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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592800       HURRICANE CREEK NEAR MULBERRY GROVE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°55'21", long 89°14'12" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.31, T.6 N., R.1 W., Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 140, 300 ft downstream from railroad bridge, 1 mi east of Mulberry Grove, and at mile 14.1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 152 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1970 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-91-1: 1983(P).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 467.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (466.59 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 1, 1975, at same site at datum 0.30 ft lower.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 17,900 ft3/s, Dec. 25, 1982, gage height, 19.99 ft; maximum gage height, 21.32 ft, May 13, 2002; no flow for many days in 1987-88, 1991.
 

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 3.1 18  1380  40  54  47  47  27    9.5 2.8 1.9   4.0  
2 3.0 161  254  76  52  42  45  24    8.1 2.6 1.8   2.5  
3 3.0 70  105  2430  53  42  42  23    8.3 2.5 1.7   1.8  
4 3.2 42  70  3760  58  41  40  22    8.6 2.5 1.5   1.4  
5 3.1 44  57  6930  62  40  38  20    7.9 2.7 1.6   1.1  
 
6 3.1 28  127  4520  68  38  38  19    7.1 5.7 1.5   1.3  
7 3.1 22  2680  753  208  39  38  20    6.7 3.7 1.5   1.1  
8 3.4 18  2660  254  892  37  35  19    6.6 2.9 1.6   1.0  
9 4.0 16  204  218  451  35  33  17    6.7 2.5 1.6   1.0  
10 4.8 15  121  364  317  34  32  16    7.3 2.3 1.5   1.0  
 
11 4.3 420  91  246  117  35  31  16    8.4 2.4 1.2   0.94
12 4.3 686  79  372  100  35  40  23    11    4.3 0.95 0.90
13 4.6 103  64  2870  772  34  172  27    9.8 10    1.3   0.95
14 7.2 43  52  2680  2130  31  57  22    19    8.0 4.7   1.9  
15 7.5 31  44  222  308  31  38  19    11    14    7.8   2.0  
 
16 7.0 28  e40  135  133  30  33  15    7.8 11    7.4   2.1  
17 5.3 26  e36  e105  101  30  31  14    5.8 7.2 7.6   2.8  
18 44    25  e34  e90  77  30  30  13    5.1 5.0 4.6   3.8  
19 51    58  e33  e82  67  30  28  13    4.8 5.8 3.5   4.5  
20 29    94  e31  e75  69  29  27  12    4.6 6.0 3.1   7.7  
 
21 13    46  e30  e70  71  29  26  12    4.2 4.1 3.1   14     
22 7.9 42  e29  e65  62  41  35  11    3.8 3.4 2.5   5.8  
23 13    41  e27  e61  57  1190  32  11    3.7 3.0 1.9   3.7  
24 14    585  e26  e58  55  1130  28  9.9 3.6 2.7 1.7   2.8  
25 10    1650  e24  e55  54  291  27  9.1 3.5 2.4 1.6   4.2  
 
26 8.5 203  e23  e52  51  234  31  8.9 3.3 2.3 2.1   13     
27 48    242  e23  e51  48  119  30  8.6 3.4 2.3 2.6   15     
28 35    738  e23  50  49  88  27  8.5 3.1 2.8 3.2   9.0  
29 17    147  e25  53  ---  69  29  8.1 3.0 2.9 3.0   59     
30 21    473  e27  57  ---  61  32  9.3 3.0 2.4 6.7   31     
 
31 18    ---  e31  57  ---  58  ---  13    ---    2.1 10      ---     

TOTAL 403.4 6115 8450 26851 6536 4020 1172 490.4 198.7 134.3 96.75 201.29
MEAN 13.0 204 273 866 233 130 39.1 15.8 6.62 4.33 3.12 6.71
MAX 51 1650 2680 6930 2130 1190 172 27 19 14 10 59
MIN 3.0 15 23 40 48 29 26 8.1 3.0 2.1 0.95 0.90
CFSM 0.09 1.34 1.79 5.70 1.54 0.85 0.26 0.10 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.04
IN. 0.10 1.50 2.07 6.57 1.60 0.98 0.29 0.12 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.05
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 28.9 116 191 170 226 257 212 214 117 60.6 28.9 38.0
MAX 276 666 1443 866 775 1024 825 1184 429 305 162 444
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 2005 1985 1978 1994 2002 1973 1982 2000 1993
MIN 0.42 1.93 3.44 1.94 16.4 20.4 20.9 10.9 2.63 2.46 0.43 0.06
(WY) 1989 1972 1990 1977 1978 1981 1986 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 55481.2     54668.84  
ANNUAL MEAN 152        150        138           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 254            1984
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 28.9         1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5100            May 28 6930            Jan 5 13800            Dec 25 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.0         A 0.90       Sep 12 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.1         Sep 28 0.98       Sep 7 0.00       Aug 12 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 10600            Jan 5 17900        C Dec 25 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 19.61       Jan 5 21.32   D May 13 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.77       Sep 12, 13
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.997 0.985 0.907    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.58   13.38   12.32      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 207        203        199           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 31        24        23           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.1     2.4     2.5        

A - Sept. 28, 29, Oct. 2, 3.

B - Many days in 1987-88, 1991.

C - Gage height, 19.99 ft.

D - Discharge, 14,900 ft3/s.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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