05559600 DATA: Sediment Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05559600 ILLINOIS RIVER AT CHILLICOTHE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°55'45", long 89°27'42", 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 current year.

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, 491 mg/L, July 20, 1996; minimum daily, 16 mg/L, Mar. 7, 1998.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 93,800 tons, July 20, 1996; minimum daily, 177 tons, Oct. 5, 1997.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 342 mg/L, April 21; minimum daily, 28 mg/L, Dec. 13.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 24,000 tons, April 21; minimum daily, 324 tons, Dec. 1.

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
		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	9690	74	1930	4430	62	748	e2800	43	324
2	8380	68	1550	3360	56	497	e2900	44	347
3	7660	66	1360	3770	58	597	e3700	64	636
4	9090	75	1840	3470	62	572	5900	85	1340
5	8790	79	1880	3740	67	703	9660	76	2010

6	8800	75	1780	3750	70	694	12000	66	2120
7	7590	72	1470	4150	69	779	10400	57	1590
8	5700	69	1060	3190	66	565	e8400	52	1190
9	5600	67	1000	e3100	65	544	e7200	49	944
10	4360	66	779	e2900	65	509	e8000	45	975

11	4940	65	863	e2800	65	489	e7200	41	802
12	3920	64	674	e2600	61	429	e6500	34	603
13	5600	74	1130	e2900	57	443	e5800	28	442
14	4690	73	923	e3400	53	482	e5900	50	797
15	3370	66	594	e3700	49	492	e5400	84	1230

16	4140	58	646	e3500	56	527	e5200	81	1140
17	3510	52	497	e3300	67	596	e5900	78	1250
18	4230	51	571	e3100	80	667	e6400	76	1310
19	4010	52	563	e3300	85	758	e5800	76	1190
20	3030	53	434	e3600	88	852	e5300	73	1050

21	2860	54	416	e3500	89	840	e5100	50	692
22	4520	55	658	e3300	85	754	e4800	34	446
23	2670	55	404	e3500	80	756	4520	49	593
24	2960	56	444	e3800	76	777	6260	53	900
25	3380	54	496	e4200	71	810	4100	53	597

26	4200	52	579	e4000	65	703	4830	54	691
27	3600	49	488	e4700	59	746	4880	54	717
28	3540	47	449	6190	53	897	3750	54	537
29	3220	46	407	6690	48	864	3850	54	584
30	3560	66	653	e4800	45	585	e4600	55	679

31	4380	70	830	---	---	---	e5400	55	800

TOTAL	155990	---	27368	112740	---	19675	182450	---	28526


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	e5300	---	---	e3900	---	---	14800	56	2220
2	e5200	---	---	e3800	---	---	12700	53	1810
3	e5200	---	---	e3900	---	---	12100	50	1640
4	e5600	---	---	e4300	---	---	11100	57	1710
5	e5100	---	---	e3900	---	---	11000	66	1970

6	e5000	---	---	e4000	---	---	9470	55	1420
7	e4900	---	---	e4000	---	---	7540	44	892
8	4800	---	---	e4000	---	---	5190	85	1160
9	7550	---	---	e4000	---	---	9350	96	2440
10	6070	---	---	e4400	---	---	8400	98	2200

11	8120	---	---	e5200	---	---	8660	92	2140
12	9270	---	---	e5000	---	---	5710	86	1320
13	7250	---	---	e4800	---	---	5860	85	1340
14	e6100	---	---	e5400	---	---	5340	62	900
15	e5500	---	---	e5000	---	---	5970	56	913

16	e5600	---	---	e5500	---	---	7560	52	1050
17	e5200	---	---	e6500	---	---	6650	49	881
18	e4800	---	---	7290	---	---	6140	60	997
19	e4400	---	---	6390	---	---	7040	74	1400
20	e4700	---	---	8700	---	---	6860	66	1240

21	e4000	---	---	7220	---	---	8310	61	1390
22	e4400	---	---	9330	---	---	8270	84	1860
23	e4100	---	---	8400	---	---	8060	63	1380
24	e4400	---	---	12400	---	---	6370	66	1150
25	e4600	---	---	13800	---	---	7810	70	1460

26	e4300	---	---	14300	---	---	5730	68	1070
27	e4000	---	---	16100	---	---	8600	66	1530
28	e3800	---	---	14000	---	---	8520	59	1350
29	e3900	---	---	11300	---	---	7440	56	1130
30	e4000	---	---	---	---	---	7880	68	1440

31	e4100	---	---	---	---	---	7350	73	1460

TOTAL	161260	---	---	206830	---	---	251780	---	44863


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	7330	67	1310	15700	75	3160	23200	80	5040
2	6040	60	989	15700	70	2960	27600	71	5310
3	7150	59	1130	14400	71	2740	25600	87	6010
4	6080	59	975	13600	77	2820	23000	117	7240
5	5000	59	813	12500	79	2640	21500	105	6130

6	6650	59	1050	9570	68	1770	20700	80	4500
7	7730	59	1250	9860	59	1560	19100	75	3840
8	6690	59	1070	8640	57	1320	18400	74	3690
9	7110	60	1150	12100	89	2990	17300	73	3430
10	7950	60	1280	14800	97	3870	15300	73	3000

11	7970	60	1280	14300	85	3270	16700	74	3360
12	8380	60	1350	16700	67	3030	16900	95	4360
13	6210	60	1000	17900	53	2550	19000	132	6780
14	5050	60	811	17800	55	2640	22100	218	13200
15	6280	85	1440	15900	64	2740	23900	209	13500

16	6490	133	2350	14800	73	2930	25300	166	11400
17	10500	118	3380	13400	73	2640	24600	156	10400
18	11700	124	3900	13000	71	2530	22600	140	8540
19	11600	145	4510	15900	75	3200	20000	122	6580
20	15700	197	8680	16700	79	3580	18400	108	5390

21	25800	342	24000	16000	85	3690	21600	114	6690
22	e30000	241	19500	16000	92	3960	25500	177	12300
23	e28000	223	16800	16700	98	4420	26400	154	10900
24	e26000	225	15800	17800	102	4910	25600	122	8470
25	24300	172	11400	16600	105	4710	29400	78	6200

26	22800	121	7450	15300	108	4460	33000	93	8290
27	21100	97	5550	15100	112	4580	32100	104	8990
28	19500	82	4310	16800	136	6200	28800	93	7220
29	18600	69	3450	18300	153	7560	26100	82	5760
30	16500	59	2620	17900	122	5880	22100	72	4270

31	---	---	---	17000	95	4370	---	---	---

TOTAL	390210	---	150598	466770	---	109680	691800	---	210790


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	19500	57	3030	10000	98	2670	6200	68	1150
2	17500	45	2120	11100	61	1830	4710	69	874
3	19100	60	3100	11800	67	2120	5250	70	994
4	21500	111	6600	10400	68	1910	6180	71	1180
5	27200	128	9350	8350	63	1410	5430	72	1050

6	25400	116	7980	9220	58	1440	5200	69	965
7	24200	105	6820	10800	60	1750	4830	65	847
8	22200	86	5150	11500	65	2020	4600	61	750
9	21000	84	4770	12100	70	2310	4250	58	670
10	22200	101	6170	11000	70	2090	4530	56	681

11	34100	151	14100	10300	68	1910	4100	54	598
12	38100	192	19700	8660	66	1550	13000	53	1900
13	35900	108	10500	7480	65	1310	13100	69	2410
14	32100	79	6790	6960	63	1180	12700	61	2100
15	27600	68	5040	7330	63	1250	11600	51	1590

16	23300	59	3680	6990	63	1180	9670	52	1360
17	19700	62	3300	7270	85	1710	8820	54	1290
18	18200	71	3500	8260	87	1950	6900	57	1050
19	15700	71	3000	7950	72	1550	5840	62	996
20	14600	68	2660	7170	60	1160	6180	70	1170

21	15000	67	2710	6270	74	1250	7760	79	1660
22	13300	67	2400	5950	84	1360	6970	93	1740
23	12600	66	2250	6980	94	1750	9060	108	2680
24	11400	67	2060	7180	111	2160	10300	93	2600
25	10400	88	2450	5990	131	2120	11100	96	2890

26	8440	114	2600	5880	124	1960	9490	83	2130
27	8290	109	2440	5990	107	1730	9210	62	1540
28	8880	101	2440	5340	93	1340	8180	61	1340
29	8940	95	2280	6950	80	1500	7320	68	1340
30	8490	110	2530	5870	74	1170	6610	80	1390

31	9190	135	3350	5780	69	1080	---	---	---

TOTAL	594030	---	154870	252820	---	51720	229090	---	42935

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