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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05568800       INDIAN CREEK NEAR WYOMING, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°01'06", long 89°50'07", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.17, T.12 N., R.6 E., Stark County, Hydrologic Unit 07130005, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on West Jersey Road (County Road 300 N), 4.5 mi southwest of Wyoming and at mile 4.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 62.7 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: October 1959 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91 and 1998.

 

SEDIMENT: October 1980 to September 1981.

 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water year 1981.

 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water year 1981.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants of streambed sediments, August 1996; contaminants of fish tissue, August 1996; streambank sediment size, October 1997; streambed sediment size, October 1997.

BIOLOGICAL: Benthic macroinvertebrates, September 1996, September 1997, and September 1998; fish, August 1996, July 1997, and July 1998.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 606.78 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1994, at same site at datum 10.00 ft. higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,540 ft3/s, June 22, 1974, gage height, 23.81 ft (present datum), from rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow; no flow Sept. 25, 26, and part of each day Oct. 7, 8, 13, 1988.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 11,100 mg/L Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily mean, 20 mg/L Feb. 6-17, 1981.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 31,100 tons Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily, 0.35 ton Feb. 14, 1981.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for June 25 to Aug. 16, and Aug. 30 to Sept. 4, which are fair, and 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
 
14.44.54.0e6.0e2.548 12 42 30 56 16   5.2
24.03.73.6e6.3e2.635 13 37 23 51 13   4.9
34.93.54.2e5.4e2.831 12 34 21 52 12   4.4
47.83.95.6e4.8e2.928 11 33 22 60 11   4.6
56.24.219   e4.3e3.025 11 30 23 191 13   4.5
 
64.74.415   e5.2e3.122 11 29 20 92 15   4.3
74.83.88.7e4.6e3.320 12 28 19 67 14   4.1
84.43.87.3e5.0e3.420 12 29 19 56 12   4.2
94.74.06.76.3e3.618 12 36 18 50 11   4.1
104.13.76.58.1e4.015 13 40 17 50 10   4.2
 
113.83.76.1e6.6e4.515 13 36 18 44 9.24.1
124.43.85.9e5.6e4.215 12 35 20 38 8.85.2
133.73.75.9e4.9e4.014 11 29 21 35 8.75.3
143.43.75.9e5.9e4.514 11 27 35 32 8.76.6
153.83.86.2e5.2e4.714 11 26 40 30 8.38.6
 
164.03.76.6e4.6e5.414 11 27 31 27 7.74.7
174.03.95.8e4.3e6.212 13 26 26 24 8.14.0
183.94.2e5.0e4.0e6.512 12 28 23 23 7.03.9
193.93.9e4.5e4.3e6.016 20 64 24 23 6.73.8
203.93.7e4.7e4.4e5.820 189 37 32 21 6.54.1
 
214.03.8e4.4e3.9e9.019 203 33 53 20 6.65.9
224.13.7e4.2e3.520   16 134 32 35 18 8.35.8
233.64.0e4.0e3.134   16 104 30 40 17 6.812   
243.64.5e3.7e2.845   17 91 26 112 17 6.214   
253.94.2e3.7e2.646   16 75 23 243 16 5.811   
 
263.84.0e3.82.4164   15 65 23 146 16 5.57.9
273.73.7e4.0e2.3107   16 59 32 108 15 5.56.4
284.63.7e4.3e2.273   15 52 27 86 15 13   5.7
293.94.5e4.5e2.258   13 47 24 77 14 8.95.5
303.74.5e4.9e2.3---   12 42 24 63 14 6.05.3
 
314.0---   e5.4e2.4---   13 --- 25 --- 14 5.4---   

TOTAL131.7118.2184.1135.5639.0576129497214451198284.7174.3
MEAN4.253.945.944.3722.018.643.131.448.238.69.185.81
MAX7.84.5198.116448203642431911614
MIN3.43.53.62.22.512112317145.43.8
CFSM.07.06.09.07.35.30.69.50.77.62.15.09
IN..08.07.11.08.38.34.77.58.86.71.17.10

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN19.730.837.246.355.283.184.182.268.344.523.725.9
MAX124154177223237272243248338243158184
(WY)198719861983197419971979198319951974199319811970
MIN.641.37.961.353.2216.46.886.826.203.511.33.50
(WY)196419651964196319641996198919891977198819881988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1960 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL19587.3  7152.5      
ANNUAL MEAN53.7  19.5      50.0      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN131         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN13.6      1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1740         May 13243             Jun 253330         Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN2.6      Sep 23-262.2   A    Jan 28, 29.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM2.7      Sep 202.3          Jan 26.11    Oct 6 1963
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW358             Apr 206540      CJun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE14.78        Apr 2023.81 DJun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW2.7          Oct 14
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).86.31    .80    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.624.24    10.84    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS136     44         106         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS24     8.7      23         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS3.7  3.7      2.8      
A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
B - Sept. 25, 26, 1988 and part of each day Oct. 7, 8, 13, 1988.
C - From rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow.
D - Present datum.


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