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BAY CREEK BASIN


05512500       BAY CREEK AT PITTSFIELD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°37'31", long 90°47'38" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.18, T.5 S., R.3 W., Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07110004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on abandoned county road, 50 ft downstream from Panther Creek, 0.1 mi downstream from U.S. Highway 54, 1.4 mi northeast of Pittsfield, and at mile 33.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 39.4 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1940(P), 1941, 1949. WSP 1508: 1942. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.48 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Dec. 7, 1939, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Pittsfield.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,700 ft3/s, Sept. 14, 1993, gage height, 14.92 ft, from rating curve extended above 4,400 ft3/s; no flow during many periods.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Sept. 8, 1926, reached a stage of 18.4 ft, from floodmark, discharge not determined.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for Mar. 21 - Apr. 1 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Pittsfield averaged about 1.5 ft3/s.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
11.3  2.0  1.3  6.9  10   6.318 29   5.79.43.6  1270   
25.5  1.5  1.3  5.8  5.76.215 23   17   8.64.8  37   
33.6  1.0  0.855.5  6.77.014 17   35   7.334     15   
42.9  0.941.0  4.8  3.015   26 38   22   5.15.0  11   
51.8  2.2  1.0  5.1  2.116   17 57   15   4.03.9  9.6
 
61.1  2.7  0.945.3  1.97.817 30   24   3.34.1  7.0
70.792.1  1.1  5.1  1.48.550 27   23   3.43.4  6.1
80.801.7  1.2  6.4  1.014   30 21   15   5.32.6  6.0
90.761.6  1.1  6.2  1.08.825 264   11   27   2.5  6.1
100.551.3  1.2  4.5  1.15.920 768   62   12   2.3  5.7
 
110.521.1  1.4  3.1  1.15.617 98   29   4.12.0  5.3
120.521.2  2.4  2.6  1.08.114 49   27   2.72.3  5.5
130.501.7  2.4  e2.2  1.1162   12 39   111   2.12.0  6.1
140.511.2  2.4  e2.0  7.227   11 35   e180   1.92.4  9.3
150.571.3  2.5  e1.8  257   20   10 33   e80   1.72.1  6.0
 
160.511.1  1.8  e1.7  25   16   23 26   e45   2.11.8  5.1
170.481.1  1.2  e1.6  18   14   79 28   e50   2.51.2  4.4
182.7  1.2  52     e1.5  14   13   28 24   e60   483   1.4  4.1
199.8  1.1  23     e1.4  65   153   23 22   e50   44   1.004.6
202.4  1.0  9.6  e1.3  173   345   23 18   9.612   0.943.6
 
211.3  0.947.2  e1.2  75   121   17 13   6.67.41.0  63   
220.920.806.1  e1.1  47   42   14 12   5.74.91.0  118   
230.730.825.1  e1.0  23   35   12 11   5.04.41.1  8.2
240.890.814.6  e0.9711   30   45 12   4.23.70.995.5
254.9  0.794.7  e0.948.027   156 18   361   3.21.1  4.4
 
264.0  0.794.2  e0.926.422   44 9.7231   2.91.4  72   
272.0  0.785.2  e0.906.119   32 7.730   2.31.1  29   
281.5  0.798.1  e1.0  5.642   39 7.420   313   7.9  7.5
293.0  0.847.9  e1.2  ---   35   33 6.515   20   6.8  5.6
302.8  1.4  14     e2.0  ---   25   27 14   12   9.11.7  5.0
 
312.8  ---     10     e5.0  ---   22   --- 9.5---   5.5529     ---   

TOTAL62.4537.80186.7991.03778.41279.28911766.81561.81017.9636.431745.7
MEAN2.011.266.032.9427.841.329.757.052.132.820.558.2
MAX9.82.7526.92573451567683614835291270
MIN0.480.780.850.901.05.6106.54.21.70.943.6
CFSM0.050.030.150.070.711.050.751.451.320.830.521.48
IN.0.060.040.180.090.731.210.841.671.470.960.601.65

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN12.216.517.018.231.639.850.652.934.126.313.420.0
MAX140201142114126132207283243417103359
(WY)194219861983197419421973197319701945198119611993
MIN0.200.190.0810.0570.270.453.611.230.940.100.0740.057
(WY)195119511951194019541956196319541977194019411940

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1940 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL19052.5710055.30
ANNUAL MEAN52.2  27.5  27.7      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN94.8      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN2.76    1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1820         Apr 271270         Sep 15660         Jul 26 1981
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.48    Oct 170.48    Oct 170.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.52    Oct 110.52    Oct 110.00    Aug 19 1941
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW5770         Sep 113700      BSep 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE12.44    Sep 114.92    Sep 14 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.33    Oct 14
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.320.700.70    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)17.999.499.54    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS91     44     39         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.6  5.7  3.7      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.791.0  0.30    

A - Several days in most years.

B - From rating curve extended above 4,400 ft3/s.



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