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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 1994-2001.

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: Water years 1996-98.

 

FISH: Water years 1996-98.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1996-1998.


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, from rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow, June 22, 1974; gage height, 23.81 ft (present datum); 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 Feb. 28 to May 7, June 11-14, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
15.09.111   e7.5e125 e108 61 59 207 39   8.73.9
25.09.611   e7.8e100 e95 57 56 164 35   8.73.7
35.19.2e10   e8.2e80 e86 54 52 137 40   19   3.3
422   9.1e10   e8.5e66 e82 51 50 124 40   8.83.1
518   9.3e10   e8.8e58 77 56 48 1160 33   7.33.0
 
613   11   e11   e9.2e50 71 151 50 686 30   6.63.1
712   15   e12   e9.4e44 70 194 54 319 29   e6.53.4
811   12   e12   e9.4e130 66 139 46 175 28   e6.43.7
910   17   e11   e9.0e1200 59 126 45 147 34   6.24.3
1010   21   e10   e8.6e400 58 112 44 129 27   6.15.9
 
1110   16   e12   e8.3e250 62 126 108 119 24   5.34.6
1210   15   e15   e8.1e150 66 172 95 114 23   5.23.5
139.814   e14   e8.0e130 72 134 81 106 21   5.03.1
149.614   e13   e8.4e150 64 122 86 93 20   4.73.1
159.313   e12   e9.4e140 110 128 89 90 19   4.83.1
 
169.413   e11   e10   e110 188 124 78 83 18   5.93.1
179.7e12   e10   e12   e93 157 112 246 78 17   5.32.9
189.4e12   e9.4e13   e86 157 104 186 75 18   6.65.0
199.0e12   e8.8e12   e80 150 100 142 70 19   7.215   
208.7e12   e8.3e10   e74 129 95 123 67 17   5.26.9
 
218.7e12   e7.9e9.6e69 116 95 223 73 18   4.44.9
229.0e12   e7.6e8.6e65 106 85 165 66 16   4.44.5
239.2e12   e7.3e8.0e60 98 84 137 61 15   4.54.1
249.4e12   e7.0e7.6611 90 74 122 56 15   5.13.7
259.613   e6.8e7.11220 84 75 108 54 14   5.33.8
 
269.814   e6.6e6.8271 80 72 127 51 13   5.63.2
279.713   e6.6e6.6149 76 68 154 48 12   4.42.7
289.212   e6.6e6.7120 74 63 126 46 12   3.92.6
299.312   e6.8e30   --- 70 61 113 44 11   3.62.6
309.612   e7.0e200   --- 67 60 101 42 9.93.52.5
 
3113   ---   e7.2e170   --- 65 --- 140 --- 9.23.5---   

TOTAL312.5379.3298.9646.660812853295532544684676.1187.7122.3
MEAN10.112.69.6420.921792.098.510515621.86.054.08
MAX22211520012201881942461160401915
MIN5.09.16.66.644585144429.23.52.5
CFSM.16.20.15.333.461.471.571.672.49.35.10.07
IN..19.23.18.383.611.691.751.932.78.40.11.07

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN19.530.436.545.759.083.384.582.870.444.023.325.4
MAX124154177223237272243248338243158184
(WY)198719861983197419971979198319951974199319811970
MIN.641.37.961.353.2216.46.886.826.203.511.33.50
(WY)196419651964196319641996198919891977198819881988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2000 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2001 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1960 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL7709.2      22450.4  
ANNUAL MEAN21.1      61.5  50.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN131         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN13.6      1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN243             Jun 251220         Feb 253330         Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN2.2   A    Jan 28, 292.5      Sep 30.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM2.3          Jan 263.0      Sep 24.11    Oct 6 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2540         Jun 56540      CJun 22 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE21.46    Jun 523.81 DJun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW2.4      Sep 28, 29
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).34    .98.80    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)4.57    13.3210.90    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS44         135     108         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS12         15     22         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.3      5.0  2.8      

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
B - Sept. 25, 26, 1998 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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