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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
 

ALGAE: Water year 1999.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999.
 

FISH: Water year 1999.
 

HABITAT: Water year 1999-2000.
 

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 (595.71 ft NAVD 1988). 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 estimated 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 fair except those for May 19 to June 16, Sept. 3-7, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 287  1600  10300  1290  1260  2650  1190  1120  356  189  296  64 
2 272  3290  10700  1470  1170  2370  1190  1020  341  205  223  59 
3 269  5080  10400  3220  1100  2110  1170  946  345  203  175  54 
4 255  5870  9660  7620  1070  1890  1130  881  346  193  146  53 
5 254  6200  8360  9890  1190  1760  1090  823  337  188  125  52 
 
6 246  5880  6900  11200  e1850  1670  1030  781  327  175  114  50 
7 238  5050  8600  11700  2430  1600  964  752  575  165  104  45 
8 242  4030  12300  11500  3770  1560  945  748  924  161  96  40 
9 235  3260  12500  10300  5380  1470  891  733  1070  153  94  42 
10 234  2710  12200  8270  5600  1360  847  715  1080  141  94  42 
 
11 232  2290  11000  7410  5010  1280  796  675  901  125  93  41 
12 230  1950  8980  10800  4210  1240  853  667  760  122  107  41 
13 236  1670  6830  18000  3920  1170  1470  641  657  116  149  41 
14 259  1440  5160  22300  6900  1110  2300  615  593  117  252  41 
15 365  1290  4120  23500  9460  1030  2360  606  626  144  267  48 
 
16 413  1200  3440  22500  10000  994  1940  581  710  152  243  62 
17 366  1140  2950  19500  9820  962  1570  548  716  149  236  76 
18 353  1110  2550  15900  8740  958  1340  518  636  147  230  78 
19 541  1270  2230  12300  7030  938  1220  510  552  157  216  86 
20 911  1630  1900  9210  5620  915  1120  715  482  173  203  84 
 
21 1120  1870  1760  6900  5010  886  1180  843  428  239  187  86 
22 1040  1900  e1600  5280  4840  854  1320  838  379  239  156  96 
23 949  1810  e1500  4270  4630  841  1930  721  352  272  137  116 
24 1100  1700  e1450  3490  4280  842  2630  629  320  410  123  115 
25 1580  2250  e1400  3120  3910  846  2750  560  287  401  107  113 
 
26 1660  4110  e1350  2720  3510  1030  2430  504  263  331  99  114 
27 1440  6250  e1300  2400  3150  1190  2050  460  244  291  91  214 
28 1250  8410  e1250  1940  2880  1330  1680  434  227  301  83  475 
29 1160  9150  e1200  1700  ---  1380  1420  410  e210  408  77  621 
30 1180  9530  e1200  1540  ---  1330  1240  388  191  464  65  620 
 
31 1310  ---  e1250  1370  ---  1230  ---  372  ---  389  69  --- 

TOTAL 20227 104940 166340 272610 127740 40796 44046 20754 15235 6920 4657 3669
MEAN 652 3498 5366 8794 4562 1316 1468 669 508 223 150 122
MAX 1660 9530 12500 23500 10000 2650 2750 1120 1080 464 296 621
MIN 230 1110 1200 1290 1070 841 796 372 191 116 65 40
CFSM 0.31 1.67 2.57 4.21 2.18 0.63 0.70 0.32 0.24 0.11 0.07 0.06
IN. 0.36 1.87 2.96 4.85 2.27 0.73 0.78 0.37 0.27 0.12 0.08 0.07
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 732 996 1565 1946 2549 3081 3161 2686 2066 1311 481 565
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 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 900850      827934     
ANNUAL MEAN 2461      2268      1760           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 4477            1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 365            1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 18100          Jun 15 23500          Jan 15 27000            Mar 7 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 162          Aug 18 40          Sep 8 10            Oct 6 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 186          Aug 13 41          Sep 8 14            Aug 2 1934
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 23700          Jan 15 27000            A
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 18.63     Jan 15 21.68   B Mar 7 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 38          C 9.0         D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.18 1.08 0.842    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 16.03 14.73 11.44      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6700      6950      4790           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1220      958      747           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 304      114      81           

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

B - Present datum, ice jam.

C - Sept. 8, 12, 13, 14.

D - Oct. 6-8, 1956.


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