05524500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: December 1948 to current year.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and acoustic doppler velocity meter. 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.-- Stage may be affected by backwater.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,930 ft³/s, June 14, 1958, maximum gage height 24.42 ft; minimum daily discharge, 6.3 ft³/s, September 10, 1964.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	28	36	94	e80	e927	1810	248	232	619	108	91	48
2	26	38	89	e81	e837	1470	231	238	785	98	96	43
3	28	36	e81	e80	e630	1190	226	216	827	93	113	42
4	33	34	e76	e80	e539	989	217	198	723	344	89	35
5	52	32	e70	e79	e415	765	204	193	644	861	75	31

6	61	32	e62	e78	e337	597	223	191	1400	607	64	31
7	55	41	e57	e76	e390	500	315	187	2030	351	57	40
8	44	43	e54	e76	e600	461	310	182	1990	253	46	37
9	38	48	e56	e76	e1130	422	272	168	1720	711	44	53
10	41	128	e61	e75	e1860	391	497	166	1420	629	41	76

11	45	153	e68	e74	2130	378	866	163	1100	357	43	65
12	43	116	e74	e73	1980	371	1200	155	856	219	41	55
13	40	109	e79	e71	1710	386	1080	141	714	161	37	42
14	37	120	e84	e77	1470	365	817	134	558	132	36	39
15	43	114	e92	e127	1420	349	660	147	456	111	35	36

16	41	104	e105	e212	1350	365	635	151	383	98	42	34
17	42	90	e98	e252	1170	427	520	167	317	86	47	34
18	41	77	e95	e252	945	505	425	190	278	109	48	33
19	39	70	e92	e237	718	495	387	202	254	194	70	65
20	39	72	e89	e198	582	456	373	194	226	153	55	88

21	38	51	e85	e170	471	420	369	177	226	110	46	76
22	36	53	e82	e163	415	390	421	191	268	91	40	59
23	35	55	e78	e147	380	361	450	173	243	118	51	49
24	37	59	e67	e119	507	337	418	174	210	283	89	43
25	40	72	e70	e111	1590	298	353	178	189	339	75	42

26	42	72	e70	e102	2440	265	312	177	170	816	67	41
27	40	74	e75	e101	2480	249	294	306	156	535	59	37
28	39	76	e77	e98	2180	241	263	460	146	269	50	36
29	36	79	e77	e129	---	251	241	442	131	177	53	37
30	33	86	e78	e424	---	251	232	346	121	134	47	34

31	34	---	e81	e812	---	252	---	295	---	109	47	---

TOTAL	1226	2170	2416	4730	31603	16007	13059	6534	19160	8656	1794	1381
MEAN	39.5	72.3	77.9	153	1129	516	435	211	639	279	57.9	46.0
MAX	61	153	105	812	2480	1810	1200	460	2030	861	113	88
MIN	26	32	54	71	337	241	204	134	121	86	35	31
CFSM	.09	.16	.17	.34	2.51	1.15	.97	.47	1.42	.62	.13	.10
IN.	.10	.18	.20	.39	2.62	1.33	1.08	.54	1.59	.72	.15	.11

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	173	251	390	436	564	740	756	554	491	264	103	136
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 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1950 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	65313		108736
ANNUAL MEAN	178		298		404
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					891	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					77.6	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	1360	Jul 11	2480	Feb 27	5930	Jun 14 1958
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	20	Sep 8	26	Oct 2	6.3	Sep 10 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	22	Sep 3	35	Oct 31	8.0	Sep 5 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			2630	Feb 26	5930	Jun 14 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			18.03	Feb 27	24.42	Jun 14 1958
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.40		.66		.90
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	5.41		9.01		12.21
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	401		773		1070
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	90		127		193
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	34		39		29