05548105 DATA: Sediment Tables, 1999

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05548105 NIPPERSINK CREEK ABOVE WONDER LAKE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°23'07", long 88°22'10", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.13, T.45 N., R.7 E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Thompson Road, at west edge of Wonder Lake and 1.1 mi east of Greenwood at mile 19.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 84.5 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: June 1994 to September 1997, October 1998 to September 2001 (discontinued).

STAGE: Water years 1994-1997; 1999-2001.

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1965 to 1977.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: July 1994 to September 1997. Water years 1999 to 2001 (discontinued).

SEDIMENT: June 1994 to September 1997, March 1999 to July 2001 (discontinued).

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, water years 1998 and 1999.

BIOLOGICAL

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2000.

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 798.00 ft above sea level. Prior to June 13, 1994, at datum 8.31 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height, 13.95 ft, present datum, June 11, 1967, discharge not determined; maximum discharge, 3,690 ft³/s, June 13, 1999, gage height, 11.63 ft; minimum discharge, 5.5 ft³/s, Sept. 12, 1995.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 808 mg/L, Aug. 17, 1995; minimum daily, 1 mg/L, Aug. 27, 1997.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,200 tons, June 13, 2000; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Aug. 27, 1997.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum stage of 12.26 ft, present datum, occurred between Sept. 30, 1977 and June 13, 1994, from floodmark obtained from crest-stage gage, discharge not determined.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 334 mg/L, May 17; minimum daily, 23 mg/L, March 26, August 16,17.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 1,470 tons, June 13; minimum daily, 1.0 tons, Sept. 20,21.

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
		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	e15	---	---	31	---	---	34	---	---
2	e16	---	---	29	---	---	40	---	---
3	e21	---	---	27	---	---	36	---	---
4	e22	---	---	30	---	---	33	---	---
5	e25	---	---	32	---	---	30	---	---

6	e37	---	---	22	---	---	45	---	---
7	e37	---	---	21	---	---	110	---	---
8	e31	---	---	22	---	---	81	---	---
9	e29	---	---	23	---	---	72	---	---
10	e26	---	---	141	---	---	54	---	---

11	e25	---	---	161	---	---	46	---	---
12	e24	---	---	84	---	---	44	---	---
13	e23	---	---	64	---	---	41	---	---
14	e21	---	---	59	---	---	38	---	---
15	e21	---	---	56	---	---	37	---	---

16	e22	---	---	49	---	---	36	---	---
17	e35	---	---	43	---	---	35	---	---
18	e88	---	---	36	---	---	34	---	---
19	e90	---	---	36	---	---	33	---	---
20	e76	---	---	34	---	---	31	---	---

21	e56	---	---	34	---	---	31	---	---
22	e47	---	---	34	---	---	e30	---	---
23	e40	---	---	33	---	---	30	---	---
24	e35	---	---	31	---	---	30	---	---
25	e32	---	---	32	---	---	30	---	---

26	e30	---	---	31	---	---	29	---	---
27	e30	---	---	30	---	---	29	---	---
28	e33	---	---	30	---	---	27	---	---
29	34	---	---	31	---	---	27	---	---
30	33	---	---	33	---	---	e26	---	---

31	31	---	---	---	---	---	25	---	---

TOTAL	1085	---	---	1319	---	---	1224	---	---


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	e25	---	---	e110	---	---	66	50	8.8
2	24	---	---	e130	---	---	68	55	10
3	e25	---	---	e150	---	---	76	62	13
4	e25	---	---	e130	---	---	66	58	10
5	e25	---	---	e125	---	---	63	57	9.8

6	e25	---	---	e110	---	---	60	57	9.3
7	e25	---	---	e100	---	---	60	57	9.2
8	e26	---	---	e92	---	---	52	57	8.1
9	e26	---	---	e90	---	---	53	57	8.2
10	e26	---	---	e93	---	---	52	55	7.8

11	e26	---	---	e120	---	---	52	35	4.9
12	e26	---	---	e160	---	---	51	29	4.0
13	e26	---	---	e140	---	---	51	29	4.1
14	e26	---	---	e120	---	---	51	30	4.1
15	e26	---	---	e110	---	---	54	32	4.6

16	e27	---	---	e100	---	---	67	59	11
17	e30	---	---	88	---	---	91	67	16
18	e35	---	---	85	---	---	81	61	13
19	e33	---	---	77	---	---	67	56	10
20	e33	---	---	70	---	---	63	52	8.8

21	33	---	---	63	---	---	59	48	7.6
22	150	---	---	60	---	---	55	43	6.3
23	361	---	---	57	---	---	53	36	5.2
24	437	---	---	53	---	---	51	30	4.1
25	e335	---	---	52	---	---	49	24	3.1

26	e205	---	---	51	---	---	48	23	2.9
27	173	---	---	60	---	---	47	27	3.5
28	216	---	---	66	---	---	46	34	4.2
29	163	---	---	---	---	---	44	39	4.7
30	138	---	---	---	---	---	41	44	4.9

31	e110	---	---	---	---	---	41	49	5.5

TOTAL	2861	---	---	2662	---	---	1778	---	226.7


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	42	54	6.1	115	80	25	72	115	24
2	41	58	6.5	101	80	22	255	235	163
3	43	60	7.0	89	81	19	158	176	76
4	47	61	7.8	82	82	18	102	147	41
5	51	62	8.5	78	139	29	84	126	28

6	57	63	9.6	123	179	59	69	105	20
7	60	80	13	153	157	65	62	97	16
8	73	108	21	138	133	49	52	92	13
9	e80	128	28	122	108	36	51	87	12
10	e92	121	30	112	90	27	57	83	13

11	e80	113	24	106	74	21	145	104	46
12	e72	105	20	188	85	44	565	155	235
13	e66	98	17	203	81	45	2060	248	1470
14	e58	91	14	183	80	40	2260	112	749
15	e56	88	13	163	81	36	985	45	122

16	e80	87	19	167	100	50	409	54	59
17	e82	100	22	397	334	350	248	50	34
18	80	103	22	376	300	311	177	46	22
19	70	100	19	226	162	102	147	48	19
20	65	104	18	151	144	59	127	51	18

21	78	113	24	127	98	34	115	54	17
22	164	148	66	209	169	97	135	57	21
23	588	171	269	174	150	71	154	60	25
24	478	125	165	126	124	42	164	63	28
25	267	84	62	107	118	34	129	66	23

26	184	53	27	93	118	30	108	72	21
27	151	41	17	85	117	27	103	78	22
28	236	83	53	77	116	24	104	84	24
29	189	85	43	78	115	24	87	89	21
30	141	81	31	70	115	22	80	89	19

31	---	---	---	63	112	19	---	---	---

TOTAL	3771	---	1082.5	4482	---	1831	9264	---	3401


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	79	88	19	26	54	3.7	17	59	2.6
2	74	87	18	24	49	3.2	17	57	2.6
3	72	87	17	23	44	2.7	16	50	2.2
4	69	86	16	22	35	2.1	16	46	2.0
5	62	85	14	21	27	1.6	16	44	1.9

6	58	85	13	21	24	1.3	14	46	1.8
7	54	93	14	23	40	2.5	14	48	1.9
8	52	100	14	25	48	3.2	14	47	1.8
9	52	100	14	23	41	2.5	14	44	1.7
10	48	98	13	22	40	2.4	14	44	1.7

11	45	97	12	21	40	2.3	14	44	1.7
12	43	96	11	25	68	4.6	14	42	1.6
13	41	95	11	29	67	5.2	15	39	1.6
14	39	93	9.9	25	52	3.5	15	36	1.4
15	37	92	9.2	23	36	2.2	14	32	1.2

16	35	96	9.2	22	23	1.4	14	31	1.2
17	63	118	20	23	23	1.4	14	30	1.2
18	65	141	25	23	28	1.7	15	30	1.2
19	58	164	26	38	78	8.1	14	31	1.2
20	47	188	24	28	53	3.9	13	29	1.0

21	44	200	23	22	72	4.2	14	27	1.0
22	39	155	16	20	72	4.0	14	29	1.1
23	37	106	10	22	93	5.5	14	32	1.2
24	53	93	13	26	82	5.7	15	30	1.2
25	41	88	9.8	25	76	5.2	15	28	1.2

26	36	84	8.0	22	73	4.4	14	29	1.1
27	35	79	7.5	21	69	3.9	20	36	2.0
28	31	74	6.1	20	66	3.6	120	83	28
29	28	69	5.3	20	63	3.4	144	82	32
30	27	64	4.6	19	60	3.0	90	48	12

31	27	59	4.2	17	59	2.7	---	---	---

TOTAL	1491	---	416.8	721	---	105.1	754	---	114.3

e Estimated