03384450 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2002

Station list Available data
LUSK CREEK BASIN


LOCATION.-- Lat 37°28'20", long 88°32'50" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.
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 NGVD of 1929.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 16,100 ft³/s, Aug. 24, 1985, from rating curve extended above 23.5 ft, based on contracted-opening measurement, gage height, 27.78 ft; no flow for several days in most years.
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 CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	2.1	12	185	e21	730	48	59	349	24	1.5	0.01	0.00
2	2.1	12	89	e19	209	79	51	219	22	1.2	0.00	0.00
3	2.0	11	56	e17	147	164	50	167	21	1.1	0.00	0.00
4	1.9	11	42	e16	97	120	44	112	20	0.88	0.00	0.00
5	14	10	32	e17	73	92	39	84	20	0.77	0.00	0.00

6	15	10	152	e18	61	60	34	69	41	0.68	0.00	0.00
7	7.2	9.6	141	e20	52	50	31	59	21	0.53	0.00	0.00
8	4.7	9.4	260	e23	44	42	31	693	18	0.44	0.00	0.00
9	3.6	9.1	112	27	37	411	34	542	15	0.35	0.00	0.00
10	3.6	8.4	61	27	34	222	30	214	14	0.30	0.00	0.00

11	59	8.2	43	25	29	134	28	149	13	0.24	0.00	0.00
12	146	8.2	143	23	26	121	109	273	12	0.19	0.00	0.00
13	389	8.2	274	22	24	103	800	2170	11	0.15	0.07	0.00
14	718	8.0	714	21	22	78	1070	269	9.4	0.10	0.12	0.00
15	119	7.7	213	20	21	107	250	147	8.6	0.08	0.07	0.00

16	53	6.9	1180	18	19	568	149	122	7.8	0.05	0.04	0.00
17	35	6.7	3540	18	17	205	78	1140	7.0	0.05	0.02	0.05
18	27	6.5	e500	18	16	137	52	351	6.3	e0.05	0.00	0.07
19	20	6.7	e140	20	16	858	114	187	5.6	e0.05	0.00	0.10
20	18	6.8	75	20	109	979	301	160	5.1	e0.05	0.04	105

21	16	6.6	61	20	95	245	583	138	4.5	e0.04	0.00	46
22	13	6.6	59	23	49	139	337	102	4.1	0.04	0.00	6.5
23	14	6.4	102	254	40	114	170	77	3.6	0.12	0.00	2.1
24	16	60	96	1950	39	96	157	59	3.2	0.08	e0.00	1.3
25	35	50	e70	222	39	344	120	52	3.0	0.07	e0.00	0.91

26	28	34	e60	126	92	1150	86	49	2.9	0.06	e0.00	3.5
27	22	630	51	88	62	234	125	41	2.4	0.06	0.00	164
28	18	994	e42	67	53	171	411	33	2.1	0.04	0.00	29
29	16	1880	e35	54	---	128	180	38	1.8	0.04	0.00	9.7
30	14	1080	e29	207	---	94	131	34	1.6	0.05	0.00	4.5

31	13	---	e24	813	---	73	---	28	---	0.04	0.00	---

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	7.142	46.83	86.16	84.10	99.37	130.3	121.6	84.63	32.89	15.53	10.46	5.458
MAX	59.5	216	377	265	287	306	408	266	153	89.9	174	75.0
(WY)	2002	1986	1983	1969	1989	1979	1983	1990	1970	1989	1985	1985
MIN	0.000	0.013	0.14	0.77	5.31	28.2	20.6	4.05	0.22	0.14	0.012	0.000
(WY)	1988	2000	1977	1981	1996	1981	1986	1988	1988	1978	2002	1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2002 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1968 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL	24256.55		43696.70
ANNUAL MEAN	66.46		119.7		60.17
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					120	2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					20.1	1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	3540	Dec 17	3540	Dec 17	4670	Aug 24 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.17	Jul 14-17	0.00	Many days	0.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.18	Jul 12	0.00	Aug 2	0.00	Aug 25 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			7260	Dec 17	16100 B	Aug 24 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			19.49	Dec 17	27.78	Aug 24 1985
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.55		2.79		1.40
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	21.03		37.89		19.06
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	108		252		119
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	11		23		9.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.5		0.00		0.10

	A - Several days in most years.
	B - From rating curve extended above 23.5 ft, based on contracted-opening measurement.