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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05568800       INDIAN CREEK NEAR WYOMING, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°01'06", long 89°50'07", 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 1994-2000.
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, September 1996, September 1997, and September 1998; fish, August 1996, July 1997, and July 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 sea level. 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, June 22, 1974, gage height, 23.81 ft (present datum), from rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow; 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 good except those for June 25 to Aug. 16, and Aug. 30 to Sept. 4, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 4.4 4.5 4.0 e6.0 e2.5 48  12  42  30  56  16    5.2
2 4.0 3.7 3.6 e6.3 e2.6 35  13  37  23  51  13    4.9
3 4.9 3.5 4.2 e5.4 e2.8 31  12  34  21  52  12    4.4
4 7.8 3.9 5.6 e4.8 e2.9 28  11  33  22  60  11    4.6
5 6.2 4.2 19    e4.3 e3.0 25  11  30  23  191  13    4.5
 
6 4.7 4.4 15    e5.2 e3.1 22  11  29  20  92  15    4.3
7 4.8 3.8 8.7 e4.6 e3.3 20  12  28  19  67  14    4.1
8 4.4 3.8 7.3 e5.0 e3.4 20  12  29  19  56  12    4.2
9 4.7 4.0 6.7 6.3 e3.6 18  12  36  18  50  11    4.1
10 4.1 3.7 6.5 8.1 e4.0 15  13  40  17  50  10    4.2
 
11 3.8 3.7 6.1 e6.6 e4.5 15  13  36  18  44  9.2 4.1
12 4.4 3.8 5.9 e5.6 e4.2 15  12  35  20  38  8.8 5.2
13 3.7 3.7 5.9 e4.9 e4.0 14  11  29  21  35  8.7 5.3
14 3.4 3.7 5.9 e5.9 e4.5 14  11  27  35  32  8.7 6.6
15 3.8 3.8 6.2 e5.2 e4.7 14  11  26  40  30  8.3 8.6
 
16 4.0 3.7 6.6 e4.6 e5.4 14  11  27  31  27  7.7 4.7
17 4.0 3.9 5.8 e4.3 e6.2 12  13  26  26  24  8.1 4.0
18 3.9 4.2 e5.0 e4.0 e6.5 12  12  28  23  23  7.0 3.9
19 3.9 3.9 e4.5 e4.3 e6.0 16  20  64  24  23  6.7 3.8
20 3.9 3.7 e4.7 e4.4 e5.8 20  189  37  32  21  6.5 4.1
 
21 4.0 3.8 e4.4 e3.9 e9.0 19  203  33  53  20  6.6 5.9
22 4.1 3.7 e4.2 e3.5 20    16  134  32  35  18  8.3 5.8
23 3.6 4.0 e4.0 e3.1 34    16  104  30  40  17  6.8 12   
24 3.6 4.5 e3.7 e2.8 45    17  91  26  112  17  6.2 14   
25 3.9 4.2 e3.7 e2.6 46    16  75  23  243  16  5.8 11   
 
26 3.8 4.0 e3.8 2.4 164    15  65  23  146  16  5.5 7.9
27 3.7 3.7 e4.0 e2.3 107    16  59  32  108  15  5.5 6.4
28 4.6 3.7 e4.3 e2.2 73    15  52  27  86  15  13    5.7
29 3.9 4.5 e4.5 e2.2 58    13  47  24  77  14  8.9 5.5
30 3.7 4.5 e4.9 e2.3 ---    12  42  24  63  14  6.0 5.3
 
31 4.0 ---    e5.4 e2.4 ---    13  ---  25  ---  14  5.4 ---   

TOTAL 131.7 118.2 184.1 135.5 639.0 576 1294 972 1445 1198 284.7 174.3
MEAN 4.25 3.94 5.94 4.37 22.0 18.6 43.1 31.4 48.2 38.6 9.18 5.81
MAX 7.8 4.5 19 8.1 164 48 203 64 243 191 16 14
MIN 3.4 3.5 3.6 2.2 2.5 12 11 23 17 14 5.4 3.8
CFSM .07 .06 .09 .07 .35 .30 .69 .50 .77 .62 .15 .09
IN. .08 .07 .11 .08 .38 .34 .77 .58 .86 .71 .17 .10

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 19.7 30.8 37.2 46.3 55.2 83.1 84.1 82.2 68.3 44.5 23.7 25.9
MAX 124 154 177 223 237 272 243 248 338 243 158 184
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1983 1995 1974 1993 1981 1970
MIN .64 1.37 .96 1.35 3.22 16.4 6.88 6.82 6.20 3.51 1.33 .50
(WY) 1964 1965 1964 1963 1964 1996 1989 1989 1977 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 19587.3   7152.5      
ANNUAL MEAN 53.7   19.5       50.0      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 131          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 13.6       1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1740          May 13 243              Jun 25 3330          Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.6       Sep 23-26 2.2   A     Jan 28, 29 .00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.7       Sep 20 2.3           Jan 26 .11     Oct 6 1963
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 358              Apr 20 6540      C Jun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 14.78         Apr 20 23.81 D Jun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 2.7           Oct 14
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .86 .31     .80    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.62 4.24     10.84    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 136      44          106         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 24      8.7       23         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.7   3.7       2.8      
A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
B - Sept. 25, 26, 1988 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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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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