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EDWARDS RIVER BASIN


05466000       EDWARDS RIVER NEAR ORION, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°16'19", long 90°22'39" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.21, T.15 N., R.1 E., Henry County, Hydrologic Unit 07080104, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 150, 1.5 mi north of Opheim, 5.5 mi south of Orion, and at mile 51.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 155 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1947(P). WSP 1508: 1942. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 653.96 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark) (653.74 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Apr. 4, 1941, and Apr. 8 to Nov. 11, 1981, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 8,910 ft3/s, Feb. 19, 1951, gage height, 13.41 ft, from floodmarks; maximum gage height, 15.52 ft, June 23, 1974, discharge, 5,760 ft3/s; minimum discharge, 0.3 ft3/s, Oct. 6, 1956.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of August 1924 reached a stage of 20.2 ft, from floodmarks.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
17.291 196 76 82 121 122 71 37 24   e5.53.8
28.2206 168 101 85 110 120 71 37 23   e5.33.6
37.4108 157 141 84 106 114 68 37 22   e5.03.6
47.2104 148 263 83 107 112 64 38 23   e4.74.2
56.799 130 155 87 101 109 62 39 23   e4.44.5
 
66.484 265 133 94 102 103 62 36 21   e4.25.7
76.673 435 e110 199 106 98 61 33 20   e4.04.1
816   63 359 e100 172 95 92 59 103 19   e4.04.0
913   60 275 e92 122 90 89 63 183 18   e5.74.1
107.857 232 e88 106 96 85 59 89 16   e7.03.6
 
116.455 206 e94 100 96 83 56 68 15   8.53.4
126.052 190 e130 95 91 103 55 59 15   9.83.2
137.250 160 e500 125 82 99 63 54 16   6.93.3
146.949 140 e300 456 80 86 59 52 15   5.713   
157.249 137 e250 285 77 83 56 49 13   e5.07.8
 
166.846 133 e210 230 78 81 54 45 12   e4.57.9
176.643 120 e180 193 e77 82 53 42 11   4.34.9
186.946 121 e160 161 e75 81 51 40 11   4.74.2
197.060 108 e150 145 e74 80 55 37 10   4.44.6
206.859 e90 e135 147 e71 79 52 36 9.813   4.0
 
216.953 e80 e125 143 e68 75 49 34 9.66.63.5
229.152 e72 e115 124 e67 92 49 33 9.35.03.3
2363   52 e67 e110 120 81 98 46 32 9.04.33.2
2437   55 e64 e102 120 86 93 43 31 8.64.15.8
2521   55 e60 e98 119 309 90 42 30 8.34.76.7
 
2622   53 e59 e94 116 267 86 42 29 15   5.25.5
2734   245 e58 99 118 221 81 42 27 23   4.64.6
2828   335 e58 97 128 199 75 42 26 11   4.35.1
2927   214 e58 93 --- 174 75 42 26 7.74.15.6
3041   214 e62 86 --- 160 73 42 25 6.34.04.5
 
3132   --- e68 82 --- 142 --- 39 --- 5.73.8---   

TOTAL475.327824476446940393609273916721407450.3167.3145.3
MEAN15.392.714414414411691.353.946.914.55.404.84
MAX6333543550045630912271183241313
MIN6.043587682677339255.73.83.2
CFSM0.100.600.930.930.930.750.590.350.300.090.030.03
IN.0.110.671.071.070.970.870.660.400.340.110.040.03

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN51.363.771.687.015317419718416910452.445.2
MAX466486436427871554634558693689466375
(WY)194219781983197419511979198319731974196919931989
MIN0.931.870.840.502.4413.811.311.39.956.913.482.13
(WY)195719771977197719891956195619891977197719881956

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2004 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2005 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1941 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL38764.7    26431.2        
ANNUAL MEAN106       72.4        112           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN334           1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN22.0        1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1800           May 30500        A    Jan 137630           Feb 19 1951
LOWEST DAILY MEAN6.0        Oct 123.2            Sep 12,230.40      Oct 6 1956
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM6.7        Oct 113.7            Sep 70.40      Jan 20 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW650        A    Jan 138910        BFeb 19 1951
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE8.12          Jan 1315.52   CJun 23 1974
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW2.9            Sep 13,230.30      Oct 6 1956
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.6830.467    0.724    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)9.30  6.34      9.84      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS220       158           232           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS65       58           48           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS8.9    4.7        6.0        

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Gage height, 13.41 ft., from flood mark.

C - Discharge, 5,760 ft3/s.



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