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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05526000       IROQUOIS RIVER NEAR CHEBANSE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°00'32", long 87°49'24" (NAD of 1927), 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 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to 2001. 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: Water years 1998 and 2002; 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 NGVD of 1929. 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.-- Records good except those for May 15 to July 3, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 100  140  178  425  e240  e490  597  839  2100  660  2860  425 
2 99  135  154  642  e260  e480  549  1010  2080  594  2460  766 
3 92  132  e157  729  e290  e470  512  1000  1760  590  2110  2180 
4 107  131  e160  617  e330  e470  523  971  1530  637  1990  2890 
5 115  135  e150  552  e400  e460  1040  1560  1360  720  1980  2100 
 
6 129  148  e146  476  e470  e440  2180  2440  1230  920  1890  1340 
7 118  172  e143  422  e560  e460  3300  2860  1120  2930  1670  936 
8 117  181  e141  393  e600  e490  3810  2700  1020  5440  1380  705 
9 115  175  e140  388  e550  e550  3980  3360  949  7910  1150  556 
10 112  165  e138  429  e490  e750  3610  6300  893  12200  973  459 
 
11 108  182  e138  e600  e440  e1050  2920  8210  793  14900  857  390 
12 107  195  e140  e800  e410  e920  2320  8270  895  16400  767  343 
13 101  215  145  e650  e380  e850  1880  7580  1700  16800  692  307 
14 97  230  147  e550  e350  e790  1570  6210  4640  16100  623  287 
15 91  221  146  e470  e330  704  1360  5610  5870  15200  558  271 
 
16 92  229  138  e410  e320  651  1190  5960  5600  14600  510  259 
17 96  225  141  e360  e320  600  1080  5110  4540  13000  470  244 
18 104  214  175  e320  e320  580  1000  3840  3180  13400  448  228 
19 101  205  210  e300  e330  622  929  2890  2330  14100  437  214 
20 104  195  319  e280  e340  692  877  2300  1900  13600  418  201 
 
21 109  180  377  e260  e360  818  878  1910  1560  13300  388  199 
22 107  187  461  e240  e420  897  951  1710  1310  12800  340  197 
23 112  192  487  e230  e460  929  1030  1580  1130  11200  324  190 
24 117  178  433  e220  e550  910  978  1410  981  8870  303  195 
25 121  174  393  e210  e600  835  909  1260  907  6730  283  196 
 
26 122  170  352  e200  e650  794  850  1150  799  5460  266  219 
27 116  173  e360  e190  e550  768  810  1060  736  4750  243  251 
28 113  173  e340  e190  e520  772  760  1120  663  4330  236  347 
29 115  172  e320  e200  ---  750  724  1670  591  4070  232  826 
30 127  165  305  e210  ---  715  758  1610  604  3710  238  909 
 
31 142  ---  321  e220  ---  658  ---  1780  ---  3280  258  --- 

TOTAL 3406 5389 7355 12183 11840 21365 43875 95280 54771 259201 27354 18630
MEAN 110 180 237 393 423 689 1462 3074 1826 8361 882 621
MAX 142 230 487 800 650 1050 3980 8270 5870 16800 2860 2890
MIN 91 131 138 190 240 440 512 839 591 590 232 190
CFSM 0.05 0.09 0.11 0.19 0.20 0.33 0.70 1.47 0.87 4.00 0.42 0.30
IN. 0.06 0.10 0.13 0.22 0.21 0.38 0.78 1.70 0.97 4.61 0.49 0.33
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 736 945 1505 1860 2548 3109 3199 2722 2026 1329 471 556
MAX 8019 5850 8203 9079 7425 11210 8396 10910 7934 8361 2497 7372
(WY) 1994 1986 1928 1950 1982 1982 1950 1943 1958 2003 1977 1993
MIN 25.5 37.2 40.7 26.1 82.3 200 574 169 94.6 33.0 33.7 26.3
(WY) 1957 1965 1964 1945 1931 1931 1931 1934 1934 1934 1988 1941

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 763798      560649     
ANNUAL MEAN 2093      1536      1749         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 4477          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 365          1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 18500          May 14 16800          Jul 13 27000          Mar 7 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 91          Oct 15 91          Oct 15 10          Oct 6 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 97          Oct 13 97          Oct 13 14          Aug 2 1934
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 16900          Jul 13 27000          A
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 14.75     Jul 13 21.68 B Mar 7 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 86          Oct 15 9.0       C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.00 0.73 0.84    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.59 9.97 11.37    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5810      3820      4780         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 815      549      735         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 119      138      80         

A - May 13, 1933; March 7, 1979.

B - Present datum, ice jam.

C - Oct. 6-8, 1956.


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