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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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.73 2.4 2.2 22    e2.3 7.6 29    67    253    1.8 5.6   11     
2 0.61 2.5 1.8 14    134    19    22    67    34    16    2.7   7.5  
3 0.91 2.5 1.6 12    442    21    17    19    17    4.3 1.9   5.5  
4 0.69 2.6 1.6 384    94    624    13    9.4 11    14    1.5   123     
5 0.53 2.6 2.4 673    35    972    9.3 6.5 7.8 306    1.2   12     
 
6 0.55 2.4 3.3 80    e18    208    7.6 5.4 6.4 609    1.2   5.5  
7 0.52 2.4 3.3 22    e11    54    7.4 4.5 5.8 93    1.2   4.5  
8 0.49 2.3 2.8 e12    e8.0 27    7.1 3.8 5.2 19    0.97 4.0  
9 0.46 2.2 2.8 e9.4 e9.5 18    6.3 3.3 4.7 8.3 0.84 3.1  
10 0.45 2.0 3.4 e8.0 e15    14    5.8 3.0 4.1 5.1 0.77 2.5  
 
11 0.48 1.9 5.1 e6.7 e24    11    5.1 2.5 4.0 3.6 0.71 2.3  
12 0.47 1.9 4.1 e6.0 e18    9.2 4.9 2.1 34    2.7 0.66 2.0  
13 0.42 1.8 3.1 e5.4 e9.5 7.8 4.4 2.3 24    2.5 0.63 1.6  
14 0.54 2.6 3.1 e4.8 e7.5 7.3 4.1 4.2 5.5 2.4 0.61 1.2  
15 0.63 2.8 3.0 e4.5 e6.0 7.0 3.8 9.1 3.3 3.0 0.59 1.0  
 
16 0.88 2.7 3.1 e4.2 e5.0 7.1 3.4 4.7 3.2 2.3 0.57 1.2  
17 1.3   3.5 3.0 177    e4.5 9.0 3.9 3.8 5.4 128    0.56 1.0  
18 2.0   499    2.9 840    e4.7 7.8 3.5 3.2 4.5 10    0.52 0.90
19 2.2   937    2.6 155    e5.5 7.2 3.4 12    3.4 3.1 0.66 0.99
20 1.5   120    2.3 30    e10    6.6 3.5 8.1 2.6 1.7 3.2   0.91
 
21 1.2   21    2.2 e14    24    12    4.1 5.4 2.3 1.2 9.4   0.74
22 1.4   9.3 2.2 e10    20    7.4 4.6 3.8 2.2 1.0 5.1   0.63
23 1.4   31    186    e8.0 14    5.9 6.4 2.9 2.0 1.0 4.1   0.55
24 1.3   323    120    e6.5 11    5.7 7.8 2.4 1.9 3.2 63      0.59
25 1.4   58    26    e5.5 10    6.4 26    181    2.0 3.4 82      0.61
 
26 1.5   15    10    e5.8 8.8 186    16    1820    2.0 9.4 1170      0.60
27 1.5   7.0 6.1 e4.8 7.4 828    8.2 1410    1.9 3.2 490      0.54
28 1.7   4.5 5.0 e4.0 6.4 279    5.5 1150    1.9 1.8 218      0.49
29 1.6   3.4 775    e3.4 5.7 268    4.7 228    1.6 1.3 1280      0.48
30 1.7   2.7 404    e3.0 ---    104    4.4 215    1.6 1.6 375      0.50
 
31 2.1   ---    54    e2.6 ---    49    ---    976    ---    18    24      ---     

TOTAL 33.16 2072.0 1648.0 2537.6 970.8 3796.0 252.2 6235.4 458.3 1280.9 3747.19 197.43
MEAN 1.07 69.1 53.2 81.9 33.5 122 8.41 201 15.3 41.3 121 6.58
MAX 2.2 937 775 840 442 972 29 1820 253 609 1280 123
MIN 0.42 1.8 1.6 2.6 2.3 5.7 3.4 2.1 1.6 1.0 0.52 0.48
CFSM 0.01 0.82 0.63 0.97 0.40 1.45 0.10 2.39 0.18 0.49 1.43 0.08
IN. 0.01 0.91 0.73 1.12 0.43 1.68 0.11 2.75 0.20 0.57 1.65 0.09
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 20.8 74.6 86.3 87.1 110 137 129 94.8 59.6 44.7 13.4 13.9
MAX 143 600 485 244 407 381 542 910 345 413 121 254
(WY) 1970 1986 1983 1969 1982 1979 1996 1995 2000 1969 2004 1993
MIN 0.17 0.19 0.52 0.08 1.59 1.25 1.48 1.43 0.34 0.61 0.04 0.17
(WY) 1969 1981 1990 1977 1978 1981 1981 1976 1988 1984 1984 1985

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 25813.15   23228.98  
ANNUAL MEAN 70.7     63.5     72.4    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 132        1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 8.83   1976
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1580            May 7 1820            May 26 8070        May 17 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.42       Oct 13 0.42       Oct 13 0.00   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.47       Oct 7 0.47       Oct 7 0.00   Nov 22 1967
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2330            May 26 11900        May 17 1995
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.95       May 26 21.76   May 17 1995
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.37       Oct 14
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.839 0.753 0.859
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.39   10.25   11.67  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 186        124        121       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.7     4.6     4.7    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.94   0.89   0.33  

A - At times in most years.


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