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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05567500       MACKINAW RIVER NEAR CONGERVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°37'25", long 89°14'30" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.17, T.25 N., R.1 W., Woodford County, Hydrologic Unit 07130004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 150, 0.2 mi downstream from Walnut Creek, 2 mi northwest of Congerville, and at mile 58.7.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 767 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1944 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

SEDIMENT: June 1983 to September 1983.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1948. WSP 1308: 1945(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 607.01 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 11, 1945, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

REMARKS.-- The City of Bloomington occasionally pumps water upstream from station into Lake Evergreen for municipal supply. The City of Bloomington also withdraws water from Lake Bloomington, which is on Money Creek, a tributary to the Mackinaw River. Water withdrawals are diverted via effluent to Sugar Creek basin.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 44,800 ft3/s, Dec. 4, 1982, gage height, 20.21 ft, from floodmark; minimum, 0.2 ft3/s, Oct. 21-24, Oct. 27 to Nov. 3, 1956, Oct. 6, 1957, Oct. 8-10, 1963.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good 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
 
118 27 312 209 e85 132 2800 589 5590 178 40 34 
217 25 262 203 e85 138 2110 595 4100 160 38 32 
316 26 232 214 e87 135 1580 545 2250 152 35 27 
416 27 225 211 e90 132 1260 516 1640 150 37 24 
517 42 229 204 e85 563 1030 500 1330 156 39 22 
 
617 50 228 146 e80 1350 890 456 1130 150 41 21 
717 37 206 155 e82 1070 806 418 976 173 36 19 
818 34 201 213 e85 790 732 386 847 136 33 18 
918 34 213 222 e82 641 641 368 741 117 32 17 
1017 31 285 181 e80 528 556 353 725 191 31 17 
 
1117 31 341 166 e78 455 514 339 1120 493 27 17 
1216 30 366 170 e76 400 467 369 1800 550 27 15 
1316 27 316 172 e74 355 433 423 1470 359 27 14 
1419 27 296 164 e72 333 415 489 1070 584 26 14 
1519 28 286 168 e70 312 391 1010 875 562 25 15 
 
1621 28 272 166 e68 293 382 1250 762 377 24 37 
1725 28 244 155 e66 293 354 1010 676 264 25 38 
1826 74 220 147 e65 279 338 944 607 203 34 44 
1924 581 209 121 e90 259 338 1680 538 167 46 45 
2023 1930 181 131 e150 238 298 1710 473 139 41 33 
 
2119 1800 208 153 e250 222 376 1320 466 118 33 27 
2218 872 206 144 387 199 406 1060 527 102 30 23 
2317 687 204 133 274 194 355 937 437 89 29 21 
2417 638 326 122 202 205 330 833 367 78 28 19 
2527 808 400 e115 182 210 677 957 319 68 36 18 
 
2625 670 341 e110 156 256 1020 1610 288 60 67 18 
2729 539 298 e105 141 728 812 1470 262 54 89 16 
2835 450 286 e100 135 1240 692 1140 242 52 91 16 
2933 388 275 e96 129 1400 604 905 219 48 68 16 
3029 347 249 e92 --- 1670 506 1340 197 46 46 15 
 
3128 --- 234 e88 --- 2310 --- 5280 --- 43 36 --- 

TOTAL654103168151477635061733022113308023204460191217692
MEAN21.1344263154121559737994106819439.323.1
MAX35193040022238723102800528055905849145
MIN16251818865132298339197432414
CFSM0.030.450.340.200.160.730.961.301.390.250.050.03
IN.0.030.500.400.230.170.841.071.491.550.290.060.03

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1945 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN1862633824476329191043928778371174212
MAX276533404062280822183157313642163322268727344330
(WY)198719861983199320011979197319951974195119811993
MIN0.592.472.406.0114.932.091.711421.66.091.221.84
(WY)195719641964194519632000200019581963198819881988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1945 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL111600       137620       
ANNUAL MEAN306       376       527           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1672           1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN78.2        1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN7550           Jul 105590           Jun 134000           Dec 4 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN15           Mar 514           Sep 13,140.20   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM17           Feb 2816           Sep 90.20      Oct 27 1956
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW5760           Jun 144800           Dec 4 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE11.17      Jun 120.21   BDec 4 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW13           C0.20   D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.3990.4900.687    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)5.41  6.67  9.33      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS655       986       1270           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS134       180       180           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS19       21       12           

A - Oct. 21-24, Oct. 27 to Nov. 3, 1956.

B - From floodmark.

C - Sept. 14, 15, 29.

D - Oct. 21-24, Oct. 27 to Nov. 3, 1956; Oct. 6, 1957; Oct. 8-10, 1963.



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