05527800 DATA: Precipitation Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05527800 DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'22", long 87°55'32", in SE1/4 sec.3, T.46 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of Russell Road bridge, 0.3 mi west of Russell, 7.2 mi upstream from Mill Creek, and at mile 109.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: July 1967 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum gage heights, water years 1962-66.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999-2000. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-60, 1964-69, 1971-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-22 and 79-23 as site G 08.

MISCELLANEOUS: March to September 1999; contaminants in streambed sediment, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998.

BIOLOGICAL: Benthic macroinvertebrates, July 1999; fish, August 1999 and August 2000.
PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960-68(M), 1973(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, raingage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 662.00 ft above sea level. Oct. 17, 1961 to June 29, 1967, crest-stage gage at left downstream side of bridge at datum 4.29 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
PRECIPITATION: Maximum, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000.

PRECIPITATION, TOTAL, INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 DAILY SUM VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP
1	.01	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.14	.71	.00	.00	.00
2	.04	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	1.23	.00	.00
3	.58	.00	.01	.00	.03	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
4	.01	.00	.00	.00	.03	.00	.00	.00	.18	.00	.00	.00
5	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.43	.00	.00	.00
6	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
7	.00	.00	.00	.00	.04	.00	.00	.00	.03	.00	.00	.00
8	.01	.00	.00	.00	.00	.08	.00	.71	.00	.00	.00	.00
9	.00	.00	.00	.00	.03	.04	.00	.75	.00	.00	.00	.00
10	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.02	.00	.00
11	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.21	.44	.00	.00	1.24
12	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.01	3.55	.00	.00	.02
13	.05	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.43	.00	.00	.00
14	.10	.00	.00	.00	.01	.00	.00	.00	.06	.30	.00	.15
15	.00	.00	.00	.03	.15	.20	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
16	.08	.00	.00	.01	.00	.00	.00	.12	.00	.00	.00	.00
17	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.72	.00	.00	.40	.00
18	.00	.02	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	1.99	.00	.00	.00	.00
19	.00	.00	.00	.00	.03	.21	.00	.01	.00	.00	.00	.00
20	.00	.00	.00	.00	.01	.56	.00	.00	.04	.00	.00	.50
21	.00	.00	.00	.00	.37	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
22	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.06	.00	.00	.16	1.61
23	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.06
24	.00	.00	.00	.00	.47	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
25	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
26	.00	.00	.00	.00	.11	.00	.00	.28	.00	.00	.00	.00
27	.00	.00	.00	.01	.00	.00	.00	.43	.00	.00	.00	.00
28	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.02	.48	.00	.00	.00	.00
29	.00	.00	.00	.00	.01	.00	.03	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
30	.00	.00	.00	.00	---	.00	.00	.08	.00	.00	.00	.00
31	.00	---	.00	.00	---	.00	---	.64	---	.68	.00	---

TOTAL	0.88	0.02	0.01	0.05	1.29	1.09	0.05	6.63	5.87	2.23	0.56	3.58
MEAN	.03	.00	.00	.00	.04	.04	.00	.21	.20	.07	.02	.12
MAX	.58	.02	.01	.03	.47	.56	.03	1.99	3.55	1.23	.40	1.61
MIN	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00

CAL YR 1999 TOTAL 29.99 MEAN .08 MAX 2.68 MIN .00
WTR YR 2000 TOTAL 22.26 MEAN .06 MAX 3.55 MIN .00