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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.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1987-92 and 1999 to current year.
	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 1998-2003.
BIOLOGICAL
	BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999, and 2002.
	FISH: Water years 1999-2000, and 2002-03.
	HABITAT: Water years 1999, and 2002-03.

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, pumping sampler, and rain gage, and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 594.68 ft above NGVD of 1929. 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, 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.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 178 mg/L, Aug 2; minimum daily, 16 mg/L, Feb. 20,21.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 1,410 tons, May 1; minimum daily, 7.6 tons, Feb. 20.

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
		MEAN			MEAN			MEAN
	MEAN	CONCEN-	SEDIMENT	MEAN	CONCEN-	SEDIMENT	MEAN	CONCEN-	SEDIMENT
	DISCHARGE	TRATION	DISCHARGE	DISCHARGE	TRATION	DISCHARGE	DISCHARGE	TRATION	DISCHARGE
DAY	(CFS)	(MG/L)	(TONS/DAY)	(CFS)	(MG/L)	(TONS/DAY)	(CFS)	(MG/L)	(TONS/DAY)

	OCTOBER			NOVEMBER			DECEMBER

1	318	---	---	187	---	---	201	---	---
2	486	---	---	187	---	---	197	---	---
3	480	---	---	187	---	---	224	---	---
4	780	---	---	187	---	---	207	---	---
5	903	---	---	199	---	---	210	---	---

6	568	---	---	224	---	---	203	---	---
7	458	---	---	198	---	---	197	---	---
8	385	---	---	187	---	---	200	---	---
9	334	---	---	183	---	---	180	---	---
10	306	---	---	191	---	---	190	---	---

11	263	---	---	201	---	---	181	---	---
12	232	---	---	217	---	---	183	---	---
13	243	---	---	199	---	---	179	---	---
14	227	---	---	213	---	---	189	---	---
15	214	---	---	314	---	---	193	---	---

16	208	---	---	253	---	---	195	---	---
17	201	---	---	217	---	---	203	---	---
18	229	---	---	210	---	---	786	---	---
19	210	---	---	300	---	---	1060	---	---
20	193	---	---	270	---	---	523	---	---

21	190	---	---	268	---	---	402	---	---
22	194	---	---	362	---	---	319	---	---
23	189	---	---	286	---	---	283	---	---
24	190	---	---	246	---	---	269	---	---
25	283	---	---	232	---	---	259	---	---

26	301	---	---	231	---	---	240	---	---
27	252	---	---	230	---	---	222	---	---
28	231	---	---	223	---	---	219	---	---
29	221	---	---	207	---	---	215	---	---
30	209	---	---	218	---	---	215	---	---

31	202	---	---	---	---	---	235	---	---

TOTAL	9700	---	---	6827	---	---	8579	---	---


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	231	32	20	276	47	35	179	19	8.9
2	221	32	19	241	46	30	170	19	8.6
3	224	32	19	256	43	30	176	19	9.0
4	215	31	18	264	41	29	190	19	9.9
5	215	31	18	239	38	25	189	20	10

6	231	31	19	213	36	21	206	20	11
7	227	31	19	193	33	17	209	21	12
8	223	31	19	175	31	15	224	32	20
9	224	31	19	178	29	14	241	38	25
10	219	31	18	182	27	13	197	31	16

11	196	30	16	178	26	12	207	30	17
12	187	30	15	169	25	11	264	35	26
13	208	30	17	175	24	11	379	50	51
14	203	30	17	174	23	11	352	37	35
15	176	30	14	175	22	10	371	33	33

16	189	30	15	169	21	9.3	383	30	31
17	181	30	15	168	19	8.8	402	29	32
18	173	30	14	170	18	8.4	415	28	32
19	167	30	14	172	17	8.0	396	28	30
20	184	30	15	174	16	7.6	504	60	83

21	181	30	15	176	16	7.7	562	64	97
22	179	30	15	182	17	8.1	488	51	68
23	159	30	13	172	17	7.8	436	45	53
24	170	30	14	180	17	8.3	402	42	45
25	176	30	14	179	17	8.4	453	58	72

26	174	30	14	181	18	8.6	458	53	66
27	165	30	13	180	18	8.7	416	46	52
28	180	32	15	179	18	8.8	514	59	87
29	191	34	18	---	---	---	687	66	123
30	190	37	19	---	---	---	531	50	73

31	206	41	23	---	---	---	449	43	52

TOTAL	6065	---	513	5370	---	392.5	11050	---	1288.4


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	421	39	45	3010	174	1410	712	39	75
2	388	37	38	3720	77	781	605	36	59
3	360	37	36	2910	38	304	610	39	65
4	1170	126	436	1790	37	177	548	37	54
5	1850	163	817	2500	67	449	488	35	46

6	1470	123	493	2710	42	306	455	33	41
7	1080	108	316	2340	37	236	434	31	37
8	1010	94	258	1670	37	166	572	47	79
9	899	85	206	2590	88	616	745	51	105
10	913	76	187	2960	54	428	514	42	58

11	856	67	154	3200	53	460	437	39	47
12	733	57	114	2800	39	292	382	38	40
13	644	49	86	2470	35	234	358	38	36
14	585	46	72	1860	32	161	331	37	33
15	591	42	67	1780	49	235	302	35	28

16	534	39	56	1620	36	159	273	31	23
17	494	36	48	1280	34	119	260	28	20
18	407	33	36	1030	30	83	291	31	25
19	366	29	29	858	29	66	649	41	73
20	378	27	28	851	29	68	456	35	43

21	355	26	25	777	28	58	342	34	32
22	353	26	25	689	27	50	281	34	26
23	336	26	23	603	26	43	250	35	23
24	323	22	19	528	26	37	235	35	22
25	316	17	14	450	25	30	230	35	22

26	301	17	14	398	24	26	218	35	21
27	285	17	13	367	24	23	209	35	20
28	277	17	13	411	31	38	192	36	18
29	277	17	13	902	58	144	194	36	19
30	791	69	196	722	39	78	186	51	26

31	---	---	---	834	63	143	---	---	---

TOTAL	18763	---	3877	50630	---	7420	11759	---	1216


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	178	34	16	553	71	204	442	55	68
2	173	33	15	1550	178	793	348	43	42
3	170	32	14	964	94	256	203	34	19
4	176	31	14	1200	94	310	167	34	15
5	438	47	60	915	58	145	149	34	14

6	529	46	66	631	44	76	154	35	14
7	882	82	197	695	49	93	144	35	14
8	877	87	205	734	62	124	147	35	14
9	867	86	202	535	42	61	151	35	14
10	888	85	204	373	39	39	137	34	13

11	703	73	138	319	36	31	134	34	12
12	536	60	87	276	35	26	139	33	13
13	440	48	57	225	34	21	160	33	14
14	411	47	52	301	43	37	444	60	80
15	1180	137	500	363	45	44	533	66	97

16	1350	107	397	303	35	29	261	50	35
17	953	71	188	248	30	20	193	42	22
18	1100	86	259	220	31	19	163	38	17
19	672	59	109	211	35	20	150	36	15
20	510	49	67	200	22	12	144	34	13

21	1100	109	343	188	25	13	140	32	12
22	840	98	224	186	28	14	253	41	29
23	646	79	140	176	31	15	214	35	21
24	477	64	82	174	33	16	161	35	15
25	369	56	56	170	32	15	158	34	15

26	300	49	40	189	31	16	218	40	27
27	253	42	29	200	29	16	490	53	72
28	248	36	24	173	27	13	267	37	27
29	231	35	22	181	26	13	200	36	19
30	218	34	20	152	28	12	176	35	17

31	215	33	19	149	30	12	---	---	---

TOTAL	17930	---	3846	12754	---	2515	6640	---	799