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CACHE RIVER BASIN


03612000       CACHE RIVER AT FORMAN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°20'11", long 88°55'26" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.6, T.14 S., R.3 E., Johnson County, Hydrologic Unit 05140206, at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 3, 1.2 mi southwest of Forman, and at mile 8.1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 244 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1922 to July 1924, September 1924 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 623: 1923-24. WSP 823: 1934-35. WSP 1205: 1923-24, 1927-30. WSP 1335: 1923(M), 1925, 1926-27(M), 1928, 1929-30(M), 1931, 1933, 1934-36(M), 1937-39. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 308.47 ft. above NGVD of 1929. Dec. 30, 1971 to Sept. 30, 1997, recording gage at same site at datum 10.0 ft. higher. Oct. 1, 1958, to Dec. 30, 1971, nonrecording gage at same site and datum 10.0 ft. higher. See WSP 1705 or 1725 for history of changes prior to Sept. 30, 1958.
 

REMARKS.-- Flow of lower part of Cache River Basin was diverted from Ohio River to Mississippi River beginning Oct. 31, 1950, through diversion channel of Mounds-Mound City flood-protection project. Flow of upper part of Cache River Basin, including flow past this station, continued to discharge to Ohio River, passing through Post Creek cutoff directly to Ohio River instead of through the original channel of Cache River.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,630 ft3/s, March 12, 1935, gage height, 42.29 ft, site then in use, from graph based on gage readings; no flow at times in some years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for periods of backwater from the Ohio River, Dec. 19-28, Feb. 17 to Mar. 14, Apr. 15-19, May 8-9, 13-29, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
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 19    80  11  2900  e70  e571  117  824  80  40    190    605   
2 12    35  11  2710  85  e528  101  1050  64  31    82    791   
3 9.0 19  11  2250  94  e440  89  949  119  27    42    1730   
4 9.3 14  11  1890  134  e339  77  1180  365  25    31    1530   
5 13    16  13  1480  147  e271  356  2760  232  22    19    861   
 
6 12    47  12  1110  129  e206  559  2250  135  18    14    537   
7 11    33  12  829  106  e154  1050  2880  95  15    11    281   
8 15    23  13  629  89  e128  760  e2640  77  14    10    178   
9 14    27  14  483  e80  e113  592  e2070  63  13    8.7 123   
10 15    87  16  364  e74  e107  395  e1650  95  12    7.1 88   
 
11 28    929  21  264  e76  e97  258  e2040  1660  13    5.9 61   
12 17    673  32  199  e84  e91  188  e2620  2450  10    5.4 42   
13 12    552  55  157  e94  e97  152  e1640  1770  9.7 4.7 31   
14 17    271  281  126  678  e139  123  e1010  1790  8.4 4.6 27   
15 12    142  175  101  1630  155  e94  e716  1820  8.1 4.0 23   
 
16 9.3 111  228  86  1590  131  e77  e520  1500  17    3.8 20   
17 7.5 82  187  e77  e1050  111  e381  e571  1060  20    4.1 17   
18 5.9 67  149  e68  e810  99  e427  e547  699  15    3.9 14   
19 4.9 54  e1970  e58  e1420  739  e295  e416  471  220    4.0 11   
20 4.0 43  e1930  e52  e1790  998  244  e410  311  231    3.9 9.5
 
21 3.3 40  e1100  e48  e1210  1030  269  e389  215  83    3.4 8.8
22 3.4 35  e1010  e44  e1760  900  170  e320  159  40    2.9 11   
23 3.1 32  e999  e40  e2390  772  122  e207  118  25    2.4 12   
24 2.8 27  e957  e38  e1950  541  123  e156  82  18    2.2 12   
25 4.2 25  e899  e36  e1550  358  1440  e316  58  14    2.0 10   
 
26 34    22  e678  e34  e1250  287  2140  e515  58  13    3.1 10   
27 18    18  e489  e31  e942  232  1220  e424  249  11    3.3 10   
28 30    17  e352  e28  e665  192  1000  e279  204  8.9 2.8 8.1
29 116    14  311  e33  ---  183  913  e181  97  11    2.7 6.8
30 162    12  315  e44  ---  159  937  134  57  10    839    6.8
 
31 172    ---  1840  e55  ---  140  ---  103  ---  81    850    ---   

TOTAL 795.7 3547 14102 16264 21947 10308 14669 31767 16153 1084.1 2172.9 7075.0
MEAN 25.7 118 455 525 784 333 489 1025 538 35.0 70.1 236
MAX 172 929 1970 2900 2390 1030 2140 2880 2450 231 850 1730
MIN 2.8 12 11 28 70 91 77 103 57 8.1 2.0 6.8
CFSM 0.11 0.48 1.86 2.15 3.21 1.36 2.00 4.20 2.21 0.14 0.29 0.97
IN. 0.12 0.54 2.15 2.48 3.35 1.57 2.24 4.84 2.46 0.17 0.33 1.08
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 55.2 189 336 493 494 595 566 433 217 86.6 71.7 57.7
MAX 487 1097 2192 3039 1813 2268 2244 1847 1759 1257 826 542
(WY) 1928 1958 1983 1950 1950 1945 1927 1983 1928 1958 1985 1950
MIN 0.019 0.66 0.58 1.38 7.05 12.4 40.7 10.4 1.37 1.71 0.000 0.43
(WY) 1964 1954 1964 1977 1934 1941 1981 1930 1936 1931 1930 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 163107.44     139884.7      
ANNUAL MEAN 447          383          298         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 779          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 37.5       1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4930      A     May 15 2900              Jan 1 8780          Jan 26 1929
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.44         Sep 14 2.0           Aug 25 0.00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.53         Sep 12 2.6           Aug 23 0.00     Jul 29 1930
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2950      C     Jan 1 9630          Mar 12 1935
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 28.94 D     May 12 42.29 E Mar 12 1935
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.9           Aug 25
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.83     1.57     1.22    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 24.87     21.33     16.57    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1500          1230          852         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 65          95          53         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.9       8.9       1.8      

A - Estimated.

B - At times in some years.

C - Gage height, 25.08 ft.

D - Discharge, 2,890 ft3/s, affected by backwater from the Ohio River.

E - Site then in use, from graph based on gage readings.


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