03384450 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

Station list Available data
LUSK CREEK BASIN

03384450 LUSK CREEK NEAR EDDYVILLE, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 37°28'20", long 88°32'50" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.16, T.12 S., R.6 E., Pope County, Hydrologic Unit 05140203, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on County Highway 5, 2.8 mi southeast of Eddyville and at mile 17.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 42.9 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1967 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1961, 1964, 1969-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site AK 02.
	SEDIMENT: January 1980 to September 1981.
	SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.
	WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 360.42 ft above NGVD of 1929.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 16,100 ft³/s, Aug. 24, 1985, from rating curve extended above 23.5 ft, based on contracted-opening measurement, gage height, 27.78 ft; no flow for several days in most years.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 299 mg/L May 18, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L on many days each year.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,340 tons May 18, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton on many days each year.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	0.55	0.73	25	55	e15	27	34	22	23	0.95	0.86	1.2
2	0.47	0.64	19	378	e71	42	29	28	12	0.87	0.79	1.0
3	0.50	0.65	16	237	e200	103	25	163	7.8	0.92	0.73	1.0
4	0.49	0.55	16	432	104	808	21	94	6.0	1.1	0.75	0.99
5	0.45	0.57	17	457	146	335	18	43	4.8	1.2	0.87	0.90

6	0.41	0.87	18	168	357	230	16	28	4.6	2.0	0.87	0.82
7	0.39	0.92	16	75	200	130	15	20	4.0	3.4	0.76	0.72
8	0.37	0.90	14	49	89	76	14	15	3.5	4.4	0.70	0.62
9	0.35	0.79	14	37	66	58	13	12	3.2	2.9	0.66	0.52
10	0.32	0.76	15	29	67	45	12	11	2.7	2.1	0.61	0.46

11	0.31	0.78	17	25	70	38	11	11	2.5	1.6	0.56	0.41
12	0.27	1.1	16	22	55	33	10	8.3	2.7	1.4	0.52	0.33
13	0.28	1.3	14	20	42	29	9.7	7.2	3.5	1.4	0.49	0.29
14	0.36	2.1	14	18	35	27	10	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.41	0.26
15	0.28	4.1	13	17	30	24	11	6.7	2.8	1.1	0.34	0.22

16	0.24	5.7	14	15	24	28	10	6.2	3.7	1.1	0.29	0.21
17	0.42	7.9	14	16	21	30	10	6.3	3.3	1.1	0.24	0.19
18	0.40	127	14	340	20	36	10	6.0	2.9	0.97	0.21	0.14
19	0.40	338	14	155	19	37	9.6	5.7	2.4	0.83	0.18	0.09
20	0.44	59	14	61	19	189	10	4.9	2.1	0.73	0.21	0.09

21	0.45	27	13	40	17	227	10	4.2	1.7	0.69	0.21	0.05
22	0.50	18	14	32	16	96	62	3.6	2.1	1.5	0.19	0.02
23	0.39	26	40	25	14	61	425	3.1	1.9	2.1	0.18	0.00
24	0.33	338	51	22	14	47	178	2.7	1.6	1.3	0.26	0.03
25	0.36	68	35	26	14	39	193	2.5	1.4	1.0	1.8	0.04

26	0.56	32	27	58	13	34	90	3.3	1.3	0.98	4.5	0.00
27	0.57	43	24	119	12	32	41	14	1.2	0.92	2.8	0.00
28	0.64	365	22	51	12	30	26	9.9	1.1	0.79	2.9	0.00
29	0.66	105	234	e35	11	37	19	6.9	1.0	0.77	2.3	0.00
30	0.63	42	232	e20	---	49	17	6.4	1.0	0.89	1.8	0.00

31	0.68	---	94	e17	---	40	---	55	---	0.92	1.5	---

TOTAL	13.47	1618.36	1100	3051	1773	3017	1359.3	616.5	115.00	43.23	29.49	10.60
MEAN	0.43	53.9	35.5	98.4	61.1	97.3	45.3	19.9	3.83	1.39	0.95	0.35
MAX	0.68	365	234	457	357	808	425	163	23	4.4	4.5	1.2
MIN	0.24	0.55	13	15	11	24	9.6	2.5	1.0	0.69	0.18	0.00
CFSM	0.01	1.26	0.83	2.29	1.43	2.27	1.06	0.46	0.09	0.03	0.02	0.01
IN.	0.01	1.40	0.95	2.65	1.54	2.62	1.18	0.53	0.10	0.04	0.03	0.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	7.16	48.2	86.7	84.5	101	128	118	89.3	33.8	14.7	10.1	5.46
MAX	59.5	216	377	265	287	306	408	324	153	89.9	174	75.0
(WY)	2002	1986	1983	1969	1989	1979	1983	2003	1970	1989	1985	1985
MIN	0.00	0.01	0.14	0.77	5.31	28.2	20.6	4.05	0.22	0.14	0.01	0.00
(WY)	1988	2000	1977	1981	1996	1981	1986	1988	1988	1978	2002	1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1968 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	30016.14		12746.95
ANNUAL MEAN	82.2		34.8		60.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					120	2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					20.1	1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	1600 A	May 11	808	Mar 4	4670	Aug 24 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.24	Oct 16	0.00	Several days	0.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.29	Oct 10	0.01	Sep 23	0.00	Aug 25 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			1520	Mar 4	16100 C	Aug 24 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			8.17	Mar 4	27.78	Aug 24 1985
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.92		0.812		1.41
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	26.03		11.05		19.15
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	221		80		121
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	21		7.9		9.6
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.45		0.35		0.10

	A - Estimated.
	B - Several days in most years.
	C - From rating curve extended above 23.5 ft, based on contracted-opening measurement.