LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35" (NAD of 1927), 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 to current year. | |
PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1960 to 1966. Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum, water years 1960-67. | |
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY | |
CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to 2001. 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: Water years 1999-2000; contaminants in streambed sediment, Water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, Water year 1998. | |
PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year. | |
BIOLOGICAL | |
ALGAE: Water years 1999-2001. | |
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999-2001. | |
FISH: Water years 1999-2001. | |
HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001. | |
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 NGVD of 1929 (661.74 ft NAVD 1988). 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.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,500 ft3/s, May 23, 2004, gage height, 11.09 ft, no flow, at times in most years. | |
PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000. | |
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum recorded daily total, 1.77 in., Sept. 22, but may have been less during periods of missing record: May 5 - July 7 and July 27 - Sept. 1. | |
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Precipitation, total, inches WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005 DAILY SUM VALUES | ||||||||||||
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| DAY | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP |
| 1 | 0.38 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 0.03 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | --- | --- | --- | 0.00 |
| 3 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | --- | --- | 0.00 |
| 4 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | --- | --- | 0.00 |
| 5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | --- | --- | 0.00 |
| 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | --- | --- | --- | 0.00 |
| 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.01 | --- | --- | --- | 0.11 |
| 8 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | --- | --- | 0.01 |
| 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | --- | --- | --- | 0.00 |
| 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 |
| 11 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.55 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 |
| 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.00 | --- | 0.03 | --- | 0.00 |
| 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.79 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 |
| 14 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.39 |
| 15 | 0.30 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.32 |
| 16 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.08 |
| 17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 |
| 18 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.13 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 |
| 19 | 0.01 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.49 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.16 |
| 20 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.00 | --- | 0.73 | --- | 0.00 |
| 21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.02 | --- | 0.00 |
| 22 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 1.77 |
| 23 | 0.97 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.34 | --- | 0.00 |
| 24 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | --- | 0.08 |
| 25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.34 |
| 26 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.00 |
| 27 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.01 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.01 |
| 28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.22 |
| 29 | 0.60 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.00 |
| 30 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.00 | --- | 0.25 | 0.00 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.00 |
| 31 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | 0.00 | --- | 0.00 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TOTAL | 2.99 | 2.46 | 1.66 | 1.89 | 1.57 | 0.77 | 1.32 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MEAN | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.04 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MAX | 0.97 | 0.83 | 1.00 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.25 | 0.35 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |