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

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Rock Island District - Rock Island, Illinois

and

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This station managed by the Urbana Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2017-11-16  2025-10-03
2005-02-07  2025-09-25
2007-10-01  2025-09-25
2017-11-16  2025-10-03
2017-11-16  2025-10-03
2017-11-16  2025-10-03
2017-11-16  2025-10-03
2022-10-02  2025-10-03
2017-12-14  2025-10-03
2017-11-16  2024-10-30
2017-11-16  2025-10-03
2007-10-01  2025-09-25
2025-06-05  2025-09-25
2022-10-02  2025-09-25
2017-11-16  2025-10-03







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 23.3 10-03-2025   03:30 CST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: Eqp 09-25-2025   05:30 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 3 based on 20 water years of record more
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 3		 Min
(2014)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2007)
-- unavailable -- 1780 2300 2440 4350 4520 16400

Gage height, feet
 
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 904 10-03-2025   03:30 CST
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 6.5 10-03-2025   03:30 CST
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.4 10-03-2025   03:30 CST
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Chlorophyll fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as chlorophyll
Most recent instantaneous value: 6.49 10-03-2025   03:30 CST
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Phycocyanin fluorescence (fPC), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as phycocyanin
Most recent instantaneous value: -0.04 10-03-2025   03:30 CST
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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), [HACH]
 
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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]
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.4 10-03-2025   03:30 CST
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second
 
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, miles per hour
 
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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
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.2 10-03-2025   03:30 CST
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