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UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN


05587455       MISSISSIPPI RIVER BELOW GRAFTON, IL

 

(Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network Station)
 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°57'04", long 90°22'16" (NAD of 1927), in sec.24, T.6 N., R.11 W., Jersey County, Hydrologic Unit 07110009, 11.3 mi above Lock and Dam 26, 19.0 mi above mouth of Missouri River, and at mile 214.6 upstream from the mouth of the Ohio River.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 171,300 mi2, approximately.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: March 1989 to current year.

 

SEDIMENT: October 1989 to current year.

 

REMARKS.-- Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network station Nov. 1992 to current year. National Stream-Quality Accounting Network station September 1989 to October 1992. Discharge for sediment records obtained from Mississippi River at Grafton (05587450).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 1,910 mg/L, May 23, 1990; minimum daily mean, 1 mg/L, Sept. 10, 1991.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 1,090,000 tons, May 23, 1990; minimum daily, 186 tons, Sept. 10, 1991.

WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003  
Date Time Sample
type 		Instan-
taneous
dis-
charge,
cfs
(00061) 		Turbid-
ity,
wat unf
lab,
Hach
2100AN
NTU
(99872) 		Dis-
solved
oxygen,
mg/L
(00300) 		Dis-
solved
oxygen,
percent
of sat-
uration
(00301) 		pH,
water,
unfltrd
field,
std
units
(00400) 		Specif.
conduc-
tance,
wat unf
μS/cm
25 degC
(00095) 		Temper-
ature,
water,
deg C
(00010) 		Hard-
ness,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00900) 		Calcium
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00915) 		Magnes-
ium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00925)
OCT                        
21... 1320 Environmental 102,000 E56 9.7 92 8.1 366 12.7 170 41.0 15.9
NOV                        
06... 1400 Environmental 76,700 19 11.5 97 8.1 431 7.6 190 46.7 18.7
DEC                        
02... 1345 Environmental e47,700 14 14.2 111 8.6 492 4.1 210 49.1 20.3
FEB                        
19... 1255 Environmental 41,200 46 16.6 118 8.6 379 1.1 240 55.4 23.6
MAR                        
04... 1025 Environmental 39,800 18 20.1 147 9.1 408 1.8 230 51.6 23.5
18... 1045 Environmental 55,500 32 16.6 166 8.9 516 14.0 200 46.0 21.8
APR                        
21... 1405 Environmental 79,200 44 8.6 86 8.4 514 14.4 190 43.6 20.8
MAY                        
05... 1345 Environmental 215,000 110 9.8 104 7.9 447 16.8 150 36.9 14.7
JUN                        
02... 1300 Environmental 169,000 67 7.1 80 8.1 436 19.8 190 47.2 17.2
JUL                        
07... 1335 Environmental 106,000 48 10.2 137 8.2 502 29.7 230 54.8 22.2
AUG                        
04... 1345 Environmental 63,400 88 11.2 147 7.9 470 28.2 250 64.2 22.8
SEP                        
08... 1405 Environmental 28,400 58 7.9 98 8.1 369 25.9 180 40.6 18.7

WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003  
Date Potas-
sium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00935) 		Sodium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00930) 		ANC,
wat unf
fixed
end pt,
field,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00410) 		ANC,
wat unf
incrm.
titr.,
field,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00419) 		Bicar-
bonate,
wat unf
incrm.
titr.,
field,
mg/L
(00450) 		Carbon-
ate,
wat unf
incrm.
titr.,
field,
mg/L
(00447) 		Chlor-
ide,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00940) 		Fluor-
ide,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00950) 		Silica,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00955) 		Sulfate
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00945) 		Residue
on
evap.
at
180degC
wat flt
mg/L
(70300) 		Residue
total
at 105
deg. C,
sus-
pended,
mg/L
(00530) 		Ammonia
+
org-N,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
as N
(00625) 		Ammonia
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
as N
(00608)
OCT                            
21... 2.88 12.7 132 131 160 <1 19.6 <0.20 10.9 21.0 226 -- E.95 <0.04
NOV                            
06... 2.92 18.1 143 144 176 <1 26.2 <0.20 10.9 26.5 266 -- 0.74 E.03
DEC                            
02... 2.93 19.8 165 165 188 6 29.5 0.20 8.2 32.7 302 20 0.77 <0.04
FEB                            
19... 3.44 25.9 176 177 186 15 39.9 0.21 4.2 37.6 324 -- 1.3 E.03
MAR                            
04... 3.35 26.2 180 181 170 25 37.7 0.19 3.3 36.6 309 34 1.4 <0.04
18... 3.20 28.7 153 154 171 8 40.4 0.20 0.6 35.3 283 59 1.4 <0.04
APR                            
21... 4.50 27.8 148 148 158 11 43.3 0.19 1.0 35.0 286 93 1.3 0.14
MAY                            
05... 4.03 17.6 120 123 150 <1 29.5 <0.17 4.5 27.2 230 231 1.5 0.08
JUN                            
02... 3.14 10.5 146 147 179 <1 19.5 0.20 5.2 27.3 270 296 1.4 <0.04
JUL                            
07... 3.14 14.2 168 173 211 <1 24.0 0.20 5.0 34.5 293 100 0.95 E.02
AUG                            
04... 3.97 16.3 160 162 197 <1 25.7 0.30 7.7 32.5 285 247 1.5 <0.04
SEP                            
08... 4.53 19.8 123 125 152 <1 29.3 0.20 2.9 31.7 253 126 1.1 <0.04

   
Date Nitrite
+
nitrate
water
fltrd,
mg/L
as N
(00631) 		Nitrite
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
as N
(00613) 		Ortho-
phos-
phate,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
as P
(00671) 		Phos-
phorus,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00666) 		Phos-
phorus,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00665) 		E coli,
m-TEC
MF,
water,
col/
100 mL
(31633) 		Fecal
coli-
form,
M-FC
0.7μ MF
col/
100 mL
(31625) 		Fecal
strep-
tococci
KF
MF,
col/
100 mL
(31673) 		Alum-
inum,
water,
fltrd,
μg/L
(01106) 		Alum-
inum,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
μg/L
(01105) 		Cadmium
water,
fltrd,
μg/L
(01025) 		Cadmium
water,
unfltrd
μg/L
(01027) 		Copper,
water,
fltrd,
μg/L
(01040) 		Iron,
water,
fltrd,
μg/L
(01046)
OCT                            
21... E1.73 E.014 E.11 E.12 E.25 110k 160 45 -- -- -- -- -- --
NOV                            
06... 2.30 0.011 0.12 0.11 0.18 32 56 4k -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC                            
02... 2.23 0.008 0.07 0.08 0.15 8k 31 1k <20 200 <8 <0.2 <6 19
FEB                            
19... 2.08 0.028 0.04 0.04 0.23 28 125 490 -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR                            
04... 1.81 0.029 <0.02 E.03 0.14 24 22 4k <20 130 <8 <0.2 <6 22
18... 1.65 0.027 <0.02 E.02 0.18 56 37 5k -- -- -- -- -- --
APR                            
21... 1.44 0.027 0.06 0.08 0.22 6k 15k 2k -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY                            
05... 1.71 0.043 0.06 0.09 0.37 110 208 245 <20 2,000 <8 E.1 <6 15
JUN                            
02... 3.49 0.033 --r 0.08 0.27 7k 13k 20 -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL                            
07... 3.62 0.061 0.09 0.12 0.24 8k 10k 3k 43 940 <2 <0.2 <7 10
AUG                            
04... 2.88 0.031 0.11 0.13 0.41 55 115 58 -- -- -- -- -- --
SEP                            
08... 0.64 0.126 0.12 0.15 0.31 27 29 5k -- -- -- -- -- --

WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003  
Date Lead,
water,
fltrd,
μg/L
(01049) 		Lead,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
μg/L
(01051) 		Mangan-
ese,
water,
fltrd,
μg/L
(01056) 		Mercury
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
μg/L
(71900) 		Zinc,
water,
fltrd,
μg/L
(01090) 		Zinc,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
μg/L
(01092)
OCT            
21... -- -- -- -- -- --
NOV            
06... -- -- -- -- -- --
DEC            
02... E.07 M E1.9b <0.02 <24 <20
FEB            
19... -- -- -- -- -- --
MAR            
04... E.04 M 13.2 <0.02 <24 <20
18... -- -- -- -- -- --
APR            
21... -- -- -- -- -- --
MAY            
05... E.04 4 2.9 E.01 <24 E20
JUN            
02... -- -- -- -- -- --
JUL            
07... E.05n 2 4.6 <0.02 5 20
AUG            
04... -- -- -- -- -- --
SEP            
08... -- -- -- -- -- --

Remark codes used in this table:
< -- Less than
e -- Estimated discharge
E -- Estimated value
M -- Presence verified, not quantified

Value qualifier codes used in this table:
b -- Value was extrapolated below
k -- Counts outside acceptable range
n -- Below the LRL and above the LT-MDL

Null value qualifier codes used in this table:
r -- Sample ruined in preparation

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