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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 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1e6.5--- --- --- --- ---   2.99.614   8.6e7.5  e5.0  
2e6.0--- --- --- --- ---   3.48.311   8.1e6.0  e4.0  
3e15   --- --- --- --- ---   3.25.99.49.7e5.0  e3.0  
4e6.0--- --- --- --- ---   2.65.59.38.4e4.0  e2.3  
5e4.0--- --- --- --- ---   2.55.29.67.9e3.5  e1.8  
 
61.6--- --- --- --- ---   2.44.77.37.4e3.0  e1.4  
7---   --- --- --- --- ---   5.68.36.67.0e2.5  e1.0  
8---   --- --- --- --- ---   5.06.36.46.5e2.1  e.84
9---   --- --- --- --- 1.63.447   6.26.0e1.8  e.75
10---   --- --- --- --- e1.23.023   6.05.8e1.6  e.66
 
11---   --- --- --- --- 1.15.416   5.422   e1.4  e.60
12---   --- --- --- --- 1.14.018   5.19.5e1.3  19     
13---   --- --- --- --- 1.23.716   6.2e8.0e1.2  e7.5  
14---   --- --- --- --- 1.13.311   7.2e7.0e1.1  e6.0  
15---   --- --- --- --- 1.22.89.16.4e6.2e1.0  e4.5  
 
16---   --- --- --- --- 4.42.78.75.8e5.6e.94e3.5  
17---   --- --- --- --- 2.86.99.05.4e5.0e1.0  e2.8  
18---   --- --- --- --- 2.33.58.15.0e4.5e.90e2.3  
19---   --- --- --- --- 15   6.47.14.7e4.1e.84e2.1  
20---   --- --- --- --- 16   40   6.415   e3.8e.802.9  
 
21---   --- --- --- --- 9.024   6.225   e3.5e1.1  7.1  
22---   --- --- --- --- 5.914   6.29.7e3.25.1  6.3  
23---   --- --- --- --- 5.013   8.619   e3.0e4.5  25     
24---   --- --- --- --- 4.716   6.430   e2.8e4.0  10     
25---   --- --- --- --- 4.611   5.920   e2.6e3.5  11     
 
26---   --- --- --- --- 4.18.57.019   e2.5e3.0  e6.4  
27---   --- --- --- --- 4.68.091   12   e2.5e2.5  e5.0  
28---   --- --- --- --- 3.76.849   11   e2.6e10     e4.1  
29---   --- --- --- --- 3.36.425   13   e2.3e8.0  e3.4  
30---   --- --- --- --- 2.85.920   9.0e15   e6.0  e2.9  
 
31---   --- --- --- --- 2.8---   17   ---   e9.0e4.5  ---     

TOTAL------------------226.3475.5319.7200.199.68153.15
MEAN------------------7.5415.310.76.453.225.11
MAX------------------409130221025
MIN------------------2.44.74.72.3.80.60
CFSM------------------.28.56.39.24.12.19
IN.------------------.31.65.43.27.14.21

e Estimated

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