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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.
 

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Water years 2001-2003.
PH: Water years 2001-2003.
 

SEDIMENT: January 1980 to September 1981.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81, 2001-2003.
 

TURBIDITY: Water years 2001-2003.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81, 2001-2003.
 

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 (360.17 ft NAVD 1988).
 

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 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.00 6.5 270  228  36  43  e85    87    1.8   0.22 0.32 28     
2 e0.00 672    109  264  35  38  e70    55    3.5   0.22 0.31 12     
3 e0.00 116    64  408  35  36  e58    41    3.4   0.23 0.26 6.6  
4 e0.00 49    45  528  36  34  e49    33    3.6   0.23 0.22 4.7  
5 e0.00 28    39  822  34  32  e42    27    2.7   0.29 0.19 3.5  
 
6 0.00 18    190  1150  35  29  e38    22    2.0   0.31 0.17 3.4  
7 e0.00 14    927  210  146  29  e34    19    1.8   0.27 0.15 3.1  
8 e0.00 10    178  215  419  31  e38    16    1.4   0.25 0.15 2.8  
9 e0.00 8.3 100  147  182  29  e31    14    1.4   0.22 0.14 2.2  
10 e0.00 6.7 66  90  115  27  e28    14    1.8   0.20 0.14 2.0  
 
11 0.00 56    48  74  e90  26  e25    12    1.0   0.51 0.13 1.6  
12 0.00 204    40  68  e170  25  e33    10    4.7   2.9   0.13 1.4  
13 0.01 67    34  807  e480  24  e45    14    16      7.3   0.12 1.1  
14 0.13 44    26  261  e200  22  e70    260    8.0   6.2   0.18 0.98
15 0.29 29    23  151  111  21  e50    101    4.1   7.1   0.22 1.4  
 
16 0.18 23    21  107  76  19  e32    52    2.7   12      1.1   1.8  
17 0.15 22    19  74  60  18  e24    36    2.0   6.7   1.6   1.4  
18 0.38 17    17  65  51  18  e18    25    1.6   6.1   1.6   1.3  
19 12      60    15  58  45  17  14    19    1.0   7.5   1.3   1.1  
20 6.7   58    13  57  43  16  10    19    0.94 6.6   1.3   1.8  
 
21 3.6   42    13  53  69  15  9.2 16    0.85 5.1   1.0   1.9  
22 1.3   34    21  53  58  41  23    12    0.64 3.9   0.86 1.9  
23 1.2   33    23  47  49  168  27    11    0.58 2.7   0.77 1.4  
24 2.2   52    e20  45  47  103  23    8.8 0.56 2.0   0.66 1.1  
25 2.9   66    e18  38  45  98  20    6.6 0.46 1.5   0.48 1.7  
 
26 19      43    e16  39  41  86  28    5.1 0.42 1.1   0.54 2.3  
27 16      86    e15  33  39  278  38    4.2 0.35 0.91 7.5   2.2  
28 7.0   147    e20  32  41  2000  40    3.5 0.30 0.71 15      2.0  
29 5.6   77    217  32  ---  e600  99    2.8 0.26 0.52 10      2.4  
30 7.2   426    495  33  ---  e160  245    3.0 0.25 0.40 704      1.8  
 
31 3.6   ---    409  37  ---  e100  ---    2.2 ---      0.35 92      ---     

TOTAL 89.44 2514.5 3511 6226 2788 4183 1346.2 951.2 70.11 84.54 842.54 100.88
MEAN 2.89 83.8 113 201 99.6 135 44.9 30.7 2.34 2.73 27.2 3.36
MAX 19 672 927 1150 480 2000 245 260 16 12 704 28
MIN 0.00 6.5 13 32 34 15 9.2 2.2 0.25 0.20 0.12 0.98
CFSM 0.07 1.95 2.64 4.68 2.32 3.15 1.05 0.72 0.05 0.06 0.63 0.08
IN. 0.08 2.18 3.04 5.40 2.42 3.63 1.17 0.82 0.06 0.07 0.73 0.09
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.05 49.1 87.4 87.6 101 129 116 87.8 33.0 14.4 10.6 5.41
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 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 16130.06 22707.41
ANNUAL MEAN 44.1   62.2   60.5      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 120          2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 20.1       1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 927          Dec 7 2000          Mar 28 4670          Aug 24 1985
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Several days 0.00     Several days 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Sep 26 0.00     Oct 1 0.00     Aug 25 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 4190          Mar 28 16100      B Aug 24 1985
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 14.54     Mar 28 27.78     Aug 24 1985
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.03 1.45 1.41    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.99 19.69 19.17    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 103      146      121         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 11      17      9.7      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.21 0.26 0.11    

A - Several days in most years.

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


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