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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.




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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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