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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05567500       MACKINAW RIVER NEAR CONGERVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°37'25", long 89°14'30" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.17, T.25 N., R.1 W., Woodford County, Hydrologic Unit 07130004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 150, 0.2 mi downstream from Walnut Creek, 2 mi northwest of Congerville, and at mile 58.7.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 767 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1944 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

SEDIMENT: June 1983 to September 1983.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1948. WSP 1308: 1945(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 607.01 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 11, 1945, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

REMARKS.-- The City of Bloomington occasionally pumps water upstream from station into Lake Evergreen for municipal supply. The City of Bloomington also withdraws water from Lake Bloomington, which is on Money Creek, a tributary to the Mackinaw River. Water withdrawals are diverted via effluent to Sugar Creek basin.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 44,800 ft3/s, Dec. 4, 1982, gage height, 20.21 ft, from floodmark; minimum, 0.2 ft3/s, Oct. 21-24, Oct. 27 to Nov. 3, 1956, Oct. 6, 1957, Oct. 8-10, 1963.

 

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
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
17.8220 554 e240 4170 669 863 1920 727 540 99 100 
27.6310 617 e230 3800 703 804 2070 687 464 75 82 
37.3406 496 e220 2480 928 754 2070 648 402 61 71 
46.7349 418 e210 1900 1110 660 1670 623 358 53 60 
513   277 365 e220 1480 1130 611 1420 800 317 44 51 
 
618   237 331 e220 1200 1020 582 1290 736 275 39 45 
721   213 298 e205 1030 1990 581 1180 671 244 36 41 
817   208 273 e190 890 2950 826 1080 608 222 34 41 
914   199 246 e195 804 3850 1960 1640 563 202 33 41 
1012   177 221 e200 798 4130 1800 1850 544 176 37 38 
 
1111   170 211 e195 820 2710 1440 2870 546 160 28 34 
1220   158 205 e180 823 1960 1240 13300 590 143 26 32 
1355   143 253 e170 751 1660 1090 14300 1470 127 29 31 
14172   140 e280 e180 671 1480 998 10700 2460 113 33 30 
15402   139 285 175 649 1300 945 6260 2150 97 30 30 
 
16315   132 319 149 600 1080 867 3130 1490 87 31 29 
17329   125 613 160 547 952 796 2560 1150 79 30 28 
18323   119 929 145 499 884 741 2510 954 75 29 28 
19236   117 920 162 564 799 731 2310 815 72 85 30 
20183   119 739 165 1350 771 681 1940 719 67 226 34 
 
21147   113 607 155 1830 708 804 1650 639 67 350 39 
22157   111 555 139 1490 623 1010 1450 587 65 183 36 
23367   111 564 131 1210 612 1010 1320 548 60 393 32 
24628   152 529 128 1080 598 947 1320 513 58 1600 28 
25652   273 e430 121 960 572 1070 1200 499 63 1890 25 
 
26782   236 e400 116 870 541 972 1070 938 65 1010 24 
27616   200 e375 116 783 519 1270 970 1200 76 576 24 
28441   172 e330 117 711 595 3470 909 1150 83 372 23 
29345   162 e285 113 --- 726 3620 861 799 114 246 23 
30288   261 e265 369 --- 901 2460 823 637 121 172 23 
 
31243   --- e250 2440 --- 983 --- 775 --- 131 130 --- 

TOTAL6836.457491316377563476039454356038841826461512379801153
MEAN220.5191.6424.6250.21241127311872852882.0165.3257.438.43
MAX78240692924404170413036201430024605401890100
MIN6.7111205113499519581775499582623
CFSM0.290.250.550.331.621.661.553.721.150.220.340.05
IN.0.330.280.640.381.691.911.734.291.280.250.390.06

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1945 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN191.5265.4390.5459.3651.4939.01060927.4780.0361.4177.8218.5
MAX276533404062280822183157313642163322268727344330
(WY)198719861983199320011979197319951974195119811993
MIN0.592.472.406.0114.932.091.711421.66.091.221.84
(WY)195719641964194519632000200019581963198819881988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1945 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL193724.1  272456.4  
ANNUAL MEAN530.8  746.5  533.8      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1672         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN78.2      1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN6560         Feb 1014300         May 1334000         Dec 4 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN6.7      Oct 46.7      Oct 40.20    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM7.9      Sep 2812         Oct 10.20    Oct 27 1956
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW19400         May 1244800         Dec 4 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE18.13    May 1220.21 BDec 4 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW6.3      Oct 40.20    C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.690.970.70    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)9.4013.219.46    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1280     1650     1280         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS285     369     182         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS17     33     12         

A - Oct. 21-24, Oct. 27 to Nov. 3, 1956.

B - From floodmark.

C - Oct. 21-24, Oct. 27 to Nov. 3, 1956; Oct. 6, 1957; Oct. 8-10, 1963.



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