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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05593575       LITTLE CROOKED CREEK NEAR NEW MINDEN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°26'30", long 89°25'00" (NAD of 1927), in center of sec.15, T.1 S., R.3 W., Washington County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 177, 2.5 mi west of New Minden, 7.0 mi northwest of Nashville, and at mile 10.6.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 84.3 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1967 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 414.12 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 2, 1973, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 11,900 ft3/s, May 17, 1995, gage height, 21.76 ft; no flow at times in most years.
 

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 0.20 6.4 1.3 145      e1.2 e60    9.0 91    7.3 13      0.95 52     
2 0.19 4.4 e1.2 36      e1.4 281    7.4 302    6.1 11      1.0   144     
3 0.17 3.6 e1.1 24      e1.6 78    6.4 49    6.9 6.0   1.9   99     
4 0.23 3.0 e1.0 15      e1.8 30    5.8 167    8.6 5.3   57      18     
5 0.22 2.6 e1.0 12      2.1 21    21    1020    6.7 4.0   9.4   6.3  
 
6 0.25 3.6 e1.1 e9.5   2.0 16    25    1210    5.5 3.4   3.0   3.4  
7 0.33 3.6 e1.1 e7.5   e1.7 12    12    1580    4.7 3.0   80      2.3  
8 0.48 2.1 1.2 e6.0   e1.5 9.3 14    742    4.6 2.7   97      1.8  
9 0.64 2.1 1.2 e4.7   e1.4 7.9 10    720    3.9 2.5   8.1   1.6  
10 0.52 1.7 1.3 e3.7   e1.4 6.7 7.6 327    12    2.9   2.8   1.5  
 
11 0.43 2.1 1.3 e3.0   e1.3 5.6 6.2 357    750    5.2   1.8   1.8  
12 0.39 2.2 1.3 e2.4   e1.3 92    5.5 90    1300    4.1   1.4   2.1  
13 0.30 2.6 1.3 e2.0   e1.2 396    5.0 28    701    2.7   1.2   2.0  
14 0.27 2.6 1.5 e2.1   e1.5 224    4.4 18    1250    2.1   1.1   1.8  
15 0.29 2.5 1.7 e2.1   e22    48    3.9 15    496    1.7   1.0   1.6  
 
16 0.28 2.1 2.1 e1.8   47    28    3.8 13    46    1.6   0.97 1.2  
17 0.27 2.0 1.8 e1.5   26    19    93    11    24    1.5   0.98 1.1  
18 0.27 2.1 1.8 e1.3   13    14    66    11    15    114      1.00 0.87
19 0.60 2.2 38    e1.1   30    122    18    14    12    365      0.98 0.64
20 5.1   2.0 124    e1.0   278    186    13    13    9.1 24      0.94 0.62
 
21 4.5   1.9 26    e0.95 525    106    45    20    7.7 8.3   0.94 0.65
22 1.9   1.9 8.7 e0.95 751    78    15    12    6.7 4.5   0.89 0.75
23 1.1   1.9 5.0 e1.1   428    23    8.1 8.1 6.2 3.1   0.85 0.67
24 0.71 1.8 e3.7 e1.1   86    14    7.8 6.5 4.9 2.6   0.88 0.68
25 1.3   1.8 e3.2 e1.0   42    27    277    456    4.3 1.9   0.85 0.62
 
26 8.2   1.6 e2.9 e0.80 e20    79    379    345    935    1.6   0.87 0.97
27 7.3   1.6 e2.7 e0.70 e16    28    55    41    329    1.5   0.90 6.0  
28 3.8   1.5 e2.5 e0.77 e17    17    68    19    27    1.5   0.96 5.6  
29 188      1.4 e2.4 e0.84 ---    40    247    18    13    1.3   377      1.8  
30 79      1.4 e65    e0.90 ---    21    64    12    8.5 1.1   457      1.0  
 
31 14      ---    188    e1.0   ---    12    ---    9.0 ---    0.95 25      ---     

TOTAL 321.24 72.3 496.4 291.81 2322.4 2101.5 1502.9 7724.6 6011.7 604.05 1138.66 362.37
MEAN 10.4 2.41 16.0 9.41 82.9 67.8 50.1 249 200 19.5 36.7 12.1
MAX 188 6.4 188 145 751 396 379 1580 1300 365 457 144
MIN 0.17 1.4 1.0 0.70 1.2 5.6 3.8 6.5 3.9 0.95 0.85 0.62
CFSM 0.12 0.03 0.19 0.11 0.98 0.80 0.59 2.96 2.38 0.23 0.44 0.14
IN. 0.14 0.03 0.22 0.13 1.02 0.93 0.66 3.41 2.65 0.27 0.50 0.16
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 21.4 74.7 87.2 87.2 112 138 133 91.9 60.9 44.8 10.4 14.1
MAX 143 600 485 244 407 381 542 910 345 413 56.3 254
(WY) 1970 1986 1983 1969 1982 1979 1996 1995 2000 1969 1998 1993
MIN 0.17 0.19 0.52 0.084 1.59 1.25 1.48 1.43 0.34 0.61 0.038 0.17
(WY) 1969 1981 1990 1977 1978 1981 1981 1976 1988 1984 1984 1985

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 20987.70 22949.93
ANNUAL MEAN 57.5   62.9   72.7  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 132      1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 8.83 1976
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1550          May 13 1580          May 7 8070      May 17 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Sep 14, 15, 16 0.17     Oct 3 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.04     Sep 10 0.23     Oct 1 0.00 Nov 22 1967
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1790          May 7 11900      May 17 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.36     May 7 21.76 May 17 1995
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.16     Oct 3
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.68 0.75 0.86
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.26 10.13 11.71
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 108      132      121     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.9   4.3   4.7  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.29 0.89 0.32

A - At times in most years.


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