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LUSK CREEK BASIN


03384450       LUSK CREEK NEAR EDDYVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°28'20", long 88°32'50" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.16, T.12 S., R.6 E., Pope County, Hydrologic Unit 05140203, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on County Highway 5, 2.8 mi southeast of Eddyville and at mile 17.7.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 42.9 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1967 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1961, 1964, 1969-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site AK 02.
 

SEDIMENT: January 1980 to September 1981.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.
 

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 360.42 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 16,100 ft3/s, Aug. 24, 1985, from rating curve extended above 23.5 ft, based on contracted-opening measurement, gage height, 27.78 ft; no flow for several days in most years.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 299 mg/L May 18, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L on many days each year.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,340 tons May 18, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton on many days each year.
 

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 0.55 0.73 25  55  e15  27  34    22    23    0.95 0.86 1.2  
2 0.47 0.64 19  378  e71  42  29    28    12    0.87 0.79 1.0  
3 0.50 0.65 16  237  e200  103  25    163    7.8 0.92 0.73 1.0  
4 0.49 0.55 16  432  104  808  21    94    6.0 1.1   0.75 0.99
5 0.45 0.57 17  457  146  335  18    43    4.8 1.2   0.87 0.90
 
6 0.41 0.87 18  168  357  230  16    28    4.6 2.0   0.87 0.82
7 0.39 0.92 16  75  200  130  15    20    4.0 3.4   0.76 0.72
8 0.37 0.90 14  49  89  76  14    15    3.5 4.4   0.70 0.62
9 0.35 0.79 14  37  66  58  13    12    3.2 2.9   0.66 0.52
10 0.32 0.76 15  29  67  45  12    11    2.7 2.1   0.61 0.46
 
11 0.31 0.78 17  25  70  38  11    11    2.5 1.6   0.56 0.41
12 0.27 1.1   16  22  55  33  10    8.3 2.7 1.4   0.52 0.33
13 0.28 1.3   14  20  42  29  9.7 7.2 3.5 1.4   0.49 0.29
14 0.36 2.1   14  18  35  27  10    6.6 3.2 1.3   0.41 0.26
15 0.28 4.1   13  17  30  24  11    6.7 2.8 1.1   0.34 0.22
 
16 0.24 5.7   14  15  24  28  10    6.2 3.7 1.1   0.29 0.21
17 0.42 7.9   14  16  21  30  10    6.3 3.3 1.1   0.24 0.19
18 0.40 127      14  340  20  36  10    6.0 2.9 0.97 0.21 0.14
19 0.40 338      14  155  19  37  9.6 5.7 2.4 0.83 0.18 0.09
20 0.44 59      14  61  19  189  10    4.9 2.1 0.73 0.21 0.09
 
21 0.45 27      13  40  17  227  10    4.2 1.7 0.69 0.21 0.05
22 0.50 18      14  32  16  96  62    3.6 2.1 1.5   0.19 0.02
23 0.39 26      40  25  14  61  425    3.1 1.9 2.1   0.18 0.00
24 0.33 338      51  22  14  47  178    2.7 1.6 1.3   0.26 0.03
25 0.36 68      35  26  14  39  193    2.5 1.4 1.0   1.8   0.04
 
26 0.56 32      27  58  13  34  90    3.3 1.3 0.98 4.5   0.00
27 0.57 43      24  119  12  32  41    14    1.2 0.92 2.8   0.00
28 0.64 365      22  51  12  30  26    9.9 1.1 0.79 2.9   0.00
29 0.66 105      234  e35  11  37  19    6.9 1.0 0.77 2.3   0.00
30 0.63 42      232  e20  ---  49  17    6.4 1.0 0.89 1.8   0.00
 
31 0.68 ---      94  e17  ---  40  ---    55    ---    0.92 1.5   ---     

TOTAL 13.47 1618.36 1100 3051 1773 3017 1359.3 616.5 115.00 43.23 29.49 10.60
MEAN 0.43 53.9 35.5 98.4 61.1 97.3 45.3 19.9 3.83 1.39 0.95 0.35
MAX 0.68 365 234 457 357 808 425 163 23 4.4 4.5 1.2
MIN 0.24 0.55 13 15 11 24 9.6 2.5 1.0 0.69 0.18 0.00
CFSM 0.01 1.26 0.83 2.29 1.43 2.27 1.06 0.46 0.09 0.03 0.02 0.01
IN. 0.01 1.40 0.95 2.65 1.54 2.62 1.18 0.53 0.10 0.04 0.03 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.16 48.2 86.7 84.5 101 128 118 89.3 33.8 14.7 10.1 5.46
MAX 59.5 216 377 265 287 306 408 324 153 89.9 174 75.0
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1969 1989 1979 1983 2003 1970 1989 1985 1985
MIN 0.00 0.01 0.14 0.77 5.31 28.2 20.6 4.05 0.22 0.14 0.01 0.00
(WY) 1988 2000 1977 1981 1996 1981 1986 1988 1988 1978 2002 1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 30016.14     12746.95  
ANNUAL MEAN 82.2       34.8     60.5      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 120          2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 20.1       1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1600      A     May 11 808            Mar 4 4670          Aug 24 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.24         Oct 16 0.00       Several days 0.00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.29         Oct 10 0.01       Sep 23 0.00     Aug 25 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1520            Mar 4 16100      C Aug 24 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.17       Mar 4 27.78     Aug 24 1985
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.92     0.812 1.41    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 26.03     11.05   19.15    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 221          80        121         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21          7.9     9.6      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.45     0.35   0.10    

A - Estimated.

B - Several days in most years.

C - From rating curve extended above 23.5 ft, based on contracted-opening measurement.


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