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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592800       HURRICANE CREEK NEAR MULBERRY GROVE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°55'21", long 89°14'12" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.31, T.6 N., R.1 W., Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 140, 300 ft downstream from railroad bridge, 1 mi east of Mulberry Grove, and at mile 14.1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 152 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1970 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-91-1: 1983(P).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 467.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1975, at same site at datum 0.30 ft lower.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 17,900 ft3/s, Dec. 25, 1982, gage height, 19.99 ft; maximum gage height, 21.32 ft, May 13, 2002; no flow for 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 3.4 9.1 6.3 88    e11    e18  25  27  30  15    5.7 346   
2 3.1 7.2 e5.8 47    e14    e20  23  32  29  39    6.6 760   
3 3.2 5.7 e5.8 32    e18    e23  20  23  37  14    24    88   
4 4.3 6.2 e5.8 20    22    e29  20  56  38  12    16    35   
5 5.2 8.1 e5.8 25    21    39  21  962  31  11    8.8 18   
 
6 5.3 12    e5.4 23    16    35  18  148  29  9.8 5.8 12   
7 4.6 10    e6.0 22    e11    29  21  106  30  9.2 5.5 8.8
8 4.5 8.3 e6.4 e18    e9.0 26  19  677  28  8.5 5.0 7.2
9 4.3 7.3 e6.8 e14    e8.0 23  17  2890  25  8.8 4.0 6.6
10 4.3 7.3 7.1 e12    e7.6 20  15  1370  42  68    3.5 5.9
 
11 4.4 7.7 7.8 e11    e7.8 17  14  2180  204  52    3.2 5.4
12 4.6 9.0 7.6 e10    e8.0 20  14  222  746  18    3.0 5.2
13 4.5 8.3 8.1 e9.0 e8.2 115  12  121  169  10    2.7 5.0
14 4.1 7.4 8.4 e8.4 e14    92  12  98  248  8.2 2.7 4.8
15 4.2 7.8 8.3 e8.0 144    51  11  89  81  7.4 3.0 4.6
 
16 4.3 8.3 7.9 e7.4 218    e40  11  81  51  7.1 3.3 4.0
17 4.3 8.1 7.9 e7.0 66    e35  29  70  39  6.8 2.8 3.8
18 4.2 7.8 9.5 e6.6 63    33  e30  66  33  37    2.4 3.7
19 6.5 7.3 39    e6.2 126    41  e22  62  29  34    2.1 3.6
20 6.8 7.3 40    e6.0 596    128  e60  92  26  14    2.2 3.3
 
21 6.2 7.9 20    e6.0 178    100  e70  96  23  8.8 2.2 2.9
22 5.5 8.3 13    e5.8 98    74  e43  58  21  7.2 2.0 3.8
23 5.1 7.1 9.8 e5.8 90    46  30  49  19  6.4 1.7 4.2
24 4.9 7.1 e8.0 e5.6 53    37  e50  46  17  6.2 1.5 3.6
25 8.6 7.0 e7.0 e5.5 33    35  e180  61  16  5.6 1.4 3.4
 
26 12    6.8 e6.6 e5.4 e27    33  e100  54  88  5.4 1.4 4.9
27 11    6.8 e6.4 e5.4 e22    28  e70  44  57  5.3 1.6 62   
28 7.4 6.8 e6.6 e5.4 e20    30  e42  40  25  7.2 1.7 26   
29 14    6.8 e7.5 e6.0 ---    45  30  37  17  16    1.6 9.3
30 18    7.0 e13    e7.3 ---    38  26  34  14  8.9 1.7 5.6
 
31 13    ---    60    e9.0 ---    28  ---  32  ---  6.5 5.7 ---   

TOTAL 195.8 231.8 363.6 447.8 1909.6 1328 1055 9923 2242 473.3 134.8 1456.6
MEAN 6.32 7.73 11.7 14.4 68.2 42.8 35.2 320 74.7 15.3 4.35 48.6
MAX 18 12 60 88 596 128 180 2890 746 68 24 760
MIN 3.1 5.7 5.4 5.4 7.6 17 11 23 14 5.3 1.4 2.9
CFSM 0.04 0.05 0.08 0.10 0.45 0.28 0.23 2.11 0.49 0.10 0.03 0.32
IN. 0.05 0.06 0.09 0.11 0.47 0.33 0.26 2.43 0.55 0.12 0.03 0.36
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 29.5 108 191 144 230 261 223 214 121 63.5 29.2 39.9
MAX 276 666 1443 617 775 1024 825 1184 429 305 162 444
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1974 1985 1978 1994 2002 1973 1982 2000 1993
MIN 0.42 1.93 3.44 1.94 16.4 20.4 20.9 10.9 2.63 2.46 0.43 0.056
(WY) 1989 1972 1990 1977 1978 1981 1986 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 72330.73 19761.3  
ANNUAL MEAN 198      54.1   137         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 254          1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 28.9       1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 9890          May 13 2890          May 9 13800          Dec 25 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.68     Sep 7 1.4       Aug 25, 26 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.90     Sep 5 1.6       Aug 23 0.00     Aug 12 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3010          May 9 17900      B Dec 25 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 15.51     May 9 21.32 C May 13 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.3       Aug 25
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.30 0.36 0.90    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 17.70 4.84 12.27    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 365      81      200         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 19      11      22         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.4   4.2   2.5      

A - Many days in 1987-88, 1991.

B - Gage height, 19.99 ft.

C - Discharge, 14,900 ft3/s.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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