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BEAR CREEK BASIN


05495500       BEAR CREEK NEAR MARCELLINE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°08'34", long 91°20'14" (NAD of 1927), on line between secs.20 and 21, T.2 N., R.8 W., Adams County, Hydrologic Unit 07110001, on right downstream side of bridge on County Road 900 E, 0.9 mi downstream from Grindstone Creek, 2.2 mi northeast of Marcelline, 3.8 mi upstream from State Highway 96, and at mile 12.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 349 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 1944 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1308: 1944-45(M), 1948(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-94-1: 1991.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 504.52 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to June 24, 1949, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 35,500 ft3/s, May 8, 1996, gage height, 28.36 ft; maximum gage height, 28.38 ft, Mar. 4, 1985; no flow for many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988, and part of each day Aug. 17-19, 1989.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for Nov. 18-19, Dec. 10-13, Mar. 5-6, May 25-26, 30-31, June 15-17, Aug. 25-29, Sept. 15, 17, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
114   22 47 136 e35 85 168 67 567 30 11   68 
211   57 42 127 e37 86 140 71 226 29 11   50 
38.8402 39 123 e40 74 116 61 139 71 12   39 
47.6522 39 114 e43 215 98 50 100 94 15   32 
56.61560 41 100 e42 2330 87 47 79 60 16   27 
 
66.31000 43 e90 e39 1120 80 45 67 38 13   23 
75.9229 42 e70 e37 338 77 41 59 31 12   21 
85.6120 40 e58 e36 202 73 36 52 1270 11   18 
95.484 42 e68 e34 150 65 32 50 489 10   16 
106.770 6860 e72 e32 121 60 28 853 121 9.515 
 
117.564 6510 e68 e32 102 55 28 1150 377 8.815 
126.060 1230 e70 e31 87 52 51 354 515 10   14 
136.450 343 e67 e30 76 49 102 137 135 8.513 
14269   41 256 e62 e30 86 47 68 89 70 7.313 
15308   38 211 e58 e30 88 46 82 1200 47 6.9755 
 
1681   39 1180 e61 e29 86 45 57 1850 37 6.72510 
1744   126 740 e70 e29 104 44 42 794 30 6.51790 
1832   1950 304 e62 e40 114 44 35 165 25 6.5223 
1925   2560 223 e57 e200 95 41 69 106 22 6.179 
2020   668 153 e52 e720 81 45 52 78 20 6.749 
 
2117   230 152 e47 405 69 168 39 94 18 7.435 
2215   146 200 e44 167 61 136 32 170 18 6.428 
2314   121 787 e42 156 57 75 80 95 17 5.523 
2413   123 519 e39 134 58 59 182 58 15 5.420 
2536   94 210 e38 110 59 70 4600 200 15 853   17 
 
2682   78 173 e36 88 283 76 3790 116 14 2390   16 
2763   70 146 e35 82 585 59 812 57 13 5060   14 
2843   62 283 e34 77 353 49 217 44 12 4180   14 
2934   54 510 e34 77 667 43 130 37 11 1460   12 
3029   50 239 e33 --- 327 44 1150 32 11 244   11 
 
3125   --- 164 e34 --- 203 --- 2870 --- 12 109   --- 

TOTAL1247.810690217682001284283622211149669018366714515.25960
MEAN40.335670264.598.027073.7483301118468199
MAX30825606860136720233016846001850127050602510
MIN5.42239332957412832115.411
CFSM0.121.022.010.180.280.770.211.380.860.341.340.57
IN.0.131.142.320.210.300.890.241.600.960.391.550.64

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN11015114614926537141241628626997.8153
MAX1658217214859561237137021632679225119675411954
(WY)198719861983194619851985194419951990199319931970
MIN0.000.000.070.310.683.839.023.260.720.240.170.00
(WY)195719571957197719891956197719891956198819881953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1944 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL68519.87  97248.0    
ANNUAL MEAN188       266       233           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN711           1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN12.5        1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN6860           Dec 106860           Dec 1021300           May 12 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.97      Aug 245.4        Oct 9, Aug. 240.00      A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM1.2        Aug 206.2        Oct 60.00      A
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW9630           Dec 1035500        BMay 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE15.66      Dec 1028.38      Mar 4 1985
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW4.6        Oct 9
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.5380.7610.668    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)7.30  10.37  9.08      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS367       536       424           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS37       59       24           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS3.7    12       1.2        

A - Many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988, and part of each day Aug. 17-19, 1989.

B - Gage height, 28.36 ft.



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