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CAHOKIA CREEK BASIN


05587900       CAHOKIA CREEK AT EDWARDSVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°49'28", long 89°58'29" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.3, T.4 N., R.8 W., Madison County, Hydrologic Unit 07140101, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 143 in Edwardsville, and at mile 9.4.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 212 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1969 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 425.62 ft above NGVD of 1929. Apr. 8, 1983, to July 2, 1985, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 8,310 ft3/s, May 13, 2002, gage height, 23.42 ft; Maximum gage height, 24.74 ft, Apr. 12, 1979; no flow many days in 1987-88, 1991.
 

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 4.3 20    6.2 60    e9.5 e28  37  69  33  29    13    1880   
2 4.2 16    5.9 47    e12    e25  33  58  31  26    12    2230   
3 11    13    e5.2 40    e17    e28  30  50  55  23    58    438   
4 12    10    e5.0 31    27    e35  30  149  52  23    55    145   
5 11    12    e4.7 34    23    45  57  902  40  18    24    e65   
 
6 12    13    e4.5 33    16    40  46  338  37  16    15    e40   
7 10    17    e4.6 34    13    34  65  424  49  14    11    e25   
8 8.5 16    e4.8 42    e10    30  59  249  39  12    e10    e16   
9 7.3 16    e4.9 37    e9.4 29  44  1860  29  10    e9.0 e11   
10 6.5 15    e5.0 30    e9.0 24  37  2300  392  26    e8.2 e9.0
 
11 6.2 13    e5.2 23    e9.4 22  32  2060  388  33    e7.2 e8.0
12 6.0 12    e5.4 e17    e10    26  29  367  462  17    e6.4 e10   
13 5.2 12    e5.8 e15    e12    259  26  187  1570  13    e5.6 e12   
14 4.6 9.7 e6.6 e14    e24    238  24  138  316  11    e5.2 e14   
15 4.9 15    7.0 e13    263    113  23  109  156  9.3 e4.6 e11   
 
16 4.7 12    7.2 e12    267    78  27  93  93  8.6 e4.2 e9.0
17 3.7 11    7.2 e11    96    63  83  80  65  8.0 e4.0 e7.5
18 4.8 11    22    e10    103    54  73  76  51  501    e3.8 e6.8
19 15    10    195    e9.5 212    88  51  69  47  533    e3.7 e7.4
20 10    9.3 99    e8.8 326    376  88  62  39  118    e3.6 e10   
 
21 11    8.8 50    e8.2 165    218  98  118  32  58    e4.6 e8.0
22 12    8.2 32    e7.4 110    133  64  62  25  34    e4.8 e7.4
23 13    7.7 24    e6.8 97    83  47  47  22  22    e4.0 e5.0
24 12    7.6 e18    e6.4 71    65  68  40  19  16    e3.6 e4.0
25 23    7.7 e15    e6.0 57    55  279  176  25  13    e3.1 e5.0
 
26 44    7.5 e12    e5.8 e43    49  172  111  719  11    e2.7 e7.0
27 29    7.3 e11    e5.6 e36    42  97  63  203  9.5 e2.5 e10   
28 18    7.0 e12    e5.5 e31    46  77  51  82  11    e2.3 e7.5
29 45    6.9 e14    e5.8 ---    62  119  52  50  52    e2.5 e5.5
30 32    6.6 e19    e6.5 ---    52  97  44  36  35    e9.0 e4.5
 
31 28    ---    58    e8.0 ---    43  ---  42  ---  18    e40    ---   

TOTAL 418.9 338.3 676.2 593.3 2078.3 2483 2012 10446 5157 1728.4 342.6 5018.6
MEAN 13.5 11.3 21.8 19.1 74.2 80.1 67.1 337 172 55.8 11.1 167
MAX 45 20 195 60 326 376 279 2300 1570 533 58 2230
MIN 3.7 6.6 4.5 5.5 9.0 22 23 40 19 8.0 2.3 4.0
CFSM 0.06 0.05 0.10 0.09 0.35 0.38 0.32 1.59 0.81 0.26 0.05 0.79
IN. 0.07 0.06 0.12 0.10 0.36 0.44 0.35 1.83 0.90 0.30 0.06 0.88
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1969 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 45.9 99.6 169 157 219 286 317 237 142 54.8 31.3 46.5
MAX 366 649 915 834 782 1120 1251 1511 562 409 186 486
(WY) 1970 1986 1983 1974 1985 1978 1994 2002 1998 2000 2000 1993
MIN 0.82 1.05 1.08 1.21 14.7 12.0 12.0 15.0 2.04 1.18 1.05 0.15
(WY) 1996 1981 1990 1977 2000 2000 2000 1988 1988 1988 1991 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1969 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 92044.6   31292.6      
ANNUAL MEAN 252      85.7       150         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 297          1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.4       1980
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 7700          May 13 2300              May 10 7700          May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.7       Oct 17 2.3   A     Aug 28 0.00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 4.8       Dec 4 3.0           Aug 23 0.00     Aug 29 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3880              Sep 1 8310      C May 13 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 15.29         Sep 1 24.74 D Apr 12 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.19 0.40     0.71    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 16.15 5.49     9.60    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 492      147          273         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 29      23          27         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.9   5.2       2.2      

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in August.

B - Many days in 1987-88, 1991.

C - Gage height, 23.42 ft.

D - Discharge, 8,200 ft3/s.


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Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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