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BEAR CREEK BASIN


05495500       BEAR CREEK NEAR MARCELLINE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°08'34", long 91°20'14" (NAD of 1927), on line between secs.20 and 21, T.2 N., R.8 W., Adams County, Hydrologic Unit 07110001, on right downstream side of bridge on County Road 900 E, 0.9 mi downstream from Grindstone Creek, 2.2 mi northeast of Marcelline, 3.8 mi upstream from State Highway 96, and at mile 12.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 349 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 1944 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1308: 1944-45(M), 1948(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-94-1: 1991.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 504.52 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to June 24, 1949, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 35,500 ft3/s, May 8, 1996, gage height, 28.36 ft; maximum gage height, 28.38 ft, Mar. 4, 1985; no flow for many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988, and part of each day Aug. 17-19, 1989.

 

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

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
19.726 77 e22 2340 77 50 530 315 31 27   12   
29.726 70 e19 1240 83 49 838 420 26 18   10   
39.424 55 e18 509 81 45 309 175 24 13   9.1
49.521 51 19 427 e68 41 192 292 21 11   7.4
5177   19 49 20 213 81 36 147 1120 19 9.06.4
 
6229   18 46 23 184 216 34 1490 439 18 7.66.1
788   18 43 27 140 492 42 826 190 16 6.25.4
847   17 39 24 123 329 652 357 139 15 5.24.8
929   16 34 24 186 631 1410 4070 116 14 4.64.5
1029   16 31 30 507 544 522 972 103 12 4.54.0
 
1133   15 28 33 488 212 247 8300 1380 12 4.03.7
1251   14 33 31 208 169 223 21300 16900 135 3.73.5
13140   15 219 30 153 143 211 8440 8870 336 5.13.5
14422   14 188 30 113 125 142 1470 1660 59 14   3.4
15403   14 97 29 101 110 120 583 487 29 19   3.5
 
161370   14 78 25 91 91 101 396 446 19 107   3.4
17656   14 100 21 79 78 83 385 248 15 435   3.5
18176   14 98 22 69 74 72 601 161 13 56   3.3
19107   13 77 22 75 71 70 356 134 1210 257   3.2
2076   12 61 20 799 77 66 286 110 1300 451   3.2
 
2155   12 50 22 845 74 631 243 88 247 64   3.3
22252   13 70 21 296 59 813 209 75 598 35   3.5
23710   12 564 27 188 53 260 189 70 1340 2280   3.2
24270   399 236 30 152 56 1050 270 63 201 2350   2.9
25125   713 103 24 125 58 1500 862 103 71 681   2.7
 
2685   258 e68 25 101 56 336 783 434 49 110   2.6
2755   141 e56 23 77 54 2150 603 94 54 57   2.5
2842   112 e52 24 69 52 3950 941 56 34 37   2.7
2935   79 e50 24 --- 55 1810 371 43 36 26   3.4
3032   74 e35 171 --- 58 441 239 36 53 19   3.3
 
3128   --- e27 3610 --- 54 --- 188 --- 47 15   ---   

TOTAL5760.32153278544909898438117157567463476760547131.9134.0
MEAN185.871.7789.84144.8353.5141.3571.918311159195.3230.14.467
MAX137071356436102340631395021300169001340235012
MIN9.412271869523414736123.72.5
CFSM0.530.210.260.421.010.401.645.253.320.560.660.01
IN.0.610.230.300.481.060.471.836.053.710.650.760.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN112.8149.8139.0152.4270.9377.8420.9414.9289.6273.493.07152.9
MAX1658217214859561237137021632679225119675411954
(WY)198719861983194619851985194419951990199319931970
MIN0.0000.0000.0740.310.683.839.023.260.720.240.170.000
(WY)195719571957197719891956197719891956198819881953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1944 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL106210.5      151457.2  
ANNUAL MEAN291.0      415.0  234.9      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN711         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN12.5      1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN7000      A    Aug 2321300         May 1221300         May 12 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN1.9          Aug 212.5      Sep 270.00 B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM2.4          Aug 152.9      Sep 230.00    Aug 19 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW23700         May 1235500      CMay 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE23.56    May 1228.38    Mar 4 1985
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW2.2      Sep 27
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.83    1.190.67    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.32    16.149.15    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS614         711     428         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS58         68     24         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.3      9.1  1.2      

A-Estimated.

B-Many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988, and part of each day Aug. 17-19, 1989.

C-Gage height, 28.36 ft.



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