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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 to current year.
 

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, 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 0.09 1.4   0.95 1.9   9.4 e3.1 32  39  35  66    1.6   368     
2 0.17 0.62 0.93 2.5   8.1 e3.0 33  33  36  59    1.1   98     
3 3.1   0.75 0.91 2.7   7.8 e2.7 31  28  48  55    1.2   22     
4 7.2   0.94 0.99 2.1   5.2 e2.5 35  37  43  50    13      12     
5 3.9   4.3   0.97 2.1   4.2 e2.6 32  55  35  46    3.9   8.4  
 
6 2.0   2.8   0.77 2.0   e3.5 e2.8 31  51  44  39    3.1   6.4  
7 2.2   1.8   0.62 2.0   e3.0 e3.3 62  41  38  39    2.1   5.1  
8 1.9   1.4   0.56 1.8   e2.6 e4.0 40  53  35  32    1.6   4.7  
9 1.3   1.0   0.43 1.7   e2.2 e5.2 33  65  30  57    2.3   4.9  
10 0.97 e0.78 0.31 1.5   e1.9 e7.0 30  279  43  182    1.7   5.0  
 
11 0.56 e0.68 0.26 1.3   e1.5 e11    29  336  100  62    1.1   3.8  
12 0.27 e0.66 0.30 1.1   e1.4 18    27  203  183  40    1.6   5.5  
13 0.18 e0.64 0.38 1.0   e1.6 74    24  143  222  32    2.3   5.6  
14 0.12 1.1   0.38 e0.88 e1.7 55    22  116  379  26    2.3   4.8  
15 0.09 3.6   0.38 e0.84 e1.8 36    21  100  253  22    2.3   3.8  
 
16 0.07 2.8   0.40 e0.78 e1.7 31    24  84  157  17    1.9   3.1  
17 0.16 1.8   0.46 e0.73 e1.6 28    31  85  118  14    1.6   2.2  
18 12      1.4   20      e0.70 e1.8 26    46  90  100  42    1.6   1.3  
19 33      1.2   1.9   e0.66 e2.1 49    37  73  84  70    1.5   0.70
20 2.6   1.2   1.6   e0.61 e2.8 97    37  64  73  28    1.3   0.74
 
21 1.9   1.4   0.91 e0.58 e7.0 99    30  54  64  28    1.0   1.2  
22 1.6   2.2   0.88 e0.56 e13    70    26  50  58  15    0.66 1.7  
23 1.6   1.9   0.80 e0.54 e9.6 56    22  47  54  10    0.47 2.0  
24 1.4   1.6   0.96 e0.52 e8.0 47    34  49  49  6.9 0.35 2.3  
25 6.3   1.4   1.4   e0.52 e6.8 43    46  59  116  4.7 0.22 1.9  
 
26 1.1   1.3   1.3   e0.54 e5.6 40    37  48  299  4.0 0.13 17     
27 1.2   1.3   1.3   e0.56 e4.5 37    33  41  137  3.4 0.04 11     
28 0.76 1.3   1.5   e0.60 e3.7 44    34  37  96  40    0.00 4.1  
29 11      1.2   2.2   e1.1   ---    41    30  38  114  14    0.00 2.4  
30 3.3   1.1   3.2   1.8   ---    36    29  38  91  7.0 0.01 2.0  
 
31 3.2   ---      2.1   3.3   ---    32    ---  38  ---  3.8 113      ---     

TOTAL 105.24 45.57 50.05 39.52 124.1 1006.2 978 2474 3134 1114.8 164.98 611.64
MEAN 3.39 1.52 1.61 1.27 4.43 32.5 32.6 79.8 104 36.0 5.32 20.4
MAX 33 4.3 20 3.3 13 99 62 336 379 182 113 368
MIN 0.07 0.62 0.26 0.52 1.4 2.5 21 28 30 3.4 0.00 0.70
CFSM 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.30 0.30 0.75 0.98 0.34 0.05 0.19
IN. 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.35 0.34 0.86 1.09 0.39 0.06 0.21
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 21.7 28.7 52.9 56.5 84.5 109 128 128 97.9 42.4 25.7 20.1
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 36977.35     9848.10
ANNUAL MEAN 101          27.0   66.9  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 156      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.15 1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3530              May 12 379          Jun 14 5320      May 8 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.01 A 0.00     Aug 28, 29 0.00 B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.14         Sep 8 0.11     Aug 24 0.00 B
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 668          Jun 25 10700      May 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 8.40     Jun 25 16.23 May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.95     0.25 0.62
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.86     3.42 8.49
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 235          65      153     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 15          3.9   21     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.53     0.62 0.04

A - Several days, estimated.

B - Many days in most years.


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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