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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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: March 1921 to November 1933, May to August 1940, October 1940 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.


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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, 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 FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
110   11   9.46.8e6.29.025 21 137 384 682 93 
29.011   8.97.0e6.88.722 20 98 303 383 81 
39.310   8.88.07.88.620 20 66 257 261 72 
410   9.89.59.06.79.918 19 52 222 197 66 
59.310   244   7.66.09.916 17 58 248 158 60 
 
68.811   97   7.16.08.414 16 46 262 142 56 
78.712   37   6.96.27.521 527 39 271 208 53 
855   12   22   8.46.07.024 159 33 243 874 51 
931   11   19   8.36.26.528 74 30 180 631 49 
1017   10   19   8.07.25.930 51 25 149 348 47 
 
1122   9.916   6.97.76.924 38 30 861 217 47 
1215   11   14   6.36.87.924 35 53 956 161 97 
1311   10   12   5.57.09.322 91 86 321 124 108 
149.410   11   5.16.99.520 83 38 202 102 107 
158.710   11   5.16.39.119 47 28 143 91 108 
 
168.510   10   5.15.68.920 31 25 118 84 82 
178.99.710   5.35.58.425 23 25 103 82 65 
188.19.69.55.461   8.534 19 24 1260 110 56 
198.39.29.15.561   24   31 16 21 6750 94 50 
208.28.9e8.25.255   82   54 15 297 2500 85 46 
 
218.59.0e7.85.433   83   48 14 3750 570 72 44 
228.89.0e7.44.620   65   35 16 1470 305 65 44 
239.511   e7.04.515   56   31 69 959 216 63 43 
2410   12   e7.0e4.715   43   44 32 9810 171 2370 47 
2511   11   e7.0e5.013   41   42 29 11700 142 2150 122 
 
2610   11   e7.0e5.511   36   36 56 12000 120 791 758 
2711   20   e7.4e6.011   44   34 1990 10600 106 315 943 
2811   16   e7.5e7.09.142   31 3010 3920 840 211 426 
2911   14   7.5e7.08.241   26 859 859 4460 160 250 
3011   11   7.5e6.5---   35   24 358 523 4390 129 181 
 
3111   ---   7.1e6.0---   28   --- 209 --- 2700 109 --- 

TOTAL389.0330.1665.6194.7423.2769.984279645680229753114694252
MEAN12.511.021.56.2814.624.828.12571893960370142
MAX55202449.061835430101200067502370943
MIN8.18.97.04.55.55.91414211036343
CFSM.01.01.02.01.02.03.03.302.181.11.43.16
IN..02.01.03.01.02.03.04.342.431.28.49.18

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1921 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN2203134555297378971156860568330205179
MAX403737033538351433583844664553864060321632333161
(WY)192719471983195019821978192719291945198119461926
MIN2.404.541.77.763.593.8223.02.8913.611.86.862.38
(WY)192319531956195619541954193119541988198819641988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1921 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL125622.6      113854.5      
ANNUAL MEAN344         311         536         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1883         1927
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN17.0      1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN6750      A    Feb 812000             Jun 2632700         May 19 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN7.0   A    Dec 23-264.5   B    Jan 23.00    C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM7.2          Dec 225.0          Jan 19.00    Oct 19 1955
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW12600             Jun 2640100      DApr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE22.72        Jun 2628.50    May 18 1943
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW4.2          Jan 23
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).40    .36    .62    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)5.38    4.88    8.39    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS773         351         1140         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS48         22         96         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS8.8      6.9      7.8      
A - Estimated.
B - May have been less during period of estimated discharges in Jan.
C - Oct. 19-27, 1955.
D - Gage height, 28.32 ft.

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