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EDWARDS RIVER BASIN


05466000       EDWARDS RIVER NEAR ORION, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°16'19", long 90°22'39" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.21, T.15 N., R.1 E., Henry County, Hydrologic Unit 07080104, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 150, 1.5 mi north of Opheim, 5.5 mi south of Orion, and at mile 51.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 155 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1947(P). WSP 1508: 1942. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 653.96 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to Apr. 4, 1941, and Apr. 8 to Nov. 11, 1981, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 8,910 ft3/s, Feb. 19, 1951, gage height, 13.41 ft, from floodmarks; maximum gage height, 15.52 ft, June 23, 1974, discharge, 5,760 ft3/s; minimum discharge, 0.3 ft3/s, Oct. 6, 1956.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of August 1924 reached a stage of 20.2 ft, from floodmarks.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for May 15 - June 12, which are fair, and those for July 1 - Aug. 20 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
111   7.1e5.87.1e4.8e5.814 2570 60 36 16   11   
212   6.8e6.47.1e5.2e5.514 515 62 35 15   9.9
311   6.7e5.76.8e5.6e5.213 224 67 34 13   7.3
414   6.7e5.17.2e6.4e5.514 346 60 36 13   6.2
514   6.8e5.06.5e7.0e5.917 1060 56 33 12   5.8
 
611   6.7e4.86.0e6.6e5.416 323 61 31 12   5.5
79.46.7e4.77.4e6.0e5.216 219 67 29 12   5.5
88.86.7e4.66.2e5.4e5.316 209 59 44 11   5.3
98.76.6e4.64.8e5.0e5.415 1490 55 131 10   5.2
108.66.6e4.5e5.5e4.7e5.714 581 60 195 11   5.1
 
118.66.4e4.5e6.4e4.4e30   14 551 61 88 10   5.1
128.06.0e4.4e7.4e4.3151   13 292 57 52 10   6.0
137.56.1e4.8e6.4e4.2346   13 229 56 40 11   9.4
147.36.3e5.1e5.8e4.1170   13 290 53 34 11   11   
156.96.1e5.6e5.5e4.1161   12 433 49 30 10   7.3
 
166.75.9e6.2e5.1e4.172   13 229 47 27 8.86.0
176.65.98.1e4.7e4.147   18 193 46 24 7.85.4
186.95.910   e4.5e4.235   16 165 46 22 8.05.2
196.96.017   e4.4e4.431   15 150 44 22 7.75.3
207.15.99.2e4.2e4.827   17 136 42 20 7.55.5
 
217.16.08.5e4.1e5.625   16 116 42 166 7.56.8
227.05.97.6e4.0e6.721   14 112 41 56 7.27.9
237.15.7e7.0e3.9e8.519   13 109 40 30 6.96.8
247.65.7e6.4e3.8e10   17   13 106 39 25 6.56.5
259.3e6.0e7.4e3.7e8.717   14 91 40 22 6.35.9
 
268.8e6.49.2e3.6e7.616   14 80 53 20 6.46.8
278.3e5.98.9e3.7e6.715   13 75 42 19 6.07.2
287.5e6.08.9e3.8e6.217   14 77 40 19 6.07.7
297.4e6.28.4e4.0---   18   16 71 39 18 6.36.6
307.0e5.66.4e4.2---   16   291 69 37 16 6.16.3
 
317.1---   5.9e4.4---   15   --- 66 --- 15 7.1---   

TOTAL265.2187.3210.7162.2159.41320.97111117715211369289.1201.5
MEAN8.556.246.805.235.6942.623.736150.744.29.336.72
MAX147.1177.4103462912570671951611
MIN6.65.64.43.64.15.2126637156.05.1
CFSM0.060.040.040.030.040.270.152.330.330.280.060.04
IN.0.060.040.050.040.040.320.172.680.370.330.070.05

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN52.564.069.286.615417620118317110653.746.4
MAX466486436427871554634558693689466375
(WY)194219781983197419511979198319731974196919931989
MIN0.931.870.840.502.4413.811.311.39.956.913.482.13
(WY)195719771977197719891956195619891977197719881956

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1941 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL40842.2      17574.3      
ANNUAL MEAN112         48.1      113         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN334         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN22.0      1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2870             May 122570             May 17630         Feb 19 1951
LOWEST DAILY MEAN4.4   A    Dec 123.6   A    Jan 260.40    Oct 6 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM4.6   A    Dec 63.8   A    Jan 220.40    Jan 20 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW4320             May 18910      BFeb 19 1951
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE13.88        May 115.52 CJun 23 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOWunknown         0.30    Oct 6 1956
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.72    0.31    0.73    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)9.80    4.22    9.92    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS276         76         235         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS32         8.6      48         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS6.4      4.9      6.0      

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Gage height, 13.41 ft., from floodmark.

C - Discharge, 5,760 ft3/s.



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