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	00010 Temperature, water(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	00400 pH(Min.,Max.,Med.)
	51289 OrthoPO4, in situ(Mean)
	63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Mean)
	99133 NO3+NO2,water,insitu(Mean,Min.,Max.)

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

05517500 KANKAKEE RIVER AT DUNNS BRIDGE, IN

LOCATION - Lat 41°13'12", long 86°58'06" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.15, T.32 N., R.5 W., Porter County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, on right bank at downstream side of county road 500E bridge at Dunns Bridge, 1.8 mi north of Tefft, 3.6 mi upstream from Davis Ditch, and at mile 90.8.

DRAINAGE AREA - 1,352 mi² of which 192 mi² probably is noncontributing. of which 192 mi² does not contribute directly to surface runoff. Drainage area derived from the "Drainage Areas of Indiana Streams" publication

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1728: 1954(m). WSP 2115: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1948 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 649.18 ft above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to March 2015, datum of gage is 649.65 ft. NAVD29. Prior to July 17, 1956, nonrecording gage, and July 17, 1956 to Oct. 31 1998, water-stage recorder at site 250 ft downstream at same datum.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -

TEMPERATURE: April 2016 to current.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: April 2016 to current.

pH: April 2016 to current.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: April 2016 to current.

TURBIDITY YSI 6 SERIES: April 2016 to August 2020.

TURBIDITY YSI EXO: December 2018 to current.

NITRATE: April 2016 to current.

ORTHOPHOSPHATE: April 2016 to current.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum: 28.0 degrees Celsius, August 11, 2016. Minimum: -0.1 degrees Celsius, December 21, 2016*.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum: 689 microsiemens, February 08, 2021*. Minimum: 260 microsiemens, February 25, 2018*.

pH: Maximum: 8.3 units, March 23, 2018*. Minimum: 7.2 units, July 07, 2019*.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum: 13.5 mg/L, December 26, 2017*. Minimum: 4.4 mg/L, August 26, 2016*.

TURBIDITY YSI 6 SERIES: Maximum: 130 FNUs, September 30, 2019. Minimum: 1.7 FNUs, August 24, 2020*.

TURBIDITY YSI EXO: Maximum: 76.4 FNUs, January 12, 2020. Minimum: 1.2 (REV) FNUs, August 25, 2020.

NITRATE: Maximum: 9.54 mg/L, May 12, 2021. Minimum: 1.03 mg/L, November 11, 2020.

ORTHOPHOSPHATE: Maximum: 0.0761 mg/L, November 07, 2016. Minimum: 0.0001 mg/L, August 05, 2016*.

*Multiple occurrences of the same extreme in selected dataset.