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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05568500       ILLINOIS RIVER AT KINGSTON MINES, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°33'11", long 89°46'38" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.26, T.7 N., R.6 E., Peoria County, Hydrologic Unit 07130003, on right bank at Kingston Mines, 2.3 mi downstream from Mackinaw River, and at mile 145.4. Auxiliary gage (05568615) 8.6 miles downstream.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 15,818 mi2, does not include diversion from Lake Michigan through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which has occurred since Jan. 17, 1900.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: May, 2004 to May, 2005.
PH: May, 2004 to May, 2005.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: May, 2004 to May, 2005.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1975-77, May, 2004 to May, 2005.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, October 1996; contaminants in fish tissue, October 1996.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1558: 1957. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-05: 2004.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Auxiliary water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at site 8.6 mi downstream. Datum of gage is 428.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (427.66 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 1, 1940, nonrecording gage at same site at datum 1.65 ft higher. Oct. 1, 1940, to Mar. 31, 1942, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Prior to Oct. 30, 1967 and Nov. 9, 1999 to Oct. 29, 2002, auxiliary water-stage recorder at mouth of Copperas Creek, 8.0 mi downstream.
 

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation at low flow by navigation dams at Peoria and La Grange. Since Jan. 17, 1900, flow has included diversion from Lake Michigan through Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 88,800 ft3/s, Dec. 7, 1982, gage height, 23.86 ft; maximum gage height, 26.02 ft, May 25, 1943; minimum daily discharge, 600 ft3/s, Oct. 26, 1997, estimated, caused by dam regulation.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 17.8 mg/L, May 7,2005, but may have been higher during periods of missing record; minimim recorded, 3.2 mg/L, Oct. 9, 2004, but may have been lower during periods of missing record.
PH: Maximum recorded, 9.7, Sept. 9-10, 2004; minimum recorded, 7.0, Aug. 25, 2004.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 1100 MS/cm, Feb. 11-12, 2005; minimum recorded, 504 MS/cm, July 8, 2004.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 29.7°C, July 14, 2004; minimum recorded, 0.1°C, Dec. 23, 2004 and Jan. 23, 2005.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 5990  6060  24100  13500  e3700  9580  31100  16200  32900  24600  5850  28200 
2 5710  6150  22600  13900  e4400  9970  31800  15900  38300  23100  6580  27500 
3 4570  7270  18000  15200  e5000  11200  32200  14000  40800  21000  7630  26900 
4 4270  9380  10100  17000  e4400  12300  31800  10700  40800  20200  6370  25900 
5 3800  14100  9600  16500  e4000  12400  30500  9970  40400  19300  8000  24400 
 
6 3520  18400  9350  13800  e4800  22300  29100  11400  39300  14800  8960  23000 
7 3570  18900  9470  12000  e6000  29700  28700  11900  37800  8200  9070  20000 
8 3720  18900  10500  11800  e5500  31400  27600  12200  36200  8690  8680  14000 
9 3890  17500  12800  12000  e6200  32000  26000  9710  35000  10100  7840  8040 
10 4110  15300  14200  12000  e5700  30700  24900  8710  33900  10800  7750  6450 
 
11 3670  12500  20800  11700  e5000  31100  23700  10800  33100  11100  6290  e6200 
12 3400  11000  25400  11700  e5300  30400  22800  9990  32600  11000  6090  e6200 
13 3310  8600  e29000  11700  e5700  28900  21700  10800  33500  11500  4620  e6400 
14 3580  7750  e26000  10600  e5400  28000  15800  15000  37200  12400  4730  e7500 
15 3750  6780  23800  10400  e5200  27600  8220  21700  41300  12700  5530  5410 
 
16 4970  6280  23900  10100  e4900  26600  7120  27500  43100  12600  5280  8330 
17 6050  6110  23900  10300  e4600  25100  6710  27600  43500  12300  4110  9030 
18 5820  9210  23300  10600  e4800  24200  6880  28300  42900  11400  4460  8700 
19 5850  13200  22600  e7500  e5300  e22000  7110  28500  41900  8890  5500  7240 
20 5640  20600  17900  7180  e6000  20400  7970  27600  39900  6630  5930  6520 
 
21 5910  28900  8470  7160  6970  15900  8770  27300  38000  7150  6030  6100 
22 5800  29700  8610  7070  7840  12400  11500  26400  37400  8020  5610  5900 
23 5160  28000  9770  6720  11700  11500  13500  26300  35500  8920  5610  5810 
24 3890  27800  10800  6490  14500  7620  12000  27400  34700  9110  5800  5690 
25 3730  27000  11100  5640  14700  7370  10700  e30000  33400  9020  5990  5720 
 
26 4070  27900  11100  5750  14700  10200  11000  e29000  31500  7790  8310  e5500 
27 4000  27900  10500  6300  14400  13900  13900  28000  29800  6410  10900  e5000 
28 4060  27500  9900  e5400  14000  15400  11300  28000  28600  5380  16700  4230 
29 4710  e25000  11800  e4900  12400  27200  10400  27400  27100  5140  25700  2970 
30 5200  24700  11900  e5300  ---  28300  14800  27600  25600  5780  27100  2420 
 
31 5420  ---  11500  e4500  ---  29800  ---  29800  ---  6220  28200  --- 

TOTAL 141140 508390 492770 304710 213110 645440 539580 635680 1086000 350250 275220 325260
MEAN 4553 16950 15900 9829 7349 20820 17990 20510 36200 11300 8878 10840
MAX 6050 29700 29000 17000 14700 32000 32200 30000 43500 24600 28200 28200
MIN 3310 6060 8470 4500 3700 7370 6710 8710 25600 5140 4110 2420
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 9464 11160 13270 13920 16870 23260 25100 23490 19230 13670 9763 9073
MAX 33180 37100 52390 44480 40470 56190 55630 52180 46230 46130 28440 34620
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1993 1974 1979 1983 1943 1974 1993 1993 1993
MIN 3362 3676 4598 3747 3421 6450 7928 7822 5579 4474 5038 4027
(WY) 1964 2003 1944 1963 1963 2003 1940 1989 1977 1965 1944 1963

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 4145660      5517550         
ANNUAL MEAN 11360      15080          15680         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 32200          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 6820          1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 34000          Jul 23 43500              Jun 17 86700          Dec 7 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2800  A     Jan 23 2420              Sep 30 600      B Oct 26 1997
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3260          Jan 18 3670              Oct 7 2060          Oct 8 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 43900      C     Jun 17 88800      D Dec 7 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.84 E     Jun 18 26.02     May 25 1943
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1960              Sep 30
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 27300      30100          32200         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7410      11100          10900         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3860      4950          5200         

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Estimated, caused by dam regulation.

C - Gage height, 16.70 ft.

D - Gage height, 23.86 ft.

E - Discharge, 42900 ft3/s.


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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