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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05560500       FARM CREEK AT FARMDALE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°40'03", long 89°30'15" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.36, T.26 N., R.4 W., Tazewell County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on right bank at upstream side of bridge, 0.2 mi east of Farmdale, 0.3 mi upstream from Norfolk & Western Railway bridge, 0.3 mi downstream from Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad bridge, and at mile 5.8.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.4 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1948 to October 1985. March 1986 to current (Seven month periods-March to September).

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year (Seven month periods-March to September).

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water years 1986-99.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and concrete control. Datum of gage is 530.12 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Mar. 5, 2002, water-stage recorder and concrete control at site 400 ft. downstream at same datum.

 

REMARKS.-- High flow regulated by Farmdale Dam, 1 mi upstream effective Aug. 16, 1951.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Prior to Mar. 5, 2002, maximum gage height, 7.58 ft, Apr. 24, 1950, discharge not determined; maximum discharge prior to Mar. 5, 2002 and after Farmdale Dam (Aug. 16, 1951) 1,050 ft3/s, June 2, 1980, gage height, 4.43 ft; maximum gage height, 6.55 ft, Feb. 20, 1982, ice jam; after Mar. 5, 2002, maximum gage height, 9.37 ft, May 12, 2002, discharge 598 ft3/s; no flow for several days in most years.

 

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
 
11.5--- --- --- --- ---   6.77.711   15   6.446   
21.7--- --- --- --- ---   5.45.710   12   3.96.7
31.7--- --- --- --- ---   5.55.614   9.53.53.1
45.0--- --- --- --- ---   43   23   10   8.13.22.3
52.5--- --- --- --- ---   24   44   8.96.82.92.0
 
61.7--- --- --- --- ---   14   22   19   6.04.31.7
71.5--- --- --- --- ---   40   17   17   5.43.01.7
81.5--- --- --- --- ---   26   13   14   35   2.61.6
91.5--- --- --- --- ---   19   46   12   79   2.31.8
101.3--- --- --- --- ---   16   69   15   206   2.11.6
 
11---   --- --- --- --- ---   14   267   11   58   2.11.6
12---   --- --- --- --- ---   11   69   10   37   2.03.1
13---   --- --- --- --- ---   8.447   100   27   2.52.3
14---   --- --- --- --- ---   7.951   46   21   2.01.9
15---   --- --- --- --- ---   7.445   31   18   2.12.2
 
16---   --- --- --- --- ---   7.433   24   14   2.23.4
17---   --- --- --- --- 6.79.127   19   27   2.11.5
18---   --- --- --- --- 6.06.824   18   17   2.11.3
19---   --- --- --- --- 15   6.620   16   11   2.01.4
20---   --- --- --- --- 16   6.317   11   9.31.91.3
 
21---   --- --- --- --- 16   5.815   9.651   2.11.4
22---   --- --- --- --- 8.85.414   8.917   1.82.9
23---   --- --- --- --- 6.94.913   8.111   1.72.1
24---   --- --- --- --- 6.05.112   7.18.41.81.7
25---   --- --- --- --- 11   10   11   9.76.81.81.7
 
26---   --- --- --- --- 6.16.410   18   5.91.71.7
27---   --- --- --- --- 5.25.49.67.15.41.61.9
28---   --- --- --- --- 14   5.049   21   7.51.71.6
29---   --- --- --- --- 11   4.838   66   5.23.61.5
30---   --- --- --- --- 7.86.319   24   4.42.41.4
 
31---   --- --- --- --- 7.6---   15   ---   3.98.4---   

TOTAL------------------343.61058.6596.4748.683.8106.4
MEAN------------------11.534.119.924.12.703.55
MAX------------------432671002068.446
MIN------------------4.85.67.13.91.61.3
CFSM------------------0.421.250.730.880.100.13
IN.------------------0.471.440.811.020.110.14


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Ground-Water Data

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