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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05568800       INDIAN CREEK NEAR WYOMING, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°01'06", long 89°50'07" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.17, T.12 N., R.6 E., Stark County, Hydrologic Unit 07130005, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on West Jersey Road (County Road 300 N), 4.5 mi southwest of Wyoming and at mile 4.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 62.7 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1959 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91 and 1998.

 

SEDIMENT: October 1980 to September 1981.

 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water year 1981.

 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water year 1981.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants of streambed sediments, August 1996; contaminants of fish tissue, August 1996; streambank sediment size, October 1997; streambed sediment size, October 1997.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-98.

 

FISH: Water years 1996-98.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1996-1998.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 606.78 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1994, at same site at datum 10.00 ft. higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,540 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow, June 22, 1974; gage height, 23.81 ft (present datum); no flow, Sept. 25, 26, and part of each day Oct. 7, 8, 13, 1988.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 11,100 mg/L Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily mean, 20 mg/L Feb. 6-17, 1981.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 31,100 tons Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily, 0.35 ton Feb. 14, 1981.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for May 31 to June 1, July 27-29, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
12.47.17.3e5.9e8.0e18 22 90 80 49 12   8.8
22.16.86.8e5.7e9.2e17 35 80 74 46 11   8.1
32.06.36.5e5.68.3e15 36 67 68 43 10   7.2
42.16.86.7e5.79.1e18 31 61 228 42 9.76.5
56.85.56.9e5.88.326 30 57 227 39 9.86.0
 
65.56.17.2e6.06.923 28 58 146 41 11   5.7
73.37.47.3e6.46.825 34 52 119 44 10   5.4
82.86.36.6e6.85.796 122 51 102 37 8.55.2
92.96.16.4e7.35.3124 195 63 92 36 8.05.0
103.06.16.4e7.59.077 146 49 85 33 7.54.7
 
113.25.86.3e7.710   63 123 208 110 32 7.14.5
123.75.97.1e7.910   53 105 1350 94 31 6.84.5
136.15.911   e7.911   47 89 436 340 28 138   4.4
149.36.011   8.311   41 83 257 201 28 60   4.3
155.56.08.89.613   38 74 194 156 26 14   4.3
 
164.26.48.57.115   32 65 174 129 25 12   4.2
173.75.88.88.716   31 59 159 112 24 9.54.8
183.46.08.48.715   30 56 140 99 24 8.44.2
193.26.48.18.019   28 51 126 90 22 40   4.3
203.26.37.78.335   28 46 113 84 21 17   5.1
 
213.06.27.68.146   26 58 104 78 19 11   4.9
224.15.78.17.335   24 52 97 74 18 9.75.0
2324   5.98.76.031   26 47 97 69 16 235   4.4
2418   8.3e8.25.327   25 57 151 64 15 74   4.0
2511   12   e7.86.725   23 62 183 62 15 35   3.7
 
269.18.3e7.35.0e24   22 51 142 61 15 23   3.6
277.87.7e7.04.9e21   22 79 122 79 39 18   3.8
287.47.2e7.04.7e20   23 146 110 64 20 14   3.8
297.26.5e6.94.7---   25 113 99 56 17 12   3.6
306.87.1e6.5e4.8---   24 99 90 52 15 11   3.7
 
317.0---   e6.2e5.2---   21 --- 86 --- 13 9.4---   

TOTAL183.8199.9235.1207.6460.61091219450663295873862.4147.7
MEAN5.9296.6637.5846.69716.4535.1973.13163.4109.828.1627.824.923
MAX2412119.6461241951350340492358.8
MIN2.05.56.24.75.315224952136.83.6
CFSM0.090.110.120.110.260.561.172.611.750.450.440.08
IN.0.110.120.140.120.270.651.303.011.950.520.510.09

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN19.1629.8535.8744.7658.0082.1984.1984.6671.3243.6023.3724.90
MAX124154177223237272243248338243158184
(WY)198719861983197419971979198319951974199319811970
MIN0.641.370.961.353.2216.46.886.826.203.511.330.50
(WY)196419651964196319641996198919891977198819881988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1960 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL22078.5  14816.1  
ANNUAL MEAN60.4940.5950.07    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN131         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN13.6      1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1220         Feb 251350         May 123330         Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN2.0      Oct 32.0      Oct 30.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM2.3      Sep 283.5      Oct 10.11    Oct 6 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2000         May 126540      BJun 22 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE20.77    May 1223.81 CJun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW1.8      Oct 3
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.960.650.80    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.108.7910.85    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS135     103     108         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS13     12     22         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS3.7  4.8  2.9      

A - Sept. 25,26, 1998 and part of each day Oct. 7, 8, 13, 1988.

B - From rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow.

C - Present datum.



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