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BAY CREEK BASIN


05512500       BAY CREEK AT PITTSFIELD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°37'31", long 90°47'38" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.18, T.5 S., R.3 W., Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07110004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on abandoned county road, 50 ft downstream from Panther Creek, 0.1 mi downstream from U.S. Highway 54, 1.4 mi northeast of Pittsfield, and at mile 33.6.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 39.4 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1940(P), 1941, 1949. WSP 1508: 1942. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.48 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Dec. 7, 1939, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Pittsfield.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,700 ft3/s, Sept. 14, 1993, gage height, 14.92 ft, from rating curve extended above 4,400 ft3/s; no flow during many periods.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Sept. 8, 1926, reached a stage of 18.4 ft, from floodmark, discharge not determined.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for Mar. 21 - Apr. 1 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Pittsfield averaged about 1.5 ft3/s.
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 1.3   2.0   1.3   6.9   10    6.3 18  29    5.7 9.4 3.6   1270   
2 5.5   1.5   1.3   5.8   5.7 6.2 15  23    17    8.6 4.8   37   
3 3.6   1.0   0.85 5.5   6.7 7.0 14  17    35    7.3 34      15   
4 2.9   0.94 1.0   4.8   3.0 15    26  38    22    5.1 5.0   11   
5 1.8   2.2   1.0   5.1   2.1 16    17  57    15    4.0 3.9   9.6
 
6 1.1   2.7   0.94 5.3   1.9 7.8 17  30    24    3.3 4.1   7.0
7 0.79 2.1   1.1   5.1   1.4 8.5 50  27    23    3.4 3.4   6.1
8 0.80 1.7   1.2   6.4   1.0 14    30  21    15    5.3 2.6   6.0
9 0.76 1.6   1.1   6.2   1.0 8.8 25  264    11    27    2.5   6.1
10 0.55 1.3   1.2   4.5   1.1 5.9 20  768    62    12    2.3   5.7
 
11 0.52 1.1   1.4   3.1   1.1 5.6 17  98    29    4.1 2.0   5.3
12 0.52 1.2   2.4   2.6   1.0 8.1 14  49    27    2.7 2.3   5.5
13 0.50 1.7   2.4   e2.2   1.1 162    12  39    111    2.1 2.0   6.1
14 0.51 1.2   2.4   e2.0   7.2 27    11  35    e180    1.9 2.4   9.3
15 0.57 1.3   2.5   e1.8   257    20    10  33    e80    1.7 2.1   6.0
 
16 0.51 1.1   1.8   e1.7   25    16    23  26    e45    2.1 1.8   5.1
17 0.48 1.1   1.2   e1.6   18    14    79  28    e50    2.5 1.2   4.4
18 2.7   1.2   52      e1.5   14    13    28  24    e60    483    1.4   4.1
19 9.8   1.1   23      e1.4   65    153    23  22    e50    44    1.00 4.6
20 2.4   1.0   9.6   e1.3   173    345    23  18    9.6 12    0.94 3.6
 
21 1.3   0.94 7.2   e1.2   75    121    17  13    6.6 7.4 1.0   63   
22 0.92 0.80 6.1   e1.1   47    42    14  12    5.7 4.9 1.0   118   
23 0.73 0.82 5.1   e1.0   23    35    12  11    5.0 4.4 1.1   8.2
24 0.89 0.81 4.6   e0.97 11    30    45  12    4.2 3.7 0.99 5.5
25 4.9   0.79 4.7   e0.94 8.0 27    156  18    361    3.2 1.1   4.4
 
26 4.0   0.79 4.2   e0.92 6.4 22    44  9.7 231    2.9 1.4   72   
27 2.0   0.78 5.2   e0.90 6.1 19    32  7.7 30    2.3 1.1   29   
28 1.5   0.79 8.1   e1.0   5.6 42    39  7.4 20    313    7.9   7.5
29 3.0   0.84 7.9   e1.2   ---    35    33  6.5 15    20    6.8   5.6
30 2.8   1.4   14      e2.0   ---    25    27  14    12    9.1 1.7   5.0
 
31 2.8   ---      10      e5.0   ---    22    ---  9.5 ---    5.5 529      ---   

TOTAL 62.45 37.80 186.79 91.03 778.4 1279.2 891 1766.8 1561.8 1017.9 636.43 1745.7
MEAN 2.01 1.26 6.03 2.94 27.8 41.3 29.7 57.0 52.1 32.8 20.5 58.2
MAX 9.8 2.7 52 6.9 257 345 156 768 361 483 529 1270
MIN 0.48 0.78 0.85 0.90 1.0 5.6 10 6.5 4.2 1.7 0.94 3.6
CFSM 0.05 0.03 0.15 0.07 0.71 1.05 0.75 1.45 1.32 0.83 0.52 1.48
IN. 0.06 0.04 0.18 0.09 0.73 1.21 0.84 1.67 1.47 0.96 0.60 1.65
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 12.2 16.5 17.0 18.2 31.6 39.8 50.6 52.9 34.1 26.3 13.4 20.0
MAX 140 201 142 114 126 132 207 283 243 417 103 359
(WY) 1942 1986 1983 1974 1942 1973 1973 1970 1945 1981 1961 1993
MIN 0.20 0.19 0.081 0.057 0.27 0.45 3.61 1.23 0.94 0.10 0.074 0.057
(WY) 1951 1951 1951 1940 1954 1956 1963 1954 1977 1940 1941 1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 19052.57 10055.30
ANNUAL MEAN 52.2   27.5   27.7      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 94.8       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.76     1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1820          Apr 27 1270          Sep 1 5660          Jul 26 1981
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.48     Oct 17 0.48     Oct 17 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.52     Oct 11 0.52     Oct 11 0.00     Aug 19 1941
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5770          Sep 1 13700      B Sep 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 12.44     Sep 1 14.92     Sep 14 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.33     Oct 14
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.32 0.70 0.70    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 17.99 9.49 9.54    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 91      44      39         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.6   5.7   3.7      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.79 1.0   0.30    

A - Several days in most years.

B - From rating curve extended above 4,400 ft3/s.


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