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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05542000       MAZON RIVER NEAR COAL CITY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°17'10", long 88°21'35" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.31, T.33 N., R.8 E., Grundy County, Hydrologic Unit 07120005, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 113, 0.3 mi downstream from Johnny Run, 3 mi west of Coal City, and at mile 15.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 455 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to October 1995. October 1998 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-1996;1999 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1997-98.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Water years 2001-2003.
PH: Water years 2001-2003.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 2001-2003.
 

TURBIDITY: Water years 2001-2003.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 2001-2003.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1035: 1943(P). WSP 1115: 1946. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 527.41 ft. above NGVD of 1929 (527.15 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Apr. 30, 1940, and October 1996 to September 1998, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 22,400 ft3/s, Dec. 4, 1982, gage height, 19.51 ft; maximum gage height, 19.70 ft, July 15, 1958, discharge, 17,600 ft3/s, from rating extended above 12,000 ft3/s; no flow at times in many years.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Aug. 8, 1924 reached a stage of about 21 ft, discharge not determined.
 

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 5.5 115  1880  133  118  369  549  189  70    7.4   11    1.6  
2 6.9 1080  1730  240  110  299  441  169  66    6.2   8.0 1.3  
3 6.3 1090  1280  1520  109  259  395  154  67    5.7   6.9 1.0  
4 7.2 1320  1010  4560  121  249  345  142  75    5.9   5.5 0.91
5 6.3 1940  783  3170  154  245  301  131  74    5.3   4.1 0.90
 
6 6.4 1250  854  2360  206  230  274  126  62    4.2   3.4 0.74
7 6.3 851  2400  1360  322  247  250  127  51    3.5   2.8 0.54
8 7.1 587  4810  902  813  232  229  122  45    2.6   2.1 0.39
9 8.5 447  2440  654  735  190  210  119  66    2.1   1.8 0.31
10 8.3 375  1560  558  490  182  201  117  114    1.6   1.4 0.28
 
11 9.2 314  1120  1180  358  191  192  111  102    1.5   2.3 0.21
12 9.6 252  876  3590  313  182  196  101  77    3.3   2.9 0.41
13 9.4 207  686  10500  330  156  215  93  65    2.5   6.0 0.41
14 13    173  500  11200  2200  145  238  98  59    1.6   41    0.56
15 95    158  420  3160  2330  131  228  95  54    1.8   192    0.44
 
16 182    152  386  1390  1570  126  205  86  46    1.9   200    0.83
17 143    149  337  901  1110  131  195  79  38    1.6   95    0.72
18 98    144  310  785  725  135  194  76  31    1.1   52    0.63
19 74    244  266  641  515  136  191  102  27    0.65 32    0.94
20 63    512  e230  372  435  130  193  140  24    1.9   27    2.6  
 
21 51    443  e200  297  449  116  352  129  21    65      14    2.2  
22 45    345  e180  264  503  109  468  119  18    62      9.6 1.6  
23 63    304  e160  e230  502  120  789  112  16    55      7.8 1.1  
24 98    273  e140  e220  463  126  655  108  14    27      4.9 0.97
25 81    419  e130  e210  425  160  496  100  12    16      5.1 1.1  
 
26 73    611  e110  e200  392  474  398  94  10    13      4.5 1.0  
27 64    1510  e105  e210  356  522  321  91  9.6 43      3.5 1.1  
28 55    2440  e100  e220  382  426  257  89  8.9 61      2.8 1.6  
29 57    1570  e105  e180  ---  347  227  87  8.3 49      2.5 1.8  
30 56    1290  e110  158  ---  295  211  83  7.2 37      2.1 1.6  
 
31 51    ---  e120  146  ---  477  ---  76  ---    19      1.9 ---     

TOTAL 1459.0 20565 25338 51511 16536 7137 9416 3465 1338.0 509.35 755.9 29.79
MEAN 47.1 686 817 1662 591 230 314 112 44.6 16.4 24.4 0.99
MAX 182 2440 4810 11200 2330 522 789 189 114 65 200 2.6
MIN 5.5 115 100 133 109 109 191 76 7.2 0.65 1.4 0.21
CFSM 0.10 1.51 1.80 3.65 1.30 0.51 0.69 0.25 0.10 0.04 0.05 0.00
IN. 0.12 1.68 2.07 4.21 1.35 0.58 0.77 0.28 0.11 0.04 0.06 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 143 238 303 315 443 636 669 527 459 223 90.6 152
MAX 1148 2264 2398 1662 2027 3378 2316 2765 1776 1551 1406 2494
(WY) 1942 1986 1983 2005 2001 1979 1950 1943 1980 1958 1972 1989
MIN 0.00 0.15 0.10 0.10 0.56 2.14 17.1 46.7 13.9 0.40 0.58 0.00
(WY) 1940 1957 1940 1940 1940 1940 2003 1956 1988 1988 1947 1946

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 138416.7     138060.04  
ANNUAL MEAN 378        378        349           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 819            1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 20.6         1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 6590            May 31 11200            Jan 14 19400            Dec 4 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 5.1         Sep 30 0.21       Sep 11 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 6.0         Sep 27 0.36       Sep 7 0.00       A
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 14300            Jan 14 22400        B Dec 4 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 15.22       Jan 14 19.70   C Jul 15 1958
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.16       D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.831 0.831 0.767    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.32   11.29   10.42      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1010        863        862           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 153        120        93           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 11        1.8     1.6        

A - At times in many years.

B - Gage height, 19.51 ft.

C - Discharge, 17,600 ft3/s, from rating extended above 12,000 ft3/s.

D - Sept. 9-11.


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