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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05568800       INDIAN CREEK NEAR WYOMING, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°01'06", long 89°50'07" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

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: Water years 1996-98.
 

FISH: Water years 1996-98.
 

HABITAT: Water years 1996-1998.
 

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 NGVD of 1929. 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, from rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow, June 22, 1974; gage height, 23.81 ft (present datum); 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 May 31 to June 1, July 27-29, and 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 2.4 7.1 7.3 e5.9 e8.0 e18  22  90  80  49  12    8.8
2 2.1 6.8 6.8 e5.7 e9.2 e17  35  80  74  46  11    8.1
3 2.0 6.3 6.5 e5.6 8.3 e15  36  67  68  43  10    7.2
4 2.1 6.8 6.7 e5.7 9.1 e18  31  61  228  42  9.7 6.5
5 6.8 5.5 6.9 e5.8 8.3 26  30  57  227  39  9.8 6.0
 
6 5.5 6.1 7.2 e6.0 6.9 23  28  58  146  41  11    5.7
7 3.3 7.4 7.3 e6.4 6.8 25  34  52  119  44  10    5.4
8 2.8 6.3 6.6 e6.8 5.7 96  122  51  102  37  8.5 5.2
9 2.9 6.1 6.4 e7.3 5.3 124  195  63  92  36  8.0 5.0
10 3.0 6.1 6.4 e7.5 9.0 77  146  49  85  33  7.5 4.7
 
11 3.2 5.8 6.3 e7.7 10    63  123  208  110  32  7.1 4.5
12 3.7 5.9 7.1 e7.9 10    53  105  1350  94  31  6.8 4.5
13 6.1 5.9 11    e7.9 11    47  89  436  340  28  138    4.4
14 9.3 6.0 11    8.3 11    41  83  257  201  28  60    4.3
15 5.5 6.0 8.8 9.6 13    38  74  194  156  26  14    4.3
 
16 4.2 6.4 8.5 7.1 15    32  65  174  129  25  12    4.2
17 3.7 5.8 8.8 8.7 16    31  59  159  112  24  9.5 4.8
18 3.4 6.0 8.4 8.7 15    30  56  140  99  24  8.4 4.2
19 3.2 6.4 8.1 8.0 19    28  51  126  90  22  40    4.3
20 3.2 6.3 7.7 8.3 35    28  46  113  84  21  17    5.1
 
21 3.0 6.2 7.6 8.1 46    26  58  104  78  19  11    4.9
22 4.1 5.7 8.1 7.3 35    24  52  97  74  18  9.7 5.0
23 24    5.9 8.7 6.0 31    26  47  97  69  16  235    4.4
24 18    8.3 e8.2 5.3 27    25  57  151  64  15  74    4.0
25 11    12    e7.8 6.7 25    23  62  183  62  15  35    3.7
 
26 9.1 8.3 e7.3 5.0 e24    22  51  142  61  15  23    3.6
27 7.8 7.7 e7.0 4.9 e21    22  79  122  79  39  18    3.8
28 7.4 7.2 e7.0 4.7 e20    23  146  110  64  20  14    3.8
29 7.2 6.5 e6.9 4.7 ---    25  113  99  56  17  12    3.6
30 6.8 7.1 e6.5 e4.8 ---    24  99  90  52  15  11    3.7
 
31 7.0 ---    e6.2 e5.2 ---    21  ---  86  ---  13  9.4 ---   

TOTAL 183.8 199.9 235.1 207.6 460.6 1091 2194 5066 3295 873 862.4 147.7
MEAN 5.929 6.663 7.584 6.697 16.45 35.19 73.13 163.4 109.8 28.16 27.82 4.923
MAX 24 12 11 9.6 46 124 195 1350 340 49 235 8.8
MIN 2.0 5.5 6.2 4.7 5.3 15 22 49 52 13 6.8 3.6
CFSM 0.09 0.11 0.12 0.11 0.26 0.56 1.17 2.61 1.75 0.45 0.44 0.08
IN. 0.11 0.12 0.14 0.12 0.27 0.65 1.30 3.01 1.95 0.52 0.51 0.09
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 19.16 29.85 35.87 44.76 58.00 82.19 84.19 84.66 71.32 43.60 23.37 24.90
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 0.64 1.37 0.96 1.35 3.22 16.4 6.88 6.82 6.20 3.51 1.33 0.50
(WY) 1964 1965 1964 1963 1964 1996 1989 1989 1977 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 22078.5   14816.1  
ANNUAL MEAN 60.49 40.59 50.07    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 131          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 13.6       1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1220          Feb 25 1350          May 12 3330          Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.0       Oct 3 2.0       Oct 3 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.3       Sep 28 3.5       Oct 1 0.11     Oct 6 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2000          May 12 6540      B Jun 22 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 20.77     May 12 23.81 C Jun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.8       Oct 3
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.96 0.65 0.80    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.10 8.79 10.85    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 135      103      108         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 13      12      22         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.7   4.8   2.9      

A - Sept. 25,26, 1998 and part of each day Oct. 7, 8, 13, 1988.

B - From rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow.

C - Present datum.


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