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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05568800       INDIAN CREEK NEAR WYOMING, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°01'06", long 89°50'07" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.17, T.12 N., R.6 E., Stark County, Hydrologic Unit 07130005, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on West Jersey Road (County Road 300 N), 4.5 mi southwest of Wyoming and at mile 4.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 62.7 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1959 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91 and 1998.

 

SEDIMENT: October 1980 to September 1981.

 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water year 1981.

 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water year 1981.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants of streambed sediments, August 1996; contaminants of fish tissue, August 1996; streambank sediment size, October 1997; streambed sediment size, October 1997.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-98.

 

FISH: Water years 1996-98.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1996-1998.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 606.78 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1994, at same site at datum 10.00 ft. higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,540 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow, June 22, 1974; gage height, 23.81 ft (present datum); no flow, Sept. 25, 26, and part of each day Oct. 7, 8, 13, 1988.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 11,100 mg/L Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily mean, 20 mg/L Feb. 6-17, 1981.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 31,100 tons Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily, 0.35 ton Feb. 14, 1981.

 

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
 
12.12.75.524 e17 24 45 30 390 28 10   5.9
22.04.65.025 e18 23 43 29 188 27 9.95.4
32.116   4.724 e19 20 42 39 152 34 9.64.8
42.114   5.223 e20 23 39 39 129 40 17   4.5
52.120   6.827 e22 114 37 38 114 28 14   4.3
 
62.010   7.5e18 e24 85 37 36 102 26 9.54.1
72.26.86.1e21 e27 63 36 86 86 37 8.73.7
82.15.65.5e24 e26 52 35 94 76 27 8.53.7
92.15.16.5e27 e25 47 32 72 72 33 8.13.6
102.34.8214   e25 e24 42 31 69 74 34 7.73.5
 
112.54.9149   e24 e22 41 30 90 113 33 8.43.5
122.45.077   e23 e21 37 30 68 83 44 7.93.3
132.44.658   e22 e20 36 30 61 73 28 7.33.1
144.74.350   e22 e18 36 29 79 69 24 6.93.2
156.64.344   e21 e17 33 28 82 64 22 6.04.7
 
164.04.842   e21 e17 34 27 72 59 21 5.617   
172.94.937   e20 e16 34 26 68 55 21 11   8.5
182.911   35   e23 e16 34 26 100 51 20 16   5.0
192.414   32   e25 e45 32 25 84 47 18 13   4.1
202.58.753   e23 110 31 26 76 46 18 12   3.6
 
212.57.154   e22 126 29 34 198 47 17 8.03.5
223.46.831   e21 73 29 27 199 45 17 6.43.3
233.17.230   e20 90 29 25 176 40 22 5.93.1
242.67.128   e19 76 30 26 109 38 17 7.33.2
252.96.528   e18 52 29 31 177 36 16 8.62.9
 
263.25.830   e17 43 34 28 130 34 15 9.23.1
273.55.826   e18 36 39 26 107 34 14 12   3.1
283.15.728   e19 22 40 27 91 33 13 14   2.8
292.75.927   e20 22 48 26 80 31 12 9.02.7
303.05.825   e19 --- 49 28 1140 29 12 7.62.9
 
312.9---   25   e18 --- 48 --- 1090 --- 11 6.5---   

TOTAL87.3219.81175.86731064124593248092410729291.6130.1
MEAN2.827.3337.921.736.740.231.115580.323.59.414.34
MAX6.62021427126114451140390441717
MIN2.02.74.7171620252929115.62.7
CFSM0.040.120.600.350.590.640.502.471.280.380.150.07
IN.0.050.130.700.400.630.740.552.851.430.430.170.08

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN18.528.835.243.356.379.781.387.070.543.022.724.0
MAX124154177223237272243248338243158184
(WY)198719861983197419971979198319951974199319811970
MIN0.641.370.961.353.2213.26.886.826.203.511.330.50
(WY)196419651964196319642003198919891977198819881988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1960 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL8333.1        13766.6    
ANNUAL MEAN22.8        37.6    49.1        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN131           1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN13.6        1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN459               May 111140           May 303330           Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN1.7     A    Jan 262.0        Oct 2,60.00      B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM1.9     A    Jan 232.1        Oct 1,0.11      Oct 6 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2290           May 306540        CJun 22 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE21.17      May 3023.81   DJun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW1.6        Oct 2,5
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.364    0.6000.783    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)4.94      8.17  10.64      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS52           76       106           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS7.3        23       22           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS2.5        3.2    2.9        

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Sept. 25, 26, 1998 and part of each day Oct. 7, 8, 13, 1988.

C - From rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow.

D - Present datum.



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