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CAHOKIA CREEK BASIN


05588000       INDIAN CREEK AT WANDA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°50'30", long 90°01'59" (NAD of 1927), 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.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: April 1940 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
 

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 429.52 ft above NGVD of 1929. 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.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,340 ft3/s, Aug. 15, 1946, gage height, 18.41 ft, site and datum then in use; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are 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 1.3 6.0 62  e9.0 230  e13  34  74    8.7 4.1 1.2   0.69
2 1.2 6.5 36  e8.5 70  124  30  78    8.1 3.8 1.1   0.66
3 1.3 5.7 26  e8.0 52  77  24  29    7.5 3.6 1.1   0.66
4 1.2 5.1 20  e8.0 37  31  22  22    6.8 3.4 1.00 0.64
5 3.0 4.9 18  e7.5 28  26  21  21    7.5 3.3 0.97 0.63
 
6 2.8 4.6 17  e7.5 24  30  20  599    7.5 3.0 0.95 0.69
7 1.6 4.3 15  e8.0 22  23  20  1380    6.5 2.8 0.90 0.67
8 1.3 4.5 13  e8.0 20  20  92  390    5.8 2.8 0.86 0.68
9 1.2 3.8 12  e8.5 19  217  58  371    5.4 2.7 0.83 0.67
10 132    3.9 11  e8.5 19  63  31  85    59    2.6 0.83 0.67
 
11 89    3.9 10  e9.0 18  43  24  60    616    2.7 8.7   0.66
12 370    3.6 22  10    17  36  22  1300    442    2.6 23      0.66
13 98    3.6 104  10    15  32  22  1750    63    2.7 2.5   0.66
14 72    3.6 244  10    14  29  21  177    30    2.4 1.9   0.77
15 27    3.5 83  9.2 14  42  19  52    21    2.3 1.5   0.79
 
16 141    3.6 379  8.7 13  79  16  138    16    2.1 1.5   0.79
17 29    3.4 568  8.8 12  40  15  268    13    2.0 5.1   3.1  
18 14    3.3 110  8.1 12  32  14  163    12    2.0 15      2.6  
19 11    4.0 64  9.4 27  46  24  47    10    2.0 178      10     
20 8.5 3.5 42  9.2 53  72  175  31    8.4 1.9 13      68     
 
21 7.3 2.9 34  9.6 25  41  93  22    7.7 1.9 3.7   11     
22 14    3.3 31  9.0 17  29  48  18    7.1 1.8 2.2   3.0  
23 48    3.2 29  9.7 15  27  30  16    6.5 2.0 12      1.8  
24 226    138    22  15    e13  27  24  14    6.7 2.0 21      1.5  
25 72    38    e17  16    e12  198  25  14    7.9 1.7 3.1   1.3  
 
26 20    17    e15  12    e12  120  19  12    6.5 3.6 1.8   1.1  
27 12    15    e14  16    e13  126  107  11    5.5 11    1.4   1.0  
28 10    68    e13  14    e13  137  107  11    5.1 2.4 1.1   0.96
29 11    77    e12  12    ---  102  39  11    4.6 1.7 0.92 0.87
30 8.2 252    e11  80    ---  65  28  10    4.3 1.4 0.80 0.80
 
31 6.6 ---    e10  655    ---  42  ---  9.4 ---    1.2 0.73 ---     

TOTAL 1441.5 699.7 2064 1022.2 836 1989 1224 7183.4 1416.1 85.5 308.69 118.02
MEAN 46.50 23.32 66.58 32.97 29.86 64.16 40.80 231.7 47.20 2.758 9.958 3.934
MAX 370 252 568 655 230 217 175 1750 616 11 178 68
MIN 1.2 2.9 10 7.5 12 13 14 9.4 4.3 1.2 0.73 0.63
CFSM 1.27 0.64 1.81 0.90 0.81 1.75 1.11 6.31 1.29 0.08 0.27 0.11
IN. 1.46 0.71 2.09 1.04 0.85 2.02 1.24 7.28 1.44 0.09 0.31 0.12
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.692 18.71 26.82 30.88 36.92 41.42 47.05 40.33 30.91 20.10 12.34 7.413
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 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.091 0.045 0.26 0.070 0.022 0.052 0.005 0.000
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1956 1954 1954 1954 1954 1955 1966 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 9401.88 18388.11
ANNUAL MEAN 25.76 50.38 26.65    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 50.7       1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.39     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 568          Dec 17 1750          May 13 4270          Aug 15 1946
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.98     Jul 16 0.63     Sep 5 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.1       Jul 10 0.66     Sep 2 0.00     Oct 11 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3460          May 12 9340          Aug 15 1946
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.31     May 12 18.41 B Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.62     Sep 3-6, 12
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.70 1.37 0.73    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.53 18.64 9.86    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 61      100      42         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.5   12      3.6      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.9   1.2   0.01    

A - Many days in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.


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