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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05577500       SPRING CREEK AT SPRINGFIELD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°48'55", long 89°41'55" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.30, T.16 N., R.5 W., Sangamon County, Hydrologic Unit 07130008, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highways 125 and 97 (Jefferson Street), 0.1 mi east of intersection of State Highway 4 (Veterans Parkway) and State Highways 125 and 97 (Jefferson Street), in Springfield, and at mile 8.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 107 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: January to February 1948, April to June 1948, December 1948 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 524.65 ft above NGVD of 1929 (524.33 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Dec. 22, 1948, and Mar. 24, 1981 to Mar. 30, 1983, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 10,700 ft3/s, May 8, 1996, gage height, 16.23 ft; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records 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 0.00 109  288  e58  81  81  49  39  19    3.1   0.14 0.37
2 0.00 48  258  63  76  73  47  36  18    4.0   0.08 0.21
3 0.00 48  207  203  74  69  48  35  18    3.6   0.04 0.15
4 0.00 58  169  359  72  68  46  34  19    3.2   0.02 0.14
5 0.00 44  142  887  73  67  46  32  19    4.8   3.6   0.06
 
6 0.00 36  156  1170  78  60  47  32  17    4.5   2.2   0.05
7 0.00 32  290  735  108  61  46  33  15    4.9   0.75 0.05
8 7.6   27  360  334  183  60  44  34  30    5.4   0.27 0.04
9 3.3   24  281  243  204  53  41  41  35    5.3   0.15 0.03
10 1.9   21  226  241  181  52  41  34  27    4.9   0.11 0.03
 
11 1.1   22  208  258  154  54  40  43  22    3.8   0.02 0.00
12 6.2   20  190  341  145  52  92  43  19    33      3.8   0.00
13 15      19  165  1330  236  49  112  30  43    12      18      0.00
14 12      19  137  1180  394  45  103  28  57    13      16      9.1  
15 25      19  125  516  317  44  79  27  27    11      7.1   9.8  
 
16 10      20  120  271  231  44  69  24  20    4.7   4.3   6.3  
17 6.7   21  112  212  185  45  64  23  16    3.0   2.6   1.4  
18 74      24  106  179  156  46  61  22  14    43      17      0.66
19 16      28  100  166  136  46  58  176  12    14      51      17     
20 8.8   24  87  154  135  44  55  73  11    5.4   5.5   12     
 
21 8.4   22  91  147  133  40  53  42  9.6 3.6   2.7   2.2  
22 7.3   20  82  137  112  69  66  36  8.6 2.6   1.8   1.00
23 8.9   19  e76  114  100  70  57  32  8.4 1.6   1.2   23     
24 7.5   85  e70  e105  96  66  50  29  7.5 1.2   0.79 7.7  
25 6.5   135  e66  e100  92  78  49  26  17    1.0   11      25     
 
26 28      155  e61  e98  86  74  51  24  10    1.5   7.9   7.7  
27 15      282  e56  e94  81  68  48  23  5.8 7.2   3.2   3.2  
28 16      288  e54  92  87  66  43  22  9.1 3.2   1.8   5.3  
29 15      234  e50  95  ---  63  41  21  12    1.3   1.0   5.1  
30 27      235  e52  94  ---  59  42  23  4.7 0.56 0.74 1.7  
 
31 13      ---  e54  86  ---  56  ---  22  ---    0.28 0.59 ---     

TOTAL 340.20 2138 4439 10062 4006 1822 1688 1139 550.7 210.64 165.40 139.29
MEAN 11.0 71.3 143 325 143 58.8 56.3 36.7 18.4 6.79 5.34 4.64
MAX 74 288 360 1330 394 81 112 176 57 43 51 25
MIN 0.00 19 50 58 72 40 40 21 4.7 0.28 0.02 0.00
CFSM 0.10 0.67 1.34 3.03 1.34 0.55 0.53 0.34 0.17 0.06 0.05 0.04
IN. 0.12 0.74 1.54 3.50 1.39 0.63 0.59 0.40 0.19 0.07 0.06 0.05
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 21.3 30.3 54.3 61.1 84.6 107 126 125 95.4 41.5 25.1 19.5
MAX 244 225 523 325 281 374 605 617 418 358 292 296
(WY) 1960 1986 1983 2005 1975 1978 1957 1996 1990 1981 1981 1993
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.23 0.66 0.05 8.05 1.38 0.02 0.00
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1956 1954 1954 1954 1954 1953 1976 1953 1952

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 17881.45   26700.23  
ANNUAL MEAN 48.9     73.2     66.5    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 156        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.15   1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 360            Dec 8 1330            Jan 13 5320        May 8 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       Oct 1-7 0.00       A 0.00   B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00       Oct 1 0.00       Oct 1 0.00   B
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1710            Jan 13 10700        May 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.48       Jan 13 16.23   May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.457 0.684 0.621
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 6.22   9.28   8.44  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 112        180        152       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 34        34        21       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.5     1.0     0.05  

A - Several days.

B - Many occurrences in most years.


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