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STATION NUMBER: 05568800 QUADRANGLE: Wyoming, 7.5' series
LOCATION: Lat 41 01'06", long 89 50'0711, in SE1/4 SE1/4 sec.
17, T.12N., R.6E., Stark County, Hydrologic Unit 07130005, on left
upstream side of county highway bridge, 4.5 mi southwest of Wyoming and at
mile 4.9. ESTABLISHMENT AND HISTORY: Recording station was established on
Oct. 1. 1959, and a graphic water-stage recorder was installed Nov. 9,
1959. Digital water-stage recorder was installed on Dec. 6, 1965.
Electric-tape gage installed on June 7, 1973. A Staco m manometer was
installed in the gage house on June 27, 1985. No previous records were
obtained at this site prior to Oct. 1, 1959. A Campbell Scientific
electronic datalogger (CR-10), was installed on Feb.22, 1990. DRAINAGE AREA: 62.7 sq. mi. GAGE: A CR-10 operated by a servo-manometer housed in a 48"
corrugated steel shelter set in the left bank at the upstream side of the
bridge. The orifice is located about 15 ft. streamward from the gage. GAGE DATUM: Datum of the gage is 616.78 ft, NGVD of 1929. CHANNEL AND CONTROL: Channel bed is composed of mostly sand and
silt with some gravel. Channel has been dredged and is straight for about
300 ft on each side of the bridge, but is at a slight angle to the bridge.
The spoil banks from dredging downstream are not continuous and will not
confine flow. Both banks are fairly low and will overflow at about 5.5 ft.
The left bank upstream is lightly wooded, and the flood plain on both
banks downstream and the right bank upstream are crop land. The road and
bridg e will probably not be overtopped. Low-water control is sand and
gravel bars near the downstream side of the bridge. The channel is the
control at medium and high flows. The bridge opening may be the control
for extreme high stages. DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS: Wading measurements may be made near
gage or in the vicinity of the low-water control. Higher stages are
measured from the downstream handrail of bridge. FLOODS: Maximum discharge during period of record, 6,540 cubic
feet per second (cfs) on June 22, 1974 at a gage height of 13.81 ft.-from
rating curve extended above 1,400 cfs on basis of contracted-opening
measurement of peak flow. POINT OF ZERO FLOW: About 0.0 ft., subject to change due to
shifting nature of the streambed. WINTER FLOW There will be backwater from ice during winter
periods. REGULATION AND DIVERSION: None known. Personnel to contact about a specific subject are listed on the staff page. The URL of this page is <il.water.usgs.gov/proj/lirb/bst/site_descrip/wyoming.html> Please send comments about this page to: <djfazio@usgs.gov>. This page was last updated on October 12, 1999. |
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