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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05587000       MACOUPIN CREEK NEAR KANE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°14'03", long 90°23'40" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2002.

 

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 NGVD of 1929. 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.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 40,100 ft3/s, April 12, 1994, gage height, 28.32 ft; maximum gage height, 28.50 ft, May 18, 1943; no flow Oct. 19-27, 1955.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, and those for period of backwater from the Illinois River, May 15-28, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
19.674 1680 e130 7850 e270 1050 4150 517 173 e55 35 
28.971 953 e120 7660 1800 819 6440 455 e150 88 32 
38.668 541 e110 5350 3330 646 3910 404 e135 49 31 
48.462 375 e105 1740 2230 510 1790 347 e160 42 28 
511   57 296 e100 1060 1160 422 1070 323 e190 39 27 
 
617   52 261 e100 831 1170 371 8770 344 e140 38 26 
713   50 219 e105 699 1050 342 25400 319 e110 36 25 
810   49 190 e105 605 893 1140 26600 280 e93 34 25 
99.248 166 e110 521 1610 1970 19700 253 e84 39 24 
10317   47 150 e115 474 2850 1300 12100 248 e80 37 24 
 
11195   45 137 e120 448 1720 823 8470 570 e84 36 24 
12766   44 190 e125 425 926 645 13400 3820 e120 66 23 
13449   42 780 134 380 732 539 22300 3960 e150 97 24 
14406   42 1500 134 339 626 474 19000 3540 e130 55 23 
15381   42 2420 125 313 535 419 e12600 2480 e110 46 27 
 
16947   42 2710 115 289 646 361 e5760 1200 e95 44 25 
17614   40 6130 113 265 634 315 e3640 793 e85 162 26 
18289   39 5830 103 244 537 282 e4440 623 e75 81 29 
19186   43 3260 106 329 489 324 e3030 470 e120 1360 32 
20120   45 1450 108 944 710 4630 e1630 375 e100 2220 373 
 
2187   43 891 111 982 822 6570 e1160 311 e85 916 1280 
2270   41 784 107 777 606 6690 e954 264 e75 292 469 
2385   39 859 110 549 448 4820 e846 232 e140 1410 154 
24607   1010 672 124 443 382 2730 e1380 208 304 1630 76 
251060   1080 493 120 e360 1810 4770 e1480 1010 e130 408 49 
 
26376   330 393 110 e320 2950 3520 e1340 987 e145 185 37 
27185   204 e300 106 e280 2740 4390 e980 583 1050 110 31 
28150   214 e240 103 e255 3960 8060 e904 318 410 76 27 
29112   532 e190 106 --- 4240 8300 884 239 176 58 24 
3092   2220 e160 263 --- 3110 6100 696 203 e110 46 22 
 
3183   --- e140 5770 --- 1610 --- 598 --- e75 39 --- 

TOTAL7672.7671534360931334732465967333221542225676508497943052
MEAN247.5223.81108300.41240150324446949855.9164.0315.9101.7
MAX1060222061305770785042408300266003960105022201280
MIN8.439137100244270282598203753422
CFSM0.290.261.280.351.431.732.828.010.990.190.360.12
IN.0.330.291.470.401.492.003.149.231.100.220.420.13

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1921 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN233.1314.4459.4525.3760.8900.51162934.5579.6324.4204.1176.1
MAX403737033538351433583844664569494060321632333161
(WY)192719471983195019821978192720021945198119461926
MIN2.404.541.770.763.593.8223.02.8913.611.86.862.38
(WY)192319531956195619541954193119541988198819641988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1921 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL199445.7  471748.7  
ANNUAL MEAN546.4  1292     546.4      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1883         1927
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN17.0      1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN9270         Feb 2626600         May 832700         May 19 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN8.4      Oct 48.4      Oct 40.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM9.6      Sep 2911         Oct 10.00    Oct 19 1955
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW29400         May 840100      BApr 12 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE26.60    May 828.50    May 18 1943
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW7.2      Oct 4
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.631.490.63    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)8.5520.228.55    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1220     3530     1160         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS158     296     99         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS18     37     8.0      

A - Oct. 19-27, 1955.

B - Gage height, 28.32 ft.



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