05559600 DATA: Sediment Tables, 2001

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, 193 mg/L, April 6, 13; minimum daily, 29 mg/L, Mar. 12.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 17,800 tons, June 7; minimum daily, 657 tons, Nov. 5.

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
		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	4680	78	984	4110	62	696	10400	44	1240
2	5350	83	1200	5810	56	874	10000	47	1270
3	7200	94	1870	5840	50	782	10100	45	1220
4	9290	105	2630	5720	48	746	9390	42	1060
5	10600	94	2670	5020	48	657	e7500	43	884

6	10500	93	2630	5090	49	673	e5800	68	1070
7	9180	97	2410	6830	56	1050	e6200	---	---
8	9120	100	2470	9330	62	1560	e6500	---	---
9	8220	96	2130	11900	65	2100	e6200	---	---
10	6980	89	1680	16200	72	3150	e6200	---	---

11	7100	82	1580	18700	78	3950	e6200	---	---
12	5950	78	1250	16800	82	3730	e4800	---	---
13	4620	74	922	15300	86	3540	e3600	---	---
14	5230	70	984	16300	89	3920	e3900	---	---
15	4710	66	845	15000	83	3360	e4300	---	---

16	5950	69	1120	15000	74	2970	e4100	---	---
17	5390	74	1080	15000	65	2620	e3900	---	---
18	5650	79	1210	12800	57	1970	e4700	---	---
19	5220	81	1150	11400	56	1730	e3800	---	---
20	5150	83	1150	11000	57	1710	e4200	---	---

21	5280	84	1190	10700	58	1690	e4800	---	---
22	5080	85	1170	9690	59	1550	e5200	---	---
23	5250	85	1200	8380	61	1380	e5400	---	---
24	5710	73	1130	8780	63	1490	e5500	---	---
25	5360	58	845	8960	64	1560	e5300	---	---

26	6000	59	963	8480	65	1490	e4900	---	---
27	6300	66	1130	9360	58	1460	e4600	---	---
28	5020	74	989	10600	49	1390	e4400	---	---
29	5210	79	1120	8880	40	965	e4300	---	---
30	5410	75	1100	9690	41	1080	e4300	---	---

31	6330	69	1180	---	---	---	e4300	---	---

TOTAL	197040	---	43982	316670	---	55843	174790	---	---


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	e4400	---	---	25800	---	---	44900	109	13300
2	e4400	---	---	25200	---	---	42000	96	10900
3	e4400	---	---	23500	---	---	38300	93	9610
4	e4400	---	---	23500	---	---	35800	81	7810
5	e4400	---	---	21600	---	---	32400	73	6370

6	e4300	---	---	20600	---	---	29100	61	4830
7	e4300	---	---	19500	---	---	26800	52	3770
8	e4200	---	---	19200	---	---	25900	44	3090
9	e4200	---	---	34800	---	---	23000	41	2550
10	e4200	---	---	52300	---	---	20400	36	1960

11	e4300	---	---	65000	---	---	21200	30	1740
12	e4300	---	---	71500	---	---	18700	29	1470
13	e4500	---	---	62300	---	---	19800	31	1670
14	e4700	---	---	55000	---	---	19100	46	2360
15	e5000	---	---	51200	---	---	20900	43	2410

16	e5700	---	---	51500	---	---	22100	43	2540
17	e6400	---	---	46900	---	---	23100	64	3990
18	e7100	---	---	40300	---	---	24400	51	3340
19	e8200	---	---	37500	---	---	25300	41	2770
20	e9400	---	---	36000	---	---	25200	44	2980

21	e10000	---	---	31200	---	---	24100	40	2590
22	e9200	---	---	26800	---	---	22800	45	2780
23	e8400	---	---	24900	---	---	22000	43	2530
24	e7300	---	---	22300	---	---	21800	42	2470
25	e6600	---	---	35500	---	---	20500	42	2350

26	e7200	---	---	53700	---	---	18000	45	2180
27	e6500	---	---	55900	---	---	17500	32	1520
28	e6800	---	---	49600	---	---	15000	29	1160
29	e6400	---	---	---	---	---	16100	36	1580
30	15500	---	---	---	---	---	14900	41	1630

31	23300	---	---	---	---	---	14000	65	2470

TOTAL	210000	---	---	1083100	---	---	745100	---	112720


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	14500	83	3230	11800	71	2280	16700	118	5330
2	13000	99	3470	10600	62	1760	19200	109	5670
3	13300	108	3890	9690	58	1510	18700	100	5060
4	11300	116	3520	9140	55	1360	17800	96	4610
5	10600	151	4280	7840	51	1090	23400	123	7900

6	11100	193	5790	8070	48	1050	34700	157	14800
7	8050	167	3560	9370	45	1140	40900	162	17800
8	14900	114	4680	7440	45	901	42700	116	13400
9	14300	86	3310	7220	46	896	40000	72	7840
10	14000	107	4040	7390	49	985	35900	66	6370

11	13800	142	5250	10200	55	1520	32300	84	7310
12	16800	174	8000	10800	67	1960	29600	67	5320
13	20800	193	10800	11200	79	2400	27100	37	2730
14	20200	155	8460	10500	67	1920	24900	31	2060
15	20600	114	6320	10400	59	1660	24400	33	2140

16	22100	133	7960	10300	57	1580	22000	35	2050
17	21300	171	9810	9660	60	1570	19800	38	2030
18	18200	161	7930	10200	66	1810	17800	64	3070
19	16000	138	5960	9530	72	1840	19500	60	3160
20	14900	117	4730	8870	78	1860	17000	64	2920

21	16300	144	6400	9500	84	2160	16100	49	2120
22	17900	183	8800	9510	93	2380	16200	47	2070
23	17500	147	6870	9810	102	2700	14200	73	2810
24	20300	91	5030	9060	110	2690	12500	103	3460
25	18200	73	3560	9230	107	2650	12500	106	3580

26	16100	63	2760	9860	100	2650	12000	88	2840
27	17300	60	2830	15000	93	3760	11600	95	2980
28	14800	61	2420	17000	91	4210	11200	104	3140
29	14000	68	2570	16800	93	4220	10600	103	2950
30	12900	77	2700	16100	108	4660	7470	100	2030

31	---	---	---	16800	134	6080	---	---	---

TOTAL	475050	---	158930	328890	---	69252	648770	---	149550


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	8220	124	2760	5880	66	1040	9370	101	2580
2	5710	107	1650	7700	92	2020	9230	85	2110
3	9460	138	3520	14300	168	6500	8460	84	1920
4	12700	107	3680	9710	161	4170	9180	88	2170
5	10900	74	2180	7520	134	2770	7290	88	1740

6	8530	71	1650	7090	107	2050	5660	94	1440
7	8870	71	1710	5920	86	1400	4490	103	1250
8	9760	71	1880	4900	69	925	5750	99	1520
9	12000	71	2290	4090	62	723	7840	90	1910
10	10400	70	1960	7710	76	1600	8080	85	1850

11	10200	70	1930	4390	70	854	6930	91	1710
12	9720	78	2040	5200	90	1250	6640	99	1770
13	9790	88	2320	5630	103	1570	7700	103	2140
14	8240	87	1940	3490	85	812	6920	106	1980
15	6540	83	1470	4320	90	1070	6010	97	1580

16	5580	85	1280	4720	94	1220	5140	82	1140
17	6050	88	1430	4190	87	1010	4740	67	860
18	e6800	79	1460	4990	98	1310	4560	64	789
19	6500	75	1290	7500	88	1780	9700	81	2230
20	5880	93	1470	5390	66	961	12400	98	3290

21	5410	108	1580	4940	76	1010	14200	78	2970
22	6300	101	1710	4490	91	1110	13900	89	3350
23	7630	97	1990	6170	88	1470	14800	87	3530
24	9820	81	2150	6680	83	1500	15200	78	3220
25	11100	92	2880	8450	84	1930	13600	58	2120

26	12800	98	3420	13000	115	4040	11500	60	1880
27	10300	62	1740	10600	83	2380	11300	65	1990
28	8440	51	1150	11200	74	2230	10500	79	2240
29	8320	49	1100	9430	78	1970	8630	73	1710
30	6470	53	930	7840	81	1730	8260	57	1270

31	7040	60	1130	11500	102	3240	---	---	---

TOTAL	265480	---	59690	218940	---	57645	267980	---	60259

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