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LUSK CREEK BASIN


03384450       LUSK CREEK NEAR EDDYVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°28'20", long 88°32'50" (NAD of 1927), 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 to current year.

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, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 360.42 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

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; 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 each year.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.8 23    6.7 908  e21  152  44  39  e27    2.5   0.35 3.8  
2 1.9 18    6.0 259  e22  190  36  170  e24    2.2   149      14     
3 1.5 16    6.0 202  26  171  29  107  e250    2.0   32      229     
4 2.4 15    6.8 e150  35  141  27  517  e100    1.7   6.4   47     
5 2.9 34    7.8 e120  30  113  114  1540  e64    1.5   3.2   4.7  
 
6 3.4 62    8.6 e100  25  86  86  624  e45    1.3   2.1   2.1  
7 3.4 36    8.4 e90  e21  71  292  1570  e37    1.2   1.7   2.3  
8 3.2 26    7.4 e76  e19  59  154  276  e32    1.1   1.3   2.1  
9 3.0 22    6.3 e65  e18  49  90  198  e27    1.1   0.98 2.0  
10 6.2 1150    7.2 e58  e20  42  74  287  e24    0.91 0.88 1.8  
 
11 14    332    11    53  e21  39  54  e1600  e700    0.85 0.97 1.4  
12 11    178    17    49  e23  39  43  e250  595    0.85 0.90 1.2  
13 7.8 129    77    45  e25  39  34  167  314    0.76 0.87 0.98
14 5.4 93    219    36  216  38  26  91  e210    0.66 0.87 1.0  
15 4.3 87    165    e34  694  35  22  63  e120    0.63 0.79 0.83
 
16 3.5 90    90    e32  447  32  19  55  e70    0.67 0.73 0.62
17 3.0 72    60    e28  198  30  161  235  e45    0.72 0.68 0.52
18 2.8 58    109    e27  163  29  82  233  e30    0.76 0.61 0.49
19 3.0 47    1390    e26  758  191  49  154  e24    0.82 0.57 0.45
20 2.8 38    321    e25  404  193  40  516  e18    0.81 0.51 0.35
 
21 2.3 32    174    e23  304  244  53  301  e14    0.79 0.45 0.33
22 2.0 25    123    e22  1120  171  37  193  e11    0.74 0.46 0.73
23 1.8 21    94    e21  427  132  27  110  e9.0 0.67 0.45 0.66
24 1.7 18    146    e20  238  94  29  73  e7.0 0.57 0.39 0.61
25 4.9 16    180    e18  e190  73  332  174  e6.5 0.52 0.36 0.57
 
26 35    14    147    e17  163  73  279  205  e20    0.58 0.37 0.49
27 17    12    114    e17  138  65  112  107  e10    0.45 0.36 0.72
28 18    9.9 94    e20  125  55  55  e64  e6.0 0.36 0.36 0.60
29 147    9.2 141    e23  ---  85  37  e47  e4.2 0.31 0.44 0.52
30 92    8.0 164    e21  ---  80  32  e37  e3.0 0.30 3.1   0.51
 
31 38    ---    932    e20  ---  58  ---  e31  ---    0.35 6.4   ---     

TOTAL 448.0 2691.1 4839.2 2605 5891 2869 2469 10034 2846.7 28.68 218.55 322.38
MEAN 14.5 89.7 156 84.0 210 92.5 82.3 324 94.9 0.93 7.05 10.7
MAX 147 1150 1390 908 1120 244 332 1600 700 2.5 149 229
MIN 1.5 8.0 6.0 17 18 29 19 31 3.0 0.30 0.35 0.33
CFSM 0.34 2.09 3.64 1.96 4.90 2.16 1.92 7.54 2.21 0.02 0.16 0.25
IN. 0.39 2.33 4.20 2.26 5.11 2.49 2.14 8.70 2.47 0.02 0.19 0.28
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.34 48.0 88.1 84.1 102 129 120 91.3 34.6 15.1 10.4 5.61
MAX 59.5 216 377 265 287 306 408 324 153 89.9 174 75.0
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1969 1989 1979 1983 2003 1970 1989 1985 1985
MIN 0.000 0.013 0.14 0.77 5.31 28.2 20.6 4.05 0.22 0.14 0.012 0.000
(WY) 1988 2000 1977 1981 1996 1981 1986 1988 1988 1978 2002 1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 36324.80 35262.61    
ANNUAL MEAN 99.5   96.6       61.2      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 120          2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 20.1       1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2170          May 13 1600      A     May 11 4670          Aug 24 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     many days 0.30         Jul 30 0.00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Aug 2 0.39         Jul 26 0.00     Aug 25 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 6950              May 11 16100      C Aug 24 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 19.13         May 11 27.78     Aug 24 1985
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.27         Sep 21
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 2.32 2.25     1.43    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 31.50 30.58     19.38    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 216      223          122         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21      26          9.6      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.00 0.67     0.10    

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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