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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05580000       KICKAPOO CREEK AT WAYNESVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°15'17", long 89°07'45" (NAD of 1927), on line between secs.19 and 20, T.21 N., R.1 E., De Witt County, Hydrologic Unit 07130009, on left upstream side of bridge on Waynesville Road, 0.5 mi downstream from Rock Creek, 0.7 mi north of Waynesville, and at mile 25.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 227 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: January 1948 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

BIOLOGICAL
 

ALGAE: Water year 1997.
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1948-49.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 620.24 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark) (620.01 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Sept. 8, 1970, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Diurnal fluctuation of low flows caused by City of Heyworth pumping station 10 mi. upstream at highway 136. Diurnal fluctuations are also caused by a sewage treatment plant on Little Kickapoo Creek.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 24,600 ft3/s, Aug. 15, 1981, gage height, 16.91 ft; no flow Sept. 15, 28, 29, 1988.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for 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 11  740  1220  137  194  241  109  72  40  9.8 6.8 4.5
2 12  1970  913  170  195  209  110  70  38  9.2 5.9 4.1
3 14  1000  722  497  187  199  101  72  40  8.4 5.2 3.9
4 13  1010  606  1140  191  189  100  71  39  8.1 4.7 3.4
5 18  860  512  1760  223  e180  103  69  33  8.5 4.5 3.3
 
6 19  658  501  2010  287  e170  97  67  30  14    4.4 2.8
7 17  536  1100  941  430  e170  91  62  28  9.3 4.9 2.6
8 19  433  1390  702  691  161  87  60  27  8.5 4.1 2.9
9 18  380  836  581  650  146  84  61  27  7.2 3.7 2.8
10 16  348  668  589  518  147  83  70  27  6.6 3.4 2.8
 
11 13  314  546  788  439  149  83  63  30  6.1 3.8 2.8
12 13  269  476  2020  410  133  104  62  32  9.2 6.8 2.6
13 20  227  412  9170  e500  121  134  61  30  45    14    2.6
14 34  207  348  4940  e1450  114  112  57  38  24    8.2 4.0
15 28  202  322  1140  1040  116  100  53  43  15    17    4.8
 
16 27  196  306  803  783  116  93  50  36  12    11    8.1
17 23  179  278  619  636  116  90  50  31  9.7 7.2 13   
18 34  176  268  523  513  111  89  48  26  9.3 5.9 6.5
19 117  212  236  491  426  105  85  57  24  14    12    6.4
20 96  208  213  422  398  100  83  72  22  14    29    22   
 
21 71  175  227  379  424  99  87  57  21  11    23    16   
22 59  164  184  356  397  102  108  51  19  5.7 11    9.4
23 53  164  e170  284  362  124  116  49  18  5.5 7.8 7.9
24 51  201  e150  e240  342  113  104  45  16  5.3 6.8 8.1
25 45  469  e140  e230  324  134  96  42  16  4.9 9.7 12   
 
26 45  526  e130  e225  289  167  94  41  14  4.9 11    14   
27 288  1110  e122  e220  265  146  88  40  13  17    9.1 12   
28 305  1350  e120  253  268  140  80  38  12  16    7.1 9.7
29 345  880  e120  249  ---  137  78  37  11  9.3 6.0 28   
30 641  935  e125  228  ---  128  77  37  11  8.5 5.7 19   
 
31 545  ---  e130  207  ---  130  ---  38  ---  7.8 4.8 ---   

TOTAL 3010 16099 13491 32314 12832 4413 2866 1722 792 343.8 264.5 242.0
MEAN 97.1 537 435 1042 458 142 95.5 55.5 26.4 11.1 8.53 8.07
MAX 641 1970 1390 9170 1450 241 134 72 43 45 29 28
MIN 11 164 120 137 187 99 77 37 11 4.9 3.4 2.6
CFSM 0.43 2.36 1.92 4.59 2.02 0.63 0.42 0.24 0.12 0.05 0.04 0.04
IN. 0.49 2.64 2.21 5.30 2.10 0.72 0.47 0.28 0.13 0.06 0.04 0.04
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 54.2 94.4 154 173 218 284 322 274 231 125 75.0 56.0
MAX 523 877 954 1042 731 1294 1020 976 1100 713 1540 1028
(WY) 1978 1986 1991 2005 1959 1979 1973 1995 1974 1993 1981 1993
MIN 0.31 2.07 0.79 3.69 3.76 19.1 47.7 32.1 9.69 2.40 1.33 0.70
(WY) 1964 1964 1964 1977 1963 2000 1956 1963 1963 1988 1963 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 92164      88389.3  
ANNUAL MEAN 252      242      172       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 518        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 38.5     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2870          May 31 9170          Jan 13 16100        Aug 15 1981
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 11          Oct 1 2.6       Sep 7,12,13 0.00   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 12          Sep 26 2.7       Sep 7 0.20   Oct 21 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 13300          Jan 13 24600        Aug 15 1981
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.77     Jan 13 16.91   Aug 15 1981
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 2.1       Sep 7,12
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.11 1.07 0.758
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 15.10 14.48 10.30  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 640      611      400       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 122      83      63       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 19      6.5   5.0    

A - Sept. 15, 28, 29, 1988.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data