05524500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05524500 IROQUOIS RIVER NEAR FORESMAN, IN

LOCATION.--Lat 40°52'14", long 87°18'24", in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.15, T.28 N., R.8 W., Newton County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 55, 0.2 mi north of intersection of State Highways 16 and 55, 0.5 mi downstream from Mosquito Creek, 0.6 mi west of Foresman, 3 mi east of Brook, and at mile 72.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.--449 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1948 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1338: 1953. WSP 1438: 1955. WSP 1508: 1956. WSP 2115: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 624.00 ft above sea level. Prior to Sept. 7, 1955, nonrecording gage 2.5 mi upstream at datum 3.54 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Stage may be affected by backwater.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	52	68	63	e40	1050	934	266	1050	250	318	44	25
2	51	67	71	e37	922	913	261	929	308	521	42	25
3	63	70	67	e32	844	944	257	794	409	514	37	28
4	67	82	65	e31	770	996	291	658	358	402	35	24
5	63	67	62	e30	667	957	333	541	306	277	35	21

6	66	62	61	e30	575	992	319	460	267	204	33	20
7	88	60	68	e29	522	1080	287	409	233	173	29	19
8	91	59	88	e29	616	1060	265	363	210	139	37	19
9	66	61	87	e28	824	983	285	330	192	111	42	20
10	53	79	78	e28	911	875	300	306	212	100	40	20

11	48	162	71	e28	894	756	318	289	249	89	37	20
12	45	151	67	e28	849	643	373	281	219	79	37	20
13	44	107	65	e27	779	560	354	376	334	71	77	20
14	45	91	64	e27	668	514	329	478	477	65	82	20
15	46	87	62	e27	571	487	334	497	475	54	54	20

16	47	80	60	e28	509	538	720	451	347	52	40	20
17	51	73	60	e40	486	765	1250	389	264	51	35	21
18	55	67	59	e70	462	849	1530	347	220	58	31	22
19	59	63	60	e130	427	808	1490	311	193	61	31	23
20	58	64	67	e250	387	710	1300	278	174	60	34	21

21	54	61	69	e540	351	611	1120	261	161	171	33	19
22	57	58	65	e1000	320	513	981	269	150	130	31	19
23	56	56	59	e2000	308	432	934	265	138	79	30	18
24	53	56	e56	e3000	298	389	970	287	139	79	31	17
25	53	55	e54	e3300	288	355	965	288	215	85	30	17

26	56	56	e52	3070	282	324	907	251	232	70	30	17
27	55	57	e50	2750	509	307	817	222	402	62	29	16
28	62	55	58	2410	858	297	917	204	455	58	28	16
29	72	53	63	2010	---	287	1090	194	352	58	30	36
30	74	55	61	1620	---	273	1120	185	262	54	30	45

31	72	---	e52	1280	---	264	---	209	---	48	27	---

TOTAL	1822	2182	1984	23949	16947	20416	20683	12172	8203	4293	1161	648
MEAN	58.8	72.7	64.0	773	605	659	689	393	273	138	37.5	21.6
MAX	91	162	88	3300	1050	1080	1530	1050	477	521	82	45
MIN	44	53	50	27	282	264	257	185	138	48	27	16
CFSM	.13	.16	.14	1.72	1.35	1.47	1.54	.87	.61	.31	.08	.05
IN.	.15	.18	.16	1.98	1.40	1.69	1.71	1.01	.68	.36	.10	.05

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	179	259	403	449	561	755	772	566	489	261	105	140
MAX	1792	1218	1274	1736	1490	2266	1672	1360	2314	1099	435	1387
(WY)	1994	1993	1968	1993	1968	1982	1950	1974	1958	1993	1990	1993
MIN	9.70	16.1	15.3	27.0	31.4	81.7	199	108	39.8	17.7	12.2	11.1
(WY)	1957	1965	1964	1963	1964	1957	1986	1958	1988	1988	1988	1964

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1950 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	204969		114460
ANNUAL MEAN	562		314		410
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					891	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					77.6	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	3470	May 9	3300	Jan 25	5930	Jun 14 1958
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	44	Oct 13	16	Sep 27	6.3	Sep 10 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	47	Oct 11	17	Sep 22	8.0	Sep 5 1964
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			3510	Jan 25	5930	Jun 14 1958
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			19.81	Jan 25	24.42	Jun 14 1958
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.25		.70		.91
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	16.98		9.48		12.42
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1430		909		1090
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	272		88		198
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	55		28		29