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 05555500 VERMILION RIVER AT LOWELL, IL


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 1278 sq.mi.                            Datum is 500.61 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 07130002 at Latitude: 41:15:19N  Longitude: 089:00:44W
Station is in the state of IL (county code 099) and serviced by the IL office.
Channel slope is 1.43 feet/mile
Stream length is 103.48 miles
Mean basin elevation is 683.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.31%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 4.26%      Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 2.50 inches
Annual precipitation is 33.70 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.00 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 18.00 degrees Fahrenheit

This is a National Water Conditions station.
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   After 1971 water year, this gage was moved to Leonore (05555300).  Records are considered equivalent.


Daily and longer averages for 40 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.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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