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HENDERSON CREEK BASIN


05469000       HENDERSON CREEK NEAR OQUAWKA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°00'05", long 90°51'15" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.28, T.12 N., R.4 W., Henderson County, Hydrologic Unit 07080104, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 94, 1 mi south of Bald Bluff, 6.5 mi northeast of Oquawka, and at mile 20.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 432 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1934 to September 1996. October 1997 to current year. Prior to October 1938, published as Henderson River. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-1996;1998 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978 to 1991. Additional chemical data for water years 1972-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site LD 02.
 

SEDIMENT: April 1978 to September 1981.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1208: 1939, 1942-43, 1948. WSP 1308: 1935-38(M), 1941(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 541.21 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Mar. 4, 1941, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 34,600 ft3/s, July 8, 1982, gage height, 31.05 ft; maximum gage height, 32.65 ft, July 25, 1993, discharge 30,800 ft3/s; minimum daily observed, 1.7 ft3/s, Sept. 22, 23, 1940.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 7,070 mg/L May 27, 1981; minimum daily mean, 6 mg/L Feb. 10, 11, 1981.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 33,900 tons Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily, 0.87 tons Feb. 2-4, 1980.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 32  39  39  28  e23  e27  55  1950  240  170  57  69 
2 38  42  39  32  e27  e26  51  2100  225  163  54  101 
3 42  39  32  32  e32  e25  49  817  239  155  55  45 
4 86  39  32  35  e30  e26  51  683  240  145  100  31 
5 93  39  e30  38  e26  e28  55  3160  217  133  61  29 
 
6 73  39  e28  31  e23  e27  69  2190  220  122  52  25 
7 49  38  e27  32  e21  e26  65  912  279  116  46  24 
8 44  39  e27  33  e20  e27  80  716  255  141  43  21 
9 38  38  e28  29  e19  e29  75  3400  273  255  39  19 
10 33  38  e29  21  e18  e27  64  3750  286  227  36  17 
 
11 30  33  e31  39  e17  e26  59  1950  306  177  33  16 
12 28  33  e34  e31  e17  281  54  1250  261  132  35  15 
13 26  33  e37  e25  e16  1290  50  936  241  112  56  32 
14 26  30  39  e24  e16  771  45  802  224  102  37  123 
15 26  31  36  e23  e16  511  42  719  206  94  31  86 
 
16 25  31  32  e22  e17  427  41  654  193  87  28  54 
17 27  31  31  e21  e17  255  81  588  187  79  26  41 
18 27  31  40  e21  e18  172  186  539  181  77  23  35 
19 28  30  103  e20  e20  138  119  502  172  77  21  36 
20 26  30  102  e20  e23  129  114  467  156  73  20  34 
 
21 26  31  54  e20  e35  122  112  436  148  630  19  34 
22 25  31  39  e19  e50  96  94  409  146  363  18  60 
23 26  29  32  e19  e80  80  83  390  140  155  17  61 
24 30  30  e37  e17  e65  71  78  371  134  110  16  45 
25 40  28  e32  e14  e50  66  92  353  158  91  16  37 
 
26 53  28  e29  e13  e35  63  97  325  418  80  16  34 
27 46  27  e30  e14  e32  58  78  300  357  73  16  35 
28 34  34  e32  e15  e29  65  72  292  239  76  15  55 
29 31  34  34  e16  ---  80  82  284  210  74  16  37 
30 35  26  35  e17  ---  80  102  270  186  70  18  30 
 
31 43  ---  31  e19  ---  61  ---  266  ---  62  32  --- 

TOTAL 1186 1001 1181 740 792 5110 2295 31781 6737 4421 1052 1281
MEAN 38.3 33.4 38.1 23.9 28.3 165 76.5 1025 225 143 33.9 42.7
MAX 93 42 103 39 80 1290 186 3750 418 630 100 123
MIN 25 26 27 13 16 25 41 266 134 62 15 15
CFSM 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.06 0.07 0.38 0.18 2.37 0.52 0.33 0.08 0.10
IN. 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.06 0.07 0.44 0.20 2.74 0.58 0.38 0.09 0.11
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1935 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 150 175 178 242 371 454 496 493 467 311 143 131
MAX 1560 1189 1176 1265 1473 1752 1742 1829 1960 2967 1675 1222
(WY) 1942 1978 1983 1969 2001 1979 1973 1996 1974 1982 1993 1970
MIN 7.10 9.89 8.38 4.45 13.5 47.4 33.4 26.9 31.3 6.58 9.61 5.65
(WY) 1938 1938 1964 1940 1989 1956 1956 1989 1940 1936 1936 1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1935 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 122618      57577         
ANNUAL MEAN 336      158          300         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1002          1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 50.9       1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5920          Jun 14 3750              May 10 25800          Jul 25 1993
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 25          Oct 16, 22 13      A     Jan 26 1.7   B C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 26          Oct 16 15      A     Jan 24 2.1       Sep 17 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 4770              May 9 34600      D Jul 8 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 24.70         May 9 32.65 E Jul 25 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 8.6   F     Jan 1
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.78 0.37     0.70    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.56 4.96     9.45    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 798      295          674         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 102      39          126         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 31      20          19         

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Observed.

C - Sept. 22, 23, 1940.

D - Gage height, 31.05 ft.

E - Discharge, 30,800 ft3/s.

F - Result of freeze up.


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