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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 2004.
	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
	ALGAE: Water years 1989, 1990, and 2002-03.
	BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2002.
	FISH: Water years 1999-2000 and 2002-04.
	HABITAT: Water years 1999 and 2002-04.

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, automatic water 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, 1974, 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, 174 mg/L, Feb. 20; minimum daily, 15 mg/L, Nov. 13-14 and Sept. 26-30.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 1,850 tons, May 31; minimum daily, 5.0 tons, Sept. 30.

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
		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	157	20	7.0	162	20	8.5	372	18	18
2	151	20	8.1	362	81	89	350	17	16
3	173	20	9.4	1500	149	604	325	16	14
4	282	20	16	1780	97	473	318	22	19
5	195	21	11	2430	118	776	647	47	81

6	171	21	9.8	1960	69	366	600	35	58
7	165	22	9.6	1370	51	183	472	29	36
8	159	22	9.5	841	37	88	417	28	31
9	145	23	8.9	636	25	43	406	86	95
10	139	24	8.8	516	20	29	1400	123	467

11	141	24	9.2	451	18	22	1970	117	623
12	138	26	9.6	392	17	18	1820	108	529
13	134	29	10	355	15	15	1360	96	354
14	664	56	110	310	15	12	1070	85	247
15	742	58	117	282	17	13	930	77	193

16	424	43	49	272	20	14	844	70	159
17	277	31	23	283	25	19	784	65	137
18	206	27	15	1340	89	351	724	61	120
19	179	25	12	1910	76	395	667	59	107
20	174	23	11	1470	53	209	598	59	95

21	176	23	11	978	43	114	535	58	83
22	168	23	10	713	33	64	480	71	91
23	167	23	10	677	41	81	466	101	127
24	161	24	10	1150	62	192	448	121	147
25	343	28	26	845	52	120	421	107	121

26	224	25	15	654	44	78	380	90	92
27	184	23	11	548	35	53	358	81	78
28	173	21	9.7	479	27	35	407	84	92
29	170	19	8.6	422	20	23	461	88	110
30	163	17	7.6	390	19	20	450	78	95

31	164	18	7.7	---	---	---	423	68	78

TOTAL	6909	---	590.5	25478	---	4507.5	20903	---	4513


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	400	63	68	e200	33	18	795	20	43
2	386	61	64	e210	33	19	1000	27	74
3	387	59	61	e220	34	20	968	34	89
4	383	62	64	e220	34	20	1020	65	189
5	407	78	86	e220	34	20	2550	140	971

6	352	55	54	e230	72	50	2900	80	624
7	296	42	34	e230	73	52	2840	53	410
8	366	42	41	e230	59	42	2360	44	279
9	369	41	41	e230	47	32	1890	40	203
10	321	41	36	e220	44	30	1660	38	170

11	305	40	33	e220	43	28	1520	40	166
12	332	40	36	e220	41	27	1400	37	138
13	346	40	37	e220	41	25	1300	34	119
14	324	39	34	e220	41	27	1260	31	106
15	312	39	33	e220	41	26	1200	28	92

16	297	39	31	e220	41	25	1130	27	83
17	e290	38	32	231	40	25	1070	27	79
18	e270	38	34	238	44	29	1030	27	76
19	e250	37	26	250	99	68	996	28	74
20	e240	37	29	410	174	190	1000	28	75

21	e230	37	28	719	141	273	846	28	64
22	e220	36	24	677	107	197	708	28	53
23	e210	36	21	705	74	139	626	28	47
24	e210	36	23	830	40	89	793	43	97
25	e210	35	23	856	22	52	1000	48	130

26	e210	35	22	831	21	47	1400	76	288
27	e210	35	20	791	20	42	1570	55	235
28	e210	34	19	742	18	36	1620	67	300
29	e200	34	18	710	17	32	2360	144	930
30	e200	33	18	---	---	---	2580	158	1100

31	e200	33	18	---	---	---	2340	139	883

TOTAL	8943	---	1108	11520	---	1680	45732	---	8187


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	1890	121	620	555	36	53	4730	97	1240
2	1570	103	437	514	35	48	4270	42	486
3	1380	85	317	471	34	43	3260	32	281
4	1200	74	241	439	32	39	2510	34	228
5	1080	70	203	410	31	35	2020	33	182

6	988	65	174	376	30	31	1660	33	147
7	914	60	149	368	29	29	1390	32	121
8	854	56	129	351	28	27	1180	32	102
9	758	51	104	327	28	24	1040	32	91
10	673	46	84	338	31	29	1140	67	241

11	597	42	68	541	36	53	e2100	115	653
12	527	41	58	518	44	62	e2380	115	732
13	486	41	53	819	60	132	e2250	101	618
14	477	40	52	1590	97	428	e2200	87	524
15	467	40	51	1840	111	553	1840	75	394

16	442	40	48	1570	95	404	1620	67	295
17	470	40	51	1280	79	276	1400	59	225
18	463	40	50	1520	86	355	1230	53	177
19	453	40	49	1830	102	503	1080	48	141
20	503	40	55	1940	94	494	975	43	114

21	788	54	114	2410	130	853	992	45	123
22	688	45	83	3000	158	1280	1400	55	207
23	637	40	69	3500	147	1380	1200	47	154
24	604	40	66	3640	119	1170	1080	44	129
25	995	61	165	3410	81	749	1010	43	117

26	832	54	122	3390	68	620	974	41	109
27	713	43	83	3630	69	679	939	40	101
28	618	39	65	3790	79	804	922	38	95
29	559	38	57	3630	75	732	881	37	87
30	538	37	53	3680	115	1160	824	35	78

31	---	---	---	4530	151	1850	---	---	---

TOTAL	23164	---	3870	56207	---	14895	50497	---	8192


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	778	34	71	219	37	22	377	64	66
2	684	32	59	209	36	20	305	59	49
3	649	32	56	239	38	26	257	54	38
4	1590	64	279	1270	72	246	225	50	30
5	1490	60	243	956	66	171	200	47	25

6	1060	47	135	565	60	92	191	44	22
7	918	43	107	397	54	58	192	41	21
8	885	43	102	328	53	47	194	38	20
9	973	52	140	289	52	41	195	33	18
10	1370	67	248	257	51	35	172	23	11

11	1340	55	198	251	46	31	167	17	7.6
12	1230	50	165	228	41	25	157	17	7.1
13	1000	47	127	219	36	21	158	17	7.1
14	843	43	99	212	31	18	159	17	7.1
15	684	40	74	200	28	15	172	17	7.6

16	535	37	53	187	29	15	314	16	14
17	423	33	38	261	31	22	223	16	9.8
18	357	30	29	257	33	23	200	16	8.7
19	324	27	23	402	35	38	172	16	7.5
20	320	23	20	264	37	26	163	16	7.1

21	307	28	23	221	39	23	168	16	7.2
22	477	56	72	200	40	22	168	16	7.2
23	448	43	53	188	42	22	157	16	6.6
24	375	37	38	513	71	127	145	16	6.1
25	309	34	29	826	106	231	149	16	6.2

26	283	32	25	438	78	93	142	15	6.0
27	282	33	25	548	76	112	145	15	6.0
28	255	35	24	1820	145	722	159	15	6.5
29	242	36	23	1350	112	416	156	15	6.4
30	254	37	25	792	76	165	146	15	5.0

31	236	38	24	500	69	94	---	---	---

TOTAL	20921	---	2627	14606	---	3019	5728	---	446.8

YEAR	290608		53635.8