05559600 DATA: SED_TBL_2004

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05559600 ILLINOIS RIVER AT CHILLICOTHE, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 40°55'45", long 89°27'42" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4 sec.22, T.11 N., R.9 W., Peoria County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, at center of Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railroad bridge, 1 mi north of Chillicothe and at mile 181.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- Not determined.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	SEDIMENT: May 1993 to November 1993, water years 1994 to 2000 (March to December), March 2001 to current year.
	MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1996-99, 2002-03.

REMARKS.-- Water discharge used to compute sediment record are from Illinois River at Henry (station 05558300). Suspended-sediment samples were collected by a local observer twice weekly with additional samples colleced during high runoff periods. Samples were not collected (and data are not published) during periods of ice.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 554 mg/L, Aug. 29, 2004; minimum daily, 16 mg/L, Mar. 7, 1998 and Dec. 24, 2003.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 93,800 tons, July 20, 1996; minimum daily, 140 tons, Oct. 30, 2002.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 554 mg/L, Aug. 29; minimum daily, 16 mg/L, Dec. 24.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 50,300 tons, June 14; minimum daily, 290 tons, Oct. 11.

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	5270	44	373	5090	37	494	14600	70	2790
2	4470	48	592	6120	39	644	12700	53	1840
3	e5200	48	670	9220	53	1330	11200	29	876
4	4880	49	649	8900	71	1740	8290	28	618
5	4020	50	542	13900	93	3510	8810	33	782

6	3490	50	488	15800	98	4180	8690	34	797
7	3380	61	566	14800	73	2940	9530	34	875
8	3550	62	592	12300	57	1890	11100	34	1000
9	4080	42	465	11100	48	1440	11000	28	832
10	e3600	36	353	9850	43	1130	14400	25	1020

11	e3000	36	290	9500	38	963	18300	41	2060
12	4930	41	549	8250	41	910	22000	69	4110
13	2830	48	393	7980	46	993	20600	57	3220
14	4380	40	498	5480	52	761	18900	39	2000
15	6510	29	517	7570	57	1170	16300	42	1830

16	5720	28	451	6410	67	1160	16400	50	2200
17	5980	30	489	5710	79	1220	15700	44	1870
18	4700	33	415	10700	102	3010	14200	35	1340
19	5760	33	519	19600	152	8210	13600	33	1220
20	e5000	34	458	25100	218	14800	e11500	34	1050

21	5480	35	530	27400	211	15500	9400	33	842
22	5140	36	496	23200	160	10200	10000	26	697
23	3680	38	373	20700	105	5820	9290	17	425
24	4230	36	408	20800	81	4520	9000	16	385
25	5460	34	503	21000	66	3720	8980	17	393

26	4690	36	449	21800	52	3050	10200	18	493
27	4880	38	495	20400	46	2550	9620	19	497
28	e5000	37	489	19300	43	2260	10300	23	645
29	4820	35	457	15700	42	1780	11000	27	802
30	4000	34	384	16700	56	2520	9420	26	655

31	5890	35	559	---	---	---	11700	23	740

TOTAL	144020	---	15012	420380	---	104415	386730	---	38904


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	11800	---	---	e5300	---	---	7810	35	752
2	12600	---	---	e4800	---	---	10900	77	2280
3	12500	---	---	e5200	---	---	10300	46	1290
4	12400	---	---	e3200	---	---	11400	33	1000
5	10700	---	---	e5400	---	---	15700	44	2020

6	10500	---	---	e5600	---	---	28000	142	10800
7	10900	---	---	e5200	---	---	32700	166	14600
8	10700	---	---	e5700	---	---	31100	249	20900
9	10400	---	---	e6200	---	---	28800	246	19300
10	9060	---	---	e4800	---	---	23600	154	10000

11	8800	---	---	e4500	---	---	25100	117	7960
12	10200	---	---	e5000	---	---	22000	76	4520
13	9240	---	---	e5400	---	---	18500	56	2800
14	8670	---	---	e5000	---	---	18900	41	2070
15	7850	---	---	e4800	---	---	18700	54	2730

16	8510	---	---	e4500	---	---	16800	64	2900
17	8290	---	---	e4100	---	---	14400	50	1930
18	7870	---	---	4960	---	---	14400	62	2390
19	6350	---	---	5900	---	---	13100	71	2540
20	5660	---	---	6210	---	---	14500	63	2480

21	5570	---	---	8910	---	---	12900	81	2810
22	6240	---	---	9940	---	---	10300	93	2590
23	5830	---	---	12000	---	---	9630	75	1970
24	5830	---	---	12600	---	---	9330	54	1370
25	5000	---	---	12100	---	---	9560	37	949

26	5570	---	---	11400	---	---	12300	56	1880
27	4150	---	---	11000	---	---	13300	67	2420
28	5160	---	---	10100	---	---	18000	88	4330
29	e4400	---	---	9830	---	---	23600	133	8570
30	e5200	---	---	---	---	---	28800	172	13300

31	e3000	---	---	---	---	---	29800	131	10600

TOTAL	248950	---	---	199650	---	---	554230	---	166051


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	29300	110	8660	11000	52	1560	45700	279	34300
2	28500	92	7070	11400	49	1510	48500	249	32600
3	27100	87	6400	11500	50	1560	43700	206	24400
4	24000	82	5330	8840	71	1700	38900	139	14700
5	20700	66	3700	9310	93	2320	34700	66	6250

6	19200	50	2570	8550	95	2200	31600	44	3790
7	18000	47	2300	9160	92	2280	28300	53	4030
8	16900	45	2060	7970	88	1890	26300	69	4880
9	14800	42	1700	8390	66	1490	24100	82	5340
10	13900	42	1590	8760	40	957	22000	77	4590

11	12900	48	1670	9030	35	859	24100	85	5540
12	12300	55	1830	8770	37	875	28200	146	11200
13	11900	57	1840	11700	40	1250	40100	267	29800
14	9180	57	1410	17200	68	3260	49800	375	50300
15	7570	56	1050	22300	100	6030	49400	132	17700

16	8000	54	1170	24200	105	6840	45000	102	12400
17	6800	53	969	23600	90	5710	42400	58	6620
18	6430	52	816	24100	105	6820	37400	87	8660
19	8850	54	1290	21400	70	4080	34200	65	6090
20	7290	58	1140	20900	70	3970	29600	46	3660

21	10600	84	2430	21300	88	5040	28000	50	3780
22	10300	117	3270	20900	106	5980	27700	52	3900
23	10400	121	3400	23500	138	8750	24500	49	3250
24	10200	110	3040	25800	108	7510	25700	44	3040
25	9620	101	2640	25100	99	6690	19500	35	1860

26	12500	122	4130	24100	95	6170	14700	46	1850
27	12500	113	3940	23600	72	4610	11900	59	1920
28	7840	65	1380	23400	65	4090	11700	60	1900
29	11300	61	1870	21300	64	3700	11500	59	1830
30	11500	57	1770	22600	198	12500	10400	61	1710

31	---	---	---	32800	280	24800	---	---	---

TOTAL	410380	---	82435	542480	---	147001	909600	---	311890


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	11200	68	2050	e5000	31	418	23400	389	24600
2	8960	76	1850	6630	35	549	21800	326	19200
3	7290	84	1650	5150	43	584	20100	299	16300
4	11400	84	2600	10400	52	1460	17500	275	13000
5	9330	82	2060	10100	57	1550	14800	250	10000

6	10100	73	2030	9960	57	1530	13800	226	8420
7	10200	77	2110	7540	56	1130	13400	199	7250
8	8700	72	1710	8220	53	1170	11100	173	5180
9	7160	64	1250	7840	30	634	8580	147	3410
10	9360	58	1460	6480	40	701	8080	120	2640

11	7570	62	1260	7050	44	870	8180	94	2080
12	e9000	60	1480	6180	32	529	7030	68	1290
13	e11000	56	1660	5500	31	466	6470	49	860
14	e10000	55	1480	5290	36	504	7000	52	977
15	e9000	54	1310	5860	63	1000	5970	56	903

16	e8000	51	1100	4760	42	538	9270	60	1500
17	e7400	47	938	5020	48	651	7190	64	1240
18	e8000	43	920	5470	50	734	6850	68	1250
19	e6500	37	649	5990	50	817	5520	72	1070
20	e7200	46	889	7520	51	1040	5340	76	1090

21	e9000	58	1400	6290	52	881	5550	77	1160
22	e8500	67	1530	6440	53	915	4950	72	972
23	e7800	61	1280	6380	53	920	5170	67	935
24	e7000	53	1010	6550	54	957	5390	62	897
25	e6500	46	817	8360	57	1280	4450	56	677

26	e6000	42	688	9990	111	2980	4310	51	591
27	e5400	36	521	14200	196	7670	5040	45	618
28	e5100	28	385	20000	356	20100	5090	42	572
29	e5200	25	353	28600	554	42800	3830	44	455
30	e5500	24	363	28800	407	31600	4290	46	495

31	e6000	27	441	26700	412	29600	---	---	---

TOTAL	249370	---	39244	298270	---	156578	269450	---	129632

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