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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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.1 2.7 5.5 24  e17  24  45  30  390  28  10    5.9
2 2.0 4.6 5.0 25  e18  23  43  29  188  27  9.9 5.4
3 2.1 16    4.7 24  e19  20  42  39  152  34  9.6 4.8
4 2.1 14    5.2 23  e20  23  39  39  129  40  17    4.5
5 2.1 20    6.8 27  e22  114  37  38  114  28  14    4.3
 
6 2.0 10    7.5 e18  e24  85  37  36  102  26  9.5 4.1
7 2.2 6.8 6.1 e21  e27  63  36  86  86  37  8.7 3.7
8 2.1 5.6 5.5 e24  e26  52  35  94  76  27  8.5 3.7
9 2.1 5.1 6.5 e27  e25  47  32  72  72  33  8.1 3.6
10 2.3 4.8 214    e25  e24  42  31  69  74  34  7.7 3.5
 
11 2.5 4.9 149    e24  e22  41  30  90  113  33  8.4 3.5
12 2.4 5.0 77    e23  e21  37  30  68  83  44  7.9 3.3
13 2.4 4.6 58    e22  e20  36  30  61  73  28  7.3 3.1
14 4.7 4.3 50    e22  e18  36  29  79  69  24  6.9 3.2
15 6.6 4.3 44    e21  e17  33  28  82  64  22  6.0 4.7
 
16 4.0 4.8 42    e21  e17  34  27  72  59  21  5.6 17   
17 2.9 4.9 37    e20  e16  34  26  68  55  21  11    8.5
18 2.9 11    35    e23  e16  34  26  100  51  20  16    5.0
19 2.4 14    32    e25  e45  32  25  84  47  18  13    4.1
20 2.5 8.7 53    e23  110  31  26  76  46  18  12    3.6
 
21 2.5 7.1 54    e22  126  29  34  198  47  17  8.0 3.5
22 3.4 6.8 31    e21  73  29  27  199  45  17  6.4 3.3
23 3.1 7.2 30    e20  90  29  25  176  40  22  5.9 3.1
24 2.6 7.1 28    e19  76  30  26  109  38  17  7.3 3.2
25 2.9 6.5 28    e18  52  29  31  177  36  16  8.6 2.9
 
26 3.2 5.8 30    e17  43  34  28  130  34  15  9.2 3.1
27 3.5 5.8 26    e18  36  39  26  107  34  14  12    3.1
28 3.1 5.7 28    e19  22  40  27  91  33  13  14    2.8
29 2.7 5.9 27    e20  22  48  26  80  31  12  9.0 2.7
30 3.0 5.8 25    e19  ---  49  28  1140  29  12  7.6 2.9
 
31 2.9 ---    25    e18  ---  48  ---  1090  ---  11  6.5 ---   

TOTAL 87.3 219.8 1175.8 673 1064 1245 932 4809 2410 729 291.6 130.1
MEAN 2.82 7.33 37.9 21.7 36.7 40.2 31.1 155 80.3 23.5 9.41 4.34
MAX 6.6 20 214 27 126 114 45 1140 390 44 17 17
MIN 2.0 2.7 4.7 17 16 20 25 29 29 11 5.6 2.7
CFSM 0.04 0.12 0.60 0.35 0.59 0.64 0.50 2.47 1.28 0.38 0.15 0.07
IN. 0.05 0.13 0.70 0.40 0.63 0.74 0.55 2.85 1.43 0.43 0.17 0.08
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 18.5 28.8 35.2 43.3 56.3 79.7 81.3 87.0 70.5 43.0 22.7 24.0
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 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 8333.1         13766.6    
ANNUAL MEAN 22.8         37.6     49.1        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 131            1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 13.6         1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 459                May 11 1140            May 30 3330            Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.7     A     Jan 26 2.0         Oct 2,6 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.9     A     Jan 23 2.1         Oct 1, 0.11       Oct 6 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2290            May 30 6540        C Jun 22 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 21.17       May 30 23.81   D Jun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.6         Oct 2,5
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.364     0.600 0.783    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 4.94       8.17   10.64      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 52            76        106           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.3         23        22           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.5         3.2     2.9        

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

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

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

D - Present datum.


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