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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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: April 1940 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

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 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 FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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 .13 e.10 e.16 e.15 e.28 1.8 1.7   .75 8.6 14    20    3.2
2 .12 e.30 e.14 e.15 .36 1.7 1.5   .58 6.7 12    8.7 4.2
3 .14 e.25 e.27 e1.5   .53 2.4 1.4   .50 5.4 10    5.5 14   
4 .15 e.23 e.25 2.4   .63 3.9 1.3   .48 5.0 9.2 3.8 6.1
5 .14 e.21 1.5   1.0   .60 2.9 1.1   .47 5.8 7.7 3.4 3.7
 
6 .13 e.20 1.0   .74 e.50 2.4 1.0   .69 4.6 6.8 3.3 2.8
7 .12 e.18 .39 .59 e.42 1.9 1.9   98      3.8 6.2 87    2.5
8 24      e.18 .35 .54 e.37 1.8 1.9   22      3.1 5.6 473    2.4
9 1.7   e.17 .45 .64 e.35 1.6 1.5   6.6   2.7 5.2 63    2.4
10 .24 e.16 3.7   .60 .86 1.4 1.3   4.6   2.5 4.8 27    7.6
 
11 .16 e.15 .90 .54 .84 1.7 1.0   3.0   7.0 34    14    4.4
12 .12 e.15 .92 .46 .69 2.5 .89 2.4   18    16    8.5 12   
13 .11 e.14 .84 .40 .73 2.5 .76 1.9   5.7 6.3 6.2 4.5
14 .11 e.14 .62 .33 .70 2.4 .78 1.6   3.3 5.1 4.9 3.4
15 .11 e.13 .57 .33 .60 2.0 .74 1.6   2.5 4.1 3.8 3.8
 
16 .11 e.12 .49 .38 .50 1.7 .67 1.6   1.9 3.8 3.1 2.3
17 e.10 e.11 .46 .40 .52 1.4 25      1.5   3.4 4.0 17    2.1
18 e.10 e.11 .40 .64 112      1.6 5.8   8.8   3.4 254    22    2.0
19 e.10 e.10 .38 .61 19      3.3 2.1   33      2.1 416    4.4 1.8
20 e.09 e.10 .36 .47 6.0   21    1.4   4.4   17    42    3.6 1.7
 
21 e.09 e.09 .28 .37 3.6   18    1.3   2.0   156    28    3.0 1.6
22 e.09 e.09 .23 .41 2.9   7.7 1.1   8.1   15    20    2.6 1.7
23 e.08 e.15 e.21 .41 2.3   4.8 1.0   47      97    16    2.4 2.1
24 e.08 e.30 e.20 .33 2.1   3.8 2.7   8.0   1310    13    32    2.1
25 e.08 e.45 e.20 e.27 2.1   3.7 2.7   2.3   158    11    10    238   
 
26 e.07 e.33 e.18 e.21 3.2   2.7 1.6   66      318    8.7 21    61   
27 e.07 e.27 e.18 e.18 4.2   4.7 1.9   314      60    7.2 25    23   
28 e.07 e.23 e.17 e.14 2.7   3.2 3.1   69      35    102    8.5 13   
29 e.06 e.21 e.17 e.16 1.9   2.7 1.3   29      23    48    5.6 8.7
30 e.06 e.18 e.16 e.18 ---      2.0 .90 18      16    16    4.4 7.0
 
31 e.06 ---      e.16 e.22 ---      1.8 ---      12      ---    40    3.8 ---   

TOTAL 28.79 5.53 16.29 15.75 171.48 117.0 71.34 769.87 2300.5 1176.7 900.5 445.1
MEAN .93 .18 .53 .51 5.91 3.77 2.38 24.8 76.7 38.0 29.0 14.8
MAX 24 .45 3.7 2.4 112 21 25 314 1310 416 473 238
MIN .06 .09 .14 .14 .28 1.4 .67 .47 1.9 3.8 2.4 1.6
CFSM .03 .01 .01 .01 .16 .10 .06 .68 2.09 1.03 .79 .40
IN. .03 .01 .02 .02 .17 .12 .07 .78 2.33 1.19 .91 .45

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 6.73 18.3 26.4 31.0 36.9 41.5 47.6 37.7 30.9 20.4 12.4 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 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 9811.34     6018.85    
ANNUAL MEAN 26.9       16.4       26.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 50.7       1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.39     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1580              Feb 7 1310              Jun 24 4270          Aug 15 1946
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .06 A     Oct 29-31 .06 A     Oct 29-31 .00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .07         Oct 25 .07         Oct 25 .00     Oct 11 1940
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 1880              Jun 24 9340          Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 13.42         Jun 24 18.41 C Aug 15 1946
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .73     .45     .72    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.95     6.10     9.76    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 49          22          41         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.8       1.9       3.4      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .14     .14     .00    
A - Estimated, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Oct. thru Jan.
B - Many days in most years.
 C - Site and datum then in use.


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