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LUSK CREEK BASIN


03384450       LUSK CREEK NEAR EDDYVILLE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 37°28'20", long 88°32'50", in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.16, T.12 S., R.6 E., Pope County, Hydrologic Unit 05140203, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on County Highway 5, 2.8 mi southeast of Eddyville and at mile 17.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 42.9 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: October 1967 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1961, 1964, 1969-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site AK 02.

 

SEDIMENT: January 1980 to September 1981.

 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.

 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.


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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 360.42 ft above sea level.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 299 mg/L May 18, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L on many days each year.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,340 tons May 18, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton on many days each year.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1.00.01.022.5e4.850 20 28   16   8.02.01.5  
2.00.02.022.8e4.738 21 23   12   7.31.81.4  
3.00.02.022860   e4.535 21 19   9.96.41.71.4  
4.00.01.03300   e5.033 19 16   8.75.62.11.3  
5.00.00.0357   5.928 17 14   7.84.915   1.1  
 
6.00.00.0229   5.624 16 14   7.14.39.41.1  
7.00.00.0318   5.521 16 13   6.44.15.21.0  
8.00.00.0414   5.319 17 12   5.73.74.71.0  
9.05.00.0411   5.318 15 12   5.23.54.01.1  
10.00.001.4  10   5.016 15 18   4.73.43.21.1  
 
11.00.002.2  9.64.816 15 14   4.53.12.41.2  
12.00.0016     9.45.218 14 12   4.63.02.11.4  
13.00.0026     8.89.918 13 12   4.43.01.81.4  
14.00.01187     8.034   18 13 11   4.32.91.71.3  
15.00.0031     7.523   18 13 9.84.42.81.61.2  
 
16.00.0014     6.916   391 13 9.04.42.71.41.1  
17.00.008.6  6.814   155 18 8.6362   2.51.41.1  
18.00.016.7  7.0807   75 19 8.6566   2.51.3.97
19.00.025.5  7.0274   108 19 8.4122   4.01.2.98
20.00.024.8  6.670   636 17 8.242   2.61.4.99
 
21.00.033.7  6.336   142 15 8.240   2.51.3.97
22.00.043.7  6.426   73 14 7.632   2.41.31.0  
23.00.043.7  6.321   51 14 11   19   2.21.31.0  
24.00.033.5  6.2409   41 19 33   24   2.11.31.1  
25.00.043.4  e5.8102   33 67 24   23   2.11.24.0  
 
26.00.023.2  e5.4501   28 43 149   14   1.91.44.7  
27.00.023.0  e5.2554   30 87 215   13   1.91.62.6  
28.00.022.9  e5.0128   29 213 100   17   1.81.71.7  
29.00.022.7  e4.867   25 65 43   12   1.81.71.2  
30.00.022.7  e4.5---   24 37 29   10   1.91.6.93
 
31.00---     2.5  e4.7---   22 --- 20   ---   2.01.6---     

TOTAL0.050.40338.453442.53153.52233905910.41406.1102.981.442.84
MEAN.002.01310.911110972.030.229.446.93.322.631.43
MAX.05.0418728608076362132155668.0154.7
MIN.00.00.022.54.516137.64.31.81.2.93
CFSM.00.00.252.592.531.68.70.681.09.08.06.03
IN..00.00.292.992.731.94.78.791.22.09.07.04

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN5.7644.581.184.099.912912181.734.515.910.65.12
MAX59.521637726528730640826615389.917475.0
(WY)198619861983196919891979198319901970198919851985
MIN.000.013.14.775.3128.220.64.05.22.14.034.000
(WY)198820001977198119961981198619881988197819881999

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1968 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL16566.78    12616.54
ANNUAL MEAN45.4      34.5  59.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN114         1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN20.1      1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2300      A    Jan 222860         Jan 34670         Aug 24 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN.00        Many days.00    Many days.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM.00        Sep 1.00    Oct 1.00    Aug 25 1968
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW5660         Jan 316100      CAug 24 1985
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE17.56    Jan 327.78    Aug 24 1985
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.06    .801.38    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)14.37    10.9418.77    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS88         40     116         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS3.3      4.8  9.1      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS.00    .00.10    
A - Estimated.
B - Several days in most years.
C - From rating curve extended above 23.5 ft based on contracted-opening measurement.

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