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BAY CREEK BASIN


05512500       BAY CREEK AT PITTSFIELD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°37'31", long 90°47'38" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.18, T.5 S., R.3 W., Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07110004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on abandoned county road, 50 ft downstream from Panther Creek, 0.1 mi downstream from U.S. Highway 54, 1.4 mi northeast of Pittsfield, and at mile 33.6.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 39.4 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1940(P), 1941, 1949. WSP 1508: 1942. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.48 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Dec. 7, 1939, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Pittsfield.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,700 ft3/s, Sept. 14, 1993, gage height, 14.92 ft, from rating curve extended above 4,400 ft3/s; no flow during many periods.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Sept. 8, 1926, reached a stage of 18.4 ft, from floodmark, discharge not determined.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharge, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Pittsfield averaged 1.65 ft3/s.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 1.7 2.6 6.9 e2.5 280  13  10    311  25    3.5   1.1   0.88
2 1.7 3.7 5.3 e2.2 113  e40  9.6 132  22    3.2   1.2   0.76
3 1.7 2.7 5.2 e2.4 73  e30  6.9 81  18    2.9   1.1   0.62
4 1.9 2.5 4.7 2.7 41  21  6.2 65  19    2.6   0.78 0.55
5 25    2.0 4.7 3.4 29  51  6.4 56  19    2.5   0.87 0.54
 
6 11    1.9 5.2 4.0 28  117  6.2 1150  15    2.4   0.72 0.57
7 2.5 2.3 4.8 3.4 25  64  9.3 994  14    2.2   0.71 0.68
8 1.7 1.8 4.0 3.6 22  42  196    226  12    2.1   0.80 0.74
9 3.4 1.5 3.5 4.7 22  152  128    626  11    2.0   1.2   0.80
10 7.2 1.3 3.2 5.6 30  44  43    113  11    2.6   0.92 18     
 
11 37    1.1 3.3 4.5 19  36  27    993  222    53      0.76 5.1  
12 261    1.1 9.3 4.4 18  34  21    875  685    3.4   0.74 0.92
13 129    1.6 47    4.3 13  28  18    396  626    2.5   0.70 0.62
14 39    2.3 8.3 4.5 14  24  17    120  98    2.1   0.73 0.57
15 10    1.5 6.0 3.2 13  20  14    91  58    1.8   0.88 2.4  
 
16 28    1.5 16    3.2 12  17  11    201  43    1.9   6.4   0.83
17 9.0 1.7 56    2.9 11  16  9.1 286  30    1.7   0.83 0.64
18 6.8 1.4 24    2.6 11  15  8.4 144  25    1.7   1.7   0.63
19 3.5 1.6 16    3.3 19  17  9.8 82  20    2.5   353      0.79
20 3.5 1.3 14    3.4 78  24  12    66  15    1.6   14      11     
 
21 2.6 1.4 15    3.5 36  16  542    58  11    1.3   3.4   1.5  
22 2.5 1.2 20    3.3 23  11  96    54  10    1.3   1.5   0.90
23 14    1.4 18    5.0 22  12  52    48  8.5 1.6   522      0.72
24 7.3 87    9.5 5.2 20  13  720    45  7.3 1.5   30      0.65
25 4.1 16    7.0 3.2 16  17  193    40  9.3 1.2   12      0.65
 
26 3.0 11    e6.6 3.1 14  14  91    32  26    11      9.4   0.78
27 3.0 9.6 e6.3 3.0 12  14  1820    31  6.9 3.4   7.3   1.2  
28 2.7 5.5 e6.0 3.0 12  14  266    30  5.1 1.4   3.9   1.2  
29 2.6 6.0 e5.0 2.9 ---  14  128    55  4.4 0.93 2.4   1.3  
30 1.9 8.4 e3.5 132    ---  13  92    38  4.0 0.88 1.6   1.3  
 
31 1.9 ---    e2.8 1270    ---  10  ---    28  ---    0.84 1.1   ---     

TOTAL 630.2 184.9 347.1 1505.0 1026 953 4568.9 7467 2080.5 123.55 983.74 57.84
MEAN 20.33 6.163 11.20 48.55 36.64 30.74 152.3 240.9 69.35 3.985 31.73 1.928
MAX 261 87 56 1270 280 152 1820 1150 685 53 522 18
MIN 1.7 1.1 2.8 2.2 11 10 6.2 28 4.0 0.84 0.70 0.54
CFSM 0.52 0.16 0.28 1.23 0.93 0.78 3.87 6.11 1.76 0.10 0.81 0.05
IN. 0.60 0.17 0.33 1.42 0.97 0.90 4.31 7.05 1.96 0.12 0.93 0.05
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 12.41 16.70 17.12 18.45 31.70 39.82 50.95 52.79 33.79 26.23 13.33 19.35
MAX 140 201 142 114 126 132 207 283 243 417 103 359
(WY) 1942 1986 1983 1974 1942 1973 1973 1970 1945 1981 1961 1993
MIN 0.20 0.19 0.081 0.057 0.27 0.45 3.61 1.23 0.94 0.10 0.074 0.057
(WY) 1951 1951 1951 1940 1954 1956 1963 1954 1977 1940 1941 1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 15070.07 19927.73
ANNUAL MEAN 41.29 54.60 27.66    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 94.8       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.76     1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3280          Jun 6 1820          Apr 27 5660          Jul 26 1981
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.40     Aug 6 0.54     Sep 5 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.49     Aug 14 0.64     Sep 2 0.00     Aug 19 1941
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5270          May 6 13700      B Sep 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 12.22     May 6 14.92     Sep 14 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.39     Sep 5,6
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.05 1.39 0.70    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.23 18.82 9.54    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 56      97      39         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.3   7.3   3.7      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.89 1.0   0.30    

A - Several days in most years.

B - From rating curve extended above 4,400 ft3/s.


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