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CAHOKIA CREEK BASIN


05588000                   INDIAN CREEK AT WANDA, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 38°50'30", long 90°01'59", in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.31, T.5 N., R.8 W., Madison County, Hydrologic Unit 07140101, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 143, 0.8 mi northeast of Wanda, 2.2 mi upstream from mouth, 5 mi west of Edwardsville, and at mile 2.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.--36.7 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1940 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1175: 1941, 1942(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 429.52 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1960, water-stage recorder at site 60 ft upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 1, 1960, to June 23, 1965, nonrecording gage at site 30 ft upstream at present datum. June 24, 1965, to May 10, 1967, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 1.0   1.8 4.6 e1.7 152  16  13  17    16    125    1.7   .29
2 .95 138    4.2 e1.9 67  16  13  16    43    42    1.5   .26
3 1.1   126    4.4 e2.4 43  16  36  15    13    20    1.4   .24
4 1.0   33    4.4 e3.0 32  14  111  16    9.4 13    1.3   .20
5 2.1   15    4.7 e4.0 27  14  51  36    11    10    1.2   .20
 
6 6.3   9.8 4.4 e3.5 28  15  118  32    8.1 109    1.2   .20
7 2.8   8.4 5.3 e3.0 1580  12  35  24    6.3 47    1.1   .19
8 1.8   8.7 4.2 e2.6 176  21  29  16    6.1 12    3.6   .18
9 1.5   11    3.6 e2.4 84  77  99  13    6.0 151    1.6   .18
10 1.3   137    3.2 e2.3 63  52  35  13    5.9 74    1.3   .17
 
11 1.2   43    3.1 e3.0 115  30  26  12    18    20    1.1   .18
12 1.1   18    3.1 e4.0 98  24  20  31    11    13    1.0   .22
13 1.1   15    3.2 e8.0 45  23  18  144    547    10    1.0   .25
14 1.1   11    3.0 e15    39  20  18  33    49    8.3 .86 .19
15 1.1   8.6 2.8 e13    36  19  60  26    23    6.8 .74 .17
 
16 1.1   7.8 2.9 e12    34  17  64  26    17    6.1 .72 .17
17 1.6   6.6 2.9 e50    32  16  37  20    13    5.7 .66 .16
18 19      6.1 2.9 263    29  13  27  17    11    5.3 .61 .15
19 7.7   6.8 3.7 152    25  12  23  14    10    4.9 .70 .16
20 2.8   7.2 3.5 99    23  12  21  13    9.4 4.6 .67 .17
 
21 1.9   5.6 6.1 152    21  12  23  12    8.8 4.4 .59 .16
22 1.6   5.2 4.4 296    20  12  19  13    8.3 4.0 .55 .15
23 1.5   5.0 2.9 248    21  92  16  12    8.9 3.6 .62 .15
24 1.4   4.5 2.6 160    21  35  15  11    11    3.4 28      .15
25 1.4   4.8 e2.5 78    21  23  15  9.7 7.8 3.2 1.8   .14
 
26 1.4   4.4 e2.4 55    19  19  32  9.2 421    2.9 .83 .12
27 1.3   4.2 e2.2 49    19  17  27  8.9 76    9.2 .57 .12
28 1.3   4.3 e2.0 40    18  16  39  8.7 30    4.0 .46 .14
29 3.9   4.6 e1.9 32    ---  15  45  8.5 19    3.2 .40 .19
30 4.1   5.0 e1.8 28    ---  13  23  8.2 14    2.3 .64 .16
 
31 2.2   ---    e1.7 398    ---  13  ---  9.6 ---    2.0 .40 ---     

TOTAL 79.65 666.4 104.6 2181.8 2888 706 1108 644.8 1438.0 729.9 58.82 5.41
MEAN 2.57 22.2 3.37 70.4 103 22.8 36.9 20.8 47.9 23.5 1.90 .18
MAX 19 138 6.1 398 1580 92 118 144 547 151 28 .29
MIN .95 1.8 1.7 1.7 18 12 13 8.2 5.9 2.0 .40 .12
CFSM .07 .61 .09 1.92 2.81 .62 1.01 .57 1.31 .64 .05 .00
IN. .08 .68 .11 2.21 2.93 .72 1.12 .65 1.46 .74 .06 .01

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.83 18.6 26.9 31.5 37.5 42.1 48.3 37.9 30.1 20.1 12.1 7.23
MAX 68.5 223 173 235 117 197 211 243 202 156 305 94.5
(WY) 1970 1947 1968 1950 1951 1978 1944 1943 1957 1969 1946 1993
MIN .000 .000 .000 .000 .091 .045 .26 .070 .022 .052 .005 .000
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1956 1954 1954 1954 1954 1955 1966 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 13801.87 10611.38
ANNUAL MEAN 37.8   29.1   26.5      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 50.7       1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.39     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 777          Mar 20 1580          Feb 7 4270          Aug 15 1946
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .48     Sep 13 .12     Sep 26,27 .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .54     Sep 9 .14     Sep 22 .00     Oct 11 1940
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2200          Feb 7 9340          Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 14.17     Feb 7 18.41 B Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .11     Sep 26
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.03 .79 .72    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.99 10.76 9.82    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 103      53      41         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.7   8.9   3.5      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.3   .60 .00    
A - Many days in most years.
B - Site and datum then in use.


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