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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

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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  2026-02-24
2005-02-07  2026-02-24
2007-10-01  2026-02-24
2017-11-16  2026-02-24
2017-11-16  2026-02-24
2017-11-16  2026-02-24
2017-11-16  2026-02-24
2019-05-16  2026-02-24
2017-12-14  2026-02-24
2017-11-16  2024-10-30
2017-11-16  2026-02-24
2007-10-01  2026-02-24
2025-10-27  2026-02-24
2023-02-23  2026-02-24
2017-11-16  2026-02-24







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.5 02-24-2026   21:00 CST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 1000 02-24-2026   21:00 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Feb 24 based on 21 water years of record more
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Feb 24		 Min
(2015)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2018)
1000 1740 2560 2890 4070 5150 12000

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 539.03 02-24-2026   21:00 CST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 1640 02-24-2026   21:00 CST
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 10.7 02-24-2026   21:00 CST
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.6 02-24-2026   21:00 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: 4.79 02-24-2026   21:00 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: 0.70 02-24-2026   21:00 CST
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Orthophosphate, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as phosphorus
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.307 02-24-2026   20:45 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), [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 02-24-2026   21:00 CST
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.25 02-24-2026   21:15 CST
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, miles per hour
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.174 02-24-2026   21:15 CST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, unfiltered, pounds of nitrogen per day
Most recent instantaneous value: 43600 02-24-2026   21:00 CST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.1 02-24-2026   21:00 CST
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