05543500 DATA: Sediment Tables, 2005

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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05543500 ILLINOIS RIVER AT MARSEILLES, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 41°19'37", long 88°43'03" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.13, T.33 N., R.4 E., La Salle County, Hydrologic Unit 07120005, on right bank 0.5 mi downstream from Marseilles Dam in Marseilles, 6.9 mi upstream from Fox River, and at mile 246.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 8,259 mi², does not include diversion from Lake Michigan through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which has occurred since Jan. 17, 1900.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1919 to current year. Prior to October 1939, published as "at Morris."
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
	PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1894 to 1919.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1975-97.
	SEDIMENT: February 2003 to current year.
	SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1975-81.
	WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1975-81.
	MISCELLANEOUS: Water Year 1998; Contaminants in streambed sediments, October 1996; contaminants in fish tissue, October 1996; sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1993-97, 2003-2005.
BIOLOGICAL
	ALGAE: Water years 1989-90, 1996-97.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, automatic water sampler, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 452.91 ft above NGVD of 1929 (452.71 ft NAVD 1988). October 1919 to January 1935, nonrecording gage at site at Morris, 16.6 mi upstream, at datum 25.59 ft higher. January 1935 to September 1939, water-stage recorder 300 ft downstream from Morris site at that datum. October 1939 to September 2002, water-stage recorder at current site at datum 10 ft. higher.

REMARKS.-- Figures of daily discharge include flow through navigation locks. Flow regulated by powerplants and navigation dam above station. Since Jan. 17, 1900, flow has included diversion from Lake Michigan through Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Suspended sediment samples were collected twice weekly with additionl samples during high-runoff periods by an automatic water sampler.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 95,000 ft³/s, Feb. 22, 1997, gage height, 26.85 ft, present datum; minimum daily discharge, 461 ft³/s, Nov. 21, 2002.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 307 mg/L, June 13, 2004; minimum daily, 6 mg/L, Jan. 28 - Feb. 6, 2004.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 43,400 tons, Jan. 14, 2005; minimum daily, 37 tons, Feb. 4, 2004.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 6, 1892 reached an estimated discharge of 72,500 ft³/s, stage not determined. A stage of 26.2 ft at Morris occurred in 1831, discharge not determined, and a stage of 35.4 ft (ice jam) occurred at present site and datum on Jan. 21, 1916, estimated discharge, 40,000 ft³/s.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 205 mg/L, Jan. 14; minimum daily, 13 mg/L, March 4, May 2, 3.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 43,400 tons, Jan. 14; minimum daily, 79 tons, July 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	4270	21	226	7130	30	581	25400	70	4800
2	3880	21	210	12000	37	1190	26900	71	5180
3	3840	21	208	13900	44	1650	25000	63	4230
4	4110	20	207	16800	51	2290	23100	55	3390
5	2190	21	117	18300	57	2810	20200	47	2560

6	3150	24	179	16600	55	2460	19800	44	2320
7	3950	26	259	14800	49	1960	25200	60	4350
8	3640	26	235	12300	43	1430	39800	182	19700
9	3930	25	253	10600	40	1120	38600	181	18900
10	4320	25	280	8930	33	769	31800	132	11300

11	3380	26	222	8690	25	581	27400	127	9350
12	3690	27	248	6730	24	429	23800	102	6520
13	3720	28	261	6630	18	316	20000	85	4510
14	3910	26	256	6760	18	315	17100	87	3970
15	3890	24	241	6320	17	288	14300	71	2680

16	3640	23	207	5540	15	219	13200	60	2140
17	4680	24	294	5420	18	262	12000	58	1840
18	4310	26	291	5270	19	270	10600	56	1570
19	2080	27	139	7200	20	380	11200	57	1700
20	3880	28	272	7820	20	422	8870	47	1120

21	3840	26	253	8720	21	485	9450	54	1340
22	4260	25	273	7250	19	372	7750	40	808
23	6190	25	405	8510	23	525	7090	33	628
24	7070	24	438	7310	22	423	6680	31	555
25	6890	24	424	10400	36	1020	e6350	28	485

26	5320	25	354	10300	34	937	e6000	26	423
27	6150	25	403	15600	56	2410	5660	28	409
28	5960	26	413	23400	103	6520	5900	33	494
29	4280	26	286	24600	122	8000	6420	72	1130
30	4960	27	358	22100	93	5560	7120	58	1070

31	5880	28	437	---	---	---	8080	25	537

TOTAL	135260	---	8649	335930	---	45994	510770	---	120009


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	8980	25	602	9890	81	2130	15500	16	667
2	13200	26	908	9280	80	1930	14300	15	572
3	15200	45	1930	9500	78	1970	13300	14	502
4	27800	74	5600	8600	76	1750	12600	13	449
5	29900	92	7380	9300	76	1870	11600	14	426

6	28700	80	6170	10500	78	2170	11200	15	441
7	26200	81	5720	12800	80	2740	11300	16	476
8	24400	83	5420	15600	82	3380	10200	17	458
9	22000	85	4990	18200	83	4050	10900	18	516
10	20500	69	3810	17000	85	3880	9460	19	465

11	20000	49	2650	17300	87	4040	11100	20	577
12	29000	81	6610	14700	89	3490	9530	21	519
13	56900	151	23800	15200	90	3640	9940	22	565
14	78300	205	43400	23200	100	6260	9620	23	578
15	67400	174	31800	35000	105	9950	9280	23	578

16	55200	145	21600	35000	99	9340	8290	24	541
17	46000	132	16400	32000	92	7950	8550	25	574
18	36800	120	11900	26900	85	6160	8340	26	585
19	30200	110	8860	23400	79	4930	8360	27	605
20	25400	100	6810	20700	72	3980	7550	28	559

21	21000	96	5430	20000	65	3490	8520	29	646
22	18000	94	4540	18900	58	2940	7280	29	560
23	14800	92	3620	18600	52	2580	7380	30	586
24	15500	90	3750	17400	45	2080	7570	31	619
25	14800	88	3500	16400	38	1670	9320	32	802

26	14400	87	3310	15600	31	1290	10300	39	1060
27	13000	86	2990	15200	24	995	10300	41	1140
28	11800	86	2690	15300	18	739	10900	51	1490
29	11600	86	2640	---	---	---	9280	49	1200
30	11300	85	2550	---	---	---	9570	48	1220

31	10700	83	2350	---	---	---	12700	51	1740

TOTAL	818980	---	253730	501470	---	101394	314040	---	21716


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	13100	46	1630	5270	14	191	3820	41	421
2	11400	39	1190	5920	13	203	3960	44	448
3	11800	35	1090	4700	13	160	3320	43	361
4	10400	31	845	6130	16	258	4900	35	427
5	9950	27	722	4230	17	187	4360	26	312

6	8610	30	677	5410	17	237	6640	20	339
7	8810	31	738	4140	17	172	5810	19	294
8	7560	32	642	5270	17	231	5280	20	270
9	7610	30	599	5020	23	297	5090	20	264
10	7460	31	598	4420	28	306	6680	21	372

11	7560	31	626	7160	37	763	4460	22	255
12	7550	34	675	6340	26	424	4730	23	281
13	11400	37	1140	5030	26	342	4020	23	239
14	11600	38	1170	5350	27	368	4220	23	251
15	10700	39	1100	5640	27	396	5230	23	315

16	8750	39	896	4350	28	302	3260	23	193
17	9480	36	912	4990	28	365	5020	22	289
18	7940	26	540	4080	28	299	3360	22	187
19	6210	23	368	7340	32	624	3860	23	225
20	7380	20	398	8670	39	893	3460	24	209

21	7190	21	397	9170	42	1030	3140	25	203
22	9200	24	589	7970	40	874	2840	25	173
23	9170	25	612	6180	33	519	3510	24	215
24	9800	24	625	5620	34	495	1630	24	88
25	9680	24	614	4570	35	410	3450	24	203

26	9390	24	587	5500	35	501	2460	23	140
27	7680	23	459	4070	35	360	3170	23	184
28	7750	22	451	4210	36	376	2570	25	157
29	7070	16	306	4140	34	353	3230	26	215
30	6430	15	254	3290	33	273	1870	28	129

31	---	---	---	3800	38	356	---	---	---

TOTAL	268630	---	21450	167980	---	12565	119350	---	7659


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	4020	28	275	3300	25	241	3860	30	292
2	1480	28	93	2700	24	205	2800	28	201
3	2870	28	193	2960	35	263	3570	29	265
4	2370	26	149	2420	36	215	3150	29	229
5	2240	24	132	2520	34	207	4170	27	281

6	2500	23	146	3070	33	251	2100	25	135
7	3170	25	192	2250	31	167	3640	27	251
8	1850	26	115	3130	30	234	3660	28	268
9	2620	27	171	2360	28	167	2300	23	128
10	2220	27	143	2070	27	140	3150	24	188

11	1270	28	79	4880	25	315	3530	26	234
12	2950	28	208	2690	23	156	2300	26	146
13	2660	26	177	4690	22	265	2950	24	185
14	2050	24	119	4040	22	223	2320	23	135
15	2960	25	180	5580	21	312	3060	23	176

16	1270	32	88	5180	21	286	4220	24	267
17	2800	40	274	4110	21	221	4830	24	307
18	1730	45	183	4860	22	274	4800	26	315
19	2380	41	240	5440	21	307	3100	25	198
20	3230	35	285	7000	24	465	4670	25	313

21	3490	31	276	7140	25	470	3140	25	203
22	2880	31	215	6790	23	434	4190	26	276
23	4090	31	322	4400	22	260	2990	26	202
24	2660	30	199	4370	23	279	5010	26	330
25	4600	28	329	3550	24	213	4330	26	290

26	5040	30	403	3240	23	198	3620	26	244
27	7060	32	625	2510	23	139	4240	26	288
28	6450	27	455	3200	28	223	5630	26	382
29	3720	25	232	3900	30	298	7200	26	491
30	4160	24	260	2190	30	165	5900	26	390

31	3930	26	260	3570	31	290	---	---	---

TOTAL	96720	---	7018	120110	---	7883	114430	---	7610

YEAR	3503670		615677