05582000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05582000 SALT CREEK NEAR GREENVIEW, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°07'55", long 89°44'08", in NE1/4NE1/4 sec.2, T.19 N., R.6 W., Menard County, Hydrologic Unit 07130009, on left downstream side of bridge on State Highway 29, 3.3 mi downstream from Pike Creek, 3.5 mi north of Greenview, and at mile 4.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,804 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: October 1941 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, July 1997; contaminants in fish tissue, July 1997.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1948(P). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 479.00 ft above sea level (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to Nov. 3, 1972, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 41,200 ft³/s, May 19, 1943, gage height, 20.50 ft, from graph based on gage readings; minimum daily discharge, 46 ft³/s, Sept. 25, 26, Oct. 12-14, 1963.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	169	192	379	e220	8470	6130	1400	898	932	601	230	178
2	166	196	363	e220	6340	5620	1310	871	1220	559	225	180
3	164	200	356	e230	4570	4940	1250	825	1640	534	225	181
4	171	207	e330	e240	3920	4310	1190	785	1590	630	216	168
5	233	192	e300	e250	3370	3710	1140	797	2640	592	208	162

6	233	203	e280	e260	3030	3230	1520	828	3500	513	201	166
7	252	245	e320	e260	3270	2900	1710	815	4800	466	194	168
8	241	447	344	e260	3700	2650	1470	780	4030	440	193	196
9	224	466	306	e250	6230	2410	1320	730	3350	416	191	184
10	211	859	315	e250	8330	2190	1330	703	2950	395	186	200

11	206	1020	335	247	6500	2050	2210	719	2640	374	180	215
12	203	829	e360	244	4710	1920	3380	721	2360	354	177	183
13	195	729	e400	253	4210	1910	2820	678	2130	333	169	180
14	189	771	e480	279	4120	1790	2260	663	1930	318	164	165
15	198	741	e520	352	4810	1690	2050	667	1760	299	163	157

16	239	675	e460	495	4750	2100	1890	663	1620	288	170	153
17	262	624	e430	e520	4160	3520	1700	646	1460	277	193	150
18	248	578	e410	e520	3590	3720	1520	1010	1320	283	197	156
19	234	534	e390	e470	3230	3430	1430	2500	1230	291	256	199
20	224	507	e370	e430	2960	3130	1400	1710	1140	292	257	274

21	215	462	e350	e400	2600	2860	1370	1370	1090	282	196	211
22	208	441	e330	e370	2340	2620	1340	1230	1160	270	199	215
23	204	432	e320	e350	2170	2400	1390	1090	1090	275	355	188
24	203	424	e300	e330	2670	2210	1250	988	970	275	457	169
25	204	418	e280	e320	10200	2010	1180	902	884	281	309	163

26	200	423	e260	e310	11300	1840	1190	851	818	316	267	158
27	196	436	e250	e300	9650	1720	1130	940	762	276	246	155
28	192	419	e240	e300	7150	1640	1040	919	719	251	210	155
29	192	402	e230	1290	---	1580	958	805	683	238	197	152
30	189	389	e230	8960	---	1520	919	748	643	275	190	146

31	187	---	e220	10400	---	1460	---	760	---	237	189	---

TOTAL	6452	14461	10458	29580	142350	85210	46067	28612	53061	11231	6810	5327
MEAN	208	482	337	954	5084	2749	1536	923	1769	362	220	178
MAX	262	1020	520	10400	11300	6130	3380	2500	4800	630	457	274
MIN	164	192	220	220	2170	1460	919	646	643	237	163	146
CFSM	.12	.27	.19	.53	2.82	1.52	.85	.51	.98	.20	.12	.10
IN.	.13	.30	.22	.61	2.94	1.76	.95	.59	1.09	.23	.14	.11

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1942 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	516	770	1021	1167	1682	2141	2420	2385	1861	1197	649	414
MAX	3666	7170	7545	6674	5363	8252	7523	9888	8412	5819	7914	4890
(WY)	1978	1986	1983	1993	1951	1979	1979	1995	1974	1981	1981	1993
MIN	65.0	72.7	65.6	81.7	89.5	238	208	308	191	115	101	68.1
(WY)	1964	1964	1964	1956	1989	1954	1956	1963	1963	1988	1963	1954

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1942 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	199374		439619
ANNUAL MEAN	545		1204		1349
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					3362	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					315	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	8240	Jun 22	11300	Feb 26	38700	May 19 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	108 A	Jan 25-27	146	Sep 30	46	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	110	Jan 23	157	Sep 24	50	Oct 8 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			11900	Feb 26	41200	May 19 1943
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			12.88	Feb 26	20.50 C	May 19 1943
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			144	Sep 30
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.30		.67		.75
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	4.11		9.07		10.16
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	979		3250		3240
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	316		441		645
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	172		189		126

	A- Estimated due to backwater from ice.
	B- Sept. 25, 26, Oct. 12-14, 1963.
	C- From graph based on gage readings.