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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05532500       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVERSIDE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°49'20", long 87°49'15" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.36, T.39 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank 400 ft downstream from bridge on Barry Point Road in Riverside, 500 ft downstream from Hoffman Dam, 4,000 ft downstream from Salt Creek, and at mile 44.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 630 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1943 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1914 to 1943, from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1987-92 and 1999 to 2004.
 

SEDIMENT: April 1979 to September 1982, January 2003 to current year.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998; sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1998-2005.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Water years 1989-90, 1999, 2002-04.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999, 2002-04.
 

FISH: Water years 1999-2000, 2002-04.
 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2000, 2002-04.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1174: 1944, 1948. WSP 1308: 1944(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, automatic water sampler, and rain gage, and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 594.68 ft above NGVD of 1929 (594.40 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Nov. 27, 1946, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft upstream at same datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation by gates at Hoffman Dam.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,770 ft3/s, Aug. 15, 1987, gage height, 9.90 ft; no flow Aug. 22-24, 1962, and part of Sept. 5, 1968, Aug. 31, 1974, Oct. 7, 1974.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 297 mg/L Apr. 12, 1979; minimum daily mean, 3 mg/L Jan. 24, Feb. 1, 3, 4, 1982

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 3,240 tons Apr. 12, 1979; minimum daily, 1.5 tons Feb. 3, 4, 1982.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Mar. 18, 1919, reached a discharge of 7,450 ft3/s, gage height, 9.43 ft., present datum, from information furnished by Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for 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
 
1 154  690  1140  247  418  e880  676  278  225  141  139  129 
2 314  1390  835  651  402  e810  893  263  209  126  148  121 
3 192  776  658  682  398  e750  921  255  207  116  143  111 
4 162  954  504  817  440  e680  782  238  281  115  135  101 
5 159  855  434  620  552  641  721  230  417  273  132  106 
 
6 151  538  529  553  758  597  674  232  243  234  125  106 
7 141  386  1270  471  1120  651  630  214  223  172  118  120 
8 368  317  1810  422  1550  719  595  211  207  148  122  136 
9 493  264  1440  395  1540  750  551  225  219  140  127  138 
10 302  233  1070  380  1340  748  493  264  212  126  165  127 
 
11 227  214  923  456  1200  832  467  426  221  132  192  111 
12 186  192  779  1410  1120  815  657  499  192  140  394  107 
13 175  182  678  3530  1170  786  972  427  182  131  420  113 
14 159  177  569  3650  1960  712  703  410  198  128  279  151 
15 191  172  482  3080  2130  651  561  447  175  134  196  140 
 
16 186  170  412  2190  2180  577  464  420  162  131  189  239 
17 162  166  370  1490  1920  517  427  379  157  125  204  171 
18 156  168  336  e1250  1760  492  400  331  153  123  283  132 
19 159  481  292  e1100  1640  513  367  1070  155  126  414  203 
20 159  519  189  e950  1580  535  348  1090  143  202  1310  266 
 
21 154  415  267  863  1700  565  325  782  150  483  971  177 
22 156  322  242  627  1580  575  552  628  137  278  503  212 
23 929  275  198  583  1420  582  736  530  136  191  334  461 
24 890  314  165  670  1250  582  508  424  133  169  241  360 
25 527  659  172  e600  1110  677  428  372  138  237  208  315 
 
26 397  549  176  e550  999  659  383  318  138  531  153  282 
27 311  1010  171  e500  e910  577  346  279  147  728  154  315 
28 254  1330  168  476  e860  532  324  275  157  312  150  308 
29 433  869  e165  449  ---  505  330  252  148  220  137  496 
30 461  670  166  438  ---  543  309  224  161  173  136  301 
 
31 342  ---  234  436  ---  1010  ---  224  ---  152  134  --- 

TOTAL 9050 15257 16844 30536 35007 20463 16543 12217 5626 6437 8356 6055
MEAN 292 509 543 985 1250 660 551 394 188 208 270 202
MAX 929 1390 1810 3650 2180 1010 972 1090 417 728 1310 496
MIN 141 166 165 247 398 492 309 211 133 115 118 101
CFSM 0.46 0.81 0.86 1.56 1.98 1.05 0.88 0.63 0.30 0.33 0.43 0.32
IN. 0.53 0.90 0.99 1.80 2.07 1.21 0.98 0.72 0.33 0.38 0.49 0.36
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 337 416 437 445 563 993 1082 784 595 389 367 327
MAX 2224 2056 2211 1711 1830 3499 3050 2362 1922 1355 2306 2035
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1960 1997 1979 1993 1996 1996 1993 1987 1972
MIN 4.27 11.8 15.2 11.2 28.9 77.8 184 79.4 69.7 26.5 8.46 11.9
(WY) 1954 1954 1945 1945 1963 1945 1945 1946 1963 1944 1944 1946

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 278469      182391       
ANNUAL MEAN 761      500        561       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1092        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 111        1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4730          Jun 1 3650            Jan 14 9180        Aug 15 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 141          Oct 7 101            Sep 4 0.00   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 149          Sep 24 113            Sep 1 1.5     Oct 19 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3930            Jan 13 9770        Aug 15 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 6.50       Jan 13 9.90   Aug 15 1987
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 95            Sep 4
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.21 0.793 0.890
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 16.44 10.77   12.09  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1660      1070        1370       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 450      346        309       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 172      137        40       

A - No flow Aug. 22-24, 1962, and part of Sept. 5, 1968, Aug. 31, 1974, Oct. 7, 1974.


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