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

and

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This station managed by the Urbana Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2017-11-16  2025-07-11
2005-02-07  2025-07-11
2007-10-01  2025-07-11
2017-11-16  2025-07-11
2017-11-16  2025-07-11
2017-11-16  2025-07-11
2017-11-16  2025-07-11
2022-07-11  2025-07-11
2017-12-14  2025-07-11
2017-11-16  2025-03-10
2017-11-16  2025-07-11
2007-10-01  2025-07-11
2025-03-13  2025-07-11
2022-07-11  2025-07-11
2017-11-16  2025-07-11







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Summary of all available data for this site
Instantaneous-data availability statement


Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 27.0 07-11-2025   17:00 CST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 4920 07-11-2025   17:15 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jul 11 based on 19 water years of record more
Min
(2012)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jul 11
Max
(2020)
1570 2820 3470 3510 4270 4920 5400


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 538.98 07-11-2025   17:15 CST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 841 07-11-2025   17:00 CST
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter

Most recent instantaneous value: 8.7 07-11-2025   17:00 CST
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units

Most recent instantaneous value: 7.6 07-11-2025   17:00 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: 12.11 07-11-2025   17:00 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: 0.00 07-11-2025   17:00 CST
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Orthophosphate, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as phosphorus

Most recent instantaneous value: 0.433 07-11-2025   16:45 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: 5.9 07-11-2025   17:00 CST
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 1.26 07-11-2025   17:15 CST
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, miles per hour

Most recent instantaneous value: 0.858 07-11-2025   17:15 CST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, unfiltered, pounds of nitrogen per day

Most recent instantaneous value: 154000 07-11-2025   17:00 CST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen

Most recent instantaneous value: 5.5 07-11-2025   17:00 CST
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