05560500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1997

Station list Available data
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 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	e1.6	---	---	---	---	---	13	16	7.3	5.8	e1.6	5.3
2	1.5	---	---	---	---	---	13	15	9.3	5.1	e1.5	55
3	---	---	---	---	---	---	12	15	9.3	4.3	e1.6	18
4	---	---	---	---	---	---	11	12	8.8	3.6	5.7	12
5	---	---	---	---	---	---	20	12	7.9	3.8	e3.5	9.6

6	---	---	---	---	---	---	16	11	16	e3.8	e2.0	8.0
7	---	---	---	---	---	---	12	12	10	e3.6	1.3	7.5
8	---	---	---	---	---	---	11	15	8.5	e3.5	e1.3	33
9	---	---	---	---	---	---	11	11	7.6	e3.3	7.5	16
10	---	---	---	---	---	---	11	9.9	7.4	e3.2	e4.0	11

11	---	---	---	---	---	33	37	10	8.4	e4.2	34	9.0
12	---	---	---	---	---	28	103	10	8.7	e3.2	7.1	7.3
13	---	---	---	---	---	28	108	11	8.5	7.2	4.4	5.8
14	---	---	---	---	---	36	76	12	e7.2	5.4	e4.1	e5.3
15	---	---	---	---	---	26	52	11	e5.8	e4.0	7.2	e5.0

16	---	---	---	---	---	23	43	10	e5.0	e3.0	5.2	e5.4
17	---	---	---	---	---	23	35	10	e9.0	e2.7	211	27
18	---	---	---	---	---	21	31	9.1	e6.4	e2.6	27	10
19	---	---	---	---	---	19	31	14	e5.2	e2.5	14	8.1
20	---	---	---	---	---	19	26	8.3	4.7	7.4	11	6.9

21	---	---	---	---	---	16	24	7.8	4.8	10	9.4	5.9
22	---	---	---	---	---	15	21	7.4	4.8	6.2	8.0	e5.6
23	---	---	---	---	---	13	19	7.5	4.3	e5.0	7.3	6.1
24	---	---	---	---	---	17	16	8.0	4.2	e3.9	13	6.2
25	---	---	---	---	---	19	14	9.9	4.2	e3.1	7.5	7.0

26	---	---	---	---	---	15	13	11	4.5	e2.7	5.3	6.4
27	---	---	---	---	---	15	14	9.2	4.2	e2.4	e5.0	5.6
28	---	---	---	---	---	18	15	8.8	4.2	e2.1	e4.8	e4.8
29	---	---	---	---	---	17	15	8.1	4.0	e1.9	e4.7	e3.8
30	---	---	---	---	---	15	20	7.8	4.5	e1.8	17	e3.5

31	---	---	---	---	---	14	---	7.5	---	e1.7	7.4	---

TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	843	327.3	204.7	123.0	444.4	320.1
MEAN	---	---	---	---	---	---	28.1	10.6	6.82	3.97	14.3	10.7
MAX	---	---	---	---	---	---	108	16	16	10	211	55
MIN	---	---	---	---	---	---	11	7.4	4.0	1.7	1.3	3.5
CFSM	---	---	---	---	---	---	1.03	.39	.25	.14	.52	.39
IN.	---	---	---	---	---	---	1.14	.44	.28	.17	.60	.43

e Estimated