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HENDERSON CREEK BASIN


05469000       HENDERSON CREEK NEAR OQUAWKA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°00'05", long 90°51'15" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.28, T.12 N., R.4 W., Henderson County, Hydrologic Unit 07080104, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 94, 1 mi south of Bald Bluff, 6.5 mi northeast of Oquawka, and at mile 20.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 432 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1934 to September 1996. October 1997 to current year. Prior to October 1938, published as Henderson River. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-1996;1998 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978 to 1991. Additional chemical data for water years 1972-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site LD 02.
 

SEDIMENT: April 1978 to September 1981.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1208: 1939, 1942-43, 1948. WSP 1308: 1935-38(M), 1941(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 541.21 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (540.99 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Mar. 4, 1941, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 34,600 ft3/s, July 8, 1982, gage height, 31.05 ft; maximum gage height, 32.65 ft, July 25, 1993, discharge 30,800 ft3/s; minimum daily observed, 1.7 ft3/s, Sept. 22, 23, 1940.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 7,070 mg/L May 27, 1981; minimum daily mean, 6 mg/L Feb. 10, 11, 1981.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 33,900 tons Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily, 0.87 tons Feb. 2-4, 1980.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of June 1924 reached a stage of 27.8 ft, from flood profile, and an estimated discharge of 20,000 ft3/s.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for Mar. 28-31 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 46  725  760  275  318  412  397  327  164  80  18  17 
2 51  1700  685  374  317  378  380  314  157  74  17  16 
3 58  1200  630  607  310  366  365  305  154  72  16  16 
4 45  951  586  1220  306  366  354  291  157  72  16  21 
5 40  907  542  808  309  360  344  280  169  77  16  20 
 
6 36  774  705  e600  319  342  329  276  161  75  16  20 
7 36  679  1030  e500  408  353  321  271  140  64  17  21 
8 111  582  1330  e460  505  342  311  264  201  58  17  18 
9 200  532  968  e420  404  311  295  273  450  53  17  25 
10 118  507  819  e400  346  311  288  267  265  e51  17  34 
 
11 87  473  708  427  317  324  282  242  221  e50  e52  34 
12 76  432  645  494  340  312  479  239  209  e50  e40  30 
13 76  403  582  2290  436  282  791  376  192  50  e32  29 
14 75  381  516  1650  1070  282  607  382  178  49  e30  75 
15 93  368  490  1040  959  265  527  312  167  42  29  57 
 
16 103  360  488  e860  784  264  480  283  157  36  24  57 
17 84  349  463  e760  684  266  450  271  147  32  22  45 
18 78  335  449  e640  603  263  426  259  139  28  32  36 
19 90  395  404  e560  541  260  403  259  132  25  42  103 
20 108  415  e340  e500  532  249  384  253  125  26  49  119 
 
21 97  350  e310  e470  550  237  365  239  121  25  36  64 
22 127  329  e280  e430  488  237  454  233  116  22  27  42 
23 1080  342  e255  e400  453  271  550  220  110  21  20  35 
24 848  342  e235  e380  446  314  484  207  107  20  18  38 
25 556  337  e225  e360  438  545  465  199  100  18  21  74 
 
26 507  326  e215  e340  422  779  448  193  96  31  34  56 
27 944  494  e210  e320  411  665  413  188  91  68  58  39 
28 777  1190  e215  329  429  610  376  187  87  63  29  30 
29 795  855  e220  376  ---  526  360  185  86  29  23  35 
30 706  775  e230  340  ---  493  348  189  85  22  19  45 
 
31 615  ---  e255  327  ---  446  ---  179  ---  19  18  --- 

TOTAL 8663 17808 15790 18957 13445 11431 12476 7963 4684 1402 822 1251
MEAN 279 594 509 612 480 369 416 257 156 45.2 26.5 41.7
MAX 1080 1700 1330 2290 1070 779 791 382 450 80 58 119
MIN 36 326 210 275 306 237 282 179 85 18 16 16
CFSM 0.65 1.37 1.18 1.42 1.11 0.85 0.96 0.59 0.36 0.10 0.06 0.10
IN. 0.75 1.53 1.36 1.63 1.16 0.98 1.07 0.69 0.40 0.12 0.07 0.11
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1935 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 151 182 187 247 370 452 492 487 461 305 141 129
MAX 1560 1189 1176 1265 1473 1752 1742 1829 1960 2967 1675 1222
(WY) 1942 1978 1983 1969 2001 1979 1973 1996 1974 1982 1993 1970
MIN 7.10 9.89 8.38 4.45 13.5 47.4 33.4 26.9 31.3 6.58 9.61 5.65
(WY) 1938 1938 1964 1940 1989 1956 1956 1989 1940 1936 1936 1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1935 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 107622        114692       
ANNUAL MEAN 294        314        300           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1002            1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 50.9         1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1700            Nov 2 2290            Jan 13 25800            Jul 25 1993
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 36            Oct 6,7 16            A 1.7     B C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 45            Sep 5 16            Aug 2 2.1         Sep 17 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2820            Jan 13 34600        D Jul 8 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 23.31       Jan 13 32.65   E Jul 25 1993
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 15            F
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.681 0.727 0.694    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.27   9.88   9.43      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 603        681        668           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 240        275        129           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 65        27        19           

A - Aug. 3-6 and Sept. 2-3.

B - Observed.

C - Sept. 22, 23, 1940.

D - Gage height, 31.05 ft.

E - Discharge, 30,800 ft3/s.

F - July 25-26, Sept. 2-3 and 8.


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