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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05570000       SPOON RIVER AT SEVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°29'24", long 90°20'25" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.24, T.6 N., R.1 E., Fulton County, Hydrologic Unit 07130005, on left bank at downstream side of State Highway 95 bridge, 0.5 mi upstream from a railroad bridge, 0.5 mi northeast of Seville, 0.1 mi downstream from Shaw Creek, and at mile 39.2.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,636 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1914 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 1978-93.

 

SEDIMENT: Water years 1980-97, Feb. 2003 to current year.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1993, 1995-97, 2003.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1208: 1917, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926-27, 1929(M). WSP 1308: 1919(M), 1936(M), 1938(M), 1942(M), 1945(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, sediment sampler, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 467.04 ft above NGVD of 1929. Datum of gage was incorrectly published water years 1927-1941. Prior to May 9, 1935, nonrecording gage 0.5 miles downstream at same datum. May 9, 1935 to June 30, 1976, nonrecording gage 0.47 miles downstream at same datum. July 1, 1976, to July 13, 1983, recording gage at present site and datum. July 14, 1983 to Sept. 18, 2000, recording gage 0.47 miles downstream at same datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 37,300 ft3/s, Aug. 22, 1924, gage height, 30.77 ft, from graph based on gage readings; maximum gage height, 33.10 ft, July 26, 1993, discharge, 34,700 ft3/s; minimum observed discharge, 3.8 ft3/s, July 31, Aug. 27-29, 1914.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 4,630 mg/L, July 21, 1996; minimum daily, 10 mg/L, Feb. 5, 6, 1996.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 128,000 tons, May 27, 1996; minimum daily, 2.9 tons, Feb. 6, 1996.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of 1883 reached a stage of about 33.0 ft, backwater from ice, discharge not determined.

 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,580 mg/L, July 10; minimum daily, 35 mg/L, Sept. 29.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 93,400 tons, July 10; minimum daily, 5 tons, Sept. 29.


SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
MEANMEANMEAN
MEANCONCEN-SEDIMENTMEANCONCEN-SEDIMENTMEANCONCEN-SEDIMENT
DISCHARGETRATIONDISCHARGEDISCHARGETRATIONDISCHARGEDISCHARGETRATIONDISCHARGE
DAY(CFS)(MG/L)(TONS/DAY)(CFS)(MG/L)(TONS/DAY)(CFS)(MG/L)(TONS/DAY)
 
OCTOBERNOVEMBERDECEMBER



196------126------118------
294------123------123------
394------118------123------
495------117------e105------
599------117------e95------
 
698------122------e96------
7121------120------e97------
8116------121------e92------
9114------124------e87------
10103------132------e92------
 
1195------117------e94------
1290------113------e98------
1388------109------102------
1488------109------104------
1586------109------110------
 
1688------109------115------
1786------109------116------
1888------127------196------
1996------138------274------
20102------139------445------
 
21102------163------398------
2299------185------306------
23100------171------220------
24104------165------173------
25105------143------e140------
 
26107------133------e170------
27111------129------e198------
28123------124------e202------
29130------126------198------
30132------129------175------
 
31132---------------162------
 
TOTAL3182------3867------5024------

 
JANUARYFEBRUARYMARCH



1155------e97------e13210337
2e146------e106------e1228729
3e142------e117------e1187725
4e142------e125------e1236722
5e146------e137------e1135717
 
6e160------e146------e1104714
7e140------e132------e1256221
8e130------e1235016e15010844
9e142------e1104915e18515577
10e125------e994913e210278158
 
11e107------e924812e240394255
12e110------e854811e220353210
13e112------e834711e250203137
14e94------e82471010004091120
15e86------e824710918248615
 
16e82------e824610819147328
17e78------e844610718121235
18e75------e87451170392176
19e72------e92451163583143
20e70------e985715658112199
 
21e68------e140833161664107
22e67------e2201821085364464
23e66------e3853503634334047
24e66------e4103293643633938
25e66------e3002381933475652
 
26e66------e2202031213296457
27e68------e170169783155849
28e72------e150136553135849
29e76---------------3404440
30e82---------------360110108
 
31e90---------------3497572
 
TOTAL3101------4054------11850---4545

 
APRILMAYJUNE



1310695729511390634178303
22758866125011306120e570161248
324787583010290023900e540156227
4334181202181014507180e550157232
5443329408171010004660e560158239
 
6369163162225010506710e520160225
73941511602560145010100e550166246
839811612617308474040e580168263
942227231114305131990e540156228
1038319820624309777160e530141202
 
113391281174110252028300519119168
12306118975920345055400531131188
13278113854380187023000539149217
1425810875265010407580519163228
15239925920806133460498154207
 
16230774824707545100452145177
172991591312150181010600404143156
18336194178165011004930379141145
1938421722614404661820368137136
2034914413613103941390349143135
 
2133013111612403791270333187168
2231312310411703551130306212175
23280115871030289806292152120
24259107759712797302849271
2526910073913290714303170166
 
2626793678602906736027551230
27261866179623450410609552760
2824179527291843637807511590
292266942685185343592539868
302428254690241450510363501
 
31---------691315590---------
 
TOTAL9281---363956410---22110315194---11819

 
JULYAUGUSTSEPTEMBER



14433113732908769248434296
23882762892646547246232155
33492562412504027222197120
432523520734312212217212056
530621117432872661409938
 
628020215225553361049226
72562531752195029839121
82613112202004826729017
967467222001804924668715
1094003580934001665123628514
 
1151501400199001555322598213
1235501560151001505522557912
13230091658301485823618915
14146059723801446023709418
151170369117014562248012227
 
1697531583013564239111327
178032766001266622865613
18703238452121682270489.1
19625215363e112702163457.7
20571194299e105722056416.3
 
21543180265e95741952425.9
2283226660378831958558.7
23921292728731142357457.0
24733225453701482853426.0
25524160227671703154385.5
 
26444132158651512659548.7
27396110118621282259528.3
28372106107581051653375.4
2935110196671252353355.0
303328172791573357477.1
 
3131769599316945---------
 
TOTAL35754---1472414643---9762661---973.7


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