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CACHE RIVER BASIN


03612000       CACHE RIVER AT FORMAN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°20'11", long 88°55'26" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.6, T.14 S., R.3 E., Johnson County, Hydrologic Unit 05140206, at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 3, 1.2 mi southwest of Forman, and at mile 8.1.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 244 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1922 to July 1924, September 1924 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 623: 1923-24. WSP 823: 1934-35. WSP 1205: 1923-24, 1927-30. WSP 1335: 1923(M), 1925, 1926-27(M), 1928, 1929-30(M), 1931, 1933, 1934-36(M), 1937-39. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 308.47 ft. above NGVD of 1929. Dec. 30, 1971 to Sept. 30, 1997, recording gage at same site at datum 10.0 ft. higher. Oct. 1, 1958, to Dec. 30, 1971, nonrecording gage at same site and datum 10.0 ft. higher. See WSP 1705 or 1725 for history of changes prior to Sept. 30, 1958.

 

REMARKS.-- Flow of lower part of Cache River Basin was diverted from Ohio River to Mississippi River beginning Oct. 31, 1950, through diversion channel of Mounds-Mound City flood-protection project. Flow of upper part of Cache River Basin, including flow past this station, continued to discharge to Ohio River, passing through Post Creek cutoff directly to Ohio River instead of through the original channel of Cache River.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,630 ft3/s, March 12, 1935, gage height, 42.29 ft, site then in use, from graph based on gage readings; no flow at times in some years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for periods of backwater from the Ohio River, Dec. 2-4, 22-26, Jan. 26 to Feb. 7, Mar. 20 to Apr. 10, Apr. 25 to June 3, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
11.0  47 2690 e80 e2440 115 e619 e1210 e109   20   1.8  2.1  
20.8345 e1970 e67 e2040 113 e412 e1090 e86   19   32     1.8  
30.8341 e1540 e54 e1740 259 e295 e814 e69   14   21     2.3  
40.9140 e1090 e46 e1570 357 e247 e731 61   11   11     2.3  
52.5  38 837 e40 e1180 242 e206 e608 50   18   7.4  1.8  
 
67.7  35 835 e44 e862 178 e165 e428 167   24   5.1  1.5  
75.2  32 811 e52 e651 147 e124 e335 371   17   3.3  1.4  
82.6  30 1050 e62 499 126 e126 e1490 192   15   2.3  1.1  
98.5  27 735 e74 367 785 e179 e2070 103   13   1.6  1.1  
107.3  26 502 85 283 1010 e227 e2020 78   12   1.1  0.92
 
1114     25 340 89 218 869 198 e1830 100   11   0.950.79
12326     25 347 81 174 725 171 e1760 82   87   0.770.63
13814     23 773 70 141 529 1470 e3640 84   198   2.9  0.51
142060     23 1570 62 117 396 2580 e4620 54   86   8.1  0.44
151290     22 1410 52 99 330 2720 e4930 36   37   5.5  0.48
 
16711     22 1870 46 87 1480 2040 e3640 28   21   3.0  0.48
17596     21 4490 45 75 996 1480 e3560 34   13   2.5  0.57
18397     22 6200 42 65 903 1180 e3700 26   9.65.6  0.60
19228     22 6490 46 64 1850 1000 e2940 23   7.14.8  1.1  
20144     21 5220 55 577 e2560 1080 e2420 21   9.83.7  105     
 
21104     21 3270 63 790 e2340 1830 e1870 21   8.62.8  63     
2280     20 e1790 90 719 e1830 1450 e1250 19   6.02.3  33     
2363     20 e1090 210 446 e1520 1120 e917 14   4.72.1  35     
2498     23 e796 3380 274 e1100 1400 e722 12   4.11.8  18     
25416     77 e601 3010 208 e983 e1100 e568 10   3.64.3  10     
 
26438     153 e427 e1590 194 e2680 e928 e488 9.93.75.3  9.8  
27286     1230 327 e1080 162 e2370 e798 e346 9.23.53.9  199     
28152     1610 248 e790 137 e1850 e1360 e265 20   3.22.8  53     
2988     2600 e180 e541 --- e1620 e915 e298 18   3.42.3  59     
3063     3040 e120 e613 --- e1240 e716 e176 15   3.22.5  33     
 
3153     --- e95 e1140 --- e864 --- e138 ---   2.52.4  ---     

TOTAL8458.3793814971413699161793236728136508741922.1689.0156.92639.72
MEAN272.9312.71604441.9577.81044937.9164164.0722.235.06221.32
MAX2060304064903380244026802720493037119832199
MIN0.83209540641131241389.22.50.770.44
CFSM1.121.286.571.812.374.283.846.730.260.090.020.09
IN.1.291.437.582.092.474.934.297.760.290.110.020.10

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN55.61190.4334.5492.5490.3598.6567.2425.4213.387.2371.7155.40
MAX487109721923039181322682244184717591257826542
(WY)192819581983195019501945192719831928195819851950
MIN0.0190.660.581.387.0512.440.710.41.371.710.0000.43
(WY)196419541964197719341941198119301936193119301953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1923 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL95052.07212216.11
ANNUAL MEAN260.4  581.4  296.5      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN779         1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN37.5      1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN6490         Dec 196490         Dec 198780         Jan 26 1929
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.83    Oct 2-30.44    Sep 140.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM1.1      Sep 280.53    Sep 120.00    Jul 29 1930
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW6630         Dec 199630         Mar 12 1935
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE34.50    Dec 1942.29 BMar 12 1935
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.41    Sep 13-17
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.072.381.22    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)14.4932.3516.51    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS599     1830     846         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS43     99     52         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.9  2.5  1.8      

A - At times in some years.

B - Site then in use, from graph based on gage readings.



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