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00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05584500 LA MOINE RIVER AT COLMAR, IL
LOCATION - Lat 40°19'53.5", long 90°53'46.3" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.18, T.4 N., R.4 W., McDonough County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07130010, at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 61, 0.2 mi. downstream from a railroad bridge, 1 mi. southwest of Colmar, 1.8 mi. upstream from Troublesome Creek, and at mile 61.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 655 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -

WDR-US-2009: 1971.

Revisions: Gage height for Feb. 11, 2021 to Feb. 17, 2021 and Feb. 22, 2021 was revised on Apr. 4, 2022, due to ice affected gage height values.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: October 1944 to current.
  STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
  CHEMICAL: Water years 1975-91 and 1998.
  MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, July 1997;
    contaminants in fish tissue, July 1997;
    streambank sediment size, October 1997;
    streambed sediment size, October 1997;
    water chemistry and chlorophyll-a in algae, June-September 2007.
BIOLOGICAL
  ALGAE: Water years 1996-98.
  BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-98.
  FISH: Water years 1997-98.
  HABITAT: Water years 1996-98, 2003.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 491.32 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to July 13, 1945, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS - Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 38,900 ft³/s, Mar. 5, 1985, gage height, 26.61 ft; maximum gage height, 28.94 ft, Apr. 19, 2013, discharge, 33,700 ft³/s, no flow part of each day Dec. 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 21, 1955, due to temporary dam upstream; no flow Oct. 19, 1988.