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CACHE RIVER BASIN


03612000       CACHE RIVER AT FORMAN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°20'11", long 88°55'26" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.6, T.14 S., R.3 E., Johnson County, Hydrologic Unit 05140206, at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 3, 1.2 mi southwest of Forman, and at mile 8.1.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 244 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1922 to July 1924, September 1924 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 623: 1923-24. WSP 823: 1934-35. WSP 1205: 1923-24, 1927-30. WSP 1335: 1923(M), 1925, 1926-27(M), 1928, 1929-30(M), 1931, 1933, 1934-36(M), 1937-39. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 308.47 ft. above NGVD of 1929. Dec. 30, 1971 to Sept. 30, 1997, recording gage at same site at datum 10.0 ft. higher. Oct. 1, 1958, to Dec. 30, 1971, nonrecording gage at same site and datum 10.0 ft. higher. See WSP 1705 or 1725 for history of changes prior to Sept. 30, 1958.

 

REMARKS.-- Flow of lower part of Cache River Basin was diverted from Ohio River to Mississippi River beginning Oct. 31, 1950, through diversion channel of Mounds-Mound City flood-protection project. Flow of upper part of Cache River Basin, including flow past this station, continued to discharge to Ohio River, passing through Post Creek cutoff directly to Ohio River instead of through the original channel of Cache River.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,630 ft3/s, March 12, 1935, gage height, 42.29 ft, site then in use, from graph based on gage readings; no flow at times in some years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for periods of backwater from the Ohio River, Dec. 19-28, Feb. 17 to Mar. 14, Apr. 15-19, May 8-9, 13-29, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
119   80 11 2900 e70 e571 117 824 80 40   190   605   
212   35 11 2710 85 e528 101 1050 64 31   82   791   
39.019 11 2250 94 e440 89 949 119 27   42   1730   
49.314 11 1890 134 e339 77 1180 365 25   31   1530   
513   16 13 1480 147 e271 356 2760 232 22   19   861   
 
612   47 12 1110 129 e206 559 2250 135 18   14   537   
711   33 12 829 106 e154 1050 2880 95 15   11   281   
815   23 13 629 89 e128 760 e2640 77 14   10   178   
914   27 14 483 e80 e113 592 e2070 63 13   8.7123   
1015   87 16 364 e74 e107 395 e1650 95 12   7.188   
 
1128   929 21 264 e76 e97 258 e2040 1660 13   5.961   
1217   673 32 199 e84 e91 188 e2620 2450 10   5.442   
1312   552 55 157 e94 e97 152 e1640 1770 9.74.731   
1417   271 281 126 678 e139 123 e1010 1790 8.44.627   
1512   142 175 101 1630 155 e94 e716 1820 8.14.023   
 
169.3111 228 86 1590 131 e77 e520 1500 17   3.820   
177.582 187 e77 e1050 111 e381 e571 1060 20   4.117   
185.967 149 e68 e810 99 e427 e547 699 15   3.914   
194.954 e1970 e58 e1420 739 e295 e416 471 220   4.011   
204.043 e1930 e52 e1790 998 244 e410 311 231   3.99.5
 
213.340 e1100 e48 e1210 1030 269 e389 215 83   3.48.8
223.435 e1010 e44 e1760 900 170 e320 159 40   2.911   
233.132 e999 e40 e2390 772 122 e207 118 25   2.412   
242.827 e957 e38 e1950 541 123 e156 82 18   2.212   
254.225 e899 e36 e1550 358 1440 e316 58 14   2.010   
 
2634   22 e678 e34 e1250 287 2140 e515 58 13   3.110   
2718   18 e489 e31 e942 232 1220 e424 249 11   3.310   
2830   17 e352 e28 e665 192 1000 e279 204 8.92.88.1
29116   14 311 e33 --- 183 913 e181 97 11   2.76.8
30162   12 315 e44 --- 159 937 134 57 10   839   6.8
 
31172   --- 1840 e55 --- 140 --- 103 --- 81   850   ---   

TOTAL795.73547141021626421947103081466931767161531084.12172.97075.0
MEAN25.7118455525784333489102553835.070.1236
MAX17292919702900239010302140288024502318501730
MIN2.8121128709177103578.12.06.8
CFSM0.110.481.862.153.211.362.004.202.210.140.290.97
IN.0.120.542.152.483.351.572.244.842.460.170.331.08

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN55.218933649349459556643321786.671.757.7
MAX487109721923039181322682244184717591257826542
(WY)192819581983195019501945192719831928195819851950
MIN0.0190.660.581.387.0512.440.710.41.371.710.0000.43
(WY)196419541964197719341941198119301936193119301953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1923 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL163107.44    139884.7      
ANNUAL MEAN447         383         298         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN779         1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN37.5      1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN4930      A    May 152900             Jan 18780         Jan 26 1929
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.44        Sep 142.0          Aug 250.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.53        Sep 122.6          Aug 230.00    Jul 29 1930
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2950      C    Jan 19630         Mar 12 1935
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE28.94 D    May 1242.29 EMar 12 1935
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW1.9          Aug 25
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.83    1.57    1.22    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)24.87    21.33    16.57    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1500         1230         852         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS65         95         53         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS2.9      8.9      1.8      

A - Estimated.

B - At times in some years.

C - Gage height, 25.08 ft.

D - Discharge, 2,890 ft3/s, affected by backwater from the Ohio River.

E - Site then in use, from graph based on gage readings.



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