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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 to current year.

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 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 3.3 3.6 5.3 e4.4 e3.0 e3.2 8.7 303  32  22  12    14   
2 3.4 3.3 4.5 e5.0 e3.5 e3.2 8.3 122  32  21  12    9.0
3 3.6 3.3 4.8 e4.3 e3.9 e3.3 8.2 71  34  21  11    5.1
4 4.3 3.5 e4.3 e4.7 e3.5 e3.5 9.3 58  31  20  12    4.0
5 5.6 3.8 e4.0 e4.9 e3.2 e3.3 13    199  29  19  11    3.7
 
6 4.5 3.9 e3.9 e4.1 e2.9 e3.1 10    107  32  19  10    e3.4
7 3.5 3.8 e3.8 e4.4 e2.7 e3.2 10    77  33  19  9.6 e3.3
8 3.4 3.8 e3.7 e4.9 e2.5 e3.4 9.6 59  30  33  8.9 e3.2
9 3.4 3.8 e3.7 e3.4 e2.3 e3.3 9.4 288  28  53  8.5 e3.1
10 3.5 3.9 e3.8 e6.0 e2.2 e3.2 9.1 198  30  211  8.2 e3.1
 
11 3.5 3.9 e4.0 e3.6 e2.1 e3.0 8.8 459  30  75  8.1 e3.6
12 3.5 3.7 e4.2 e3.1 e2.1 e10    8.3 180  27  47  8.2 e4.2
13 3.5 3.9 e4.5 e2.8 e2.0 e40    7.9 134  27  35  7.7 4.5
14 3.5 3.9 e4.8 e2.7 e2.0 e66    7.8 192  26  30  7.3 5.4
15 3.6 3.9 e5.0 e2.6 e2.1 e44    7.6 248  24  28  7.3 4.4
 
16 3.6 4.0 e5.2 e2.5 e2.1 e32    7.3 132  23  24  6.8 3.3
17 3.7 4.0 e6.0 e2.5 e2.3 e22    7.8 111  23  23  6.1 3.0
18 3.8 4.0 e10    e2.5 e2.4 16    7.8 95  23  22  5.6 2.9
19 3.8 4.0 e12    e2.4 e2.7 14    7.9 86  22  20  5.3 2.7
20 3.7 4.0 e8.5 e2.3 e3.6 16    8.6 88  21  19  4.9 2.7
 
21 3.8 4.0 e6.5 e2.3 e5.5 14    7.8 71  21  128  4.9 2.8
22 3.7 3.9 e4.6 e2.2 e7.4 11    7.0 66  20  37  4.5 3.3
23 3.7 3.9 e5.2 e2.0 e7.0 10    6.6 61  20  25  4.1 3.3
24 4.2 3.8 e4.9 e1.9 e5.8 9.5 6.4 57  20  20  3.9 3.5
25 4.6 3.8 e4.4 e1.8 e5.0 9.8 6.8 53  21  19  3.9 3.0
 
26 4.5 3.7 e4.2 e1.7 e4.4 9.0 6.7 47  52  18  3.9 3.3
27 4.0 4.5 e4.4 e1.8 e3.9 8.6 6.5 44  29  17  3.6 7.7
28 4.3 4.0 e4.7 e1.9 e3.5 10    6.8 44  25  16  3.7 4.7
29 3.5 3.8 e5.1 e2.0 ---    12    8.0 41  24  15  4.6 2.6
30 3.6 4.0 e5.3 e2.4 ---    9.8 9.0 39  22  14  4.7 2.2
 
31 3.5 ---    e4.7 e2.8 ---    8.8 ---    37  ---  13  5.2 ---   

TOTAL 118.1 115.4 160.0 95.9 95.6 408.2 247.0 3767 811 1083 217.5 125.0
MEAN 3.81 3.85 5.16 3.09 3.41 13.2 8.23 122 27.0 34.9 7.02 4.17
MAX 5.6 4.5 12 6.0 7.4 66 13 459 52 211 12 14
MIN 3.3 3.3 3.7 1.7 2.0 3.0 6.4 37 20 13 3.6 2.2
CFSM 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.05 0.05 0.21 0.13 1.94 0.43 0.56 0.11 0.07
IN. 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.06 0.06 0.24 0.15 2.23 0.48 0.64 0.13 0.07
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 18.8 29.3 35.2 43.8 56.8 80.6 82.5 85.5 70.3 43.4 23.0 24.4
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 13.2 6.88 6.82 6.20 3.51 1.33 0.50
(WY) 1964 1965 1964 1963 1964 2003 1989 1989 1977 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 14590.8   7243.7      
ANNUAL MEAN 40.0   19.8       49.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 131          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 13.6       1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1350          May 12 459              May 11 3330          Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.3       A 1.7   B     Jan 26 0.00     C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.5       Oct 7 1.9   B     Jan 23 0.11     Oct 6 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 834              May 11 6540      D Jun 22 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 18.09         May 11 23.81 E Jun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW F         
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.64 0.32     0.79    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.66 4.30     10.70    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 103      42          106         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 11      5.1       22         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.8   2.8       2.9      

A - Oct. 1, Nov. 2, 3.

B - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

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

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

E - Present datum.

F - Minimum unknown, probably occurred during period of ice effect; Jan. 11 - Mar. 17.


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