05559600 DATA: Sediment Tables, 2002

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05559600 ILLINOIS RIVER AT CHILLICOTHE, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 40°55'45", long 89°27'42" (NAD of 1927), 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 November 1993, water years 1994 to 2000 (March to December), March 2001 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, 322 mg/L, Oct. 17; minimum daily, 18 mg/L, May 29.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 31,500 tons, May 14; minimum daily, 496 tons, Sept. 29.

SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
		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	6560	54	949	27000	37	2690	14300	59	2290
2	5310	68	962	26500	25	1830	15500	80	3340
3	5040	68	924	23700	25	1590	16700	78	3510
4	5860	64	1020	24200	29	1910	15400	67	2790
5	9300	62	1540	21900	38	2230	12900	57	1980

6	9830	81	2150	19500	35	1850	16000	49	2120
7	9180	107	2640	18700	32	1600	14500	42	1660
8	6550	121	2130	18500	55	2760	13500	41	1510
9	5850	126	2010	15500	86	3590	12100	42	1370
10	6730	82	1430	16000	95	4110	11300	43	1310

11	8010	70	1520	14500	96	3760	11200	47	1420
12	8120	70	1540	13600	95	3490	10900	51	1490
13	12700	75	2590	12300	92	3030	11800	47	1490
14	25900	81	5680	13000	79	2790	12400	41	1360
15	33300	97	8810	11600	65	2030	12500	35	1170

16	36200	260	25400	10600	55	1590	12800	33	1130
17	34600	322	30100	9800	48	1280	13800	36	1360
18	32100	142	12300	9110	52	1270	15000	61	2480
19	31300	62	5200	10000	60	1620	18200	73	3580
20	28700	54	4210	8140	73	1600	19100	51	2630

21	27200	45	3280	9180	89	2210	18800	44	2240
22	24400	36	2370	8480	104	2370	16600	38	1690
23	25600	58	4020	8860	114	2740	17500	39	1860
24	30600	87	7260	7180	103	2010	17000	44	2020
25	33400	88	7920	12000	103	3350	15500	48	2030

26	36300	77	7570	12600	107	3630	14000	43	1700
27	35800	63	6110	11300	95	2890	12200	35	1170
28	32600	51	4490	11800	79	2500	12000	28	908
29	33400	53	4760	11600	61	1930	10400	27	747
30	31200	58	4900	10300	46	1290	7840	28	595

31	27100	49	3600	---	---	---	6950	29	526

TOTAL	658740	---	169385	427450	---	71540	428690	---	55476


	JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH

1	6760	---	---	17600	---	---	19200	47	2450
2	6500	---	---	24700	---	---	18200	46	2260
3	e7400	---	---	28800	---	---	18100	44	2130
4	e7100	---	---	27500	---	---	17400	42	1930
5	e6500	---	---	25400	---	---	19300	35	1850

6	e6300	---	---	24800	---	---	19900	28	1500
7	6820	---	---	23000	---	---	20300	34	1880
8	5650	---	---	20900	---	---	22000	132	8090
9	7700	---	---	18800	---	---	31400	228	19400
10	8900	---	---	20500	---	---	40100	198	21500

11	8840	---	---	20000	---	---	41300	164	18200
12	9210	---	---	22500	---	---	38800	155	16300
13	7070	---	---	21100	---	---	34100	108	10000
14	8710	---	---	17600	---	---	30100	53	4370
15	8570	---	---	19500	---	---	30900	45	3750

16	8010	---	---	18500	---	---	27300	46	3390
17	7190	---	---	17500	---	---	24500	49	3240
18	7430	---	---	14500	---	---	23600	36	2280
19	5570	---	---	15800	---	---	22300	25	1480
20	5570	---	---	18100	---	---	21300	26	1520

21	7200	---	---	23800	---	---	21700	39	2300
22	e6700	---	---	26100	---	---	17100	39	1800
23	8700	---	---	25900	---	---	16900	35	1580
24	6550	---	---	24500	---	---	17800	35	1700
25	5480	---	---	26200	---	---	17200	48	2190

26	7040	---	---	23400	---	---	15000	60	2430
27	5800	---	---	21100	---	---	14000	50	1870
28	6700	---	---	19300	---	---	13900	35	1330
29	7290	---	---	---	---	---	14700	66	2620
30	6970	---	---	---	---	---	16200	67	2930

31	9110	---	---	---	---	---	17800	55	2610

TOTAL	223340	---	---	607400	---	---	702400	---	150880


	APRIL			MAY			JUNE

1	19400	42	2210	27600	64	4800	19200	24	1260
2	20800	39	2220	27000	41	2980	18300	30	1450
3	23500	147	9400	24600	38	2510	17200	31	1440
4	25000	134	9010	24100	34	2210	18500	64	3230
5	23800	77	4940	22100	33	1960	27600	105	7870

6	21900	60	3550	22000	33	1930	32400	100	8770
7	20600	58	3200	21500	26	1500	28400	91	6990
8	22300	61	3720	18700	22	1120	26000	83	5830
9	28700	120	9420	20500	47	2580	24000	78	5060
10	35000	104	9790	23800	54	3480	21300	73	4230

11	36300	50	4890	24600	39	2560	22000	69	4100
12	34700	49	4580	39000	92	10400	21900	69	4070
13	30600	56	4640	66100	129	23100	19100	72	3700
14	27600	48	3580	85100	138	31500	18000	75	3650
15	25900	37	2560	78000	122	25700	18100	76	3720

16	23900	34	2190	65600	105	18700	18500	49	2430
17	25000	34	2330	58200	77	12200	16000	95	4100
18	20900	40	2270	52300	60	8460	14300	115	4450
19	23600	47	3010	48700	48	6310	13500	115	4190
20	21100	52	2940	45200	43	5220	12600	94	3200

21	20000	56	3010	41000	30	3290	12200	76	2480
22	20400	62	3430	35600	33	3160	11800	76	2410
23	19000	57	2900	36300	24	2400	11300	84	2560
24	19400	60	3140	34900	21	2000	11000	92	2720
25	19500	64	3390	32900	21	1900	10300	92	2550

26	19900	70	3780	29800	22	1750	11600	96	3010
27	18400	59	2950	27200	22	1600	12700	102	3490
28	21500	49	2850	24900	20	1350	16600	114	5150
29	27200	71	5220	23100	18	1150	15400	117	4830
30	28800	84	6570	21500	19	1100	13100	113	4010

31	---	---	---	20900	20	1120	---	---	---

TOTAL	724700	---	127690	1122800	---	190040	532900	---	116950


	JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER

1	12000	107	3460	e6000	103	1660	6050	95	1550
2	11600	98	3090	e5800	104	1630	4840	98	1280
3	10900	90	2660	e5500	88	1310	8070	80	1750
4	8300	82	1840	e6800	71	1300	6190	65	1080
5	7970	75	1600	e7000	55	1040	6240	70	1170

6	7030	78	1470	7970	62	1230	5730	76	1180
7	6790	84	1550	6470	75	1320	4930	82	1100
8	5120	84	1140	6090	76	1260	4590	81	1010
9	9070	68	1680	5470	73	1080	4830	76	998
10	10500	78	2220	4960	68	913	4310	72	841

11	10100	87	2370	5400	63	854	4460	74	886
12	8760	84	1990	4260	59	675	3780	77	785
13	8070	77	1680	5560	57	859	3170	80	688
14	7440	71	1420	7410	57	1140	4040	82	900
15	6580	70	1230	6610	61	1100	3320	85	759

16	5980	69	1110	8090	84	1830	e3000	94	754
17	4820	68	887	6580	108	1940	3600	105	914
18	4790	68	876	6180	101	1700	3250	108	943
19	5340	75	1090	6950	81	1500	3460	107	1000
20	4750	85	1090	6760	74	1360	4680	100	1270

21	4650	95	1190	7100	74	1430	6010	92	1490
22	5800	93	1450	11400	96	3000	5370	109	1440
23	4380	87	1030	18800	113	5760	6380	132	1910
24	4390	83	983	19500	109	5720	6720	113	2090
25	e5000	93	1250	19900	103	5520	4430	81	970

26	e4500	104	1270	18100	119	5790	3810	59	619
27	e5400	115	1680	15900	139	5960	4320	54	627
28	e5100	128	1770	14500	126	4940	3540	56	539
29	e4800	164	2130	12300	106	3550	3470	60	496
30	e4700	193	2440	7920	87	1880	4450	79	787

31	e5200	110	1540	6870	87	1610	---	---	---

TOTAL	209830	---	51186	278150	---	70861	141040	---	31826

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