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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 discharge, 598 ft3/s, May 12, 2002, gage height 9.37 ft; 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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
11.4--- --- --- --- ---   26   17   104 10   2.33.6
2---   --- --- --- --- ---   22   17   66 8.82.23.3
3---   --- --- --- --- ---   21   16   51 12   2.13.0
4---   --- --- --- --- ---   19   16   38 8.67.62.9
5---   --- --- --- --- ---   17   15   33 7.22.62.6
 
6---   --- --- --- --- ---   17   13   29 22   2.02.8
7---   --- --- --- --- ---   16   11   25 16   2.02.9
8---   --- --- --- --- ---   15   10   22 9.41.92.7
9---   --- --- --- --- ---   13   10   20 8.41.92.7
10---   --- --- --- --- ---   12   9.689 38   1.72.7
 
11---   --- --- --- --- ---   12   9.6104 28   1.72.6
12---   --- --- --- --- ---   11   11   46 31   1.72.6
13---   --- --- --- --- ---   11   15   33 16   1.82.7
14---   --- --- --- --- ---   11   55   26 13   1.92.6
15---   --- --- --- --- ---   10   44   24 9.81.63.3
 
16---   --- --- --- --- ---   10   30   20 8.21.78.8
17---   --- --- --- --- ---   9.623   18 7.32.12.6
18---   --- --- --- --- ---   9.2108   16 6.55.2---   
19---   --- --- --- --- ---   8.9123   14 5.96.9---   
20---   --- --- --- --- ---   12   57   13 5.34.7---   
 
21---   --- --- --- --- ---   12   40   50 4.82.7---   
22---   --- --- --- --- ---   9.034   39 8.62.0---   
23---   --- --- --- --- ---   8.131   22 5.62.0---   
24---   --- --- --- --- 8.618   24   18 4.26.6---   
25---   --- --- --- --- 8.644   45   14 3.716   ---   
 
26---   --- --- --- --- 29   22   29   12 3.415   ---   
27---   --- --- --- --- 21   18   25   12 3.022   ---   
28---   --- --- --- --- 37   18   22   12 2.646   ---   
29---   --- --- --- --- 58   15   19   12 2.415   ---   
30---   --- --- --- --- 37   16   165   11 3.06.3---   
 
31---   --- --- --- --- 31   ---   343   --- 2.74.3---   

TOTAL------------------462.81387.2993315.4193.5---
MEAN------------------15.444.733.110.26.24---
MAX----------------443431043846--
MIN----------------8.19.6112.41.6--
CFSM------------------0.561.631.210.370.23---
IN.------------------0.631.881.350.430.26---


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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