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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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 e3.0 e22    47  91  e36  89  174  256  331  14    61    10   
2 e2.5 e15    39  80  e50  81  137  181  168  17    32    8.7
3 e2.4 e10    36  74  e89  74  114  112  121  54    22    7.7
4 e2.3 e7.0 37  1480  e94  874  91  74  94  42    20    6.9
5 e2.2 e9.0 39  546  e77  2960  77  60  76  31    17    6.4
 
6 e2.1 e12    37  308  e66  1070  69  50  65  397    12    6.2
7 e2.0 e14    34  252  e60  301  64  39  56  177    9.9 5.6
8 e2.8 e10    33  167  e53  188  59  32  49  67    8.7 5.2
9 e4.0 e7.0 33  138  e60  148  52  28  50  41    7.9 4.9
10 6.0 e6.4 38  115  78  121  49  25  62  29    7.8 4.6
 
11 e12    e5.8 40  100  127  105  51  59  75  23    7.3 4.6
12 e4.5 e5.6 33  94  212  89  47  52  66  29    6.5 4.6
13 e4.2 e5.2 30  84  145  78  42  964  54  25    5.9 4.5
14 e11    e5.0 30  77  e120  77  37  5680  97  20    5.7 4.3
15 e8.0 e7.0 30  72  e110  71  35  5300  53  14    5.5 4.7
 
16 e12    e5.4 33  63  e100  70  33  757  57  11    5.4 8.6
17 e20    e6.4 31  160  e90  69  32  266  144  11    5.4 5.4
18 e10    3580    30  639  e130  65  31  288  115  10    5.3 5.8
19 e8.0 2730    30  250  265  58  29  1140  98  9.3 5.4 4.9
20 e7.0 418    26  165  333  57  29  689  54  9.7 6.0 4.5
 
21 e6.5 195    26  e115  250  53  30  236  39  9.8 6.6 4.3
22 e6.0 133    26  e90  163  47  27  153  35  11    8.7 4.0
23 e5.5 129    318  e74  160  45  28  117  30  13    7.0 3.7
24 e5.0 241    348  e64  514  45  37  97  25  13    33    3.4
25 e7.0 160    142  e57  255  49  69  418  21  24    34    3.3
 
26 e6.4 104    95  e54  161  480  57  1680  19  27    213    3.1
27 e5.6 80    75  e64  122  1380  39  3700  17  27    96    3.1
28 e7.0 67    71  e52  102  568  31  5720  16  21    40    3.2
29 e6.4 56    227  e46  93  1120  29  2490  15  22    28    3.2
30 e6.0 51    233  e42  ---  458  45  416  14  370    17    3.3
 
31 e5.6 ---    126  e38  ---  258  ---  778  ---  164    13    ---   

TOTAL 193.0 8096.8 2373 5651 4115 11148 1644 31857 2116 1732.8 753.0 152.7
MEAN 6.23 270 76.5 182 142 360 54.8 1028 70.5 55.9 24.3 5.09
MAX 20 3580 348 1480 514 2960 174 5720 331 397 213 10
MIN 2.0 5.0 26 38 36 45 27 25 14 9.3 5.3 3.1
CFSM 0.03 1.27 0.36 0.86 0.67 1.70 0.26 4.85 0.33 0.26 0.11 0.02
IN. 0.03 1.42 0.42 0.99 0.72 1.96 0.29 5.59 0.37 0.30 0.13 0.03
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1969 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 44.8 104 167 157 217 288 310 259 140 54.8 31.1 45.3
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 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1969 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 40522.0         69832.3        
ANNUAL MEAN 111            191            151           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 297            1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.4         1980
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3580                Nov 18 5720                May 28 7700            May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.0     A     Oct 7 2.0     A     Oct 7 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.3             Oct 2 2.3             Oct 2 0.00       Aug 29 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 6320                May 15 8310        C May 13 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 20.03           May 15 24.74   D Apr 12 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.524     0.900     0.712    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.11       12.25       9.68      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 207            292            274           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 30            42            27           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.5         5.4         2.2        

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

B - Many days in 1987-88, 1991.

C - Gage height, 23.42 ft.

D - Discharge, 8,200 ft3/s.


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