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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 1994-2002.

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 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 good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.1 12    185  e21  730  48  59  349  24    1.5   0.01 0.00
2 2.1 12    89  e19  209  79  51  219  22    1.2   0.00 0.00
3 2.0 11    56  e17  147  164  50  167  21    1.1   0.00 0.00
4 1.9 11    42  e16  97  120  44  112  20    0.88 0.00 0.00
5 14    10    32  e17  73  92  39  84  20    0.77 0.00 0.00
 
6 15    10    152  e18  61  60  34  69  41    0.68 0.00 0.00
7 7.2 9.6 141  e20  52  50  31  59  21    0.53 0.00 0.00
8 4.7 9.4 260  e23  44  42  31  693  18    0.44 0.00 0.00
9 3.6 9.1 112  27  37  411  34  542  15    0.35 0.00 0.00
10 3.6 8.4 61  27  34  222  30  214  14    0.30 0.00 0.00
 
11 59    8.2 43  25  29  134  28  149  13    0.24 0.00 0.00
12 146    8.2 143  23  26  121  109  273  12    0.19 0.00 0.00
13 389    8.2 274  22  24  103  800  2170  11    0.15 0.07 0.00
14 718    8.0 714  21  22  78  1070  269  9.4 0.10 0.12 0.00
15 119    7.7 213  20  21  107  250  147  8.6 0.08 0.07 0.00
 
16 53    6.9 1180  18  19  568  149  122  7.8 0.05 0.04 0.00
17 35    6.7 3540  18  17  205  78  1140  7.0 0.05 0.02 0.05
18 27    6.5 e500  18  16  137  52  351  6.3 e0.05 0.00 0.07
19 20    6.7 e140  20  16  858  114  187  5.6 e0.05 0.00 0.10
20 18    6.8 75  20  109  979  301  160  5.1 e0.05 0.04 105     
 
21 16    6.6 61  20  95  245  583  138  4.5 e0.04 0.00 46     
22 13    6.6 59  23  49  139  337  102  4.1 0.04 0.00 6.5  
23 14    6.4 102  254  40  114  170  77  3.6 0.12 0.00 2.1  
24 16    60    96  1950  39  96  157  59  3.2 0.08 e0.00 1.3  
25 35    50    e70  222  39  344  120  52  3.0 0.07 e0.00 0.91
 
26 28    34    e60  126  92  1150  86  49  2.9 0.06 e0.00 3.5  
27 22    630    51  88  62  234  125  41  2.4 0.06 0.00 164     
28 18    994    e42  67  53  171  411  33  2.1 0.04 0.00 29     
29 16    1880    e35  54  ---  128  180  38  1.8 0.04 0.00 9.7  
30 14    1080    e29  207  ---  94  131  34  1.6 0.05 0.00 4.5  
 
31 13    ---    e24  813  ---  73  ---  28  ---    0.04 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 1845.2 4924.0 8581 4234 2252 7366 5654 8127 331.0 9.40 0.37 372.73
MEAN 59.52 164.1 276.8 136.6 80.43 237.6 188.5 262.2 11.03 0.303 0.012 12.42
MAX 718 1880 3540 1950 730 1150 1070 2170 41 1.5 0.12 164
MIN 1.9 6.4 24 16 16 42 28 28 1.6 0.04 0.00 0.00
CFSM 1.39 3.83 6.45 3.18 1.87 5.54 4.39 6.11 0.26 0.01 0.00 0.29
IN. 1.60 4.27 7.44 3.67 1.95 6.39 4.90 7.05 0.29 0.01 0.00 0.32
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.142 46.83 86.16 84.10 99.37 130.3 121.6 84.63 32.89 15.53 10.46 5.458
MAX 59.5 216 377 265 287 306 408 266 153 89.9 174 75.0
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1969 1989 1979 1983 1990 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 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 24256.55 43696.70
ANNUAL MEAN 66.46 119.7   60.17    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 120          2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 20.1       1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3540          Dec 17 3540          Dec 17 4670          Aug 24 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.17     Jul 14-17 0.00     Many days 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.18     Jul 12 0.00     Aug 2 0.00     Aug 25 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 7260          Dec 17 16100      B Aug 24 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 19.49     Dec 17 27.78     Aug 24 1985
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.55 2.79 1.40    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 21.03 37.89 19.06    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 108      252      119         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 11      23      9.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.5   0.00 0.10    

A - Several days in most years.

B - From rating curve extended above 23.5 ft, based on contracted-opening measurement.


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