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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 1994-2001.
 

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 poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 e2.6 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e16  e17  e52    e5.4 e3.1 e1.3  
2 e2.4 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e15  e16  e33    e5.2 e3.0 e1.3  
3 e2.2 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e14  e15  e31    e11    e4.6 e1.1  
4 12    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e14  e14  e30    e13    e2.6 e1.1  
5 14    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e17  e14  e35    e10    e2.7 e1.1  
 
6 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e58  e15  e115    e8.5 e2.5 e1.0  
7 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e93  e15  e50    e7.6 e2.3 e1.2  
8 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e40  e13  e41    e7.2 e2.1 e1.3  
9 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e36  e13  e30    e8.8 e2.2 e1.8  
10 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e35  e13  e25    e7.7 e2.3 e2.1  
 
11 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e105  e23  e24    e6.9 e1.9 e1.4  
12 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e95  e16  e23    e6.4 e1.8 e1.1  
13 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e38  e14  e22    e5.5 e1.6 e.92
14 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e31  e16  e20    e5.3 e1.6 e.95
15 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e28  e17  e19    e4.8 e1.8 e.96
 
16 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e26  e17  e17    e4.8 e2.3 e.98
17 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e23  e52  e16    e5.1 e1.9 e.96
18 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e23  e51  e16    e5.5 e2.8 e2.1  
19 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  e23  e36  e15    e6.1 e3.1 e4.8  
20 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e38  e23  e27  e14    e5.5 e2.0 e2.2  
 
21 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e32  e30  e30  e17    e5.7 e1.9 e2.3  
22 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e26  e42  e20  e15    e5.2 e2.7 e1.8  
23 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e23  e35  e18  e13    e5.7 e3.7 e1.5  
24 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e21  e27  e18  e11    e6.4 e2.5 e1.2  
25 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e19  e23  e18  e9.5 e5.6 e2.3 e1.2  
 
26 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e19  e20  e23  e8.5 e4.5 e1.7 e1.0  
27 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e18  e19  e28  e7.5 e3.9 e1.3 e.95
28 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e18  e17  e23  e6.6 e3.6 e1.3 e.92
29 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e18  e17  e20  e6.0 e3.4 e1.2 e.90
30 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e17  e17  e18  e5.6 e3.4 e1.2 e.88
 
31 ---    ---  ---  ---  ---  e17  ---  e60  ---    e3.7 e1.3 ---     

TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- --- 1000 690 727.7 191.4 69.3 42.32
MEAN --- --- --- --- --- --- 33.3 22.3 24.3 6.17 2.24 1.41
MAX --- --- --- --- --- --- 105 60 115 13 4.6 4.8
MIN --- --- --- --- --- --- 14 13 5.6 3.4 1.2 .88
CFSM --- --- --- --- --- --- 1.22 .81 .89 .23 .08 .05
IN. --- --- --- --- --- --- 1.36 .94 .99 .26 .09 .06
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.65 8.73 13.9 17.1 25.9 34.2 39.2 32.0 25.0 12.8 9.85 12.6
MAX 41.5 35.8 85.1 74.9 85.7 141 104 190 150 73.5 118 168
(WY) 1978 1973 1983 1965 1951 1979 1983 1995 1980 1993 1993 1993
MIN .048 .000 .42 .36 1.14 1.39 4.14 2.37 .34 1.05 .54 .030
(WY) 1949 1950 1951 1977 1963 1956 1977 1956 1956 1956 1953 1949



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