HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 03612000 CACHE RIVER AT FORMAN, IL


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 244 sq.mi.                             Datum is 318.47 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 05140206 at Latitude: 37:20:11N  Longitude: 088:55:26W
Station is in the state of IL (county code 087) and serviced by the IL office.
Channel slope is 2.69 feet/mile
Stream length is 49.31 miles
Mean basin elevation is 502.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 8.91%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 28.52%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 0.60 inches
Annual precipitation is 46.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 27.00 degrees Fahrenheit

Daily and longer averages for 64 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

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