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CAHOKIA CREEK BASIN


05588000       INDIAN CREEK AT WANDA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°50'30", long 90°01'59" (NAD of 1927), 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 to current year.
 

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 NGVD of 1929. 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.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,340 ft3/s, Aug. 15, 1946, gage height, 18.41 ft, site and datum then in use; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.78 1.7 1.6 5.6   e2.5 e4.0 7.3 9.6 8.3 5.6 0.94 519     
2 1.1   1.5 1.6 4.6   e3.5 e4.0 6.6 8.9 8.0 4.9 1.1   75     
3 6.3   1.4 e1.5 4.4   4.7 e4.8 6.2 8.0 20    4.3 8.1   11     
4 2.9   1.3 e1.4 3.7   3.8 e6.0 6.4 54    12    3.7 5.3   5.1  
5 2.3   1.9 e1.3 4.5   3.4 6.7 8.2 175    8.6 3.4 1.7   3.3  
 
6 1.6   2.9 e1.2 5.6   2.8 5.6 7.8 34    8.9 3.1 1.2   2.6  
7 1.8   2.9 e1.3 6.5   2.4 4.9 14    116    12    2.8 1.1   2.2  
8 1.4   1.8 e1.4 6.0   e2.0 4.7 9.1 67    8.4 2.5 0.88 1.9  
9 1.4   1.7 e1.5 5.0   e1.7 4.3 7.3 82    6.9 2.3 0.82 1.7  
10 1.3   1.7 e1.5 3.8   e1.5 3.7 6.6 474    115    5.9 0.66 1.6  
 
11 1.3   1.5 e1.5 2.9   e1.5 3.9 6.3 105    89    3.6 0.58 1.6  
12 1.3   1.7 1.7 e2.5   e1.7 4.7 5.8 45    52    2.4 0.60 1.7  
13 1.3   1.5 1.8 e2.2   e1.9 65    5.4 29    114    2.0 0.54 2.0  
14 0.99 1.5 1.8 e2.0   e5.0 24    5.0 23    51    1.8 0.59 1.5  
15 0.82 2.1 1.7 e1.8   76    14    4.9 19    20    1.7 0.54 1.2  
 
16 0.77 2.2 1.7 e1.6   31    11    6.0 17    13    1.5 0.51 1.2  
17 0.75 2.1 1.7 e1.5   14    9.9 17    15    9.9 1.4 0.43 0.92
18 0.96 2.2 14    e1.4   11    9.1 7.8 15    8.3 145    0.37 0.74
19 1.7   2.2 41    e1.3   65    24    6.4 14    8.4 28    0.34 0.56
20 1.4   2.3 6.3 e1.2   35    54    26    12    6.8 5.3 0.38 0.51
 
21 1.0   2.4 3.9 e1.1   13    32    14    11    6.0 3.1 0.40 0.38
22 0.93 2.2 3.1 e1.1   e10    16    8.7 10    5.6 2.3 0.41 0.41
23 0.91 2.1 2.6 e1.1   e8.0 12    7.2 9.5 5.1 1.9 0.38 0.38
24 0.93 2.1 e2.2 e1.0   e6.5 11    17    9.3 4.7 1.6 0.36 0.36
25 3.3   2.0 e2.0 e1.0   e5.2 9.6 53    56    16    1.3 0.36 0.55
 
26 5.5   1.8 e1.8 e1.0   e4.6 8.7 32    20    419    1.2 0.40 0.86
27 2.3   1.7 e1.7 e0.90 e4.4 8.0 15    13    30    1.1 0.42 1.2  
28 1.4   1.6 e1.8 e0.90 e4.2 8.9 13    11    13    1.3 0.42 0.76
29 8.0   1.7 e2.0 e0.95 ---    12    19    13    8.3 1.5 0.43 0.49
30 5.8   1.7 e3.5 e1.2   ---    8.4 12    11    6.5 1.2 0.49 0.47
 
31 2.5   ---    11    e1.7   ---    7.6 ---    11    ---    1.0 0.83 ---     

TOTAL 64.74 57.4 123.1 80.05 326.3 402.5 361.0 1497.3 1094.7 248.7 31.58 641.19
MEAN 2.09 1.91 3.97 2.58 11.7 13.0 12.0 48.3 36.5 8.02 1.02 21.4
MAX 8.0 2.9 41 6.5 76 65 53 474 419 145 8.1 519
MIN 0.75 1.3 1.2 0.90 1.5 3.7 4.9 8.0 4.7 1.0 0.34 0.36
CFSM 0.06 0.05 0.11 0.07 0.32 0.35 0.33 1.32 0.99 0.22 0.03 0.58
IN. 0.07 0.06 0.12 0.08 0.33 0.41 0.37 1.52 1.11 0.25 0.03 0.65
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.60 18.4 26.5 30.4 36.5 41.0 46.5 40.5 31.0 19.9 12.2 7.63
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 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.091 0.045 0.26 0.070 0.022 0.052 0.005 0.000
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1956 1954 1954 1954 1954 1955 1966 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 14428.15 4928.56
ANNUAL MEAN 39.5   13.5   26.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 50.7       1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.39     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1750          May 13 519          Sep 1 4270          Aug 15 1946
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.63     Sep 5 0.34     Aug 19 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.66     Sep 2 0.38     Aug 19 0.00     Oct 11 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1270          Jun 26 9340          Aug 15 1946
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.37     Jun 26 18.41 B Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.31     Sep 24
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.08 0.37 0.72    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.62 5.00 9.79    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 66      21      42         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.5   2.9   3.6      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.98 0.82 0.02    

A - Many days in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.


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