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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05561500       FONDULAC CREEK NEAR EAST PEORIA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°40'38", long 89°31'52" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.26, T.26 N., R.4 W., Tazewell County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 8, 0.2 mi upstream from Railroad bridge, 3 mi northeast of East Peoria, and at mile 0.4.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 5.54 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: January 1948 to October 1985. Seven-month daily discharges (March to September), March 1986 to current.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water years 1986-99.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 505.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to Aug. 5, 1948, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

REMARKS.-- High flow regulated by Fondulac Dam, 0.5 mi upstream effective Sept. 7, 1949.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 560 ft3/s, Mar. 3, 1979, gage height, 4.66 ft, from rating curve extended above 170 ft3/s; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good.
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 0.00 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    1.8 8.3 0.92 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 0.00 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    2.4 8.3 0.79 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 0.00 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    1.6 4.9 0.65 0.00 0.00 0.00
4 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    1.4 3.7 6.2   0.00 0.00 0.00
5 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  5.5 1.4 3.4 4.0   0.00 0.00 0.00
 
6 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  16    1.2 4.0 1.4   0.00 0.00 0.00
7 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  14    4.3 2.5 0.87 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  17    38    3.1 0.57 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  33    29    43    0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  11    13    8.0 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00
 
11 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  7.1 9.1 75    9.8   0.00 0.00 0.00
12 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  5.5 7.4 165    5.3   0.00 0.00 0.00
13 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  4.6 5.5 143    77      0.00 0.00 0.00
14 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  3.7 4.6 26    24      0.00 0.00 0.00
15 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  3.0 3.8 11    7.5   0.00 0.00 0.00
 
16 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  2.3 3.1 12    3.9   0.00 0.00 0.00
17 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  2.2 2.5 15    2.3   0.00 0.00 0.00
18 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  1.8 2.3 15    1.5   0.00 0.00 0.00
19 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  1.7 1.9 8.4 0.98 0.00 10      0.00
20 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  2.1 1.7 5.7 0.73 0.00 0.08 0.00
 
21 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  1.3 10    4.3 0.41 0.00 0.00 0.00
22 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  1.2 4.2 3.5 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.00
23 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  1.3 3.0 5.0 0.20 0.00 37      0.00
24 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  1.3 16    20    0.12 0.00 1.6   0.00
25 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  1.5 10    6.0 0.10 0.00 0.17 0.00
 
26 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  1.8 5.5 4.1 0.39 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  1.8 53    3.0 0.17 2.4   0.00 0.00
28 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  2.1 45    2.6 0.05 0.92 0.00 0.00
29 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  3.5 12    2.1 0.00 1.6   0.00 0.00
30 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  2.5 7.8 1.7 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.00
 
31 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  2.0 ---    1.3 ---      0.00 0.00 ---     

TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- --- 302.5 618.9 150.82 5.03 48.85 0.00
MEAN --- --- --- --- --- --- 10.08 19.96 5.027 0.162 1.576 0.000
MAX --- --- --- --- --- --- 53 165 77 2.4 37 0.00
MIN --- --- --- --- --- --- 1.2 1.3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CFSM --- --- --- --- --- --- 1.82 3.60 0.91 0.03 0.28 0.00
IN. --- --- --- --- --- --- 2.03 4.16 1.01 0.03 0.33 0.00


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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