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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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 4.3 7.9 33  85  e26  52  105  161  1120  18    19    13   
2 3.9 10    30  71  e30  51  79  114  123  19    10    10   
3 3.4 12    28  89  e60  45  66  81  76  20    7.7 8.3
4 3.7 9.6 28  2790  e50  653  57  41  58  21    7.0 6.0
5 3.9 9.4 30  4850  e44  2280  51  32  48  22    6.8 5.2
 
6 4.3 12    30  420  e40  535  47  28  42  213    5.6 4.9
7 4.6 22    27  136  e36  129  45  24  38  33    4.9 4.7
8 4.6 17    26  102  e32  84  43  21  35  18    4.7 4.3
9 48    13    26  86  e33  68  39  19  37  13    4.4 4.1
10 308    11    29  73  e39  57  37  18  35  12    4.3 4.0
 
11 63    11    30  65  e60  53  37  18  32  14    4.1 4.0
12 24    12    25  64  185  47  35  18  30  15    4.0 4.1
13 13    10    23  60  87  44  32  20  28  17    3.9 4.1
14 19    9.0 24  56  74  44  30  87  27  10    3.9 4.2
15 79    9.9 24  54  113  41  30  137  25  7.9 3.9 4.1
 
16 29    11    25  50  86  40  29  41  49  7.6 3.9 4.1
17 23    11    23  175  74  40  28  28  97  8.6 3.8 4.2
18 29    2400    22  933  126  39  26  28  90  7.5 3.7 4.1
19 17    4220    22  162  240  35  25  50  85  6.5 3.8 3.9
20 12    356    19  100  289  35  24  38  36  6.1 4.4 3.7
 
21 9.1 108    20  74  180  34  25  24  35  5.9 5.2 3.5
22 8.2 74    21  62  90  31  24  19  43  5.7 5.3 3.5
23 7.7 142    469  e52  89  29  24  16  32  5.5 4.5 3.5
24 7.5 710    248  e45  294  30  24  15  28  6.5 3.9 3.4
25 7.0 135    77  e39  114  33  30  31  25  7.5 4.6 3.4
 
26 7.5 76    52  e35  72  814  25  147  22  9.6 477    3.4
27 7.5 59    44  e33  57  1510  22  1520  21  8.0 134    3.3
28 7.8 48    46  e31  51  261  20  5100  20  6.1 168    3.0
29 8.4 41    1520  e29  49  601  19  1280  19  5.4 362    3.0
30 7.8 37    754  e28  ---  273  22  307  19  79    49    3.1
 
31 7.3 ---    129  e27  ---  225  ---  3580  ---  72    20    ---   

TOTAL 782.5 8603.8 3904 10876 2720 8213 1100 13043 2375 700.4 1347.3 138.1
MEAN 25.2 287 126 351 93.8 265 36.7 421 79.2 22.6 43.5 4.60
MAX 308 4220 1520 4850 294 2280 105 5100 1120 213 477 13
MIN 3.4 7.9 19 27 26 29 19 15 19 5.4 3.7 3.0
CFSM 0.17 1.89 0.83 2.31 0.62 1.74 0.24 2.77 0.52 0.15 0.29 0.03
IN. 0.19 2.11 0.96 2.66 0.67 2.01 0.27 3.19 0.58 0.17 0.33 0.03
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 29.4 113 189 150 226 261 217 220 120 62.3 29.6 38.9
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 0.06
(WY) 1989 1972 1990 1977 1978 1981 1986 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 32260.4     53803.1    
ANNUAL MEAN 88.4     147        138           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 254            1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 28.9         1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4220            Nov 19 5100            May 28 13800            Dec 25 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.4         Aug 25,26 3.0         Sep 28,29 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.6         Aug 23 3.2         Sep 24 0.00       Aug 12 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 7160            Jan 5 17900        B Dec 25 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 18.26       Jan 5 21.32   C May 13 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.581 0.967 0.905    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.90   13.17   12.29      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 102        176        199           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21        29        23           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.3     4.3     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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