05588000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
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 1994-2001.

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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,340 ft³/s, Aug. 15, 1946, gage height, 18.41 ft, site and datum then in use; no flow for many days in most years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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	5.9	8.0	15	e5.0	31	26	8.6	7.3	20	2.6	2.2	5.4
2	4.9	13	13	e4.8	21	25	8.3	6.1	10	4.3	1.9	3.0
3	4.1	11	12	e4.8	29	21	12	5.5	9.7	2.0	5.7	2.2
4	72	9.1	12	e5.0	16	18	11	5.2	149	9.5	2.6	1.9
5	356	8.8	11	e5.5	14	16	9.3	5.3	50	2.8	2.0	1.6

6	62	63	10	e6.0	13	14	9.2	5.7	60	1.8	1.7	6.7
7	28	105	11	e6.5	13	14	8.9	6.5	23	1.6	1.5	49
8	17	30	11	e6.0	15	13	8.0	5.4	13	1.4	1.4	8.8
9	13	219	9.1	e5.5	162	12	7.7	4.9	9.8	1.3	6.8	165
10	12	134	9.7	e5.2	73	12	112	4.6	8.2	1.2	6.6	13

11	10	45	27	e5.0	30	12	206	4.3	7.0	1.1	2.4	6.5
12	9.1	33	22	e5.5	25	12	59	4.0	6.0	1.1	1.7	4.9
13	8.6	95	e15	e8.0	23	11	29	3.8	5.2	1.2	1.4	4.0
14	8.3	42	e11	e120	34	10	22	4.0	4.7	1.1	1.2	3.4
15	12	27	e9.0	e100	33	13	21	4.0	4.8	1.0	1.1	3.1

16	15	23	e8.0	e50	21	39	17	3.8	3.9	.98	1.4	3.0
17	32	18	e11	e32	16	22	14	3.9	3.5	2.5	1.5	2.9
18	16	16	e9.0	e22	15	15	13	17	3.2	19	1.4	68
19	13	15	e7.5	e17	14	14	13	9.8	2.9	456	1.2	45
20	11	13	e6.5	e13	13	13	12	5.2	3.2	36	1.1	9.2

21	10	12	e6.0	e12	11	12	11	15	3.5	11	1.1	6.4
22	9.8	12	e5.5	e11	12	11	9.9	6.4	3.3	6.1	1.1	4.6
23	16	11	e5.0	e10	11	11	9.6	4.8	3.1	4.8	1.4	3.7
24	16	11	e4.8	e9.0	131	10	8.4	5.0	2.6	75	215	3.1
25	9.5	42	e4.6	e8.5	284	9.6	7.9	4.6	2.3	12	19	2.7

26	9.2	58	e4.5	e8.0	54	9.2	7.7	4.4	2.1	5.7	19	2.4
27	8.9	28	e4.8	e7.5	36	9.0	7.3	4.3	2.0	4.3	7.2	2.2
28	8.4	19	e5.5	e7.0	30	9.0	7.0	3.9	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.9
29	8.3	16	e6.0	e40	---	9.3	6.6	3.6	1.9	3.3	2.6	1.6
30	8.2	14	e5.5	140	---	9.0	6.4	4.0	2.1	2.8	17	1.4

31	8.0	---	e5.2	61	---	8.8	---	79	---	2.4	30	---

TOTAL	822.2	1150.9	297.2	740.8	1180	439.9	682.8	251.3	421.9	679.58	363.8	436.6
MEAN	26.5	38.4	9.59	23.9	42.1	14.2	22.8	8.11	14.1	21.9	11.7	14.6
MAX	356	219	27	140	284	39	206	79	149	456	215	165
MIN	4.1	8.0	4.5	4.8	11	8.8	6.4	3.6	1.9	.98	1.1	1.4
CFSM	.72	1.05	.26	.65	1.15	.39	.62	.22	.38	.60	.32	.40
IN.	.83	1.17	.30	.75	1.20	.45	.69	.25	.43	.69	.37	.44

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	7.06	18.6	26.2	30.8	37.0	41.0	47.2	37.2	30.6	20.4	12.4	7.47
MAX	68.5	223	173	235	117	197	211	243	202	156	305	94.5
(WY)	1970	1947	1968	1950	1951	1978	1944	1943	1957	1969	1946	1993
MIN	.000	.000	.000	.000	.091	.045	.26	.070	.022	.052	.005	.000
(WY)	1954	1954	1954	1956	1954	1954	1954	1954	1955	1966	1953	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1941 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	8238.54		7466.98
ANNUAL MEAN	22.5		20.5		26.3
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					50.7	1969
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					1.39	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	1310	Jun 24	456	Jul 19	4270	Aug 15 1946
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.14 A	Jan 28	.98	Jul 16	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.19	Jan 25	1.1	Jul 10	.00	Oct 11 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			1370	Jul 19	9340	Aug 15 1946
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			11.76	Jul 19	18.41 C	Aug 15 1946
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			.97	Several days
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.61		.56		.72
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	8.35		7.57		9.72
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	34		41		41
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4.9		9.0		3.5
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	.60		2.0		.01

	A - Estimated, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Jan. and Feb.
	B - Many days in most years.
	C - Site and datum then in use.