05420500 DATA: SW_QUAL_TBL

Station list Available data
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN

05420500 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CLINTON, IA

	(National Stream-Quality Accounting Network Station)

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°46'50", long 90°15'07" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4 sec.34, T.81 N., R.6 E., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07080101, on right bank at end of Eighth Avenue in Camanche, 5.0 mi upstream from Wapsipinicon River, 6.4 mi downstream from Clinton, 10.6 mi downstream from Lock and Dam 13, and at mile 511.8 upstream from Ohio River.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 85,600 mi², approximately, at Fulton-Lyons Bridge at Clinton.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: June to August 1873 (fragmentary), October 1873 to current year. October 1932 to September 1939, published as "at Le Claire." June 1873 to December 1932, published in the Iowa State Planning Board report "Stream-flow records of Iowa, 1873-1932."
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: October 1974 to September 1987, October 1994 to current year.
	SEDIMENT: October 1994 to September 30, 1997 (discontinued).
	SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: July 1975 to September 1976; sporadic measurements February 1977 to September 1981; October 1994 to September 30, 1997 (discontinued).
	WATER TEMPERATURE: July 1975 to April 1989; January 1995 to September 30, 1997 (discontinued).
	MISCELLANEOUS: Periodic observations.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IA-75-1: 1974.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 562.68 ft above NGVD of 1929 (562.62 ft NAVD 1988). June 6, 1969 to Sept. 16, 1988, water-stage recorder at site 400 ft. upstream at same datum. Auxiliary water-stage recorder at Lock and Dam 13 since Oct. 1, 1958. See WSP 1728 for history of changes prior to Oct. 1, 1955.

REMARKS.-- Minor flow regulation caused by navigation dams.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum daily discharge, 307,000 ft³/s, discharge affected by regulation or diversion, April 28, 1965, gage height, 24.65 ft; minimum daily discharge, 6,500 ft³/s, December 25, 1933.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 294 mg/L; Apr. 7, 1997; minimum daily mean, 1 mg/L several days in December 1995 - January 1996.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 108,000 tons, Apr. 7, 1997; minimum daily, 96 tons, Jan. 9, 1996.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum daily 560 microsiemens Nov. 24 to Dec. 3, 1979; minimum daily 220 microsiemens Apr . 19, 20, 1976, Nov. 8-18, 1980.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum daily 31.5°C July 21-23, 1983; minimum daily 0.0°C on many days during winter periods.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum stage known since at least 1828, that of Apr. 28, 1965.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

								Specif.
					Dis-	pH,	pH,	conduc-	Specif.
		Instan-	Baro-		solved	water,	water,	tance,	conduc-			Hard-
		taneous	metric	Dis-	oxygen,	unfltrd	unfltrd	wat unf	tance,	Temper-	Temper-	ness,	Calcium
		dis-	pres-	solved	percent	field,	lab,	lab,	wat unf	ature,	ature,	water,	water,
Date	Time	charge,	sure,	oxygen,	of sat-	std	std	uS/cm	uS/cm	air,	water,	mg/L as	fltrd,
		cfs	mm Hg	mg/L	uration	units	units	25 degC	25 degC	deg C	deg C	CaCO₃	mg/L
		(00061)	(00025)	(00300)	(00301)	(00400)	(00403)	(90095)	(00095)	(00020)	(00010)	(00900)	(00915)
OCT 2004
19...	1030	28300	745	11.0	102	8.0	8.1	379	416	11.1	10.5	200	48.0
DEC
01...	1000	39400	755	13.3	99	8.3	E7.8	380	412	2.5	2.5	190	44.0
FEB 2005
23...	1025	E37000	752	11.4	79	7.4	7.8	356	396	.5	.1	170	40.0
MAR
24...	0955	37200	743	15.4	121	8.2	8.3	386	414	3.0	4.2	180	43.6
APR
11...	1030	120000	742	11.4	112	7.9	7.6	265	288	--	13.1	120	29.5
MAY
10...	1100	E49000	743	14.9	157	8.5	8.4	367	409	21.0	16.5	200	47.5
24...	1050	70300	745	8.7	92	8.0	8.2	357	393	22.0	17.0	180	41.2
JUN
08...	1045	E76400	745	6.4	78	8.0	8.1	430	478	--	24.1	230	50.8
20...	1030	76400	755	5.6	67	7.7	8.0	383	421	25.0	23.6	200	48.2
JUL
15...	1000	E36800	751	11.8	153	8.4	8.5	433	452	31.0	27.8	210	49.0
AUG
16...	1045	24500	750	12.4	156	8.9	8.9	397	412	--	26.1	190	42.4
SEP
07...	1000	25800	754	7.6	93	8.6	8.3	416	425	29.4	24.5	220	48.4

					Alka-	Alka-	Bicar-	Carbon-
					linity,	linity,	bonate,	ate,
	Magnes-	Potas-			wat flt	wat flt	wat flt	wat flt	Chlor-	Fluor-			Residue
	ium,	sium,	Sodium	Sodium,	fxd end	inc tit	incrm.	incrm.	ide,	ide,	Silica,	Sulfate	water,
	water,	water,	adsorp-	water,	lab,	field,	titr.,	titr.,	water,	water,	water,	water,	fltrd,
Date	fltrd,	fltrd,	tion	fltrd,	mg/L as	mg/L as	field,	field,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	tons/
	mg/L	mg/L	ratio	mg/L	CaCO₃	CaCO₃	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	acre-ft
	(00925)	(00935)	(00931)	(00930)	(29801)	(39086)	(00453)	(00452)	(00940)	(00950)	(00955)	(00945)	(70303)
OCT 2004
19...	19.5	3.07	.3	10.0	165	150	179	.0	15.8	.2	12.9	24.4	.34
DEC
01...	18.3	2.54	.3	10.8	160	159	193	.0	16.3	.1	11.1	28.7	.35
FEB 2005
23...	16.2	5.23	.4	11.5	143	134	162	.0	18.6	.2	10.6	21.6	.33
MAR
24...	17.9	3.84	.4	13.5	154	146	175	1	22.0	.2	9.00	21.6	.35
APR
11...	11.7	4.27	.4	9.98	101	97	117	.0	14.6	.1	7.99	16.0	.23
MAY
10...	19.0	2.81	.3	9.03	139	139	163	4	15.6	.2	4.59	36.0	.34
24...	18.8	2.72	.3	9.65	136	138	164	2	15.7	.2	3.97	32.7	.32
JUN
08...	23.9	2.75	.3	9.78	159	157	192	.0	17.8	.2	6.49	45.3	.39
20...	20.5	2.40	.3	9.81	147	144	175	.0	15.5	.2	10.1	36.8	.35
JUL
15...	21.0	2.07	.3	9.88	162	158	191	1	15.1	.2	9.78	44.1	.39
AUG
16...	20.3	2.38	.3	10.5	158	158	163	14	16.4	.2	.39	33.7	.34
SEP
07...	23.7	2.60	.3	11.8	166	148	179	1	18.1	.2	.98	35.6	.34

	Residue	Ammonia	Ammonia		Nitrite		Ortho-
	on	+	+		+		phos-			Organic
	evap.	org-N,	org-N,	Ammonia	nitrate	Nitrite	phate,	Phos-	Phos-	carbon,	Organic	Alum-	Anti-
	at	water,	water,	water,	water	water,	water,	phorus,	phorus,	suspnd	carbon,	inum,	mony,
	180degC	fltrd,	unfltrd	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	water,	water,	sedimnt	water,	water,	water,
Date	wat flt	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	fltrd,	unfltrd	total,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,
	mg/L	as N	as N	as N	as N	as N	as P	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	ug/L	ug/L
	(70300)	(00623)	(00625)	(00608)	(00631)	(00613)	(00671)	(00666)	(00665)	(00689)	(00681)	(01106)	(01095)
OCT 2004
19...	253	.51	.63	.06	2.08	.025	.073	.090	.133	.9	6.8	<2	E.15
DEC
01...	255	.53	.61	.06	2.03	.012	.045	.058	.083	.7	5.6	--	--
FEB 2005
23...	240	1.3	1.5	.46	2.06	.016	.142	.173	.26	1.5	8.7	--	--
MAR
24...	260	.62	.95	E.03	1.86	.015	.027	.053	.153	1.8	5.4	--	--
APR
11...	167	.56	1.5	<.04	1.14	.019	.026	E.051	.26	5.4	14.0	2	E.10
MAY
10...	251	.67	1.1	<.04	2.42	.021	.007	.023	.106	2.7	18.4	--	--
24...	236	.60	.92	<.04	1.71	.013	.020	<.004	E.123	2.3	6.7	--	--
JUN
08...	287	.60	.92	<.04	3.88	.045	.038	.047	.130	2.2	9.7	--	--
20...	258	.68	.93	.07	2.40	.068	.083	.094	.189	2.4	8.5	--	--
JUL
15...	284	.68	1.0	<.04	1.66	.021	.070	.095	.151	1.8	8.4	--	--
AUG
16...	253	.59	1.2	<.04	<.06	<.008	.061	.100	.19	4.1	8.1	9	.29
SEP
07...	254	.62	1.0	<.04	.08	E.004	.080	.114	.20	2.9	6.6	4	E.19

			Beryll-			Chrom-						Mangan-	Molyb-
	Arsenic	Barium,	ium,	Boron,	Cadmium	ium,	Cobalt	Copper,	Iron,	Lead,	Lithium	ese,	denum,
	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,
Date	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,
	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L
	(01000)	(01005)	(01010)	(01020)	(01025)	(01030)	(01035)	(01040)	(01046)	(01049)	(01130)	(01056)	(01060)
OCT 2004
19...	1.3	46	<.06	33	<.04	<.8	.253	1.2	E6	<.08	5.6	6.1	1.6
DEC
01...	.8	--	--	23	--	--	--	--	21	--	4.7	--	--
FEB 2005
23...	.6	--	--	19	--	--	--	--	84	--	3.4	--	--
MAR
24...	.6	--	--	28	--	--	--	--	46	--	4.1	--	--
APR
11...	.6	36	<.06	23	<.04	<.8	.150	3.3	43	.17	2.9	1.0	.7
MAY
10...	.9	--	--	29	--	--	--	--	15	--	6.8	--	--
24...	.9	--	--	35	--	--	--	--	13	--	6.3	--	--
JUN
08...	1.1	--	--	31	--	--	--	--	7	--	9.4	--	--
20...	1.2	--	--	29	--	--	--	--	10	--	8.7	--	--
JUL
15...	2.0	--	--	29	--	--	--	--	<6	--	9.1	--	--
AUG
16...	2.7	39	<.06	28	<.04	<.8	.285	6.0	E5	.36	6.6	2.4	1.2
SEP
07...	2.5	45	<.06	37	<.04	.07	.20	--	<6	<.08	8.0	1.1	1.5

							2,6-Di-					alpha-
							ethyl-					HCH-d6,
		Selen-		Stront-	Vanad-		aniline		Aceto-	Ala-	alpha-	surrog,	Atra-
	Nickel,	ium,	Silver,	ium,	ium,	Zinc,	water	CIAT,	chlor,	chlor,	HCH,	wat flt	zine,
	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,	water,	fltrd	water,	water,	water,	water,	0.7u GF	water,
Date	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	0.7u GF	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	percent	fltrd,
	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	recovry	ug/L
	(01065)	(01145)	(01075)	(01080)	(01085)	(01090)	(82660)	(04040)	(49260)	(46342)	(34253)	(91065)	(39632)
OCT 2004
19...	2.32	.6	<.2	104	1.9	E.5	<.006	E.038	.009	<.005	<.005	89.6	.071
DEC
01...	--	.7	--	81.7	.8	--	<.006	E.015	<.006	<.005	<.005	96.5	.035
FEB 2005
23...	--	.4	--	74.7	1.0	--	<.006	E.016	<.006	<.005	<.005	98.6	.036
MAR
24...	--	.4	--	85.1	.7	--	<.006	E.017	<.010	<.005	<.005	87.5	.033
APR
11...	2.16	E.4	<.2	62.3	1.6	12.3	<.006	E.017	.011	<.005	<.005	100	.043
MAY
10...	--	1.1	--	117	1.5	--	<.006	E.021	.041	<.005	<.005	87.2	.064
24...	--	.8	--	99.9	2.4	--	<.006	E.023	.045	<.005	<.005	91.8	.092
JUN
08...	--	1.2	--	134	2.0	--	<.006	E.021	.306	<.005	<.005	106	.167
20...	--	.9	--	112	2.0	--	<.006	E.050	.173	<.005	<.005	109	.400
JUL
15...	--	.9	--	131	3.0	--	<.006	E.036	.016	<.005	<.005	98.3	.274
AUG
16...	3.40	.6	<.2	99.4	3.2	26.3	<.006	E.031	<.006	<.005	<.005	92.8	.156
SEP
07...	1.1	.38	<.2	97.9	2.8	<.60	<.006	E.012	<.006	<.005	<.005	92.9	.113

Azin-

Ben-

cis-

Diazi-

phos-

flur-

Car-

Carbo-

Per-

non-d10

Disul-

methyl,

alin,

Butyl-

baryl,

furan,

Chlor-

methrin

Cyana-

DCPA,

Diazi-

surrog.

Diel-

foton,

water,

ate,

water,

pyrifos

water

zine,

water

non,

wat flt

drin,

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

0.7u GF

water,

fltrd

Date

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

percent

fltrd,

0.7u GF

ug/L

recovry

ug/L

(82686)

(82673)

(04028)

(82680)

(82674)

(38933)

(82687)

(04041)

(82682)

(39572)

(91063)

(39381)

(82677)

OCT 2004

19...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

94.8

<.009

<.02

DEC

01...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

104

<.009

<.02

FEB 2005

23...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

118

<.009

<.02

MAR

24...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

92.0

<.009

<.02

APR

11...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

105

<.009

<.02

MAY

10...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

104

<.009

<.02

24...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

109

<.009

<.02

JUN

08...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

120

<.009

<.02

20...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

121

<.009

<.02

JUL

15...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

109

<.009

<.02

AUG

16...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

111

<.009

<.02

SEP

07...

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

98.3

<.009

<.02

Ethal-

Methyl

flur-

Etho-

para-

Moli-

Naprop-

EPTC,

alin,

prop,

Linuron

Mala-

thion,

Metola-

Metri-

nate,

amide,

p,p'-

water,

Fonofos

Lindane

water

thion,

water,

chlor,

buzin,

water,

DDE,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

Date

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

ug/L

(82668)

(82663)

(82672)

(04095)

(39341)

(82666)

(39532)

(82667)

(39415)

(82630)

(82671)

(82684)

(34653)

OCT 2004

19...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.028

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

DEC

01...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.037

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

FEB 2005

23...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.047

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

MAR

24...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.107

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

APR

11...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.102

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

MAY

10...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.051

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

24...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.049

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

JUN

08...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.112

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

20...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.135

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

JUL

15...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.052

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

AUG

16...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.015

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

SEP

07...

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.007

<.006

<.003

<.007

<.003

Pendi-

Peb-

meth-

Propy-

Pro-

Propar-

Tebu-

Terba-

Terbu-

Para-

ulate,

alin,

Phorate

Prome-

zamide,

Propa-

panil,

gite,

Sima-

thiuron

cil,

fos,

thion,

water,

water

ton,

water,

chlor,

water,

zine,

water

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

Date

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

ug/L

(39542)

(82669)

(82683)

(82664)

(04037)

(82676)

(04024)

(82679)

(82685)

(04035)

(82670)

(82665)

(82675)

OCT 2004

19...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.010

<.02

<.034

<.02

DEC

01...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

<.005

<.02

<.034

<.02

FEB 2005

23...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.009

<.02

<.034

<.02

MAR

24...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.007

<.02

<.034

<.02

APR

11...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.010

<.02

<.034

<.02

MAY

10...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

E.004

<.02

<.034

<.02

24...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

E.004

<.02

<.034

<.02

JUN

08...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

<.005

<.02

<.034

<.02

20...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.004

<.025

<.020

<.02

.009

<.02

<.034

<.02

JUL

15...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.006

<.02

<.034

<.02

AUG

16...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

<.005

<.02

<.034

<.02

SEP

07...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

<.005

<.02

<.034

<.02

			Tri-		Suspnd.	Sus-	Sus-
	Thio-	Tri-	flur-		sedi-	pended	pended
	bencarb	allate,	alin,	Uranium	ment,	sedi-	sedi-
	water	water,	water,	natural	sieve	ment	ment
	fltrd	fltrd	fltrd	water,	diametr	concen-	dis-
Date	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	fltrd,	percent	tration	charge,
	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	<.063mm	mg/L	tons/d
	(82681)	(82678)	(82661)	(22703)	(70331)	(80154)	(80155)
OCT 2004
19...	<.010	<.006	<.009	1.83	99	25	1910
DEC
01...	<.010	<.006	<.009	--	99	13	1380
FEB 2005
23...	<.010	<.006	<.009	--	98	42	--
MAR
24...	<.010	<.006	<.009	--	96	17	1710
APR
11...	<.010	<.006	<.009	.61	98	139	45000
MAY
10...	<.010	<.006	<.009	--	91	43	--
24...	<.010	<.006	<.009	--	100	51	9680
JUN
08...	<.010	<.006	<.009	--	99	49	--
20...	<.010	<.006	<.009	--	100	563	116000
JUL
15...	<.010	<.006	<.009	--	--	17	--
AUG
16...	<.010	<.006	<.009	1.32	93	32	2120
SEP
07...	<.010	<.006	<.009	1.30	98	37	2580

Remark codes used in this table: < -- Less than.
E -- Estimated.
M -- Presence verified but not quantified.