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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05560500       FARM CREEK AT FARMDALE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°40'03", long 89°30'15" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.36, T.26 N., R.4 W., Tazewell County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, on right bank at upstream side of bridge, 0.2 mi east of Farmdale, 0.3 mi upstream from Norfolk & Western Railway bridge, 0.3 mi downstream from Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad bridge, and at mile 5.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 27.4 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1948 to October 1985. March 1986 to current (Seven month periods-March to September).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year (Seven month periods-March to September).
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water years 1986-99.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 530.12 ft above NGVD of 1929 (529.84 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Mar. 5, 2002, water-stage recorder and concrete control at site 400 ft. downstream at same datum.
 

REMARKS.-- High flow regulated by Farmdale Dam, 1 mi upstream effective Aug. 16, 1951.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Prior to Mar. 5, 2002, maximum gage height, 7.58 ft, Apr. 24, 1950, discharge not determined; maximum discharge prior to Mar. 5, 2002 and after Farmdale Dam (Aug. 16, 1951) 1,050 ft3/s, June 2, 1980, gage height, 4.43 ft; maximum gage height, 6.55 ft, Feb. 20, 1982, ice jam; after Mar. 5, 2002, maximum discharge, 598 ft3/s, May 12, 2002, gage height 9.37 ft; no flow for several days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records 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 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  14    16    3.6 1.4   1.3   0.84
2 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  13    15    3.6 1.5   1.2   0.95
3 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  18  11    14    4.0 1.5   1.2   0.83
4 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  20  9.0 13    4.6 1.5   1.0   0.86
5 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  19  7.6 13    7.7 2.0   1.2   0.68
 
6 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  18  9.6 12    4.0 1.3   1.1   1.00
7 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  20  11    12    3.0 1.1   0.97 0.82
8 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  16  9.1 12    7.8 1.1   1.2   0.88
9 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  15  6.2 16    10    1.0   1.2   1.0  
10 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  18  6.6 13    3.8 0.93 1.1   0.95
 
11 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  18  8.7 10    69    0.85 0.88 0.90
12 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  16  21    10    27    2.0   0.97 1.0  
13 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  13  24    10    14    3.7   9.2   0.90
14 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  15  e20    11    25    2.0   8.8   0.90
15 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  18  e16    9.9 15    1.2   2.1   1.1  
 
16 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  18  e13    9.3 11    1.1   1.4   2.8  
17 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  18  e12    8.7 9.8 1.1   1.4   1.7  
18 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  17  e12    8.1 7.9 0.94 1.4   1.3  
19 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  16  e11    17    6.8 0.84 2.3   11     
20 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  14  e11    17    6.0 1.1   2.5   8.4  
 
21 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  13  26    9.6 5.1 2.8   1.4   2.3  
22 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  14  60    9.6 4.6 1.4   0.86 1.5  
23 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  24  40    7.6 3.9 1.1   0.84 1.0  
24 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  19  27    6.7 3.7 1.3   1.1   2.3  
25 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  26  e24    5.7 3.7 1.3   0.87 2.7  
 
26 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  19  e21    5.3 3.0 9.1   1.2   2.5  
27 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  20  e20    5.5 2.4 15      1.2   1.9  
28 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  20  e19    5.0 2.2 2.0   1.2   14     
29 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  20  e18    4.9 2.4 1.4   1.1   11     
30 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  25  e17    5.2 1.8 1.3   0.87 3.2  
 
31 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  23  ---    4.2 ---    1.2   1.0   ---     

TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- --- 517.8 316.3 276.4 66.06 54.06 81.21
MEAN --- --- --- --- --- --- 17.3 10.2 9.21 2.13 1.74 2.71
MAX --- --- --- --- --- --- 60 17 69 15 9.2 14
MIN --- --- --- --- --- --- 6.2 4.2 1.8 0.84 0.84 0.68
CFSM --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.63 0.37 0.34 0.08 0.06 0.10
IN. --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.70 0.43 0.38 0.09 0.07 0.11
e Estimated




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