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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05587000       MACOUPIN CREEK NEAR KANE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 39°14'03", long 90°23'40", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.11, T.9 N., R.12 W., Greene County, Hydrologic Unit 07130012, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 267, 1.4 mi downstream from Link Branch, 3.5 mi northwest of Kane, and at mile 16.1.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 868 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: March 1921 to November 1933, May to August 1940, October 1940 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1924. WSP 1308: 1922(M), 1928(M), 1931(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 426.77 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1928, at site 2.0 mi upstream at various datums. May 17, 1940 to May 17, 1943, water-stage recorder, and May 18, 1943 to July 19, 1970, nonrecording gage at site 800 ft downstream at present datum. July 20 to Sept. 18, 1970, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 10    11    9.4 6.8 e6.2 9.0 25  21  137  384  682  93 
2 9.0 11    8.9 7.0 e6.8 8.7 22  20  98  303  383  81 
3 9.3 10    8.8 8.0 7.8 8.6 20  20  66  257  261  72 
4 10    9.8 9.5 9.0 6.7 9.9 18  19  52  222  197  66 
5 9.3 10    244    7.6 6.0 9.9 16  17  58  248  158  60 
 
6 8.8 11    97    7.1 6.0 8.4 14  16  46  262  142  56 
7 8.7 12    37    6.9 6.2 7.5 21  527  39  271  208  53 
8 55    12    22    8.4 6.0 7.0 24  159  33  243  874  51 
9 31    11    19    8.3 6.2 6.5 28  74  30  180  631  49 
10 17    10    19    8.0 7.2 5.9 30  51  25  149  348  47 
 
11 22    9.9 16    6.9 7.7 6.9 24  38  30  861  217  47 
12 15    11    14    6.3 6.8 7.9 24  35  53  956  161  97 
13 11    10    12    5.5 7.0 9.3 22  91  86  321  124  108 
14 9.4 10    11    5.1 6.9 9.5 20  83  38  202  102  107 
15 8.7 10    11    5.1 6.3 9.1 19  47  28  143  91  108 
 
16 8.5 10    10    5.1 5.6 8.9 20  31  25  118  84  82 
17 8.9 9.7 10    5.3 5.5 8.4 25  23  25  103  82  65 
18 8.1 9.6 9.5 5.4 61    8.5 34  19  24  1260  110  56 
19 8.3 9.2 9.1 5.5 61    24    31  16  21  6750  94  50 
20 8.2 8.9 e8.2 5.2 55    82    54  15  297  2500  85  46 
 
21 8.5 9.0 e7.8 5.4 33    83    48  14  3750  570  72  44 
22 8.8 9.0 e7.4 4.6 20    65    35  16  1470  305  65  44 
23 9.5 11    e7.0 4.5 15    56    31  69  959  216  63  43 
24 10    12    e7.0 e4.7 15    43    44  32  9810  171  2370  47 
25 11    11    e7.0 e5.0 13    41    42  29  11700  142  2150  122 
 
26 10    11    e7.0 e5.5 11    36    36  56  12000  120  791  758 
27 11    20    e7.4 e6.0 11    44    34  1990  10600  106  315  943 
28 11    16    e7.5 e7.0 9.1 42    31  3010  3920  840  211  426 
29 11    14    7.5 e7.0 8.2 41    26  859  859  4460  160  250 
30 11    11    7.5 e6.5 ---    35    24  358  523  4390  129  181 
 
31 11    ---    7.1 e6.0 ---    28    ---  209  ---  2700  109  --- 

TOTAL 389.0 330.1 665.6 194.7 423.2 769.9 842 7964 56802 29753 11469 4252
MEAN 12.5 11.0 21.5 6.28 14.6 24.8 28.1 257 1893 960 370 142
MAX 55 20 244 9.0 61 83 54 3010 12000 6750 2370 943
MIN 8.1 8.9 7.0 4.5 5.5 5.9 14 14 21 103 63 43
CFSM .01 .01 .02 .01 .02 .03 .03 .30 2.18 1.11 .43 .16
IN. .02 .01 .03 .01 .02 .03 .04 .34 2.43 1.28 .49 .18

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1921 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 220 313 455 529 737 897 1156 860 568 330 205 179
MAX 4037 3703 3538 3514 3358 3844 6645 5386 4060 3216 3233 3161
(WY) 1927 1947 1983 1950 1982 1978 1927 1929 1945 1981 1946 1926
MIN 2.40 4.54 1.77 .76 3.59 3.82 23.0 2.89 13.6 11.8 6.86 2.38
(WY) 1923 1953 1956 1956 1954 1954 1931 1954 1988 1988 1964 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1921 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 125622.6       113854.5      
ANNUAL MEAN 344          311          536         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1883          1927
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 17.0       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 6750      A     Feb 8 12000              Jun 26 32700          May 19 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 7.0   A     Dec 23-26 4.5   B     Jan 23 .00     C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 7.2           Dec 22 5.0           Jan 19 .00     Oct 19 1955
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 12600              Jun 26 40100      D Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 22.72         Jun 26 28.50     May 18 1943
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 4.2           Jan 23
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .40     .36     .62    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 5.38     4.88     8.39    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 773          351          1140         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 48          22          96         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.8       6.9       7.8      
A - Estimated.
B - May have been less during period of estimated discharges in Jan.
 C - Oct. 19-27, 1955.
 D - Gage height, 28.32 ft.


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