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BEAR CREEK BASIN


05495500       BEAR CREEK NEAR MARCELLINE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°08'34", long 91°20'14" (NAD of 1927), on line between secs.20 and 21, T.2 N., R.8 W., Adams County, Hydrologic Unit 07110001, on right downstream side of bridge on County Road 900 E, 0.9 mi downstream from Grindstone Creek, 2.2 mi northeast of Marcelline, 3.8 mi upstream from State Highway 96, and at mile 12.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 349 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: March 1944 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1308: 1944-45(M), 1948(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-94-1: 1991.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 504.52 ft above NGVD of 1929 (504.31 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to June 24, 1949, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 35,500 ft3/s, May 8, 1996, gage height, 28.36 ft; maximum gage height, 28.38 ft, Mar. 4, 1985; no flow for many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988, and part of each day Aug. 17-19, 1989.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for Oct. 23-31, Nov. 1-4, 27-28, Dec. 6-8, Jan. 3-14, and 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 11  5540  869  126  73  111  63  68  22    4.2 2.5 1.9
2 13  3990  573  471  79  90  56  60  21    3.9 2.4 1.6
3 13  1300  415  2190  75  86  53  56  19    3.7 2.1 1.7
4 13  1580  311  2510  94  82  53  53  20    3.7 1.9 1.5
5 12  1140  318  3230  98  82  53  50  23    4.3 2.3 1.3
 
6 11  468  2630  1320  106  77  54  48  23    4.0 2.4 1.3
7 11  319  4300  562  265  77  57  47  22    3.6 1.7 1.3
8 537  238  2190  394  293  74  57  49  42    3.4 1.8 1.5
9 667  193  690  304  187  66  52  52  243    3.3 1.7 2.2
10 149  170  409  683  131  61  50  47  122    3.1 1.6 2.6
 
11 73  149  319  1090  120  61  51  72  69    2.8 1.7 2.6
12 57  128  263  2150  185  62  982  295  65    3.0 1.6 2.8
13 149  112  211  6940  3150  58  1640  297  47    3.1 6.0 3.7
14 91  102  156  1960  4510  53  890  250  33    3.0 7.3 11   
15 134  97  136  427  1320  49  257  102  34    2.8 5.7 14   
 
16 127  96  141  287  464  49  167  70  22    2.6 4.4 49   
17 76  93  126  e180  284  50  130  57  16    2.5 4.9 22   
18 130  91  125  e150  207  49  109  50  12    2.2 4.1 11   
19 624  97  94  e130  162  49  95  68  11    2.1 23    7.7
20 213  98  e80  e120  172  48  84  78  9.2 2.1 104    5.9
 
21 120  90  e72  e110  206  46  83  56  8.6 2.1 25    8.3
22 220  81  e62  e100  175  48  907  45  7.9 2.0 12    7.2
23 1600  77  e58  e96  144  93  1230  39  7.1 1.8 6.8 4.9
24 2120  87  e54  e88  130  142  433  34  6.6 1.8 4.9 4.2
25 417  106  e50  e82  122  212  189  31  6.0 1.7 4.3 3.0
 
26 1510  221  e49  e80  110  183  143  28  5.6 2.0 3.7 2.5
27 4190  2810  e49  79  102  125  118  26  5.4 3.5 3.3 2.4
28 1480  2290  e51  94  113  103  96  24  5.2 4.2 3.1 3.0
29 612  779  e60  77  ---  92  83  24  4.8 3.1 2.7 3.6
30 374  650  e70  75  ---  83  78  26  4.5 2.8 2.3 3.3
 
31 233  ---  e100  74  ---  73  ---  24  ---    2.7 2.1 ---   

TOTAL 15987 23192 15031 26179 13077 2534 8313 2226 936.9 91.1 253.3 189.0
MEAN 516 773 485 844 467 81.7 277 71.8 31.2 2.94 8.17 6.30
MAX 4190 5540 4300 6940 4510 212 1640 297 243 4.3 104 49
MIN 11 77 49 74 73 46 50 24 4.5 1.7 1.6 1.3
CFSM 1.48 2.22 1.39 2.42 1.34 0.23 0.79 0.21 0.09 0.01 0.02 0.02
IN. 1.70 2.47 1.60 2.79 1.39 0.27 0.89 0.24 0.10 0.01 0.03 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 116 161 152 160 268 366 409 410 282 265 96.3 151
MAX 1658 2172 1485 956 1237 1370 2163 2679 2251 1967 541 1954
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1946 1985 1985 1944 1995 1990 1993 1993 1970
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.31 0.68 3.83 9.02 3.26 0.72 0.24 0.17 0.00
(WY) 1957 1957 1957 1977 1989 1956 1977 1989 1956 1988 1988 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1944 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 117752.2     108009.3    
ANNUAL MEAN 322        296        234           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 711            1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 12.5         1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5540            Nov 1 6940            Jan 13 21300            May 12 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 5.4         Aug 24 1.3         Sep 5-7 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 6.3         Aug 18 1.5         Sep 2 0.00       A
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 8830            Jan 13 35500        B May 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 15.06       Jan 13 28.38       Mar 4 1985
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.2         Sep 7
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.922 0.848 0.671    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.55   11.51   9.12      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 784        657        428           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 71        68        25           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 13        2.6     1.2        

A - Many days in 1953-56, 1962-64, 1976-77, 1988, and part of each day Aug. 17-19, 1989.

B - Gage height, 28.36 ft.


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