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USGS 05446500 ROCK RIVER NEAR JOSLIN, IL

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Rock Island District - Rock Island, Illinois

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NWS River Forecasts

Note: Provisional nitrate plus nitrite load values might not reflect updated discharge and/or nitrate plus nitrite concentration data.
This station managed by the De Kalb Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2015-06-26  2020-12-18
1986-09-01  2025-09-26
2007-10-01  2025-09-26
2015-06-26  2020-12-18
2015-06-26  2020-12-18
2015-06-26  2020-12-18
2015-06-26  2017-04-21
2015-06-26  2020-12-18
2015-06-26  2025-09-26
2015-06-26  2025-09-26
2015-06-26  2025-09-26







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
 
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 3840 09-26-2025   01:45 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Sep 26 based on 85 water years of record more
Min
(1958)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Sep 26		 Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2019)
950 2320 3700 3840 5230 6990 20600

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.05 09-26-2025   01:45 CST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, [Discontinued 12/18/20]
 
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter, [Discontinued 12/18/20]
 
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units, [Discontinued 12/18/20]
 
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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)
Most recent instantaneous value: 15.7 09-26-2025   02:00 CST
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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), [Discontinued 12/18/20]
 
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, unfiltered, pounds of nitrogen per day
Most recent instantaneous value: 2650 09-26-2025   01:45 CST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.1 09-26-2025   02:00 CST
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