LOCATION.-- Lat 38°56'13", long 88°57'10" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.26, T.6 N., R.2 E., Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of county bridge, about 4 mi south of Brownstown, 4.3 mi above Little Hickory Creek, and at mile 12.0. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 44.2 mi2. | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year. | |
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. | |
REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-93-1: 1989(M), WDR IL-95-1: 1994 (P). | |
GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 493.37 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). | |
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,250 ft3/s, Nov. 14, 1993, gage height, 16.43 ft; maximum gage height, 16.48 ft, discharge, 6,100 ft3/s, May 8, 2003; no flow for many days in most years. | |
REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for the period of May 8-12 and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. | |
| Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAY | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP |
| 1 | 0.00 | 1.2 | 0.04 | 13 | e0.55 | e4.6 | 8.2 | 99 | 6.5 | 149 | 0.10 | 500 |
| 2 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 0.02 | 4.6 | e0.70 | e9.0 | 6.6 | 51 | 6.1 | 14 | 0.07 | 319 |
| 3 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 2.8 | e1.1 | e8.0 | 5.8 | 14 | 11 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 31 |
| 4 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 1.8 | e1.6 | e7.6 | 6.3 | 97 | 9.7 | 3.3 | e0.90 | 10 |
| 5 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.00 | 1.7 | e1.2 | 13 | 12 | 377 | 6.3 | 2.1 | e0.60 | 5.1 |
| 6 | 0.00 | 0.91 | 0.00 | 1.8 | e0.90 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 60 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 0.40 | 3.1 |
| 7 | 0.00 | 0.95 | 0.00 | 2.3 | e0.70 | 5.1 | 8.4 | 78 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 0.31 | 1.9 |
| 8 | 0.00 | 0.79 | 0.00 | e1.8 | e0.60 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 1830 | 4.8 | 0.80 | 0.17 | 1.3 |
| 9 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | e1.3 | e0.56 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 1340 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.12 | 1.1 |
| 10 | 0.00 | 5.5 | 0.00 | e1.0 | e0.54 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 353 | 10 | 166 | 0.16 | 0.90 |
| 11 | 0.00 | 17 | 0.00 | e0.80 | e0.52 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 730 | 179 | 21 | 0.05 | 0.77 |
| 12 | 0.00 | 2.8 | 0.00 | e0.66 | e0.50 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 83 | 481 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 0.65 |
| 13 | 0.00 | 1.3 | 0.00 | e0.60 | e0.48 | 180 | 3.2 | 43 | 66 | 3.1 | 0.02 | 0.59 |
| 14 | 0.00 | 0.86 | 0.00 | e0.54 | e1.3 | 42 | 3.1 | 32 | 74 | 1.7 | 0.10 | 0.58 |
| 15 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.00 | e0.47 | 100 | 20 | 2.7 | 91 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.09 | 0.52 |
| 16 | 0.00 | 0.79 | 0.00 | e0.41 | 25 | 15 | 2.8 | 34 | 12 | 0.84 | 0.01 | 0.49 |
| 17 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.00 | e0.36 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 7.7 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.48 |
| 18 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.00 | e0.32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0.49 |
| 19 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.70 | e0.29 | 31 | 48 | 6.6 | 18 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 0.00 | 0.46 |
| 20 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 6.3 | e0.26 | 216 | 42 | 28 | 374 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 0.00 | 0.41 |
| 21 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 3.0 | e0.23 | 154 | 101 | 16 | 59 | 3.2 | 0.93 | 0.00 | 0.39 |
| 22 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 1.6 | e0.20 | 192 | 25 | 8.9 | 26 | 2.5 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 0.51 |
| 23 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 1.1 | e0.16 | 54 | 15 | 5.3 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.44 |
| 24 | 0.00 | 0.30 | e0.80 | e0.14 | 17 | 12 | 40 | 14 | 1.7 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.38 |
| 25 | 0.00 | 0.26 | e0.70 | e0.12 | 11 | 13 | 284 | 29 | 1.4 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.40 |
| 26 | 0.00 | 0.22 | e0.62 | e0.10 | e6.4 | 18 | 42 | 19 | 7.5 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.83 |
| 27 | 0.00 | 0.18 | e0.55 | e0.10 | e5.0 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 4.1 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 16 |
| 28 | 0.00 | 0.13 | e0.50 | e0.14 | e4.3 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 1.9 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 3.8 |
| 29 | 2.9 | 0.13 | e0.45 | e0.22 | --- | 18 | 16 | 27 | 1.3 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 1.0 |
| 30 | 4.8 | 0.10 | e0.70 | e0.30 | --- | 11 | 10 | 11 | 75 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.54 |
| 31 | 1.7 | --- | e6.0 | e0.40 | --- | 9.5 | --- | 8.3 | --- | 0.17 | 9.7 | --- |
| TOTAL | 9.40 | 41.27 | 23.08 | 38.92 | 850.95 | 689.5 | 612.4 | 5980.3 | 1030.8 | 391.68 | 14.00 | 903.13 |
| MEAN | 0.30 | 1.38 | 0.74 | 1.26 | 30.4 | 22.2 | 20.4 | 193 | 34.4 | 12.6 | 0.45 | 30.1 |
| MAX | 4.8 | 17 | 6.3 | 13 | 216 | 180 | 284 | 1830 | 481 | 166 | 9.7 | 500 |
| MIN | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.48 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.38 |
| CFSM | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.69 | 0.50 | 0.46 | 4.36 | 0.78 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.68 |
| IN. | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.72 | 0.58 | 0.52 | 5.03 | 0.87 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.76 |
| e Estimated |
| STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAN | 4.49 | 29.5 | 26.6 | 58.1 | 53.2 | 63.7 | 74.7 | 96.9 | 29.4 | 14.7 | 7.30 | 17.5 |
| MAX | 18.3 | 232 | 208 | 202 | 151 | 134 | 224 | 365 | 93.7 | 95.1 | 46.1 | 135 |
| (WY) | 1994 | 1994 | 1991 | 1999 | 1997 | 1991 | 1994 | 1995 | 2000 | 1993 | 2000 | 1993 |
| MIN | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.095 | 0.19 | 3.49 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 2.00 | 0.28 | 0.048 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (WY) | 1989 | 1998 | 1998 | 2000 | 1996 | 2001 | 2000 | 2001 | 1992 | 1997 | 1996 | 1990 |
| SUMMARY STATISTICS | FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR | FOR 2003 WATER YEAR | WATER YEARS 1989 - 2003 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANNUAL TOTAL | 17283.81 | 10585.43 | ||||
| ANNUAL MEAN | 47.4 | 29.0 | 39.6 | |||
| HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN | 64.1 | 1993 | ||||
| LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN | 19.0 | 1992 | ||||
| HIGHEST DAILY MEAN | 2140 | May 13 | 1830 | May 8 | 4080 | May 18 1995 |
| LOWEST DAILY MEAN | 0.00 | Many days | 0.00 | Many days | 0.00 | A |
| ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM | 0.00 | Aug 4 | 0.00 | Oct 1 | 0.00 | Oct 1 1988 |
| MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW | 6100 | May 8 | 6250 B | Nov 14 1993 | ||
| MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE | 16.48 | May 8 | 16.48 C | May 8 2003 | ||
| ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) | 1.07 | 0.66 | 0.90 | |||
| ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) | 14.55 | 8.91 | 12.17 | |||
| 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS | 74 | 41 | 65 | |||
| 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS | 2.3 | 1.3 | 3.4 | |||
| 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||