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BEAR CREEK BASIN


05495500                   BEAR CREEK NEAR MARCELLINE, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 40°08'34", long 91°20'14", on line between secs.20 and 21, T.2 N., R.8 W., Adams County, Hydrologic Unit 07110001, on right downstream side of bridge on County Road 900 E, 0.9 mi downstream from Grindstone Creek, 2.2 mi northeast of Marcelline, 3.8 mi upstream from State Highway 96, and at mile 12.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.--349 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1944 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1308: 1944-45(M), 1948(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-94-1: 1991.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 504.52 ft above sea level. Prior to June 24, 1949, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS.--Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
113   34 76 e25 782 128 58 160 53 1280   3.72.3
210   660 60 e39 674 98 58 131 543 217   3.42.3
39.71220 47 e38 567 87 81 115 152 78   3.22.2
49.1936 43 e36 280 74 322 108 340 48   3.12.2
5e592   388 42 e35 193 122 167 312 1070 34   2.82.1
 
6e1340   211 378 e44 164 617 880 187 225 24   2.72.1
7e368   143 1140 e42 883 240 318 113 102 17   3.21.9
8111   189 708 e40 807 e130 155 95 74 13   3.71.9
958   568 286 e38 343 e110 587 84 60 11   3.11.6
1042   1490 188 e36 231 185 305 77 107 9.62.81.5
 
1131   1420 144 e34 368 200 145 71 448 8.42.81.5
1224   512 120 e33 803 336 103 82 155 7.52.81.9
1318   216 105 e32 264 430 82 130 73 6.52.82.3
1415   161 93 e31 180 385 74 167 69 5.97.62.0
1513   127 81 e30 164 629 2320 125 62 5.58.21.8
 
1614   102 73 e30 148 1010 7900 119 42 5.15.01.6
1793   87 70 e35 127 682 3060 1430 33 5.53.71.5
181610   75 66 e50 111 284 663 711 28 4.83.11.4
19909   66 62 e70 104 173 300 214 24 4.53.01.8
20206   59 55 e60 95 138 200 132 22 4.12.62.3
 
21103   52 48 e80 84 123 168 103 20 4.02.62.0
2266   50 42 e2500 72 106 155 96 18 3.92.61.8
2352   46 35 4350 74 96 693 84 39 3.73.21.7
2444   42 29 2320 85 87 258 69 59 3.74.41.7
2537   41 28 1120 89 77 158 60 52 6.911   1.7
 
2633   37 28 942 111 69 133 54 27 10   10   1.7
2730   36 31 1450 185 64 150 48 18 6.85.52.2
2860   35 34 1390 205 68 713 44 15 5.73.8184   
2974   34 e33 528 --- 71 726 40 13 4.73.2425   
3052   40 e30 280 --- 66 239 38 12 5.12.772   
 
3138   --- e27 288 --- 61 --- 37 --- 4.22.5---   

TOTAL6074.890774202160268193694621171523639551848.1124.8732.0
MEAN19630313651729322470616913259.64.0324.4
MAX16101490114043508831010790014301070128011425
MIN9.134272572615837123.72.51.4
CFSM.56.87.391.48.84.642.02.48.38.17.01.07
IN..65.97.451.71.87.742.26.56.42.20.01.08

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN11515614515126038842939926228087.3160
MAX1658217214859561237137021632679225119675411954
(WY)198719861983194619851985194419951990199319931970
MIN.000.000.074.31.683.839.023.26.72.24.17.000
(WY)195719571957197719891956197719891956198819881953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1998 CALENDAR YEARFOR 1999 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1944 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL149904.5  83585.7  
ANNUAL MEAN411     229     234     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN711     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN12.5  1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN15300         Jun 307900         Apr 1620500     Mar 4 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN4.2      Sep 121.4      Sep 18.00A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM4.8      Sep 71.8      Sep 6.00Aug 19 1953
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW8470         Apr 1635500     May 8 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE14.86    Apr 1628.38Mar 4 1985
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW1.4      Sep 17-19
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.18.66.67
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)15.988.919.10
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS961     641     431     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS93     64     24     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS9.4  2.8  1.1  
A - Many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988.

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