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00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2022: 2021-10-01 to 2022-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2022
05584500 LA MOINE RIVER AT COLMAR, IL
LOCATION - Lat 40°19'49", long 90°53'46" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, 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 491.53 ft above NGVD of 1929 (491.27 ft NAVD 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.