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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05560500       FARM CREEK AT FARMDALE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°40'03", long 89°30'15" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.36, T.26 N., R.4 W., Tazewell County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on right bank at upstream side of bridge, 0.2 mi east of Farmdale, 0.3 mi upstream from Norfolk & Western Railway bridge, 0.3 mi downstream from Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad bridge, and at mile 5.8.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.4 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1948 to October 1985. Seven-month period (March to September), March 1986 to current.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water years 1986-99.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and concrete control. Datum of gage is 530.12 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Mar. 5, 2002, water-stage recorder and concrete control at site 400 ft. downstream at same datum.

 

REMARKS.-- High flow regulated by Farmdale Dam, 1 mi upstream effective Aug. 16, 1951.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Prior to Mar. 5, 2002, maximum gage height, 7.58 ft, Apr. 24, 1950, discharge not determined; maximum discharge prior to Mar. 5, 2002 and after Farmdale Dam (Aug. 16, 1951) 1,050 ft3/s, June 2, 1980, gage height, 4.43 ft; maximum gage height, 6.55 ft, Feb. 20, 1982, ice jam; after Mar. 5, 2002, maximum gage height, 9.37 ft, May 12, 2002, discharge 598 ft3/s; no flow for several days in most years.

 

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
 
1--- --- --- --- --- --- 21 73 22   7.82.42.2
2--- --- --- --- --- --- 25 84 20   7.32.12.2
3--- --- --- --- --- --- 21 55 19   6.72.02.0
4--- --- --- --- --- --- 19 46 25   6.21.91.9
5--- --- --- --- --- e22 18 40 25   5.61.91.9
 
6--- --- --- --- --- 51 17 41 19   5.31.71.9
7--- --- --- --- --- 86 24 33 17   5.11.61.8
8--- --- --- --- --- 99 119 31 15   4.81.51.8
9--- --- --- --- --- 157 117 140 14   4.41.61.9
10--- --- --- --- --- 78 68 52 14   4.11.51.7
 
11--- --- --- --- --- 58 53 284 31   4.21.61.6
12--- --- --- --- --- 49 39 569 24   4.11.51.7
13--- --- --- --- --- 45 37 562 96   3.51.91.6
14--- --- --- --- --- 41 35 506 45   3.21.71.7
15--- --- --- --- --- 34 32 182 30   2.81.62.1
 
16--- --- --- --- --- 28 e28 87 22   2.72.32.1
17--- --- --- --- --- 27 e25 86 18   2.52.31.8
18--- --- --- --- --- 25 e23 77 16   3.01.61.9
19--- --- --- --- --- 24 e21 61 15   3.535   1.8
20--- --- --- --- --- 24 e20 52 14   2.95.04.5
 
21--- --- --- --- --- 20 e60 46 13   2.92.72.6
22--- --- --- --- --- 19 e37 42 12   2.82.42.0
23--- --- --- --- --- 19 e22 39 12   2.679   2.1
24--- --- --- --- --- 19 e70 64 11   2.410   1.7
25--- --- --- --- --- 18 56 41 11   2.14.61.7
 
26--- --- --- --- --- 18 39 35 15   4.73.61.7
27--- --- --- --- --- 18 204 32 12   17   3.01.7
28--- --- --- --- --- 23 241 29 10   9.92.71.6
29--- --- --- --- --- 28 92 27 9.011   2.51.8
30--- --- --- --- --- 26 66 26 8.64.52.41.6
 
31--- --- --- --- --- 22 --- 24 ---   2.72.2---   

TOTAL------------------16493466614.6152.3187.858.6
MEAN------------------54.97111.820.494.9136.0581.953
MAX------------------2415699617794.5
MIN------------------17248.62.11.51.6
CFSM------------------2.014.080.750.180.220.07
IN.------------------2.244.710.830.210.250.08

e Estimated




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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