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CAHOKIA CREEK BASIN


05587900       CAHOKIA CREEK AT EDWARDSVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°49'28", long 89°58'29" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.3, T.4 N., R.8 W., Madison County, Hydrologic Unit 07140101, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 143 in Edwardsville, and at mile 9.4.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 212 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1969 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 425.62 ft above NGVD of 1929 (425.28 ft NAVD 1988). Apr. 8, 1983, to July 2, 1985, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 8,310 ft3/s, May 13, 2002, gage height, 23.42 ft; Maximum gage height, 24.74 ft, Apr. 12, 1979; no flow at times during several years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good 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 3.5 130  e1410  71  95  83  50  28    12    0.97 0.55 6.2  
2 4.3 451  428  72  89  72  48  24    8.6 0.76 0.36 6.7  
3 4.9 145  209  2690  90  68  44  22    7.7 0.72 1.1   6.3  
4 e4.0 210  146  3230  90  66  42  21    7.5 4.4   1.3   5.9  
5 e3.8 153  118  6720  91  64  40  20    7.6 17      4.8   4.5  
 
6 e3.6 76  271  2850  96  59  39  19    7.7 15      0.72 2.7  
7 e3.8 49  5530  938  144  62  40  19    7.7 8.4   0.30 0.85
8 e5.0 33  e3410  454  854  58  37  18    20    4.4   0.20 0.55
9 e8.8 27  529  307  589  53  35  19    15    2.3   0.02 0.20
10 e6.4 22  286  317  479  51  34  20    10    1.4   0.00 0.12
 
11 e5.4 122  221  293  193  52  34  17    15    2.4   1.2   0.07
12 e6.0 303  190  352  155  50  43  17    72    14      2.2   0.22
13 e8.0 144  147  4150  1310  48  61  26    52    12      9.5   0.19
14 e10    76  114  1080  2650  44  61  21    930    11      15      6.9  
15 e11    53  95  538  650  42  40  18    281    12      12      13     
 
16 e10    41  89  303  297  41  33  14    61    6.9   56      13     
17 e10    34  83  214  205  41  31  13    27    4.5   17      19     
18 e100    31  e72  e175  157  40  29  12    15    14      12      24     
19 126    48  e66  e160  134  39  27  12    9.9 7.0   7.3   34     
20 41    70  e59  e140  133  37  27  24    7.5 4.3   3.8   166     
 
21 22    58  e53  e130  129  35  36  17    6.1 4.9   1.6   106     
22 14    57  e49  e120  113  156  57  14    5.0 5.4   1.2   82     
23 32    e63  e45  e115  101  333  55  13    4.2 4.8   1.1   69     
24 26    e1150  e40  e110  99  147  42  10    3.4 3.8   0.85 64     
25 18    e1820  e38  111  94  128  32  9.4 4.6 4.5   30      229     
 
26 60    461  e37  111  88  127  37  8.9 2.0 4.8   39      183     
27 178    234  e36  102  82  104  34  8.5 1.6 4.8   16      111     
28 83    286  e35  90  86  86  30  8.4 1.5 1.6   7.7   92     
29 38    194  e40  94  ---  73  33  8.0 1.5 2.8   5.8   236     
30 26    527  50  101  ---  66  35  9.6 1.3 3.2   9.5   85     
 
31 19    ---  54  103  ---  58  ---  12    ---    2.9   5.5   ---     

TOTAL 891.5 7068 13950 26241 9293 2383 1186 502.8 1605.4 186.95 263.60 1567.40
MEAN 28.8 236 450 846 332 76.9 39.5 16.2 53.5 6.03 8.50 52.2
MAX 178 1820 5530 6720 2650 333 61 28 930 17 56 236
MIN 3.5 22 35 71 82 35 27 8.0 1.3 0.72 0.00 0.07
CFSM 0.14 1.11 2.12 3.99 1.57 0.36 0.19 0.08 0.25 0.03 0.04 0.25
IN. 0.16 1.24 2.45 4.60 1.63 0.42 0.21 0.09 0.28 0.03 0.05 0.28
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1969 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 44.3 108 175 176 220 282 302 253 138 53.5 30.5 45.5
MAX 366 649 915 846 782 1120 1251 1511 562 409 186 486
(WY) 1970 1986 1983 2005 1985 1978 1994 2002 1998 2000 2000 1993
MIN 0.82 1.05 1.08 1.21 14.7 12.0 12.0 15.0 2.04 1.18 1.05 0.15
(WY) 1996 1981 1990 1977 2000 2000 2000 1988 1988 1988 1991 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1969 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 81079.0   65138.65  
ANNUAL MEAN 222      178        152           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 297            1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.4         1980
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5720          May 28 6720            Jan 5 7700            May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.1       Sep 26, 27 0.00       Aug 10 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.2       Sep 24 0.31       Sep 7 0.00       Aug 29 1987
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 7560            Jan 6 8310        B May 13 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 22.19       Jan 6 24.74   C Apr 12 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.04 0.842 0.716    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.23 11.43   9.72      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 378      283        274           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 54      37        28           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.7   2.9     2.2        

A - At times during several years.

B - Gage height, 23.42 ft.

C - Discharge, 8,200 ft3/s.


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