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CAHOKIA CREEK BASIN


05588000       INDIAN CREEK AT WANDA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°50'30", long 90°01'59" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.31, T.5 N., R.8 W., Madison County, Hydrologic Unit 07140101, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 143, 0.8 mi northeast of Wanda, 2.2 mi upstream from mouth, 5 mi west of Edwardsville, and at mile 2.9.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 36.7 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: April 1940 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1941, 1942(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 429.52 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1960, water-stage recorder at site 60 ft upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 1, 1960, to June 23, 1965, nonrecording gage at site 30 ft upstream at present datum. June 24, 1965, to May 10, 1967, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,340 ft3/s, Aug. 15, 1946, gage height, 18.41 ft, site and datum then in use; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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 0.54 1.3   5.7 12    e8.0 17    28    72    67    4.4 6.8   1.2  
2 0.43 1.6   4.9 12    e17    14    23    30    33    15    4.6   1.1  
3 0.44 1.5   5.0 12    e34    13    19    31    24    48    4.2   0.96
4 0.40 1.0   5.1 992    e25    221    15    14    19    18    4.7   0.91
5 0.39 1.0   5.4 272    e19    287    13    9.8 15    15    4.5   0.83
 
6 0.36 1.7   4.9 52    e15    64    11    7.6 12    193    2.5   0.94
7 0.34 1.9   4.4 e38    e12    39    11    6.0 10    60    2.0   0.89
8 0.36 1.3   4.4 e31    e10    29    9.3 5.2 9.1 14    1.7   0.71
9 0.62 1.0   4.9 e27    e13    24    7.9 4.5 12    8.8 1.5   0.69
10 0.96 0.93 6.5 e24    e24    19    7.7 4.0 16    6.9 1.5   0.74
 
11 0.59 0.94 5.3 e22    e60    16    8.1 3.7 13    5.9 1.3   0.75
12 0.55 0.97 4.0 e20    e50    13    7.1 3.5 15    5.4 1.2   0.82
13 0.49 0.76 3.8 e20    e28    12    6.7 352    10    5.0 1.2   0.85
14 0.78 0.76 4.3 e21    e25    12    6.6 719    7.7 4.1 1.1   0.97
15 1.1   0.97 4.7 20    e22    11    6.4 102    8.1 3.6 1.0   3.4  
 
16 0.87 1.1   5.5 19    e20    11    6.4 50    292    3.4 0.97 5.6  
17 2.6   7.8   4.7 58    e19    11    5.9 37    101    3.2 0.92 1.7  
18 1.7   1220      4.4 142    e24    10    5.3 34    34    3.0 0.91 1.4  
19 1.3   109      4.5 36    e34    9.2 4.9 185    23    2.8 0.93 1.1  
20 1.1   37      3.8 e27    45    9.0 5.4 62    15    2.7 1.8   1.1  
 
21 1.1   24      4.0 e21    32    7.5 5.9 34    13    2.6 1.4   1.0  
22 0.93 17      4.3 e18    25    6.9 4.9 26    11    2.4 1.0   1.1  
23 0.88 25      70    e16    29    6.9 5.3 20    8.6 2.2 0.95 1.4  
24 0.78 44      32    e14    59    6.8 7.4 17    7.5 2.0 5.3   1.3  
25 1.2   19      18    e13    30    9.3 21    99    6.6 3.4 23      0.94
 
26 0.96 13      13    e16    23    117    8.0 317    6.0 3.3 55      0.77
27 0.86 10      11    e12    19    114    5.7 635    5.6 2.5 7.2   0.73
28 1.2   7.8   11    e11    18    82    5.0 481    5.3 2.1 3.5   0.74
29 1.2   7.0   33    e10    17    118    4.5 66    4.9 2.0 2.7   0.77
30 1.2   6.8   22    e9.0 ---    48    17    77    4.6 223    1.9   0.79
 
31 1.2   ---      15    e8.5 ---    34    ---    151    ---    24    1.5   ---     

TOTAL 27.43 1566.13 329.5 2005.5 756.0 1391.6 292.4 3655.3 809.0 691.7 148.78 36.20
MEAN 0.88 52.2 10.6 64.7 26.1 44.9 9.75 118 27.0 22.3 4.80 1.21
MAX 2.6 1220 70 992 60 287 28 719 292 223 55 5.6
MIN 0.34 0.76 3.8 8.5 8.0 6.8 4.5 3.5 4.6 2.0 0.91 0.69
CFSM 0.02 1.42 0.29 1.76 0.71 1.22 0.27 3.21 0.73 0.61 0.13 0.03
IN. 0.03 1.59 0.33 2.03 0.77 1.41 0.30 3.71 0.82 0.70 0.15 0.04
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.50 19.0 26.2 31.0 36.4 41.0 45.9 41.7 30.9 20.0 12.0 7.53
MAX 68.5 223 173 235 117 197 211 243 202 156 305 94.5
(WY) 1970 1947 1968 1950 1951 1978 1944 1943 1957 1969 1946 1993
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.04 0.26 0.07 0.02 0.05 0.01 0.00
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1956 1954 1954 1954 1954 1955 1966 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 6606.38   11709.54  
ANNUAL MEAN 18.1     32.0     26.5        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 50.7         1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.39       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1220            Nov 18 1220            Nov 18 4270            Aug 15 1946
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.34       Aug 19, Oct. 7 0.34       Oct 7 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.38       Aug 19 0.39       Oct 2 0.00       Oct 11 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1980            Jan 4 9340            Aug 15 1946
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 12.68       Jan 4 18.41   B Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.34       Oct. 6-8
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.493 0.872 0.723    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 6.70   11.87   9.82      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 29        53        42           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.6     7.5     3.7        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.57   0.93   0.02      

A - Many days in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.


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