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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05560500       FARM CREEK AT FARMDALE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°40'03", long 89°30'15" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.36, T.26 N., R.4 W., Tazewell County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on right bank at upstream side of bridge, 0.2 mi east of Farmdale, 0.3 mi upstream from Norfolk & Western Railway bridge, 0.3 mi downstream from Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad bridge, and at mile 5.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.4 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1948 to October 1985. March 1986 to current (Seven month periods-March to September).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year (Seven month periods-March to September).
 

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

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and concrete control. Datum of gage is 530.12 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Mar. 5, 2002, water-stage recorder and concrete control at site 400 ft. downstream at same datum.
 

REMARKS.-- High flow regulated by Farmdale Dam, 1 mi upstream effective Aug. 16, 1951.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Prior to Mar. 5, 2002, maximum gage height, 7.58 ft, Apr. 24, 1950, discharge not determined; maximum discharge prior to Mar. 5, 2002 and after Farmdale Dam (Aug. 16, 1951) 1,050 ft3/s, June 2, 1980, gage height, 4.43 ft; maximum gage height, 6.55 ft, Feb. 20, 1982, ice jam; after Mar. 5, 2002, maximum gage height, 9.37 ft, May 12, 2002, discharge 598 ft3/s; no flow for several days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except 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 1.5 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    6.7 7.7 11    15    6.4 46   
2 1.7 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    5.4 5.7 10    12    3.9 6.7
3 1.7 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    5.5 5.6 14    9.5 3.5 3.1
4 5.0 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    43    23    10    8.1 3.2 2.3
5 2.5 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    24    44    8.9 6.8 2.9 2.0
 
6 1.7 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    14    22    19    6.0 4.3 1.7
7 1.5 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    40    17    17    5.4 3.0 1.7
8 1.5 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    26    13    14    35    2.6 1.6
9 1.5 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    19    46    12    79    2.3 1.8
10 1.3 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    16    69    15    206    2.1 1.6
 
11 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    14    267    11    58    2.1 1.6
12 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    11    69    10    37    2.0 3.1
13 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    8.4 47    100    27    2.5 2.3
14 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    7.9 51    46    21    2.0 1.9
15 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    7.4 45    31    18    2.1 2.2
 
16 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    7.4 33    24    14    2.2 3.4
17 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  6.7 9.1 27    19    27    2.1 1.5
18 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  6.0 6.8 24    18    17    2.1 1.3
19 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  15    6.6 20    16    11    2.0 1.4
20 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  16    6.3 17    11    9.3 1.9 1.3
 
21 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  16    5.8 15    9.6 51    2.1 1.4
22 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  8.8 5.4 14    8.9 17    1.8 2.9
23 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  6.9 4.9 13    8.1 11    1.7 2.1
24 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  6.0 5.1 12    7.1 8.4 1.8 1.7
25 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  11    10    11    9.7 6.8 1.8 1.7
 
26 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  6.1 6.4 10    18    5.9 1.7 1.7
27 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  5.2 5.4 9.6 7.1 5.4 1.6 1.9
28 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  14    5.0 49    21    7.5 1.7 1.6
29 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  11    4.8 38    66    5.2 3.6 1.5
30 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  7.8 6.3 19    24    4.4 2.4 1.4
 
31 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  7.6 ---    15    ---    3.9 8.4 ---   

TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- --- 343.6 1058.6 596.4 748.6 83.8 106.4
MEAN --- --- --- --- --- --- 11.5 34.1 19.9 24.1 2.70 3.55
MAX --- --- --- --- --- --- 43 267 100 206 8.4 46
MIN --- --- --- --- --- --- 4.8 5.6 7.1 3.9 1.6 1.3
CFSM --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.42 1.25 0.73 0.88 0.10 0.13
IN. --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.47 1.44 0.81 1.02 0.11 0.14


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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