03384450 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
LUSK CREEK BASIN

03384450 LUSK CREEK NEAR EDDYVILLE, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 37°28'20", long 88°32'50" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.16, T.12 S., R.6 E., Pope County, Hydrologic Unit 05140203, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on County Highway 5, 2.8 mi southeast of Eddyville and at mile 17.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 42.9 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1967 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1961, 1964, 1969-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site AK 02.
	SEDIMENT: January 1980 to September 1981.
	SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.
	WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 360.42 ft above NGVD of 1929.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 16,100 ft³/s, Aug. 24, 1985, from rating curve extended above 23.5 ft, based on contracted-opening measurement, gage height, 27.78 ft; no flow for several days in most years.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 299 mg/L May 18, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L on many days each year.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,340 tons May 18, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton on many days each year.

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

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	2.8	23	6.7	908	e21	152	44	39	e27	2.5	0.35	3.8
2	1.9	18	6.0	259	e22	190	36	170	e24	2.2	149	14
3	1.5	16	6.0	202	26	171	29	107	e250	2.0	32	229
4	2.4	15	6.8	e150	35	141	27	517	e100	1.7	6.4	47
5	2.9	34	7.8	e120	30	113	114	1540	e64	1.5	3.2	4.7

6	3.4	62	8.6	e100	25	86	86	624	e45	1.3	2.1	2.1
7	3.4	36	8.4	e90	e21	71	292	1570	e37	1.2	1.7	2.3
8	3.2	26	7.4	e76	e19	59	154	276	e32	1.1	1.3	2.1
9	3.0	22	6.3	e65	e18	49	90	198	e27	1.1	0.98	2.0
10	6.2	1150	7.2	e58	e20	42	74	287	e24	0.91	0.88	1.8

11	14	332	11	53	e21	39	54	e1600	e700	0.85	0.97	1.4
12	11	178	17	49	e23	39	43	e250	595	0.85	0.90	1.2
13	7.8	129	77	45	e25	39	34	167	314	0.76	0.87	0.98
14	5.4	93	219	36	216	38	26	91	e210	0.66	0.87	1.0
15	4.3	87	165	e34	694	35	22	63	e120	0.63	0.79	0.83

16	3.5	90	90	e32	447	32	19	55	e70	0.67	0.73	0.62
17	3.0	72	60	e28	198	30	161	235	e45	0.72	0.68	0.52
18	2.8	58	109	e27	163	29	82	233	e30	0.76	0.61	0.49
19	3.0	47	1390	e26	758	191	49	154	e24	0.82	0.57	0.45
20	2.8	38	321	e25	404	193	40	516	e18	0.81	0.51	0.35

21	2.3	32	174	e23	304	244	53	301	e14	0.79	0.45	0.33
22	2.0	25	123	e22	1120	171	37	193	e11	0.74	0.46	0.73
23	1.8	21	94	e21	427	132	27	110	e9.0	0.67	0.45	0.66
24	1.7	18	146	e20	238	94	29	73	e7.0	0.57	0.39	0.61
25	4.9	16	180	e18	e190	73	332	174	e6.5	0.52	0.36	0.57

26	35	14	147	e17	163	73	279	205	e20	0.58	0.37	0.49
27	17	12	114	e17	138	65	112	107	e10	0.45	0.36	0.72
28	18	9.9	94	e20	125	55	55	e64	e6.0	0.36	0.36	0.60
29	147	9.2	141	e23	---	85	37	e47	e4.2	0.31	0.44	0.52
30	92	8.0	164	e21	---	80	32	e37	e3.0	0.30	3.1	0.51

31	38	---	932	e20	---	58	---	e31	---	0.35	6.4	---

TOTAL	448.0	2691.1	4839.2	2605	5891	2869	2469	10034	2846.7	28.68	218.55	322.38
MEAN	14.5	89.7	156	84.0	210	92.5	82.3	324	94.9	0.93	7.05	10.7
MAX	147	1150	1390	908	1120	244	332	1600	700	2.5	149	229
MIN	1.5	8.0	6.0	17	18	29	19	31	3.0	0.30	0.35	0.33
CFSM	0.34	2.09	3.64	1.96	4.90	2.16	1.92	7.54	2.21	0.02	0.16	0.25
IN.	0.39	2.33	4.20	2.26	5.11	2.49	2.14	8.70	2.47	0.02	0.19	0.28

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	7.34	48.0	88.1	84.1	102	129	120	91.3	34.6	15.1	10.4	5.61
MAX	59.5	216	377	265	287	306	408	324	153	89.9	174	75.0
(WY)	2002	1986	1983	1969	1989	1979	1983	2003	1970	1989	1985	1985
MIN	0.000	0.013	0.14	0.77	5.31	28.2	20.6	4.05	0.22	0.14	0.012	0.000
(WY)	1988	2000	1977	1981	1996	1981	1986	1988	1988	1978	2002	1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1968 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	36324.80		35262.61
ANNUAL MEAN	99.5		96.6		61.2
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					120	2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					20.1	1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2170	May 13	1600 A	May 11	4670	Aug 24 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00	many days	0.30	Jul 30	0.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00	Aug 2	0.39	Jul 26	0.00	Aug 25 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			6950	May 11	16100 C	Aug 24 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			19.13	May 11	27.78	Aug 24 1985
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			0.27	Sep 21
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	2.32		2.25		1.43
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	31.50		30.58		19.38
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	216		223		122
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	21		26		9.6
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.00		0.67		0.10

	A - Estimated.
	B - Several days in most years.
	C - From rating curve extended above 23.5 ft, based on contracted-opening measurement.