USGS 05537980 DES PLAINES RIVER AT ROUTE 53 AT JOLIET, IL

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Rock Island District - Rock Island, Illinois

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This station managed by the Urbana Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2017-11-16  2026-03-01
2005-02-07  2026-03-01
2007-10-01  2026-03-01
2017-11-16  2026-03-01
2017-11-16  2026-03-01
2017-11-16  2026-03-01
2017-11-16  2026-03-01
2019-05-16  2026-03-01
2017-12-14  2026-03-01
2017-11-16  2024-10-30
2017-11-16  2026-03-01
2007-10-01  2026-03-01
2025-11-01  2026-03-01
2023-03-01  2026-03-01
2017-11-16  2026-03-01







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.7 03-01-2026   10:00 CST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 2070 03-01-2026   09:45 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Mar 1 based on 21 water years of record more
Min
(2015)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Mar 1		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2017)
1680 2070 2300 3440 4810 8060 11000

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 538.70 03-01-2026   09:45 CST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 1690 03-01-2026   10:00 CST
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 10.0 03-01-2026   10:00 CST
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.6 03-01-2026   10:00 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: 4.23 03-01-2026   10:00 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: 0.65 03-01-2026   10:00 CST
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Orthophosphate, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as phosphorus
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.348 03-01-2026   09:45 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: 4.5 03-01-2026   10:00 CST
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.54 03-01-2026   09:45 CST
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, miles per hour
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.369 03-01-2026   09:45 CST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, unfiltered, pounds of nitrogen per day
Most recent instantaneous value: 87100 03-01-2026   09:45 CST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.9 03-01-2026   10:00 CST
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