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BAY CREEK BASIN


05512500       BAY CREEK AT PITTSFIELD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°37'31", long 90°47'38" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.18, T.5 S., R.3 W., Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07110004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on abandoned county road, 50 ft downstream from Panther Creek, 0.1 mi downstream from U.S. Highway 54, 1.4 mi northeast of Pittsfield, and at mile 33.6.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 39.4 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1940(P), 1941, 1949. WSP 1508: 1942. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.48 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (638.19 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Dec. 7, 1939, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Pittsfield.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,700 ft3/s, Sept. 14, 1993, gage height, 14.92 ft, from rating curve extended above 4,400 ft3/s; no flow during many periods.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Sept. 8, 1926, reached a stage of 18.4 ft, from floodmark, discharge not determined.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for Jan. 13 to Mar. 16, Sept. 28-29, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Pittsfield averaged about 1.55 ft3/s.
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 e0.80 972    60    e10  16  16    11    8.6 2.1   0.45 0.13 0.15
2 e0.94 72    36    18  16  15    10    8.0 2.0   0.38 0.14 0.14
3 e0.94 33    29    372  15  15    11    7.7 2.0   0.32 0.13 0.15
4 e0.86 53    26    294  14  15    11    7.6 1.9   0.56 0.22 0.13
5 e0.80 26    52    930  15  14    11    7.8 2.0   0.55 0.48 0.14
 
6 e0.78 21    197    131  17  14    11    7.7 1.4   0.41 0.12 0.13
7 3.0   18    501    38  31  15    11    7.3 1.5   0.41 0.11 0.14
8 3.7   14    57    e28  34  13    10    6.8 3.4   0.46 0.32 0.14
9 1.9   12    35    e25  26  13    9.8 6.9 3.7   0.30 0.21 0.37
10 1.5   11    29    e32  20  13    9.0 6.2 5.9   0.27 0.17 0.98
 
11 1.0   9.9 27    39  20  13    12    5.7 7.7   0.29 0.11 0.48
12 2.4   8.8 24    378  25  13    215    5.6 4.1   5.0   3.4   0.61
13 2.0   7.8 20    1310  624  12    32    5.9 3.5   1.1   3.2   2.9  
14 2.1   7.4 17    77  236  12    22    5.3 5.2   0.62 0.96 1.4  
15 2.2   7.2 17    34  44  12    18    4.5 3.2   0.45 0.55 1.2  
 
16 1.7   7.3 17    26  31  12    16    4.3 2.1   0.46 0.37 0.79
17 1.7   6.9 16    22  26  12    15    4.4 1.6   0.29 0.50 0.51
18 35      7.1 16    20  22  11    14    4.4 1.2   0.27 0.30 0.49
19 13      9.1 11    e18  20  11    13    4.5 1.0   0.23 0.64 1.4  
20 4.7   8.0 e8.4 e17  23  9.7 13    3.8 1.2   0.23 0.23 1.4  
 
21 3.0   6.2 e7.1 e16  21  10    13    3.5 1.1   0.19 0.18 0.85
22 2.6   6.4 e6.4 e16  19  16    15    3.4 1.1   0.21 0.19 0.56
23 2.4   6.6 e5.8 15  18  29    13    3.0 0.88 0.22 0.16 0.42
24 2.1   38    e5.4 e14  18  18    11    2.8 0.71 0.15 0.16 0.51
25 1.9   43    e5.2 e14  17  18    11    2.6 0.65 0.33 0.25 0.52
 
26 13      147    e5.0 e14  16  16    12    2.6 0.61 0.74 0.24 0.57
27 21      380    e5.0 e13  16  15    11    2.5 0.61 0.24 0.28 0.57
28 8.6   60    e5.4 e13  19  14    9.7 2.4 0.65 0.16 0.92 1.1  
29 6.2   42    e6.0 15  ---  13    10    2.6 0.65 0.34 0.47 0.73
30 15      52    e6.8 15  ---  13    10    2.7 0.44 0.27 0.16 0.50
 
31 9.3   ---    e8.2 16  ---  12    ---    2.3 ---      0.13 0.16 ---     

TOTAL 166.12 2092.7 1261.7 3980 1419 434.7 590.5 153.4 64.10 16.03 15.46 19.98
MEAN 5.36 69.8 40.7 128 50.7 14.0 19.7 4.95 2.14 0.52 0.50 0.67
MAX 35 972 501 1310 624 29 215 8.6 7.7 5.0 3.4 2.9
MIN 0.78 6.2 5.0 10 14 9.7 9.0 2.3 0.44 0.13 0.11 0.13
CFSM 0.14 1.77 1.03 3.26 1.29 0.36 0.50 0.13 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.02
IN. 0.16 1.98 1.19 3.76 1.34 0.41 0.56 0.14 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 12.1 17.3 17.7 19.9 31.7 39.5 49.7 51.5 33.1 25.6 13.4 19.4
MAX 140 201 142 128 126 132 207 283 243 417 103 359
(WY) 1942 1986 1983 2005 1942 1973 1973 1970 1945 1981 1961 1993
MIN 0.20 0.19 0.08 0.06 0.27 0.45 3.61 1.23 0.94 0.10 0.07 0.06
(WY) 1951 1951 1951 1940 1954 1956 1963 1954 1977 1940 1941 1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 7870.79       10213.69  
ANNUAL MEAN 21.5         28.0     27.5        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 94.8         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.76       1940
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 972                Nov 1 1310            Jan 13 5660            Jul 26 1981
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.62   A     Aug 19 0.11       Aug 7,11 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.68           Aug 13 0.14       Sep 2 0.00       B
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 4220            Jan 13 13700        C Sep 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.64       Jan 13 14.92       Sep 14 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00       Aug 12
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.546     0.710 0.699    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.43       9.64   9.49      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 33            31        39           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.9         7.1     3.8        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.1         0.27   0.30      

A - Estimated.

B - Several occurrences in most years.

C - From rating curve extending above 4,400 ft3/s.


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