Station list
05527500 KANKAKEE RIVER NEAR WILMINGTON, IL
LOCATION.--Lat 41�20'48", long 88�11'11", in NW¼NW¼ sec.15, T.33 N., R.9 E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, on
right bank, 0.4 mi downstream from Prairie Creek, 0.5 mi upstream from bridge on Interstate 55, 5 mi downstream from
Wilmington, and at mile 5.7.
DRAINAGE AREA.--5,150 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1933 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
December 1914 to September 1933 at site 8.5 mi upstream, published as Kankakee River at Custer Park. Records may not be
equivalent.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-83-2: 1982(M). WDR IL-91-2: 1981(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 510.86 ft above sea level.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for Oct. 1-8, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Slight
diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplants upstream from station. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter
at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Floods in 1883, 1887 reached a stage of 16.73 ft, discharge not determined.