05532500 DATA: Sediment Tables, 2005

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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.
	PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1914 to 1943, from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
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 1998-2005.
BIOLOGICAL
	ALGAE: Water years 1989-90, 1999, 2002-04.
	BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999, 2002-04.
	FISH: Water years 1999-2000, 2002-04.
	HABITAT: Water years 1999-2000, 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 (594.40 ft NAVD 1988). 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, 265 mg/L, Jan. 13; minimum daily, 18 mg/L, June 12-13.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,590 tons, Jan. 14; minimum daily, 7.1 tons, Sept. 11.

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
		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	154	24	9.4	690	68	170	1140	86	266
2	314	39	34	1390	105	404	835	73	166
3	192	25	13	776	46	100	658	69	123
4	162	22	9.7	954	75	209	504	66	90
5	159	21	9.1	855	93	217	434	63	74

6	151	21	8.7	538	79	115	529	70	100
7	141	22	8.3	386	73	76	1270	123	474
8	368	41	50	317	70	60	1810	122	604
9	493	44	60	264	69	49	1440	103	400
10	302	32	26	233	68	43	1070	104	299

11	227	29	18	214	67	39	923	104	259
12	186	27	13	192	67	35	779	105	220
13	175	25	12	182	65	32	678	104	190
14	159	24	10	177	58	28	569	98	152
15	191	23	12	172	51	24	482	93	121

16	186	23	11	170	44	20	412	87	97
17	162	23	9.9	166	37	17	370	82	81
18	156	22	9.4	168	32	14	336	76	69
19	159	22	9.5	481	58	79	292	71	56
20	159	22	9.6	519	56	78	189	65	33

21	154	23	9.7	415	50	56	267	63	45
22	156	24	10	322	48	42	242	61	40
23	929	115	343	275	48	36	198	60	32
24	890	128	312	314	51	44	165	58	26
25	527	91	132	659	67	119	172	56	26

26	397	65	70	549	58	85	176	55	26
27	311	51	43	1010	84	238	171	54	25
28	254	39	27	1330	83	303	168	53	24
29	433	52	68	869	62	146	e165	52	23
30	461	45	57	670	57	104	166	52	23

31	342	40	37	---	---	---	234	59	37

TOTAL	9050	---	1451.3	15257	---	2982	16844	---	4201


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	247	56	38	418	45	51	e880	33	78
2	651	71	126	402	45	49	e810	27	60
3	682	70	135	398	46	49	e750	32	64
4	817	81	182	440	48	57	e680	84	151
5	620	67	112	552	53	78	641	79	137

6	553	64	95	758	61	125	597	63	101
7	471	61	77	1120	81	249	651	72	128
8	422	58	66	1550	101	422	719	83	161
9	395	55	58	1540	84	349	750	74	149
10	380	53	54	1340	72	262	748	71	143

11	456	56	70	1200	68	219	832	89	199
12	1410	104	451	1120	65	196	815	81	178
13	3530	265	2580	1170	69	221	786	74	156
14	3650	261	2590	1960	135	722	712	66	127
15	3080	172	1440	2130	148	853	651	58	103

16	2190	117	698	2180	141	834	577	52	81
17	1490	89	359	1920	103	539	517	48	67
18	e1250	73	247	1760	84	399	492	44	58
19	e1100	61	182	1640	74	327	513	40	56
20	e950	56	144	1580	77	331	535	38	55

21	863	54	125	1700	96	439	565	36	55
22	627	51	86	1580	80	341	575	34	53
23	583	49	77	1420	68	262	582	32	51
24	670	48	86	1250	61	204	582	31	48
25	e600	47	77	1110	55	165	677	40	74

26	e550	47	70	999	50	134	659	36	65
27	e500	47	63	e910	44	108	577	28	43
28	476	47	60	e860	38	89	532	24	35
29	449	46	56	---	---	---	505	21	29
30	438	46	54	---	---	---	543	29	47

31	436	46	54	---	---	---	1010	86	238

TOTAL	30536	---	10512	35007	---	8074	20463	---	2990


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	676	50	92	278	29	22	225	29	18
2	893	72	176	263	28	20	209	28	16
3	921	60	150	255	26	18	207	28	16
4	782	48	101	238	26	17	281	33	26
5	721	42	82	230	26	16	417	40	47

6	674	40	73	232	26	16	243	31	20
7	630	39	66	214	26	15	223	27	16
8	595	37	60	211	26	15	207	25	14
9	551	35	53	225	26	16	219	23	14
10	493	33	45	264	27	19	212	22	12

11	467	31	39	426	42	52	221	20	12
12	657	53	109	499	47	63	192	18	9.5
13	972	78	209	427	40	47	182	18	8.8
14	703	57	109	410	36	40	198	21	11
15	561	47	72	447	36	43	175	24	11

16	464	41	52	420	33	38	162	27	12
17	427	39	45	379	30	31	157	30	13
18	400	37	40	331	28	25	153	33	14
19	367	36	36	1070	78	255	155	32	13
20	348	35	33	1090	74	221	143	31	12

21	325	34	30	782	51	108	150	30	12
22	552	50	79	628	39	66	137	29	11
23	736	58	116	530	31	44	136	28	10
24	508	48	66	424	26	30	133	27	9.8
25	428	43	50	372	27	27	138	27	10

26	383	40	41	318	28	24	138	26	9.8
27	346	37	34	279	29	22	147	26	10
28	324	34	30	275	30	22	157	25	11
29	330	37	33	252	31	21	148	25	10
30	309	33	28	224	30	18	161	26	11

31	---	---	---	224	30	18	---	---	---

TOTAL	16543	---	2149	12217	---	1389	5626	---	419.9


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	141	26	10	139	27	10	129	36	12
2	126	27	9.1	148	26	11	121	34	11
3	116	27	8.4	143	28	11	111	33	9.8
4	115	27	8.4	135	29	11	101	32	8.6
5	273	45	34	132	31	11	106	30	8.7

6	234	35	22	125	33	11	106	29	8.3
7	172	29	14	118	34	11	120	28	9.0
8	148	26	10	122	32	11	136	26	9.7
9	140	25	9.6	127	31	10	138	25	9.4
10	126	25	8.4	165	33	15	127	24	8.2

11	132	24	8.6	192	35	18	111	24	7.1
12	140	24	8.9	394	47	56	107	26	7.6
13	131	23	8.2	420	46	53	113	29	8.9
14	128	23	7.9	279	38	29	151	40	17
15	134	23	8.3	196	37	20	140	36	14

16	131	23	8.1	189	37	19	239	41	27
17	125	23	7.7	204	40	22	171	38	18
18	123	23	7.6	283	47	38	132	34	12
19	126	23	7.8	414	51	58	203	41	25
20	202	30	18	1310	220	860	266	44	33

21	483	48	64	971	118	328	177	32	16
22	278	32	24	503	57	79	212	45	27
23	191	26	14	334	50	45	461	63	80
24	169	26	12	241	46	30	360	57	57
25	237	31	20	208	42	24	315	50	43

26	531	53	88	153	38	16	282	39	30
27	728	66	140	154	35	15	315	41	35
28	312	38	32	150	35	14	308	35	31
29	220	33	20	137	35	13	496	49	68
30	173	29	14	136	36	13	301	36	28

31	152	28	11	134	36	13	---	---	---

TOTAL	6437	---	664.0	8356	---	1875	6055	---	679.3

YEAR	182391		37386.5

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