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	00010 Temperature, water(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Min.,Mean,Max.)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Min.,Mean,Max.)
	00400 pH(Min.,Med.,Max.)
	51289 OrthoPO4, in situ(Mean)
	63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Mean)
	99133 NO3+NO2,water,insitu(Mean)

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

05518000 KANKAKEE RIVER AT SHELBY, IN

LOCATION - Lat 41°10'58", long 87°20'25" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.33, T.32 N., R.8 W., Newton County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, on right bank at upstream side of Highway 55 bridge, 1.0 mi south of Shelby, 7.8 mi upstream from Beaver Lake Ditch, and at mile 68.0.

DRAINAGE AREA - 1,779 mi². of which 201 mi² does not contribute directly to surface runoff. Drainage area derived from the "Drainage Areas of Indiana Streams" publication

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1005: 1928(M). WSP 2115: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1922 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

GAGE -

Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 627.94 feet above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 or 628.13 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

Prior to Dec. 19, 1934, non-recording gage

Dec. 19, 1934, to Oct. 4, 1965, water-stage recorder on left bank 50 ft downstream

Oct. 5, 1965, to Sept. 21, 1966, non-recording gage on right bank 200 ft downstream

Sept. 21, 1966 to July 21, 1998, water-stage recorder on right bank 25 ft upstream from Monon railroad bridge and approximately 400 ft downstream, all at same datum.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -

TEMPERATURE: December 2015 to current.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: December 2015 to current.

pH: December 2015 to current.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: December 2015 to current.

TURBIDITY YSI 6 SERIES: December 2015 to August 2020.

TURBIDITY YSI EXO: February 2019 to current.

NITRATE: December 2015 to current.

ORTHOPHOSPHATE: April 2016 to current.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum: 29.0 degrees Celsius, August 11, 2016*. Minimum: -0.2 degrees Celsius, February 06, 2018*.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum: 739 microsiemens, February 09, 2021*. Minimum: 340 microsiemens, January 11, 2020*.

pH: Maximum: 8.3 units, April 29, 2018*. Minimum: 7.0 units, January 28, 2018*.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum: 13.7 mg/L, February 08, 2019. Minimum: 5.2 mg/L, August 16, 2016*.

TURBIDITY YSI 6 SERIES: Maximum: 781 FNUs, May 15, 2020. Minimum: 0.0 FNUs, September 15, 2017*.

TURBIDITY YSI EXO: Maximum: 550 FNUs, May 15, 2020. Minimum: 1.8 FNUs, August 26, 2020.

NITRATE: Maximum: 7.67 mg/L, May 13, 2021. Minimum: 0.73 mg/L, September 14, 2021*.

ORTHOPHOSPHATE: Maximum: 0.103 mg/L, July 04, 2016. Minimum: 0.0023 mg/L, June 07, 2016.

*Multiple occurrences of the same extreme in selected dataset.