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CACHE RIVER BASIN


03612000       CACHE RIVER AT FORMAN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°20'11", long 88°55'26" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.6, T.14 S., R.3 E., Johnson County, Hydrologic Unit 05140206, at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 3, 1.2 mi southwest of Forman, and at mile 8.1.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 244 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1922 to July 1924, September 1924 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 623: 1923-24. WSP 823: 1934-35. WSP 1205: 1923-24, 1927-30. WSP 1335: 1923(M), 1925, 1926-27(M), 1928, 1929-30(M), 1931, 1933, 1934-36(M), 1937-39. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 308.47 ft. above NGVD of 1929. Dec. 30, 1971 to Sept. 30, 1997, recording gage at same site at datum 10.0 ft. higher. Oct. 1, 1958, to Dec. 30, 1971, nonrecording gage at same site and datum 10.0 ft. higher. See WSP 1705 or 1725 for history of changes prior to Sept. 30, 1958.

 

REMARKS.-- Flow of lower part of Cache River Basin was diverted from Ohio River to Mississippi River beginning Oct. 31, 1950, through diversion channel of Mounds-Mound City flood-protection project. Flow of upper part of Cache River Basin, including flow past this station, continued to discharge to Ohio River, passing through Post Creek cutoff directly to Ohio River instead of through the original channel of Cache River.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,630 ft3/s, March 12, 1935, gage height, 42.29 ft, site then in use, from graph based on gage readings; no flow at times in some years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for periods of backwater from the Ohio River, Nov. 25 to Dec. 6, Jan. 6-21, Feb. 18-19, Mar. 9-18, Apr. 22-26, May 29 to June 12, and June 17-25, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
19.45.7e277 697 e120 321 432 79 e507 25   14   9.4
28.55.4e159 1240 e130 658 278 185 e215 23   37   7.7
37.34.5e111 1180 e650 583 189 277 e89 23   23   6.4
46.44.4e96 1180 866 2260 141 205 e52 22   15   6.0
55.75.0e99 1720 710 2040 108 135 e39 23   12   5.5
 
65.95.5e106 e1020 1340 1440 89 105 e28 39   9.64.9
75.46.2e101 e640 1160 1340 79 77 e29 244   9.33.9
85.06.693 e340 e734 e1230 73 56 e24 282   9.03.3
94.36.083 e225 e444 e958 67 47 e15 108   6.82.8
104.05.497 e172 e323 e626 63 51 e14 54   5.82.2
 
113.86.4112 e127 e328 e383 57 71 e20 38   4.31.9
123.513   93 e100 e303 e236 54 51 e29 29   4.31.9
132.711   82 e81 e239 e159 49 97 529 25   3.72.0
143.27.171 e65 e181 e113 45 941 688 21   3.71.8
153.816   64 e57 e134 e84 42 1420 756 17   3.31.6
 
163.753   60 e50 e109 e87 39 1080 902 15   2.81.5
173.856   59 e54 e85 e81 35 1000 e729 13   2.43.1
183.2441   56 e830 e80 e91 32 725 e777 11   2.34.2
197.11340   56 e810 e85 99 30 430 e978 9.82.23.4
207.3911   51 e525 90 154 29 254 e689 8.62.22.5
 
216.0599   45 e272 89 322 25 171 e388 7.12.11.7
225.7262   41 184 84 256 e42 110 e207 7.82.21.6
234.4144   186 134 78 175 e310 77 e136 9.52.41.9
243.41230   384 107 71 127 e339 59 e91 35   2.82.1
253.5e915   283 211 64 106 e607 50 e64 34   21   2.1
 
264.4e617   160 688 59 94 e556 424 52 22   74   1.9
275.7e314   103 829 54 88 352 767 42 16   55   1.2
284.7e814   83 559 50 196 182 664 35 12   29   1.1
294.8e842   964 313 46 529 111 e314 32 9.721   1.2
304.8e547   1450 e165 --- 800 75 e141 27 10   15   1.1
 
314.4---   1010 e130 --- 690 --- e1080 --- 13   11   ---   

TOTAL155.89193.266351470587061632645301114381831206.5408.291.9
MEAN5.0330621447430052715135927338.913.23.06
MAX9.4134014501720134022606071420978282749.4
MIN2.74.4415046812547147.12.11.1
CFSM0.021.260.881.941.232.160.621.471.120.160.050.01
IN.0.021.401.012.241.332.490.691.701.250.180.060.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN54.619133549349259456143221886.071.057.0
MAX487109721923039181322682244184717591257826542
(WY)192819581983195019501945192719831928195819851950
MIN0.020.660.581.387.0512.440.710.41.371.710.000.43
(WY)196419541964197719341941198119301936193119301953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1923 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL137424.0  81283.6    
ANNUAL MEAN377     222       297         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN779         1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN37.5      1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2900         Jan 12260           Mar 48780         Jan 26 1929
LOWEST DAILY MEAN2.0      Aug 251.1        Sep 28,300.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM2.6      Aug 231.5        Sep 240.00    Jul 29 1930
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2630           Mar 49630         Mar 12 1935
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE21.71      Mar 442.29 BMar 12 1935
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.78      Sep 27
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.540.9101.22    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)20.9512.39  16.52    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1220     759       850         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS97     64       53         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.8  3.5    1.8      

A - At times in some years.

B - Site then in use, from graph based on gage readings.



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