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CAHOKIA CREEK BASIN


05588000       INDIAN CREEK AT WANDA, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 38°50'30", long 90°01'59", 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 1994-2000.


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 sea level. 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.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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
 
1.13e.10e.16e.15e.281.81.7  .758.614   20   3.2
2.12e.30e.14e.15.361.71.5  .586.712   8.74.2
3.14e.25e.27e1.5  .532.41.4  .505.410   5.514   
4.15e.23e.252.4  .633.91.3  .485.09.23.86.1
5.14e.211.5  1.0  .602.91.1  .475.87.73.43.7
 
6.13e.201.0  .74e.502.41.0  .694.66.83.32.8
7.12e.18.39.59e.421.91.9  98     3.86.287   2.5
824     e.18.35.54e.371.81.9  22     3.15.6473   2.4
91.7  e.17.45.64e.351.61.5  6.6  2.75.263   2.4
10.24e.163.7  .60.861.41.3  4.6  2.54.827   7.6
 
11.16e.15.90.54.841.71.0  3.0  7.034   14   4.4
12.12e.15.92.46.692.5.892.4  18   16   8.512   
13.11e.14.84.40.732.5.761.9  5.76.36.24.5
14.11e.14.62.33.702.4.781.6  3.35.14.93.4
15.11e.13.57.33.602.0.741.6  2.54.13.83.8
 
16.11e.12.49.38.501.7.671.6  1.93.83.12.3
17e.10e.11.46.40.521.425     1.5  3.44.017   2.1
18e.10e.11.40.64112     1.65.8  8.8  3.4254   22   2.0
19e.10e.10.38.6119     3.32.1  33     2.1416   4.41.8
20e.09e.10.36.476.0  21   1.4  4.4  17   42   3.61.7
 
21e.09e.09.28.373.6  18   1.3  2.0  156   28   3.01.6
22e.09e.09.23.412.9  7.71.1  8.1  15   20   2.61.7
23e.08e.15e.21.412.3  4.81.0  47     97   16   2.42.1
24e.08e.30e.20.332.1  3.82.7  8.0  1310   13   32   2.1
25e.08e.45e.20e.272.1  3.72.7  2.3  158   11   10   238   
 
26e.07e.33e.18e.213.2  2.71.6  66     318   8.721   61   
27e.07e.27e.18e.184.2  4.71.9  314     60   7.225   23   
28e.07e.23e.17e.142.7  3.23.1  69     35   102   8.513   
29e.06e.21e.17e.161.9  2.71.3  29     23   48   5.68.7
30e.06e.18e.16e.18---     2.0.9018     16   16   4.47.0
 
31e.06---     e.16e.22---     1.8---     12     ---   40   3.8---   

TOTAL28.795.5316.2915.75171.48117.071.34769.872300.51176.7900.5445.1
MEAN.93.18.53.515.913.772.3824.876.738.029.014.8
MAX24.453.72.411221253141310416473238
MIN.06.09.14.14.281.4.67.471.93.82.41.6
CFSM.03.01.01.01.16.10.06.682.091.03.79.40
IN..03.01.02.02.17.12.07.782.331.19.91.45

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN6.7318.326.431.036.941.547.637.730.920.412.47.35
MAX68.522317323511719721124320215630594.5
(WY)197019471968195019511978194419431957196919461993
MIN.000.000.000.000.091.045.26.070.022.052.005.000
(WY)195419541954195619541954195419541955196619531953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1941 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL9811.34    6018.85    
ANNUAL MEAN26.9      16.4      26.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN50.7      1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN1.39    1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1580             Feb 71310             Jun 244270         Aug 15 1946
LOWEST DAILY MEAN.06 A    Oct 29-31.06 A    Oct 29-31.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM.07        Oct 25.07        Oct 25.00    Oct 11 1940
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW1880             Jun 249340         Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE13.42        Jun 2418.41 CAug 15 1946
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).73    .45    .72    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)9.95    6.10    9.76    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS49         22         41         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS6.8      1.9      3.4      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS.14    .14    .00    
A - Estimated, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Oct. thru Jan.
B - Many days in most years.
C - Site and datum then in use.


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