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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 (429.46 ft NAVD 1988). 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 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 0.91 31    146    9.3 23  17    10    5.6 2.4   0.69 0.27 0.31
2 1.1   69    44    21    22  15    10    7.1 2.1   0.62 0.25 0.21
3 1.1   14    31    520    23  15    9.5 6.1 2.0   0.61 0.25 0.13
4 1.1   26    25    373    24  15    9.3 6.0 2.0   12      0.24 0.10
5 1.1   12    21    2330    22  13    8.8 4.6 1.8   17      0.28 0.07
 
6 1.1   6.5 68    392    21  13    8.5 4.5 1.6   1.2   0.33 0.06
7 1.2   5.0 1260    72    36  14    8.4 5.0 1.5   0.74 0.31 0.07
8 1.7   4.0 85    51    120  12    7.8 4.5 2.5   0.60 0.29 0.07
9 2.0   3.5 50    48    70  11    7.4 4.3 3.2   0.58 0.27 0.07
10 1.6   3.6 39    49    49  11    7.3 4.2 1.8   0.61 0.25 0.08
 
11 1.5   43    35    45    31  11    7.4 3.9 51      0.85 0.23 0.09
12 1.8   61    30    61    30  11    8.9 3.9 42      2.3   0.32 0.09
13 2.2   15    23    1910    334  9.8 8.0 4.0 54      1.3   0.90 0.08
14 2.8   8.4 17    142    170  9.2 6.8 4.8 194      0.89 0.47 0.42
15 4.0   6.7 15    55    52  9.2 6.3 4.3 16      29      0.54 1.1  
 
16 3.1   5.6 15    40    40  9.4 6.1 3.8 6.5   3.7   28      0.71
17 2.3   5.0 e13    e37    34  9.9 6.1 3.9 4.2   0.79 1.5   0.22
18 29      5.2 e11    e33    31  9.4 6.0 3.9 3.1   1.3   0.55 0.14
19 34      8.2 e10    e30    28  9.1 5.8 4.2 2.5   1.3   0.35 31     
20 4.1   11    e9.2 e27    30  8.6 5.7 5.9 2.2   0.45 0.28 106     
 
21 2.0   6.7 e8.8 e25    28  8.7 9.6 4.7 1.9   0.32 0.19 5.0  
22 1.4   8.4 e8.0 e24    25  46    11    3.9 1.7   0.27 0.14 2.0  
23 2.4   12    e7.4 e23    23  60    7.2 3.4 1.5   0.25 0.11 1.2  
24 2.8   358    e7.0 e23    23  27    6.5 3.0 1.3   0.22 0.12 0.75
25 1.7   154    e6.6 e23    22  28    6.3 2.8 1.2   0.22 11      90     
 
26 5.1   45    e6.4 25    18  25    7.5 2.6 1.1   0.23 13      37     
27 34      35    e6.0 22    17  20    6.4 2.4 0.99 0.32 3.4   5.1  
28 6.1   43    e5.8 19    19  17    5.5 2.2 0.93 0.26 0.59 21     
29 3.7   29    e6.2 21    ---  15    6.4 2.2 0.86 0.25 14      62     
30 2.6   111    e6.6 25    ---  14    6.4 2.8 0.79 0.26 17      6.9  
 
31 3.0   ---    e8.0 26    ---  11    ---    3.0 ---      0.25 0.78 ---     

TOTAL 162.51 1145.8 2024.0 6501.3 1365 504.3 226.9 127.5 408.67 79.38 96.21 371.97
MEAN 5.24 38.2 65.3 210 48.8 16.3 7.56 4.11 13.6 2.56 3.10 12.4
MAX 34 358 1260 2330 334 60 11 7.1 194 29 28 106
MIN 0.91 3.5 5.8 9.3 17 8.6 5.5 2.2 0.79 0.22 0.11 0.06
CFSM 0.14 1.04 1.78 5.71 1.33 0.44 0.21 0.11 0.37 0.07 0.08 0.34
IN. 0.16 1.16 2.05 6.59 1.38 0.51 0.23 0.13 0.41 0.08 0.10 0.38
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.46 19.3 26.8 33.7 36.5 40.6 45.3 41.1 30.7 19.7 11.9 7.61
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 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.04 0.26 0.07 0.02 0.05 0.01 0.00
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1956 1954 1954 1954 1954 1955 1966 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 13118.79   13013.54  
ANNUAL MEAN 35.8     35.7     26.7        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 50.7         1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 1.39       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1260            Dec 7 2330            Jan 5 4270            Aug 15 1946
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.69       Sep 9 0.06       Sep 6 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.78       Sep 7 0.07       Sep 5 0.00       Oct 11 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2750            Jan 13 9340            Aug 15 1946
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 14.28       Jan 13 18.41   B Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.05       Sep 6
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.977 0.971 0.727    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.30   13.19   9.87      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 61        45        42           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.6     6.5     3.7        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.1     0.29   0.02      

A - Many days in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.


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