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BAY CREEK BASIN


05512500       BAY CREEK AT PITTSFIELD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°37'31", long 90°47'38" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.18, T.5 S., R.3 W., Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07110004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on abandoned county road, 50 ft downstream from Panther Creek, 0.1 mi downstream from U.S. Highway 54, 1.4 mi northeast of Pittsfield, and at mile 33.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 39.4 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1940(P), 1941, 1949. WSP 1508: 1942. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.48 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Dec. 7, 1939, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Pittsfield.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,700 ft3/s, Sept. 14, 1993, gage height, 14.92 ft, from rating curve extended above 4,400 ft3/s; no flow during many periods.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Sept. 8, 1926, reached a stage of 18.4 ft, from floodmark, discharge not determined.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharge, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Pittsfield averaged 1.65 ft3/s.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
11.72.66.9e2.5280 13 10   311 25   3.5  1.1  0.88
21.73.75.3e2.2113 e40 9.6132 22   3.2  1.2  0.76
31.72.75.2e2.473 e30 6.981 18   2.9  1.1  0.62
41.92.54.72.741 21 6.265 19   2.6  0.780.55
525   2.04.73.429 51 6.456 19   2.5  0.870.54
 
611   1.95.24.028 117 6.21150 15   2.4  0.720.57
72.52.34.83.425 64 9.3994 14   2.2  0.710.68
81.71.84.03.622 42 196   226 12   2.1  0.800.74
93.41.53.54.722 152 128   626 11   2.0  1.2  0.80
107.21.33.25.630 44 43   113 11   2.6  0.9218     
 
1137   1.13.34.519 36 27   993 222   53     0.765.1  
12261   1.19.34.418 34 21   875 685   3.4  0.740.92
13129   1.647   4.313 28 18   396 626   2.5  0.700.62
1439   2.38.34.514 24 17   120 98   2.1  0.730.57
1510   1.56.03.213 20 14   91 58   1.8  0.882.4  
 
1628   1.516   3.212 17 11   201 43   1.9  6.4  0.83
179.01.756   2.911 16 9.1286 30   1.7  0.830.64
186.81.424   2.611 15 8.4144 25   1.7  1.7  0.63
193.51.616   3.319 17 9.882 20   2.5  353     0.79
203.51.314   3.478 24 12   66 15   1.6  14     11     
 
212.61.415   3.536 16 542   58 11   1.3  3.4  1.5  
222.51.220   3.323 11 96   54 10   1.3  1.5  0.90
2314   1.418   5.022 12 52   48 8.51.6  522     0.72
247.387   9.55.220 13 720   45 7.31.5  30     0.65
254.116   7.03.216 17 193   40 9.31.2  12     0.65
 
263.011   e6.63.114 14 91   32 26   11     9.4  0.78
273.09.6e6.33.012 14 1820   31 6.93.4  7.3  1.2  
282.75.5e6.03.012 14 266   30 5.11.4  3.9  1.2  
292.66.0e5.02.9--- 14 128   55 4.40.932.4  1.3  
301.98.4e3.5132   --- 13 92   38 4.00.881.6  1.3  
 
311.9---   e2.81270   --- 10 ---   28 ---   0.841.1  ---     

TOTAL630.2184.9347.11505.010269534568.974672080.5123.55983.7457.84
MEAN20.336.16311.2048.5536.6430.74152.3240.969.353.98531.731.928
MAX26187561270280152182011506855352218
MIN1.71.12.82.211106.2284.00.840.700.54
CFSM0.520.160.281.230.930.783.876.111.760.100.810.05
IN.0.600.170.331.420.970.904.317.051.960.120.930.05

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN12.4116.7017.1218.4531.7039.8250.9552.7933.7926.2313.3319.35
MAX140201142114126132207283243417103359
(WY)194219861983197419421973197319701945198119611993
MIN0.200.190.0810.0570.270.453.611.230.940.100.0740.057
(WY)195119511951194019541956196319541977194019411940

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1940 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL15070.0719927.73
ANNUAL MEAN41.2954.6027.66    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN94.8      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN2.76    1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN3280         Jun 61820         Apr 275660         Jul 26 1981
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.40    Aug 60.54    Sep 50.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.49    Aug 140.64    Sep 20.00    Aug 19 1941
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW5270         May 613700      BSep 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE12.22    May 614.92    Sep 14 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.39    Sep 5,6
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.051.390.70    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)14.2318.829.54    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS56     97     39         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS7.3  7.3  3.7      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.891.0  0.30    

A - Several days in most years.

B - From rating curve extended above 4,400 ft3/s.



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