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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527800       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.
 

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 2001. 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 1999-2001.
 

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 NGVD of 1929. 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.-- Records good except those for estimated discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 25    290  92  e21  53  75  60  101  32  13    3.3   2.6
2 17    244  100  e18  50  70  60  92  26  11    2.3   21   
3 13    196  101  e17  53  81  66  87  32  9.8 2.2   84   
4 9.1 139  93  e16  52  75  69  e76  137  7.8 2.4   85   
5 6.3 97  86  e16  45  70  70  e70  303  6.7 2.4   51   
 
6 5.3 77  79  e15  31  61  64  66  383  6.0 2.4   21   
7 5.7 68  71  e15  37  54  64  61  447  5.0 3.1   11   
8 6.9 63  65  e15  36  77  114  57  481  5.2 3.1   7.0
9 7.9 59  61  e16  38  190  288  60  473  12    2.9   4.4
10 8.5 55  61  e16  63  245  383  58  427  25    2.0   2.7
 
11 11    51  55  e17  98  281  458  57  371  17    0.74 2.1
12 20    47  50  e17  111  309  513  98  322  12    0.57 1.6
13 66    45  63  e17  104  315  508  134  271  9.2 1.5   1.5
14 239    60  77  e17  86  309  451  140  221  6.7 10      1.5
15 291    100  77  e17  72  289  388  125  171  5.4 22      1.4
 
16 290    113  70  e18  65  256  329  103  130  4.7 15      1.5
17 281    115  67  e18  60  217  272  107  96  3.7 10      1.7
18 263    107  65  e17  55  172  221  106  79  3.1 6.5   2.6
19 241    95  63  e16  55  130  219  95  85  2.7 4.7   5.2
20 212    84  63  e15  79  105  209  81  85  2.3 4.2   43   
 
21 171    74  59  e15  126  93  188  70  74  1.9 4.5   38   
22 116    67  57  16  153  81  172  62  62  1.7 17      21   
23 135    62  61  17  164  73  156  56  51  1.4 41      13   
24 228    59  59  21  163  68  140  52  42  1.1 34      8.9
25 348    65  e50  25  154  61  125  52  33  1.1 38      6.4
 
26 408    66  e43  25  134  56  108  58  30  1.1 18      4.6
27 438    67  e35  24  112  54  94  56  26  1.1 9.0   3.0
28 438    65  e30  27  91  53  101  52  25  1.1 5.5   2.4
29 412    64  e27  29  ---  54  111  46  23  1.2 4.0   3.4
30 370    71  e25  30  ---  62  110  41  16  4.8 2.5   7.2
 
31 331    ---  e24  35  ---  63  ---  36  ---  4.5 2.4   ---   

TOTAL 5413.7 2765 1929 598 2340 4099 6111 2355 4954 189.3 277.21 459.7
MEAN 174.6 92.17 62.23 19.29 83.57 132.2 203.7 75.97 165.1 6.106 8.942 15.32
MAX 438 290 101 35 164 315 513 140 481 25 41 85
MIN 5.3 45 24 15 31 53 60 36 16 1.1 0.57 1.4
CFSM 1.42 0.75 0.51 0.16 0.68 1.08 1.66 0.62 1.34 0.05 0.07 0.12
IN. 1.64 0.84 0.58 0.18 0.71 1.24 1.85 0.71 1.50 0.06 0.08 0.14
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 43.60 69.77 87.40 69.09 109.7 210.3 226.7 126.6 105.6 52.99 39.89 53.59
MAX 364 390 382 279 327 673 718 410 642 363 417 410
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1993 1974 1979 1993 1996 2000 1978 1978 1972
MIN 0.056 1.60 3.06 1.46 2.35 14.9 33.4 6.15 1.90 0.78 0.23 0.060
(WY) 1995 2000 1977 1977 1977 1968 1977 1977 1988 1988 1999 1994

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 38742.55 31490.91    
ANNUAL MEAN 106.1   86.28     99.59    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 206          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.24     1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 483          Jun 17 513              Apr 12 2100          Mar 21 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.50     Aug 8 0.57         Aug 12 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.59     Aug 7 1.2           Jul 23 0.00     Jul 27 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 527      B     Apr 13 2130      C Jun 14 2000
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.97 D     Jun 8 10.75     E
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.51         Aug 12,13
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.86 0.70     0.81    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.72 9.52     11.00    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 253      249          274         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 73      57          35         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.6   3.1       2.8      

A - At times in most years.

B - Gage height, 6.87 ft.

C - Gage height, 9.95 ft.

D - Discharge, 490 ft3/s.

E - March 6, 1976, Sept. 27, 1986.


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