05587000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05587000 MACOUPIN CREEK NEAR KANE, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 39°14'03", long 90°23'40", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.11, T.9 N., R.12 W., Greene County, Hydrologic Unit 07130012, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 267, 1.4 mi downstream from Link Branch, 3.5 mi northwest of Kane, and at mile 16.1.

DRAINAGE AREA.--868 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1921 to November 1933, May to August 1940, October 1940 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1175: 1924. WSP 1308: 1922(M), 1928(M), 1931(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 426.77 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1928, at site 2.0 mi upstream at various datums. May 17, 1940 to May 17, 1943, water-stage recorder, and May 18, 1943 to July 19, 1970, nonrecording gage at site 800 ft downstream at present datum. July 20 to Sept. 18, 1970, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for the period of June 30 to July 28, which is fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	17	23	39	e31	2640	268	162	608	271	109	20	10
2	15	1110	38	e38	2490	261	161	451	1180	91	19	10
3	15	1200	38	e60	1410	267	180	381	1140	74	18	10
4	15	498	37	e56	861	263	358	340	647	72	17	10
5	43	284	37	e50	616	252	361	437	638	63	16	10

6	30	157	38	e45	505	256	289	395	612	57	15	9.8
7	20	109	45	e45	e3450	230	244	591	352	58	15	9.4
8	16	90	42	e47	e6750	224	236	454	231	48	18	9.4
9	15	77	39	e54	e6700	469	1010	300	220	46	17	9.1
10	14	320	38	e50	e3150	601	787	246	180	42	16	8.7

11	14	264	37	e48	1240	550	497	219	170	39	15	8.6
12	13	161	36	e45	1030	503	335	462	704	42	15	8.8
13	12	129	36	e48	861	453	271	763	4540	49	14	8.9
14	12	108	35	e48	630	392	244	902	5290	38	15	8.9
15	13	88	35	e46	531	341	1100	560	2240	36	13	9.0

16	68	75	35	e45	489	301	3200	395	748	31	13	8.8
17	191	66	35	e60	469	276	3450	479	430	32	13	8.5
18	122	58	35	e250	426	250	2290	431	322	28	13	8.1
19	34	55	40	e480	388	226	1220	305	249	30	13	8.5
20	21	51	40	e450	337	213	834	252	220	28	13	8.5

21	16	48	43	e470	300	208	677	221	184	26	12	8.3
22	14	45	53	1580	275	199	608	275	155	24	12	7.9
23	13	43	48	3560	272	227	508	241	149	22	12	7.9
24	13	42	41	3520	276	243	447	210	180	20	20	7.7
25	12	41	e34	2220	282	218	389	177	142	19	16	7.8

26	12	41	e31	1270	274	196	409	160	128	17	17	7.7
27	11	42	e29	1080	271	186	594	146	128	24	19	7.6
28	11	40	e29	956	278	182	1100	136	120	32	15	12
29	35	39	e31	741	---	177	1490	127	105	26	12	28
30	220	39	e35	546	---	166	1060	121	93	22	11	15

31	43	---	e35	1120	---	161	---	133	---	20	10	---

TOTAL	1100	5343	1164	19059	37201	8759	24511	10918	21768	1265	464	292.9
MEAN	35.5	178	37.5	615	1329	283	817	352	726	40.8	15.0	9.76
MAX	220	1200	53	3560	6750	601	3450	902	5290	109	20	28
MIN	11	23	29	31	271	161	161	121	93	17	10	7.6
CFSM	.04	.21	.04	.71	1.53	.33	.94	.41	.84	.05	.02	.01
IN.	.05	.23	.05	.82	1.59	.38	1.05	.47	.93	.05	.02	.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1921 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	223	317	461	536	748	909	1172	868	550	321	203	179
MAX	4037	3703	3538	3514	3358	3844	6645	5386	4060	3216	3233	3161
(WY)	1927	1947	1983	1950	1982	1978	1927	1929	1945	1981	1946	1926
MIN	2.40	4.54	1.77	.76	3.59	3.82	23.0	2.89	13.6	11.8	6.86	2.38
(WY)	1923	1953	1956	1956	1954	1954	1931	1954	1988	1988	1964	1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1921 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	271258		131844.9
ANNUAL MEAN	743		361		539
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					1883	1927
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					17.0	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	8710	Mar 21	6750 A	Feb 8	32700	May 19 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	11	Oct 27,28	7.6	Sep 27	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	12	Oct 22	7.8	Sep 21	.00	Oct 19 1955
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			8270	Feb 8	40100 C	Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			20.94	Feb 8	28.50	May 18 1943
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			7.5	Sep 22-27
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.86		.42		.62
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	11.63		5.65		8.43
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2320		845		1150
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	110		77		98
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	17		12		7.9

A - Estimated.
B - Oct. 19-27, 1955.
C - Gage height, 28.32 ft.