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USGS 05537980 DES PLAINES RIVER AT ROUTE 53 AT JOLIET, IL

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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This site is operated in cooperation with the

Cooperator logo U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rock Island District - Rock Island, Illinois

and

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This station managed by the Urbana Field Office.

Available Parameters Period of Record
  
2017-11-17  2025-12-30
2005-02-08  2025-12-29
2005-02-08  2025-12-29
2017-11-17  2025-12-30
2017-11-17  2025-12-30
2017-11-17  2025-12-30
2017-11-17  2025-12-30
2023-01-04  2025-12-30
2017-12-15  2025-12-30
2017-11-17  2024-10-29
2017-11-17  2025-12-30
2023-01-01  2025-12-29
2017-11-17  2025-12-30







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

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Gage height, feet

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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius

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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter

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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units

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Chlorophyll fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as chlorophyll

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Phycocyanin fluorescence (fPC), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as phycocyanin

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Orthophosphate, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as phosphorus

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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), [YSI]

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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, unfiltered, pounds of nitrogen per day

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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen

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