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LUSK CREEK BASIN


03384450       LUSK CREEK NEAR EDDYVILLE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 37°28'20", long 88°32'50", in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.16, T.12 S., R.6 E., Pope County, Hydrologic Unit 05140203, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on County Highway 5, 2.8 mi southeast of Eddyville and at mile 17.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 42.9 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1967 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1961, 1964, 1969-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site AK 02.
 

SEDIMENT: January 1980 to September 1981.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 360.42 ft above sea level.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 16,100 ft3/s, Aug. 24, 1985, from rating curve extended above 23.5 ft. based on contracted-opening measurement, gage height, 27.78 ft; minimum discharge, no flow for several days in most years.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 299 mg/L May 18, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L on many days each year.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,340 tons May 18, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton on many days e each year.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .81 e.03 5.4 e6.5 36  38  26    7.7 4.0   .66 7.7 92   
2 .74 e.02 5.4 e6.0 30  33  63    7.4 4.0   .56 4.3 28   
3 .64 e.02 5.4 e5.5 27  29  1010    7.1 3.5   .48 4.0 15   
4 .63 e.00 5.2 e5.0 21  164  217    7.7 3.5   .49 3.2 10   
5 .50 e.00 4.7 e4.7 19  121  105    6.5 2.9   .47 3.0 8.1
 
6 .53 .16 4.5 e4.4 17  61  65    5.7 2.6   .35 2.3 5.4
7 .43 .17 4.3 e9.0 16  43  48    6.0 2.7   .28 2.1 4.8
8 .37 4.9   4.2 e25    15  35  38    5.4 2.2   .27 2.1 4.8
9 .32 60      4.1 e60    53  30  33    4.8 1.9   .27 11    5.8
10 .29 10      4.1 e40    128  26  29    4.7 2.0   .25 25    6.1
 
11 .27 6.0   204    e28    48  23  25    4.4 1.7   .22 42    4.8
12 .27 4.2   114    e22    34  44  23    4.2 1.6   .21 28    4.0
13 .25 4.2   33    e32    29  259  20    3.7 1.4   .19 12    3.6
14 .24 3.8   40    e70    69  87  18    3.0 1.4   .17 8.0 3.2
15 .24 3.7   29    e230    383  59  19    3.2 1.3   .17 5.6 3.0
 
16 .26 3.5   870    e120    446  96  18    3.1 1.2   .17 4.2 2.9
17 .24 3.3   e200    e60    223  67  16    3.1 1.1   .17 3.5 2.6
18 .22 3.0   e100    e30    87  47  15    3.2 .99 .20 3.4 2.3
19 .19 2.9   e60    e20    54  39  14    3.4 .85 .21 16    35   
20 .19 2.7   e40    e14    39  34  14    3.3 1.1   .21 12    13   
 
21 .17 2.6   e32    e12    32  31  13    5.1 3.6   .20 6.7 6.8
22 .15 2.6   e26    e10    39  27  12    4.6 4.3   .22 4.8 4.3
23 .12 2.6   e21    e9.5 41  24  12    4.4 2.4   4.8   3.9 4.0
24 .12 2.8   e18    e9.0 83  21  14    4.0 1.7   3.0   3.4 3.5
25 .12 31      e16    e8.5 593  18  12    3.6 1.4   2.0   3.1 3.3
 
26 .11 26      e14    e8.0 136  17  12    3.4 1.2   403      3.1 3.0
27 e.09 14      e12    e8.0 70  16  11    3.0 1.1   39      4.2 2.3
28 e.08 9.8   e10    e7.5 47  16  11    2.7 .85 16      3.3 2.2
29 e.06 7.4   e9.0 17    ---  16  8.6 2.6 .79 50      2.8 2.2
30 e.05 6.2   e8.0 101    ---  18  8.2 2.3 .75 26      2.4 2.2
 
31 e.04 ---      e7.0 61    ---  24  ---    3.1 ---      11      272    ---   

TOTAL 8.74 217.60 1910.3 1043.6 2815 1563 1929.8 136.4 60.03 561.22 509.1 288.2
MEAN .28 7.25 61.6 33.7 101 50.4 64.3 4.40 2.00 18.1 16.4 9.61
MAX .81 60 870 230 593 259 1010 7.7 4.3 403 272 92
MIN .04 .00 4.1 4.4 15 16 8.2 2.3 .75 .17 2.1 2.2
CFSM .01 .17 1.44 .78 2.34 1.18 1.50 .10 .05 .42 .38 .22
IN. .01 .19 1.66 .90 2.44 1.36 1.67 .12 .05 .49 .44 .25
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 5.60 43.4 80.5 82.6 99.9 127 120 79.4 33.5 16.0 10.8 5.25
MAX 59.5 216 377 265 287 306 408 266 153 89.9 174 75.0
(WY) 1986 1986 1983 1969 1989 1979 1983 1990 1970 1989 1985 1985
MIN .000 .013 .14 .77 5.31 28.2 20.6 4.05 .22 .14 .034 .000
(WY) 1988 2000 1977 1981 1996 1981 1986 1988 1988 1978 1988 1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2001 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL 14414.28     11042.99    
ANNUAL MEAN 39.4       30.3       58.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 114          1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 20.1       1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2860              Jan 3 1010              Apr 3 4670          Aug 24 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00 A     Nov 4,5 .00 A     Nov 4,5 .00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .02         Oct 30 .02         Oct 30 .00     Aug 25 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2320              Apr 3 16100      C Aug 24 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.36         Apr 3 27.78     Aug 24 1985
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .92     .71     1.36    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.50     9.58     18.50    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 53          60          114         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.3       5.4       9.0      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .71     .25     .10    

A - Estimated.
B - Several days in most years.
C - From rating curve extended above 23.5 ft, based on contracted-opening measurement.


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