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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 fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1995 TO SEPTEMBER 1996
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
14.7--- --- --- --- ---   3.810   68   6.56.7e1.2  
22.9--- --- --- --- ---   3.29.068   6.55.4e1.2  
32.7--- --- --- --- ---   3.98.853   5.94.4e1.1  
42.6--- --- --- --- e5.04.112   42   5.93.9e1.0  
52.3--- --- --- --- e10   3.712   35   5.53.4e.96
 
66.7--- --- --- --- e20   3.516   32   5.43.0e.93
73.9--- --- --- --- e11   3.912   45   5.02.8e.90
82.5--- --- --- --- e7.53.764   30   5.58.4e5.0  
91.8--- --- --- --- e11   3.161   26   6.43.76.4  
101.6--- --- --- --- e7.22.2124   25   5.82.51.8  
 
112.0--- --- --- --- e6.22.076   23   5.62.2e1.2  
121.1--- --- --- --- 6.02.147   20   4.72.1e1.0  
131.6--- --- --- --- 8.42.138   18   4.12.1e.86
141.9--- --- --- --- 8.71.934   16   5.22.1e.78
151.7--- --- --- --- 8.528   60   14   5.62.2e.72
 
161.7--- --- --- --- 4.418   41   13   5.12.1e.68
171.6--- --- --- --- 3.29.934   15   6.62.2e.63
181.4--- --- --- --- 2.96.627   24   5.58.5e.60
193.0--- --- --- --- 3.25.522   15   4.93.2e.56
20e12   --- --- --- --- 6.14.918   13   4.42.3e.54
 
21---   --- --- --- --- 5.94.220   12   52   2.3e.52
22---   --- --- --- --- 4.324   15   11   13   2.5e.50
23---   --- --- --- --- 4.712   17   10   8.5e2.3e.48
24---   --- --- --- --- 3.06.619   15   11   e2.1e.47
25---   --- --- --- --- 11   5.248   9.66.9e1.9e2.0  
 
26---   --- --- --- --- 13   4.574   8.45.3e1.815     
27---   --- --- --- --- 4.13.4391   7.84.5e1.65.5  
28---   --- --- --- --- 3.22.8286   7.74.9e1.52.3  
29---   --- --- --- --- 4.67.3109   7.46.7e1.4e1.9  
30---   --- --- --- --- 3.812   68   6.827   e1.4e1.8  
 
31---   --- --- --- --- 3.9---   52   ---   9.4e1.3---     

TOTAL------------------198.11824.8690.7259.393.358.53
MEAN------------------6.6058.923.08.363.011.95
MAX------------------2839168528.515
MIN------------------1.98.86.84.11.3.47
CFSM------------------.242.15.84.31.11.07
IN.------------------.272.48.94.35.13.08

e Estimated

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