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CACHE RIVER BASIN


03612000                         CACHE RIVER AT FORMAN, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 37°20'11", long 88°55'26", 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.--October 1922 to July 1924, September 1924 to current year.

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 and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 308.47 ft above sea level. 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.--Records fair except those for periods of backwater from the Ohio River, Jan. 13 to Feb. 21, Mar. 6-26, and Apr. 23 to May 15, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 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. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 3.6 3.1 16  e70  e1510  272  112  e202  24  122    4.9 e.94
2 2.9 3.0 15  e700  e1020  193  116  e128  591  53    4.2 e.88
3 2.4 3.0 14  1000  e782  141  777  e92  603  37    3.9 .82
4 2.1 2.4 15  558  e750  113  1980  e74  576  30    3.9 .75
5 2.2 3.9 25  e500  e602  97  1330  e440  559  26    3.8 .68
 
6 5.2 4.5 34  e550  e463  e459  2510  e937  361  24    3.4 .67
7 85    3.6 33  e450  e729  e582  2580  e436  416  21    3.1 .61
8 157    4.0 132  e300  e588  e468  2210  e592  148  18    3.5 .57
9 91    5.7 124  e220  e483  e1320  1800  e511  100  15    3.5 .48
10 41    9.5 69  e170  e349  e899  1270  e275  77  17    3.4 .46
 
11 24    32    48  e120  e226  e650  868  e160  62  25    3.0 .41
12 15    19    38  e160  e582  e524  617  e117  59  40    2.8 .39
13 10    41    32  e264  e446  e319  412  e100  52  34    2.4 .36
14 8.1 30    28  e506  e271  e295  320  e92  48  25    2.1 .36
15 7.9 21    24  e413  e170  e390  1410  e90  46  19    2.1 .26
 
16 6.1 15    21  e230  e137  e602  1000  80  53  15    2.3 .26
17 4.7 13    19  e253  e127  e692  820  68  44  13    2.3 .22
18 6.1 11    16  e673  e120  e603  758  62  35  12    2.3 .33
19 18    9.9 15  e570  e110  e577  578  64  30  12    2.2 .42
20 13    46    15  e413  e101  e577  378  65  219  22    2.1 .53
 
21 14    59    204  e238  e90  e460  267  55  124  122    e2.0 .60
22 15    76    e1000  e2140  86  e295  195  48  76  37    e1.9 .72
23 12    55    e800  e2830  81  e260  e143  41  61  34    e1.8 .57
24 9.6 39    587  e4130  92  e324  e112  36  56  20    e1.7 .56
25 7.6 30    457  e3820  106  e279  e92  33  50  12    e1.6 .61
 
26 6.6 26    182  e2580  112  e200  e80  30  44  10    e1.5 .53
27 5.9 22    130  e1560  107  166  e83  28  85  8.7 e1.4 .85
28 5.1 19    e94  e816  248  137  e188  26  56  7.9 e1.3 1.3  
29 4.6 19    e75  e499  ---  122  e531  24  44  6.7 e1.2 1.6  
30 3.8 18    e66  e360  ---  109  e335  22  37  6.0 e1.1 1.2  
 
31 3.4 ---    e58  e1290  ---  101  ---  22  ---  5.4 e1.0 ---     

TOTAL 592.9 643.6 4386 28383 10488 12226 23872 4950 4736 849.7 77.7 18.94
MEAN 19.1 21.5 141 916 375 394 796 160 158 27.4 2.51 .63
MAX 157 76 1000 4130 1510 1320 2580 937 603 122 4.9 1.6
MIN 2.1 2.4 14 70 81 97 80 22 24 5.4 1.0 .22
CFSM .08 .09 .58 3.75 1.54 1.62 3.26 .65 .65 .11 .01 .00
IN. .09 .10 .67 4.33 1.60 1.86 3.64 .75 .72 .13 .01 .00

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1923 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 54.2 193 324 499 492 600 581 416 214 89.5 73.9 57.1
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 .019 .66 .58 1.38 7.05 12.4 40.7 10.4 1.37 1.71 .000 .43
(WY) 1964 1954 1964 1977 1934 1941 1981 1930 1936 1931 1930 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1923 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 81146.3   91223.84    
ANNUAL MEAN 222      250          297         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 779          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 37.5       1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2130          Mar 20 4130      A     Jan 24 8780          Jan 26 1929
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.1       Sep 15,Oct.4 .22         Sep 17 .00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.5       Sep 9 .31         Sep 12 .00     Jul 29 1930
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 4540      A     Jan 24 9630          Mar 12 1935
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 30.44         Jan 24 42.29 C Mar 12 1935
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .17         Sep 17
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .91 1.02     1.22    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.37 13.91     16.53    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 728      630          851         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 55      53          55         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.6   1.6       1.8      
A - Variable backwater.
B - At times in some years.
C - Site then in use, from graph based on gage readings.


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