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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05560500       FARM CREEK AT FARMDALE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 40°40'00", long 89°30'15", in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.36, T.26 N., R.4 W., Tazewell County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on left bank 200 ft downstream from bridge, 0.2 mi east of Farmdale, 0.2 mi upstream from Norfolk & Western Railway bridge, 0.3 mi downstream from Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad bridge, and at mile 5.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.4 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

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

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.
 

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

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 530.12 ft above sea level.

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

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height, 7.58 ft, Apr. 24, 1950, discharge not determined; maximum discharge 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; no flow for several days in most years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for Oct. 1-3, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 1.8   ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  16    11  22  314  21    13   
2 e1.3   ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  16    11  20  64  19    12   
3 .86 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  14    12  17  48  19    12   
4 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  14    89  15  39  49    11   
5 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  14    54  14  32  37    12   
 
6 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  15    56  14  27  21    11   
7 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  14    38  14  23  16    16   
8 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  12    30  56  21  14    9.3
9 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  12    96  23  19  13    8.5
10 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  16    142  17  74  12    7.9
 
11 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  12    58  16  58  12    7.4
12 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  11    111  18  36  11    7.1
13 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  12    83  57  27  12    6.8
14 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  18    55  307  25  11    6.6
15 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  14    45  66  23  10    6.6
 
16 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  13    44  42  24  9.7 6.5
17 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  12    63  45  21  9.7 6.2
18 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  9.6 43  30  17  10    7.1
19 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  30  10    46  28  19  9.6 8.0
20 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  27  12    37  552  121  421    6.3
 
21 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  26  11    31  535  106  439    9.0
22 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  33  9.8 27  200  151  75    6.8
23 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  24  48    29  99  65  49    6.0
24 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  23  45    25  62  43  35    5.8
25 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  22  25    311  45  32  28    5.9
 
26 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  19  21    122  37  26  24    5.9
27 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  18  17    71  32  26  20    5.8
28 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  17  21    51  28  23  16    8.5
29 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  20  14    37  376  26  75    6.5
30 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  19  13    30  559  28  20    5.7
 
31 ---      ---  ---  ---  ---  17  ---    25  ---  21  15    ---   

TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- --- 491.4 1883 3346 1579 1533.0 247.2
MEAN --- --- --- --- --- --- 16.4 60.7 112 50.9 49.5 8.24
MAX --- --- --- --- --- --- 48 311 559 314 439 16
MIN --- --- --- --- --- --- 9.6 11 14 17 9.6 5.7
CFSM --- --- --- --- --- --- .60 2.22 4.07 1.86 1.80 .30
IN. --- --- --- --- --- --- .67 2.56 4.54 2.14 2.08 .34

e Estimated


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data