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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05560500       FARM CREEK AT FARMDALE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 40°40'00", long 89°30'15", in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.36, T.26 N., R.4 W., Tazewell County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on left bank 200 ft downstream from bridge, 0.2 mi east of Farmdale, 0.2 mi upstream from Norfolk & Western Railway bridge, 0.3 mi downstream from Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad bridge, and at mile 5.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.4 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1948 to October 1985. Seven-month period (March to September), March 1986 to current.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water years 1986-99.


REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 530.12 ft above sea level.

REMARKS.-- High flow regulated by Farmdale Dam, 1 mi upstream effective Aug. 16, 1951.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height, 7.58 ft, Apr. 24, 1950, discharge not determined; maximum discharge after Farmdale Dam Aug. 16, 1951, 1,050 ft3/s, June 2, 1980, gage height, 4.43 ft; maximum gage height, 6.55 ft, Feb. 20, 1982, ice jam; no flow for several days in most years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1986 TO SEPTEMBER 1987
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
125 --- --- --- ---   37   13   8.918   2.6  3.9  1.0  
214 --- --- --- ---   24   12   9.228   2.2  1.6  1.0  
3313 --- --- --- ---   18   11   8.657   2.0  3.8  .98
4275 --- --- --- ---   20   10   7.918   2.3  6.3  .89
575 --- --- --- ---   21   10   7.311   6.6  1.2  .88
 
656 --- --- --- ---   15   10   7.29.52.5  .93.80
744 --- --- --- ---   13   9.97.48.12.1  .86.78
835 --- --- --- ---   13   11   7.47.31.8  1.1  .79
928 --- --- --- ---   13   11   7.513   1.6  1.4  1.0  
1023 --- --- --- ---   11   9.67.57.81.4  .94.97
 
1121 --- --- --- ---   11   9.97.36.81.3  .90.89
1220 --- --- --- ---   11   9.47.55.31.2  .88.99
1317 --- --- --- ---   11   15   6.54.12.1  .801.1  
1419 --- --- --- ---   12   39   8.13.22.5  .921.0  
1517 --- --- --- ---   17   24   7.22.71.5  1.6  .99
 
16--- --- --- --- ---   13   18   5.92.41.4  1.1  1.9  
17--- --- --- --- 13   11   15   7.01.91.1  .8814     
18--- --- --- --- 13   12   13   11   1.9.87.801.3  
19--- --- --- --- 11   13   13   7.01.9.79.701.2  
20--- --- --- --- 11   12   12   6.23.2.75.611.1  
 
21--- --- --- --- e10   11   12   7.458   .8712     1.1  
22--- --- --- --- e10   10   15   14   11   .761.6  1.1  
23--- --- --- --- 10   10   14   7.04.6.721.0  1.0  
24--- --- --- --- 9.911   11   6.23.0.741.0  1.0  
25--- --- --- --- 9.911   10   6.84.4.725.3  .95
 
26--- --- --- --- 9.910   9.77.73.8.766.7  .89
27--- --- --- --- 10   9.911   7.42.81.1  7.1  .89
28--- --- --- --- 18   9.79.87.52.22.3  1.5  .82
29--- --- --- --- ---   27   9.310   2.11.9  1.1  1.5  
30--- --- --- --- ---   16   9.15.62.61.2  1.1  1.2  
 
31--- --- --- --- ---   13   ---   5.2---   1.0  1.1  ---     

TOTAL---------------446.6386.7237.4305.650.6870.7244.01
MEAN---------------14.412.97.6610.21.632.281.47
MAX---------------373914586.61214
MIN---------------9.79.15.21.9.72.61.78
CFSM---------------.53.47.28.37.06.08.05
IN.---------------.61.53.32.41.07.10.06

e Estimated

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