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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05524500       IROQUOIS RIVER NEAR FORESMAN, IN

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°52'14", long 87°18'24" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.15, T.28 N., R.8 W., Newton County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, (GOODLAND, IN quadrangle), on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 55, 0.2 mi north of intersection of State Highways 16 and 55, 0.5 mi downstream from Mosquito Creek, 0.6 mi west of Foresman, 3 mi east of Brook, and at mile 72.7.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 449 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: December 1948 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1338: 1953. WSP 1438: 1955. WSP 1508: 1956. WSP 2115: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and acoustic doppler velocity meter. Datum of gage is 624.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Sept. 7, 1955, nonrecording gage 2.5 mi upstream at datum 3.54 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Stage may be affected by backwater.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,930 ft3/s, June 14, 1958, maximum gage height 24.42 ft; minimum daily discharge, 6.3 ft3/s, September 10, 1964.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1e36 e37 e42 e109 e58 e48 147 188 231 154 970 320 
2e38 e31 e46 e91 e66 e50 145 271 204 140 e899 567 
3e37 e30 e43 e71 e80 e51 142 262 220 123 e878 465 
4e38 e35 e46 e68 e262 e54 152 221 225 109 e1000 316 
5e41 e36 e43 e62 e219 e58 595 420 205 e120 e800 231 
 
6e41 e44 e42 e61 e150 e62 636 629 135 e2400 e640 190 
7e40 e43 e43 e65 e118 e72 547 487 123 e4000 e560 166 
8e39 e41 e49 e69 e69 e92 660 492 166 e4300 e440 147 
9e38 e42 e43 e74 e63 e171 564 941 132 e4800 e380 135 
10e37 e48 e42 e82 e61 e140 452 1620 103 e5100 e330 126 
 
11e38 e73 e42 e75 e58 e112 376 1910 105 e5350 e300 119 
12e36 e69 e44 e72 e56 e97 317 1680 148 e5100 e280 111 
13e38 e58 e48 e67 e55 e87 267 1370 242 e4800 e240 108 
14e35 e53 e49 e63 e53 e85 240 1050 948 e4500 e220 110 
15e32 e53 e42 e62 e53 e86 227 882 856 e4200 e200 113 
 
16e33 e46 e40 e61 e51 e88 216 762 574 e3800 e190 105 
17e40 e49 e39 e59 e48 e102 200 595 401 e3500 e170 96 
18e33 e49 e47 e58 e46 e160 186 486 312 e3200 e160 91 
19e39 e50 e91 e58 e46 176 173 419 263 e3000 e140 89 
20e45 e51 e111 e57 e48 199 204 375 225 e2800 e130 85 
 
21e38 e51 e80 e56 e50 228 316 348 197 e2700 e120 80 
22e34 e50 e78 e53 e51 237 279 313 179 3260 e115 93 
23e32 e50 e51 e53 e49 204 226 286 166 3270 e110 104 
24e31 e51 e47 e48 e49 182 203 282 151 3060 e105 112 
25e33 e46 e44 e48 e48 196 197 260 136 2780 e100 125 
 
26e41 e48 e42 e47 e48 240 191 243 124 2440 e96 133 
27e42 e47 e41 e47 e49 224 175 222 118 2110 e93 396 
28e39 e44 e41 e45 e49 201 164 213 121 1880 97 392 
29e36 e40 e41 e47 --- 185 159 232 168 1680 98 272 
30e41 e47 e54 e50 --- 161 158 238 155 1400 108 205 
 
31e43 --- e101 e54 --- 148 --- 253 --- 1160 102 --- 

TOTAL116414121612193220534196851417950733387236100715602
MEAN37.547.152.062.373.31352845792442814325187
MAX4573111109262240660191094853501000567
MIN3130394546481421881031099380
CFSM0.080.100.120.140.160.300.631.290.546.270.720.42
IN.0.100.120.130.160.170.350.711.490.617.230.830.46

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1950 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN189249386424562730752571484308109135
MAX17921218127417361490226616721440231428144351387
(WY)199419931968199319681982195020021958200319901993
MIN9.7016.115.327.031.481.719910839.817.712.211.1
(WY)195719651964196319641957198619581988198819881964

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1950 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL159465     149075     
ANNUAL MEAN437     408     407     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN891     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN77.6  1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN3990         May 145350         Jul 115930     Jun 14 1958
LOWEST DAILY MEAN30         Nov 330         Nov 36.3  Sep 10 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM35         Oct 1235         Oct 128.0  Sep 5 1964
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW5350         Jul 115930     Jun 14 1958
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE24.87    Jul 1124.87Jul 11 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.970.910.91
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.2112.3512.32
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1240     889     1080     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS161     111     193     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS39     41     30     



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