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03338780 NORTH FORK VERMILION RIVER NEAR BISMARCK, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 40°16'13", long 87°38'34", in SE¼NE¼ sec.24, T.21 N., R.12 W., Vermilion County, Hydrologic Unit 05120109,on left bank at downstream side of County Road 2750 N, 1.8 mi west of Bismarck, 1.9 mi downstream from Painter Creek, 6.6 mi downstream from Middle Branch of North Fork Vermilion River, and at mile 17.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.--262 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1970 to September 1973, low-flow partial-record station. October 1988 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 594 ft above sea level, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.

REVISIONS.--The following peak above base discharge of 1,200 ft³/s for Jan. 23, 1997 was not published for water year 1997.

Date	Time	Discharge	Gage height
Jan.23	Unknown	2,880	Unknown

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	3.6	13	13	11	41	57	1230	1410	143	404	70	23
2	3.8	7.3	19	14	40	53	1030	1140	138	242	62	23
3	4.0	8.9	17	14	36	52	770	3660	113	187	351	22
4	5.4	8.1	12	16	32	51	581	5300	107	1180	1940	21
5	4.8	7.3	10	20	32	46	428	2330	103	612	785	20

6	4.4	7.3	9.6	53	31	42	353	1190	92	1410	386	19
7	5.1	7.5	12	68	30	40	320	1370	84	2880	329	18
8	3.6	8.8	10	194	28	62	1050	2990	76	1150	431	18
9	5.1	8.6	10	407	28	843	1300	2860	270	691	227	18
10	8.2	8.3	16	194	28	1050	1460	1540	494	464	166	17

11	9.7	8.0	20	114	30	623	958	889	2240	346	126	17
12	5.4	7.3	16	90	42	361	656	639	5180	283	97	17
13	5.5	7.1	14	67	47	268	489	476	5220	238	82	16
14	12	7.8	13	66	44	254	590	387	3320	205	73	15
15	9.1	9.2	13	e60	40	246	565	313	4960	179	65	16

16	7.9	9.7	12	e50	39	246	447	266	7460	162	71	17
17	6.5	9.6	12	e43	45	1070	329	213	6690	141	59	18
18	6.3	9.5	11	e39	98	2900	265	190	3010	127	55	18
19	6.3	9.1	11	e35	122	2420	244	214	1660	115	49	18
20	6.2	9.0	10	e33	107	2280	213	508	1190	102	43	18

21	5.9	8.9	11	32	92	3150	214	353	874	169	40	25
22	5.9	9.4	11	32	82	2020	209	265	667	226	37	22
23	5.7	9.9	12	32	78	1180	193	376	544	1390	35	19
24	5.4	9.6	15	31	76	868	168	814	416	524	34	19
25	5.9	8.9	26	29	69	663	155	752	340	261	39	23

26	8.4	8.4	25	28	64	512	152	423	280	178	34	20
27	18	9.0	23	28	68	397	121	302	241	140	30	18
28	11	14	18	29	63	2770	104	241	202	115	28	17
29	7.0	25	16	39	---	4660	136	204	174	98	29	16
30	6.4	16	16	47	---	1950	1320	223	657	89	27	16

31	6.1	---	13	45	---	1070	---	177	---	80	24	---

TOTAL	208.6	290.5	446.6	1960	1532	32204	16050	32015	46945	14388	5824	564
MEAN	6.73	9.68	14.4	63.2	54.7	1039	535	1033	1565	464	188	18.8
MAX	18	25	26	407	122	4660	1460	5300	7460	2880	1940	25
MIN	3.6	7.1	9.6	11	28	40	104	177	76	80	24	15
CFSM	.03	.04	.05	.24	.21	3.97	2.04	3.94	5.97	1.77	.72	.07
IN.	.03	.04	.06	.28	.22	4.57	2.28	4.55	6.67	2.04	.83	.08

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	138	265	267	359	311	574	553	607	487	305	87.5	72.1
MAX	662	1162	1160	1387	892	1063	1728	1033	1565	1281	196	504
(WY)	1994	1993	1991	1993	1990	1990	1994	1998	1998	1993	1993	1993
MIN	6.73	9.68	14.4	40.2	54.7	123	152	96.9	140	16.3	6.74	3.68
(WY)	1998	1998	1998	1990	1998	1996	1997	1992	1991	1991	1991	1991

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1998 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1989 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL	97128.4		152427.7
ANNUAL MEAN	266		418		336
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					698	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					181	1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	4570	Feb 27	7460	Jun 16	14500	Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	3.6	Oct 1, 8	3.6	Oct 1, 8	2.5	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	4.3	Sep 30	4.4	Oct 1	2.7	Sep 15 1991
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			9240	Jun 16	20100	B
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			16.80	Jun 16	22.45	Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			2.5	Oct 5	2.3	C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.02		1.59		1.28
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	13.79		21.64		17.41
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	686		1180		762
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	90		59		131
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	8.3		8.4		14

A - Sept. 10, 16-19, 1991.
B - Apr. 12, 1994; measured discharge on Mar. 11, 1990 (based on contracted-opening measurement of peak flow).
C - Sept. 9, 10, 16-19, 1991.