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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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.0 15  47  35  e21  36  90  96  41  12    10      3.1  
2 2.4 23  40  35  e24  37  79  82  33  11    8.0   2.1  
3 3.3 20  39  37  40  33  73  73  29  42    6.4   1.6  
4 2.4 25  41  111  32  91  67  68  26  26    6.7   1.3  
5 2.2 43  44  144  e29  185  62  68  28  16    9.8   0.94
 
6 2.1 25  41  91  e27  159  59  61  26  37    7.7   0.57
7 1.9 21  36  111  e25  113  57  56  25  21    5.7   0.31
8 1.7 17  36  87  e24  90  54  51  23  21    3.6   0.34
9 35    15  37  72  e26  80  49  50  22  15    3.0   0.58
10 8.1 15  45  62  e28  71  45  51  40  116    3.8   0.62
 
11 3.9 22  40  59  32  67  44  48  54  194    2.8   0.48
12 5.9 23  32  59  34  62  42  46  35  55    1.7   0.37
13 6.6 20  29  53  31  57  40  45  39  33    1.0   0.31
14 104    17  30  50  e29  59  38  89  26  24    0.90 0.38
15 19    17  33  50  e27  55  37  73  92  18    0.92 1.9  
 
16 9.9 19  34  47  e27  58  37  67  75  14    0.95 5.6  
17 6.2 37  32  57  31  59  36  62  47  11    14      2.2  
18 6.2 351  28  57  33  54  35  65  38  9.5 31      1.3  
19 5.0 353  28  45  50  49  33  58  32  8.1 5.2   1.1  
20 3.8 207  23  e39  77  46  44  54  25  5.8 10      0.84
 
21 2.6 136  25  e36  68  44  43  50  26  4.7 5.1   0.64
22 7.2 101  30  e33  48  40  59  47  e25  4.6 3.1   0.46
23 8.9 111  86  e32  41  40  48  56  23  4.9 1.9   0.34
24 8.8 122  82  e36  40  44  70  56  19  4.3 4.0   0.26
25 10    108  62  e30  37  63  160  80  23  3.5 37      0.20
 
26 15    88  53  e25  35  122  188  63  18  3.3 29      0.14
27 14    73  49  e24  34  145  130  54  16  2.5 19      0.09
28 13    62  48  e23  33  156  105  51  15  2.1 18      0.07
29 14    54  46  e22  34  137  93  43  15  3.0 14      0.03
30 13    51  41  e22  ---  117  86  49  13  20    7.7   0.01
 
31 13    ---  37  e21  ---  102  ---  49  ---  12    3.8   ---     

TOTAL 351.1 2191 1274 1605 1017 2471 2003 1861 949 754.3 275.77 28.18
MEAN 11.3 73.0 41.1 51.8 35.1 79.7 66.8 60.0 31.6 24.3 8.90 0.94
MAX 104 353 86 144 77 185 188 96 92 194 37 5.6
MIN 1.7 15 23 21 21 33 33 43 13 2.1 0.90 0.01
CFSM 0.11 0.68 0.38 0.48 0.33 0.74 0.62 0.56 0.30 0.23 0.08 0.01
IN. 0.12 0.76 0.44 0.56 0.35 0.86 0.70 0.65 0.33 0.26 0.10 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 21.5 29.5 52.7 56.4 83.6 108 127 127 96.8 42.1 25.4 19.8
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 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.23 0.66 0.05 8.05 1.38 0.02 0.00
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1956 1954 1954 1954 1954 1953 1976 1953 1952

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 13463.34   14780.35  
ANNUAL MEAN 36.9     40.4     66.4    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 156        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.15   1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 379            Jun 14 353            Nov 19 5320        May 8 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       Aug 28,29 0.01       Sep 30 0.00   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.11       Aug 24 0.11       Sep 24 0.00   A
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 401            Nov 18 10700        May 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 7.23       Nov 18 16.23   May 8 1996
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.00       Sep 30
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.345 0.377 0.620
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 4.68   5.14   8.43  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 89        87        151       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 22        33        21       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.3     2.1     0.05  

A - Many occurrences in most years.


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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