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BEAR CREEK BASIN


05495500       BEAR CREEK NEAR MARCELLINE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°08'34", long 91°20'14" (NAD of 1927), on line between secs.20 and 21, T.2 N., R.8 W., Adams County, Hydrologic Unit 07110001, on right downstream side of bridge on County Road 900 E, 0.9 mi downstream from Grindstone Creek, 2.2 mi northeast of Marcelline, 3.8 mi upstream from State Highway 96, and at mile 12.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 349 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: March 1944 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1308: 1944-45(M), 1948(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-94-1: 1991.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 504.52 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to June 24, 1949, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 35,500 ft3/s, May 8, 1996, gage height, 28.36 ft; maximum gage height, 28.38 ft, Mar. 4, 1985; no flow for many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988, and part of each day Aug. 17-19, 1989.
 

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 3.2 2.4 2.4 6.6 e6.4 19  40  681  22    12    5.2   1190   
2 3.6 1.5 2.4 7.4 e13    18  34  445  22    11    4.4   648   
3 4.3 1.8 2.5 8.5 e20    18  28  189  29    9.7 6.7   95   
4 8.3 1.8 2.6 7.6 e26    18  91  501  29    8.5 17      35   
5 7.7 1.6 2.6 7.1 23    22  245  2520  26    7.3 7.6   18   
 
6 6.6 2.1 2.4 6.8 14    19  108  638  29    7.1 6.4   11   
7 4.8 2.0 2.4 6.6 e10    19  186  262  61    6.2 4.7   7.6
8 5.0 2.6 2.9 7.0 e7.0 55  215  184  59    98    3.7   6.0
9 4.0 2.6 2.4 7.1 e5.8 135  107  491  38    2100    3.1   5.1
10 5.7 3.2 2.2 6.5 e5.2 124  72  926  196    1940    2.8   4.1
 
11 3.8 2.9 2.2 e5.6 e4.8 69  55  3210  227    491    2.5   3.6
12 3.2 2.8 2.1 e5.0 e4.6 43  45  1210  85    82    2.6   3.7
13 2.5 4.1 2.3 e4.5 e5.0 141  37  291  152    42    2.3   8.1
14 2.0 4.2 2.8 e4.1 6.3 102  31  174  76    26    2.4   25   
15 1.6 3.0 2.6 e3.7 89    70  27  127  42    18    2.5   25   
 
16 1.4 3.0 2.5 e3.5 289    56  26  98  30    13    2.1   13   
17 1.4 2.8 2.8 e3.3 106    55  113  81  24    9.3 1.9   8.0
18 1.5 2.5 16    e3.2 80    51  129  69  19    161    1.5   5.9
19 1.8 2.6 35    e3.2 60    111  71  62  16    560    1.4   59   
20 1.4 2.7 41    e3.1 175    231  73  56  13    112    1.2   32   
 
21 1.6 2.6 23    e3.1 424    116  96  47  12    43    1.3   28   
22 1.7 2.3 14    e3.0 566    66  66  41  11    24    1.3   564   
23 1.5 2.4 10    e3.0 308    44  47  37  10    16    1.1   285   
24 1.5 3.3 8.2 e3.0 143    33  52  37  9.6 11    0.97 57   
25 2.3 2.9 7.0 e3.1 110    41  1790  44  10    8.0 1.0   27   
 
26 3.2 2.9 6.0 e3.2 51    82  1100  43  127    6.5 1.2   167   
27 1.9 2.8 5.3 e3.3 31    46  311  35  72    5.6 2.6   446   
28 1.8 2.8 5.3 e3.5 22    54  209  30  35    7.0 1.8   96   
29 2.4 3.0 5.4 e3.8 ---    115  335  26  21    7.4 5.0   38   
30 2.9 2.7 6.3 e4.3 ---    83  186  26  15    8.2 3.4   21   
 
31 6.4 ---    6.1 e5.0 ---    50  ---  26  ---    6.1 14      ---   

TOTAL 101.0 79.9 230.7 148.7 2605.1 2106 5925 12607 1517.6 5856.9 115.67 3932.1
MEAN 3.26 2.66 7.44 4.80 93.0 67.9 198 407 50.6 189 3.73 131
MAX 8.3 4.2 41 8.5 566 231 1790 3210 227 2100 17 1190
MIN 1.4 1.5 2.1 3.0 4.6 18 26 26 9.6 5.6 0.97 3.6
CFSM 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.27 0.19 0.57 1.17 0.14 0.54 0.01 0.38
IN. 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.28 0.22 0.63 1.34 0.16 0.62 0.01 0.42
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 111 147 137 150 268 373 417 415 286 272 91.6 152
MAX 1658 2172 1485 956 1237 1370 2163 2679 2251 1967 541 1954
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1946 1985 1985 1944 1995 1990 1993 1993 1970
MIN 0.000 0.000 0.074 0.31 0.68 3.83 9.02 3.26 0.72 0.24 0.17 0.000
(WY) 1957 1957 1957 1977 1989 1956 1977 1989 1956 1988 1988 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 141170.5   35225.67
ANNUAL MEAN 387      96.5   233         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 711          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 12.5       1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 21300          May 12 3210          May 11 21300          May 12 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.4       Oct 16,17,20 0.97     Aug 24 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.5       Oct 15 1.2       Aug 20 0.00     A
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5290          May 11 35500      B May 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.98     May 11 28.38     Mar 4 1985
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.86     Aug 24
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.11 0.28 0.67    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 15.05 3.75 9.05    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 639      186      424         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 34      11      23         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.5   2.3   1.2      

A - Many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988, and part of each day Aug. 17-19, 1989.

B - Gage height, 28.36 ft.


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