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BEAR CREEK BASIN


05495500       BEAR CREEK NEAR MARCELLINE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°08'34", long 91°20'14" (NAD of 1927), on line between secs.20 and 21, T.2 N., R.8 W., Adams County, Hydrologic Unit 07110001, on right downstream side of bridge on County Road 900 E, 0.9 mi downstream from Grindstone Creek, 2.2 mi northeast of Marcelline, 3.8 mi upstream from State Highway 96, and at mile 12.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 349 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 1944 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1308: 1944-45(M), 1948(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-94-1: 1991.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 504.52 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to June 24, 1949, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 35,500 ft3/s, May 8, 1996, gage height, 28.36 ft; maximum gage height, 28.38 ft, Mar. 4, 1985; no flow for many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988, and part of each day Aug. 17-19, 1989.

 

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
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
13.22.42.46.6e6.419 40 681 22   12   5.2  1190   
23.61.52.47.4e13   18 34 445 22   11   4.4  648   
34.31.82.58.5e20   18 28 189 29   9.76.7  95   
48.31.82.67.6e26   18 91 501 29   8.517     35   
57.71.62.67.123   22 245 2520 26   7.37.6  18   
 
66.62.12.46.814   19 108 638 29   7.16.4  11   
74.82.02.46.6e10   19 186 262 61   6.24.7  7.6
85.02.62.97.0e7.055 215 184 59   98   3.7  6.0
94.02.62.47.1e5.8135 107 491 38   2100   3.1  5.1
105.73.22.26.5e5.2124 72 926 196   1940   2.8  4.1
 
113.82.92.2e5.6e4.869 55 3210 227   491   2.5  3.6
123.22.82.1e5.0e4.643 45 1210 85   82   2.6  3.7
132.54.12.3e4.5e5.0141 37 291 152   42   2.3  8.1
142.04.22.8e4.16.3102 31 174 76   26   2.4  25   
151.63.02.6e3.789   70 27 127 42   18   2.5  25   
 
161.43.02.5e3.5289   56 26 98 30   13   2.1  13   
171.42.82.8e3.3106   55 113 81 24   9.31.9  8.0
181.52.516   e3.280   51 129 69 19   161   1.5  5.9
191.82.635   e3.260   111 71 62 16   560   1.4  59   
201.42.741   e3.1175   231 73 56 13   112   1.2  32   
 
211.62.623   e3.1424   116 96 47 12   43   1.3  28   
221.72.314   e3.0566   66 66 41 11   24   1.3  564   
231.52.410   e3.0308   44 47 37 10   16   1.1  285   
241.53.38.2e3.0143   33 52 37 9.611   0.9757   
252.32.97.0e3.1110   41 1790 44 10   8.01.0  27   
 
263.22.96.0e3.251   82 1100 43 127   6.51.2  167   
271.92.85.3e3.331   46 311 35 72   5.62.6  446   
281.82.85.3e3.522   54 209 30 35   7.01.8  96   
292.43.05.4e3.8---   115 335 26 21   7.45.0  38   
302.92.76.3e4.3---   83 186 26 15   8.23.4  21   
 
316.4---   6.1e5.0---   50 --- 26 ---   6.114     ---   

TOTAL101.079.9230.7148.72605.121065925126071517.65856.9115.673932.1
MEAN3.262.667.444.8093.067.919840750.61893.73131
MAX8.34.2418.5566231179032102272100171190
MIN1.41.52.13.04.61826269.65.60.973.6
CFSM0.010.010.020.010.270.190.571.170.140.540.010.38
IN.0.010.010.020.020.280.220.631.340.160.620.010.42

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN11114713715026837341741528627291.6152
MAX1658217214859561237137021632679225119675411954
(WY)198719861983194619851985194419951990199319931970
MIN0.0000.0000.0740.310.683.839.023.260.720.240.170.000
(WY)195719571957197719891956197719891956198819881953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1944 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL141170.5  35225.67
ANNUAL MEAN387     96.5  233         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN711         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN12.5      1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN21300         May 123210         May 1121300         May 12 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN1.4      Oct 16,17,200.97    Aug 240.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM1.5      Oct 151.2      Aug 200.00    A
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW5290         May 1135500      BMay 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE11.98    May 1128.38    Mar 4 1985
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.86    Aug 24
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.110.280.67    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)15.053.759.05    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS639     186     424         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS34     11     23         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS2.5  2.3  1.2      

A - Many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988, and part of each day Aug. 17-19, 1989.

B - Gage height, 28.36 ft.



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