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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03337000       BONEYARD CREEK AT URBANA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°06'40", long 88°13'35" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.18, T.19 N., R.9 E., Champaign County, Hydrologic Unit 05120109, on right bank 300 ft. upstream from Mathews Ave., on University of Illinois campus in Urbana, and at mile 1.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 4.46 mi2, of which 0.88 mi2 is noncontributing.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1948 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

PRECIPITATION: September 2003 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-83-1: 1982(M). WDR IL-98: 1979-96 (selected events).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, acoustic-velocity meter, rain gage, and Parshall flume. Datum of gage is 694.00 ft. above NGVD of 1929 (693.88 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 1, 1974, at datum 14.25 ft higher. From Oct. 1, 1974 to Sept. 30, 2001, at datum 14.10 ft. higher. From Apr. 19, 2002 to June 26, 2002, at site 95 ft. downstream at same datum. From June 27, 2002 to July 24, 2003 at site 250 ft. upstream at same datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Since Aug. 1, 1960, storm runoff from 0.88 mi2 at headwaters has been diverted to Saline Branch through the Northwest Diversion Conduit. Prior to the 1970's, effluent from sewage-treatment plant about 0.5 mi upstream from gage. Since July 1999, a retention basin 1.0 mi upstream temporarily detains water during periods of heavy runoff. Water enters the retention basin by gravity flow during periods of heavy runoff, and is pumped out during the recession, with a maximum rate of 20 ft3/s not to exceed a maximum in-stream rate of 60 ft3/s. Since Oct. 1999, some temporary storage occurs in underground conduits 0.6 mi upstream during runoff events. Channel construction near this gage (03337000) began Aug. 30, 2001. Streamflow diversion pumpage for channel construction began Sept. 1, 2001 causing frequent fluctuations in stage. Channel construction and pumpage for channel construction ended May 6, 2003. PRECIPITATION: Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 946 ft3/s, from rating based on two indirect measurements, Aug. 12, 1993, gage height, 24.03 ft, present datum, from flood marks; minimum daily, 0.03 ft3/s, Feb. 12, 1981.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.54 in, March 26, 2004.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.5 19    12    2.7 2.6 2.9 3.5 3.2 e2.2 e1.7 e2.1 e1.9
2 2.5 7.2 6.7 2.7 2.4 2.7 3.6 e2.8 e2.4 e1.8 e2.2 e1.9
3 2.6 4.4 5.2 31    2.6 2.6 2.0 e2.7 2.3 e1.7 e2.1 e1.8
4 2.6 9.8 4.4 14    2.7 2.6 2.0 e2.6 2.3 e2.1 e2.3 e1.8
5 2.5 3.5 5.7 42    2.7 2.5 2.0 e2.6 2.1 e3.1 e2.5 e1.7
 
6 2.5 3.3 7.4 15    2.6 2.4 2.0 e2.5 2.1 e2.1 e2.6 e1.8
7 e2.4 3.2 38    7.7 10    3.7 2.0 e2.5 2.1 e2.2 e2.5 e2.1
8 3.8 3.1 7.8 6.5 7.3 2.4 1.9 e2.5 2.8 e2.1 e2.5 e1.8
9 2.6 3.1 5.8 5.9 4.4 2.3 1.9 e2.4 2.0 e1.9 e2.4 e2.0
10 1.7 3.1 4.9 5.2 3.6 2.6 1.8 e2.5 6.1 e1.6 e2.2 e2.0
 
11 1.7 7.2 4.2 31    3.4 2.3 1.9 e2.6 2.2 e2.0 e2.1 e2.1
12 3.2 3.1 3.8 23    3.2 2.2 25    e2.7 1.8 e27    e3.7 e2.1
13 1.7 3.0 3.4 81    23    2.2 4.0 e2.6 1.9 e8.2 e6.3 e2.1
14 2.1 2.9 3.2 15    10    2.2 2.5 e2.4 47    e2.7 e5.1 e11   
15 1.7 3.0 3.1 9.1 8.6 2.2 2.2 e2.2 2.0 e2.2 e2.4 e30   
 
16 1.5 3.0 3.0 6.4 7.1 2.2 2.2 e2.2 1.7 e1.9 e1.8 e4.8
17 1.5 2.9 2.9 5.3 4.9 2.2 2.3 e2.1 1.7 e1.8 e1.9 1.5
18 30    11    2.8 4.8 4.4 2.2 2.5 e2.2 1.7 e2.7 e1.9 1.4
19 4.1 8.1 2.6 4.5 3.9 2.2 2.6 e20    1.7 e2.1 e25    e10   
20 3.4 3.6 2.6 3.9 6.6 2.2 44    e3.0 1.8 e1.8 e7.1 3.0
 
21 3.0 3.2 2.5 3.4 4.1 2.2 19    e2.5 1.8 e26    e2.5 1.7
22 2.9 3.4 2.4 3.4 3.6 8.4 8.1 e2.3 1.8 e13    e2.3 1.5
23 15    3.2 2.3 3.1 3.4 12    4.7 e2.2 1.9 2.8 e2.1 e12   
24 3.0 43    2.3 3.2 3.3 9.0 3.6 e2.2 2.0 e2.3 e2.0 2.0
25 2.9 11    2.3 3.4 3.2 9.9 3.4 e2.2 2.5 e2.3 e2.0 e39   
 
26 16    7.6 2.3 3.0 3.0 3.5 6.7 e2.3 2.0 e12    e2.0 7.4
27 4.5 23    2.3 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.3 e2.3 4.3 e3.5 e2.0 2.7
28 3.9 8.1 2.3 2.6 3.5 2.7 3.1 e2.2 4.4 2.5 e2.0 e11   
29 5.9 13    2.3 3.3 ---    2.5 e3.1 e2.2 16    2.5 e2.0 2.8
30 8.2 21    2.3 3.5 ---    3.8 3.4 e2.2 2.0 e2.2 e1.9 2.1
 
31 3.1 ---    2.2 2.8 ---    3.0 ---    e2.2 ---    e2.1 e1.9 ---   

TOTAL 145.0 244.0 155.0 351.0 143.1 108.8 170.3 93.1 128.6 143.9 103.4 169.0
MEAN 4.68 8.13 5.00 11.3 5.11 3.51 5.68 3.00 4.29 4.64 3.34 5.63
MAX 30 43 38 81 23 12 44 20 47 27 25 39
MIN 1.5 2.9 2.2 2.6 2.4 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.4
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 3.33 3.59 3.62 3.72 4.11 5.04 6.03 5.95 5.16 5.46 4.57 3.74
MAX 10.8 11.7 11.5 18.6 13.9 12.0 18.3 15.2 15.6 14.6 12.1 9.97
(WY) 1956 1986 1967 1950 1982 2004 1964 1990 1983 1992 1993 1972
MIN 1.25 1.08 0.95 0.60 1.11 0.94 1.43 1.85 1.15 1.47 1.11 0.84
(WY) 1965 1972 1990 1981 1995 1981 1971 1972 1988 1994 1986 1983

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 2244.4   1955.2  
ANNUAL MEAN 6.13 5.36 4.53    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 6.96     1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.00     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 113          Mar 26 81          Jan 13 241          Jun 19 1983
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.5       Oct 16,17 1.4       Sep 18 0.03     Feb 12 1981
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.9       Sep 16 1.7       Jun 16 0.05     Feb 6 1981
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 529          Jun 14 946      A Aug 12 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.38     Jun 14 24.03 B Aug 12 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.3       Sep 18,19
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 12      11      9.0      
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.5   2.6   2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.3   1.9   1.0      

A - From rating based on two indirect measurements.

B - Present datum, From floodmark.



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