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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05568800       INDIAN CREEK NEAR WYOMING, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°01'08", long 89°50'08" (NAD of 1983), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.17, T.12 N., R.6 E., Stark County, Hydrologic Unit 07130005, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on West Jersey Road (County Road 300 N), 4.5 mi southwest of Wyoming and at mile 4.9.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 62.7 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1959 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91 and 1998.
 

SEDIMENT: October 1980 to September 1981.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water year 1981.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water year 1981.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants of streambed sediments, August 1996; contaminants of fish tissue, August 1996; streambank sediment size, October 1997; streambed sediment size, October 1997.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Water years 1996-98.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-98.
 

FISH: Water years 1996-98.
 

HABITAT: Water years 1996-1998, 2003.
 

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 606.78 ft above NGVD of 1929 (606.53 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 1, 1994, at same site at datum 10.00 ft. higher.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,540 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow, June 22, 1974; gage height, 23.81 ft (present datum); no flow, Sept. 25, 26, and part of each day Oct. 7, 8, 13, 1988.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 11,100 mg/L Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily mean, 20 mg/L Feb. 6-17, 1981.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 31,100 tons Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily, 0.35 ton Feb. 14, 1981.
 

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 3.1 68  84  34  50  61  51  29  17    7.0 1.1   0.64
2 4.1 119  78  68  50  58  50  29  17    6.9 1.00 0.60
3 4.4 75  75  160  50  57  49  28  17    6.4 0.94 0.60
4 3.4 74  73  205  49  58  49  28  18    6.5 0.83 0.60
5 2.7 68  66  135  49  55  47  28  17    7.0 0.89 0.84
 
6 3.1 59  101  104  50  54  45  26  16    6.2 0.82 0.65
7 3.1 49  146  81  81  57  44  26  16    5.5 0.62 0.93
8 8.3 41  143  71  78  51  42  25  17    5.2 0.68 0.58
9 10    39  117  65  65  49  41  26  21    4.4 0.60 0.42
10 4.5 38  100  61  58  51  41  25  16    3.9 0.54 0.27
 
11 3.8 35  84  69  55  50  40  24  15    3.3 1.2   0.35
12 4.2 33  78  194  54  47  43  24  14    3.7 2.3   0.44
13 5.6 30  68  869  62  44  40  26  14    4.0 4.5   0.29
14 5.5 29  61  385  157  43  36  26  14    3.7 3.9   1.0  
15 5.4 29  61  199  130  42  35  24  14    3.1 2.3   4.8  
 
16 5.4 28  60  156  110  43  35  24  14    3.0 1.8   2.8  
17 5.3 28  55  128  97  43  35  24  13    2.1 1.8   1.6  
18 3.9 28  56  e100  85  42  35  23  12    1.8 1.9   1.6  
19 4.9 41  54  e92  78  41  35  25  12    1.5 1.9   1.0  
20 4.7 38  e48  e82  81  39  35  24  11    1.5 2.3   0.74
 
21 5.0 33  e43  e76  79  38  33  23  11    1.8 2.0   0.55
22 12    33  e39  e72  69  38  47  24  11    1.8 1.9   0.61
23 75    33  e36  e66  67  43  39  21  9.9 1.7 1.2   0.76
24 32    34  e34  e62  67  44  36  21  9.5 1.6 0.99 0.72
25 20    33  e32  e59  65  64  35  20  8.9 1.5 1.2   0.95
 
26 17    33  e31  e57  62  69  35  19  8.3 2.3 2.0   0.90
27 18    66  e30  58  63  65  33  20  7.9 6.8 1.4   1.0  
28 17    107  e30  63  66  63  31  19  8.3 3.6 1.4   0.98
29 18    81  e31  57  ---  59  31  19  8.7 1.7 0.95 1.1  
30 24    83  e32  54  ---  60  31  20  7.2 1.2 0.73 1.4  
 
31 23    ---  e33  52  ---  55  ---  18  ---    1.1 0.69 ---     

TOTAL 356.4 1485 1979 3934 2027 1583 1179 738 395.7 111.8 46.38 29.72
MEAN 11.5 49.5 63.8 127 72.4 51.1 39.3 23.8 13.2 3.61 1.50 0.99
MAX 75 119 146 869 157 69 51 29 21 7.0 4.5 4.8
MIN 2.7 28 30 34 49 38 31 18 7.2 1.1 0.54 0.27
CFSM 0.18 0.79 1.02 2.02 1.15 0.81 0.63 0.38 0.21 0.06 0.02 0.02
IN. 0.21 0.88 1.17 2.33 1.20 0.94 0.70 0.44 0.23 0.07 0.03 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 18.3 29.2 35.9 45.1 56.7 79.1 80.4 85.7 69.3 42.1 22.2 23.5
MAX 124 154 177 223 237 272 243 248 338 243 158 184
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1974 1997 1979 1983 1995 1974 1993 1981 1970
MIN 0.64 1.37 0.96 1.35 3.22 13.2 6.88 6.82 6.20 3.51 1.33 0.50
(WY) 1964 1965 1964 1963 1964 2003 1989 1989 1977 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1960 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 16104.1     13865.00  
ANNUAL MEAN 44.0     38.0     48.9        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 131            1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 13.6         1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1140            May 30 869            Jan 13 3330            Feb 21 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.7         Sep 29 0.27       Sep 10 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.9         Sep 25 0.47       Sep 7 0.11       Oct 6 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1160            Jan 13 6540        B Jun 22 1974
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 19.10       Jan 13 23.81   C Jun 22 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.09       Sep 10,11 D
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.702 0.606 0.780    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.55   8.23   10.59      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 84        78        105           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 28        28        22           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.8     1.0     2.9        

A - Sept. 25,26, 1988.

B - From rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow.

C - Present datum.

D - Sept. 25, 26, 1998 and part of each day Oct. 7, 8, 13, 1988.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data