05582000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2002

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05582000 SALT CREEK NEAR GREENVIEW, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 40°07'55", long 89°44'08" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.
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 crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 479.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (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 fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	142	329	587	e570	6270	2050	1520	7030	2070	964	739	1290
2	139	313	800	e560	5720	e2500	1480	5640	1920	873	630	1100
3	141	338	704	e590	4370	e3000	1430	4800	1780	789	558	988
4	147	318	611	e600	3780	e3610	1270	4080	1670	742	501	e850
5	180	291	554	e610	3270	e3200	1190	3450	1600	693	460	698

6	240	269	512	608	2890	e3000	1160	3090	1790	642	423	635
7	206	260	478	571	2620	e3420	1130	3590	1930	597	390	566
8	177	257	445	545	2350	e4000	1260	e4300	1800	560	372	508
9	172	250	416	548	2140	e5000	2190	e5000	1680	526	355	461
10	171	239	389	554	2030	e4400	2390	e4000	1590	497	338	426

11	171	230	374	525	1940	e4000	2070	4660	1670	478	323	401
12	224	224	377	496	1880	e3700	1920	11500	3680	472	308	374
13	330	218	418	480	1770	3380	1760	16200	6740	443	304	359
14	648	217	526	483	1600	3130	1630	17000	8970	409	333	343
15	699	216	534	468	1530	2720	1580	15100	6830	384	352	345

16	583	212	620	442	1460	2460	1490	12500	5030	364	1220	338
17	647	206	959	424	1340	2210	1390	11200	4000	350	4940	325
18	571	202	1690	399	1230	2080	1320	10200	3350	339	3280	309
19	470	201	1870	403	1250	1910	1280	8800	2800	e330	1740	336
20	401	205	1580	406	2990	1820	1370	7190	2420	e325	2160	337

21	356	203	1330	410	5160	1710	2060	6000	2140	e320	1600	382
22	333	199	1190	404	4400	1560	3870	5010	1920	e400	1220	340
23	452	194	1200	398	3720	1480	3310	4230	1760	e600	3910	311
24	465	250	1180	395	3340	1440	2720	3760	1610	570	9410	290
25	453	367	1020	385	3010	1380	3330	3500	1500	451	7280	281

26	627	360	937	370	2700	1350	3180	3030	1570	421	4560	275
27	627	317	e880	358	2430	1340	3930	2720	1590	4870	3450	274
28	525	287	e860	350	2170	1340	10400	2530	1330	2730	2860	276
29	443	267	845	350	---	1520	10400	2410	1170	1940	2300	268
30	394	296	658	406	---	1650	8930	2500	1070	1440	1850	257

31	357	---	e590	2190	---	1640	---	2260	---	967	1530	---

TOTAL	11491	7735	25134	16298	79360	78000	82960	197280	78980	25486	59696	13943
MEAN	370.7	257.8	810.8	525.7	2834	2516	2765	6364	2633	822.1	1926	464.8
MAX	699	367	1870	2190	6270	5000	10400	17000	8970	4870	9410	1290
MIN	139	194	374	350	1230	1340	1130	2260	1070	320	304	257
CFSM	0.21	0.14	0.45	0.29	1.57	1.39	1.53	3.53	1.46	0.46	1.07	0.26
IN.	0.24	0.16	0.52	0.34	1.64	1.61	1.71	4.07	1.63	0.53	1.23	0.29

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1942 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	513.3	761.4	1018	1156	1701	2147	2425	2450	1873	1191	670.3	414.8
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 2001 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2002 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1942 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL	452608		676363
ANNUAL MEAN	1240		1853		1357
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					3362	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					315	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	11300	Feb 26	17000	May 14	38700	May 19 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	139	Oct 2	139	Oct 2	46	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	146	Sep 28	171	Oct 1	50	Oct 8 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			17600	May 14	41200	May 19 1943
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			15.71	May 14	20.50 B	May 19 1943
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			136	Oct 2
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.69		1.03		0.75
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	9.33		13.95		10.22
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3250		4260		3270
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	571		967		648
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	184		276		127

	A - Sept. 25, 26, Oct. 12-14, 1963.
	B - From graph based on gage readings.