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CACHE RIVER BASIN


03612000       CACHE RIVER AT FORMAN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°20'11", long 88°55'26" (NAD of 1927), 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.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1922 to July 1924, September 1924 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

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, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 308.47 ft. above NGVD of 1929. 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.-- 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.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,630 ft3/s, March 12, 1935, gage height, 42.29 ft, site then in use, from graph based on gage readings; no flow at times in some years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for periods of backwater from the Ohio River, Nov. 25 to Dec. 6, Jan. 6-21, Feb. 18-19, Mar. 9-18, Apr. 22-26, May 29 to June 12, and June 17-25, and 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 9.4 5.7 e277  697  e120  321  432  79  e507  25    14    9.4
2 8.5 5.4 e159  1240  e130  658  278  185  e215  23    37    7.7
3 7.3 4.5 e111  1180  e650  583  189  277  e89  23    23    6.4
4 6.4 4.4 e96  1180  866  2260  141  205  e52  22    15    6.0
5 5.7 5.0 e99  1720  710  2040  108  135  e39  23    12    5.5
 
6 5.9 5.5 e106  e1020  1340  1440  89  105  e28  39    9.6 4.9
7 5.4 6.2 e101  e640  1160  1340  79  77  e29  244    9.3 3.9
8 5.0 6.6 93  e340  e734  e1230  73  56  e24  282    9.0 3.3
9 4.3 6.0 83  e225  e444  e958  67  47  e15  108    6.8 2.8
10 4.0 5.4 97  e172  e323  e626  63  51  e14  54    5.8 2.2
 
11 3.8 6.4 112  e127  e328  e383  57  71  e20  38    4.3 1.9
12 3.5 13    93  e100  e303  e236  54  51  e29  29    4.3 1.9
13 2.7 11    82  e81  e239  e159  49  97  529  25    3.7 2.0
14 3.2 7.1 71  e65  e181  e113  45  941  688  21    3.7 1.8
15 3.8 16    64  e57  e134  e84  42  1420  756  17    3.3 1.6
 
16 3.7 53    60  e50  e109  e87  39  1080  902  15    2.8 1.5
17 3.8 56    59  e54  e85  e81  35  1000  e729  13    2.4 3.1
18 3.2 441    56  e830  e80  e91  32  725  e777  11    2.3 4.2
19 7.1 1340    56  e810  e85  99  30  430  e978  9.8 2.2 3.4
20 7.3 911    51  e525  90  154  29  254  e689  8.6 2.2 2.5
 
21 6.0 599    45  e272  89  322  25  171  e388  7.1 2.1 1.7
22 5.7 262    41  184  84  256  e42  110  e207  7.8 2.2 1.6
23 4.4 144    186  134  78  175  e310  77  e136  9.5 2.4 1.9
24 3.4 1230    384  107  71  127  e339  59  e91  35    2.8 2.1
25 3.5 e915    283  211  64  106  e607  50  e64  34    21    2.1
 
26 4.4 e617    160  688  59  94  e556  424  52  22    74    1.9
27 5.7 e314    103  829  54  88  352  767  42  16    55    1.2
28 4.7 e814    83  559  50  196  182  664  35  12    29    1.1
29 4.8 e842    964  313  46  529  111  e314  32  9.7 21    1.2
30 4.8 e547    1450  e165  ---  800  75  e141  27  10    15    1.1
 
31 4.4 ---    1010  e130  ---  690  ---  e1080  ---  13    11    ---   

TOTAL 155.8 9193.2 6635 14705 8706 16326 4530 11143 8183 1206.5 408.2 91.9
MEAN 5.03 306 214 474 300 527 151 359 273 38.9 13.2 3.06
MAX 9.4 1340 1450 1720 1340 2260 607 1420 978 282 74 9.4
MIN 2.7 4.4 41 50 46 81 25 47 14 7.1 2.1 1.1
CFSM 0.02 1.26 0.88 1.94 1.23 2.16 0.62 1.47 1.12 0.16 0.05 0.01
IN. 0.02 1.40 1.01 2.24 1.33 2.49 0.69 1.70 1.25 0.18 0.06 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 54.6 191 335 493 492 594 561 432 218 86.0 71.0 57.0
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 0.02 0.66 0.58 1.38 7.05 12.4 40.7 10.4 1.37 1.71 0.00 0.43
(WY) 1964 1954 1964 1977 1934 1941 1981 1930 1936 1931 1930 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1923 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 137424.0   81283.6    
ANNUAL MEAN 377      222        297         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 779          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 37.5       1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2900          Jan 1 2260            Mar 4 8780          Jan 26 1929
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.0       Aug 25 1.1         Sep 28,30 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.6       Aug 23 1.5         Sep 24 0.00     Jul 29 1930
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2630            Mar 4 9630          Mar 12 1935
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 21.71       Mar 4 42.29 B Mar 12 1935
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.78       Sep 27
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.54 0.910 1.22    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 20.95 12.39   16.52    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1220      759        850         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 97      64        53         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.8   3.5     1.8      

A - At times in some years.

B - Site then in use, from graph based on gage readings.


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