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CAHOKIA CREEK BASIN


05588000                         INDIAN CREEK AT WANDA, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 38°50'30", long 90°01'59", 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.--April 1940 to current year.

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

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 429.52 ft above sea level. 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.

REMARKS.--Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .12 .33 e6.0   e4.0 e10    e20    63  99    8.7 11    4.8   3.5  
2 .09 .31 e2.0   e3.0 e8.5 e16    40  88    7.9 8.2 2.8   1.9  
3 .07 .36 e.90 e2.3 e7.5 e13    151  89    6.5 7.1 2.2   1.2  
4 .05 .27 e4.5   e2.0 e6.6 e12    116  43    187    9.4 34      1.0  
5 .04 1.0   e2.5   e30    e5.6 e11    55  30    220    7.3 398      .85
 
6 .02 23      e1.4   e50    e5.2 e10    41  27    50    30    85      .74
7 .01 7.9   e.90 e70    e4.8 e9.5 35  60    29    152    31      .69
8 .03 2.0   e.70 e300    e4.6 295    29  31    184    43    22      .62
9 .05 .87 e.90 e110    e4.5 242    24  22    161    15    9.0   .54
10 .05 .51 e3.0   e60    e4.4 97    20  17    50    9.8 6.0   .53
 
11 .05 .43 e8.0   e30    e50    49    17  13    315    11    4.6   .66
12 .05 .31 e4.0   e19    e75    47    15  14    171    6.4 3.8   .52
13 .14 .35 e2.0   e13    33    36    24  12    60    5.1 3.4   .48
14 .10 .34 e1.4   e15    14    46    34  9.2 322    4.3 3.6   .51
15 .11 .77 e1.0   e30    9.9 24    191  7.4 112    3.9 2.4   .57
 
16 .06 .64 e.85 e16    52    22    157  6.4 89    3.5 2.3   .65
17 .03 .32 e.75 e10    261    178    58  5.3 43    2.9 1.9   152     
18 .06 .27 e.70 e8.5 228    375    40  4.8 30    2.4 16      7.1  
19 .13 .29 e.64 e7.5 105    158    33  4.1 25    2.1 3.0   3.3  
20 .10 .27 e.60 e6.8 e50    777    27  4.0 27    1.8 2.4   2.2  
 
21 .07 .33 e.70 e6.4 e35    197    23  23    498    1.5 2.0   1.8  
22 .06 .37 e1.0   e8.0 e26    80    20  505    101    1.6 1.5   1.6  
23 .04 .33 e2.5   e9.0 e20    61    19  100    55    1.9 1.4   1.4  
24 .17 .39 e85      e7.0 e16    49    16  54    33    1.7 1.3   1.3  
25 .89 .43 e130      e6.0 13    43    16  70    24    1.4 1.2   8.6  
 
26 1.5   .46 e25      e9.0 15    38    13  41    18    2.1 1.0   7.3  
27 1.6   .45 e10      e20    88    41    11  27    14    3.4 1.0   1.8  
28 .71 .47 e6.5   e37    32    352    18  20    11    1.6 1.0   1.3  
29 .37 .91 e4.0   e24    ---    75    140  16    23    1.3 1.1   1.1  
30 .22 e15      e2.5   e16    ---    50    117  13    25    177    .96 1.1  
 
31 .19 ---      e5.0   e13    ---    64    ---  11    ---    19    1.1   ---     

TOTAL 7.18 59.68 314.94 942.5 1184.6 3487.5 1563 1466.2 2900.1 548.7 651.76 206.86
MEAN .23 1.99 10.2 30.4 42.3 113 52.1 47.3 96.7 17.7 21.0 6.90
MAX 1.6 23 130 300 261 777 191 505 498 177 398 152
MIN .01 .27 .60 2.0 4.4 9.5 11 4.0 6.5 1.3 .96 .48
CFSM .01 .05 .28 .83 1.15 3.07 1.42 1.29 2.63 .48 .57 .19
IN. .01 .06 .32 .96 1.20 3.54 1.58 1.49 2.94 .56 .66 .21

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.90 18.5 27.3 30.8 36.4 42.5 48.5 38.2 29.8 20.0 12.3 7.35
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 .000 .000 .000 .000 .091 .045 .26 .070 .022 .052 .005 .000
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1956 1954 1954 1954 1954 1955 1966 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 6329.33 13333.02
ANNUAL MEAN 17.3   36.5   26.5      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 50.7       1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.39     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 752          Feb 27 777          Mar 20 4270          Aug 15 1946
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .01     Oct 7 .01     Oct 7 .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .04     Oct 4 .04     Oct 4 .00     Oct 11 1940
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 1310          Aug 5 9340          Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 11.47     Aug 5 18.41 B Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .00     Oct 6,7
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .47 1.00 .72    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 6.42 13.51 9.80    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 35      99      41         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.2   8.0   3.4      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .12 .34 .00    
A - Many days in most years.
B - Site and datum then in use.


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