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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05577500       SPRING CREEK AT SPRINGFIELD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°48'55", long 89°41'55" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.30, T.16 N., R.5 W., Sangamon County, Hydrologic Unit 07130008, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highways 125 and 97 (Jefferson Street), 0.1 mi east of intersection of State Highway 4 (Veterans Parkway) and State Highways 125 and 97 (Jefferson Street), in Springfield, and at mile 8.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 107 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: January to February 1948, April to June 1948, December 1948 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 524.65 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 22, 1948, and Mar. 24, 1981 to Mar. 30, 1983, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 10,700 ft3/s, May 8, 1996, gage height, 16.23 ft; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.10 28    21  15  460  74  68  276  76  58    4.2   8.2  
2 0.05 34    19  14  292  148  67  275  70  52    3.4   6.4  
3 0.02 19    16  14  222  188  63  232  63  48    3.1   3.7  
4 e0.01 15    15  14  178  152  57  197  64  45    2.8   1.9  
5 33      14    15  14  141  135  55  170  136  41    2.0   1.1  
 
6 3.8   12    17  14  124  136  53  239  71  38    1.5   0.61
7 1.2   11    15  13  112  136  54  527  55  33    0.66 0.49
8 1.5   10    14  12  96  116  141  668  49  30    0.62 0.40
9 4.8   10    13  13  86  187  180  651  45  28    0.59 0.31
10 34      8.7 13  13  97  187  129  597  42  27    0.53 0.21
 
11 55      8.3 12  12  81  151  111  457  170  28    0.28 0.06
12 64      6.9 21  12  75  138  102  3530  393  29    0.39 e0.01
13 96      6.4 21  12  66  116  89  2660  925  25    14      e0.01
14 47      6.5 33  13  56  104  84  972  1000  22    50      e0.01
15 50      6.2 25  12  56  101  82  469  478  18    11      2.5  
 
16 62      5.6 45  10  53  86  74  355  284  15    29      e0.01
17 37      5.1 97  10  49  76  67  393  198  12    11      e0.01
18 36      4.4 77  11  44  74  61  399  161  9.0 11      1.3  
19 35      5.4 52  14  146  70  112  315  135  7.2 248      4.8  
20 30      3.4 39  13  147  76  158  248  114  7.2 81      2.9  
 
21 32      2.6 32  15  123  67  450  215  102  6.6 26      e0.01
22 36      2.5 47  14  98  59  380  189  94  5.8 14      0.19
23 56      2.4 38  14  88  59  255  169  88  5.5 83      0.53
24 65      123    30  18  85  61  374  162  82  3.6 38      0.59
25 43      31    24  14  82  111  510  136  81  2.6 19      0.59
 
26 33      22    23  13  79  90  296  117  136  105    11      0.53
27 31      19    22  13  63  84  689  107  97  98    7.0   0.38
28 31      15    20  12  64  88  1300  123  77  26    4.4   0.27
29 29      25    18  19  ---  91  723  130  68  15    3.3   0.23
30 31      36    15  68  ---  83  344  103  63  11    4.7   0.17
 
31 29      ---    16  439  ---  72  ---  86  ---  7.4 8.7   ---     

TOTAL 1006.48 498.4 865 894 3263 3316 7128 15167 5417 858.9 694.17 38.42
MEAN 32.47 16.61 27.90 28.84 116.5 107.0 237.6 489.3 180.6 27.71 22.39 1.281
MAX 96 123 97 439 460 188 1300 3530 1000 105 248 8.2
MIN 0.01 2.4 12 10 44 59 53 86 42 2.6 0.28 0.01
CFSM 0.30 0.16 0.26 0.27 1.09 1.00 2.22 4.57 1.69 0.26 0.21 0.01
IN. 0.35 0.17 0.30 0.31 1.13 1.15 2.48 5.27 1.88 0.30 0.24 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 22.06 29.23 53.89 57.50 85.91 110.3 130.2 129.0 97.80 42.56 26.13 20.12
MAX 244 225 523 282 281 374 605 617 418 358 292 296
(WY) 1960 1986 1983 1950 1975 1978 1957 1996 1990 1981 1981 1993
MIN 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.22 0.23 0.66 0.052 8.05 1.38 0.016 0.000
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1956 1954 1954 1954 1954 1953 1976 1953 1952

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 25043.57 39146.37
ANNUAL MEAN 68.61 107.3   67.61
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 156      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.15 1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1590          Jun 7 3530          May 12 5320      May 8 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .01     A .01     A 0.00 B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.06     Aug 9 0.14     Sep 8 0.00 Sep 1 1949
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5860          May 12 10700      May 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 14.01     May 12 16.23 May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.64 1.00 0.63
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.71 13.61 8.58
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 152      235      155     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 31      37      21     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.84 1.7   0.02

A - Several days, estimated.

B - Many days in most years.


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