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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05594450       SILVER CREEK NEAR TROY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°43'00", long 89°49'45" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.12, T.3 N., R.7 W., Madison County, Hydrologic Unit 07140204, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 40, 0.2 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1.9 mi upstream from East Fork Silver Creek, 1.9 mi southeast of Troy, and at mile 44.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 154 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1966 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 438.91 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 10,600 ft3/s, April 12, 1979, gage height, 17.52 ft; maximum gage height, 17.94 ft, May 17, 1990, discharge, 9,170 ft3/s; no flow for several days in 1967-68, 1973, 1988.

 

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


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
13.011   432 e15 1180 e29 104 178 28   7.36.4e4.5
22.911   174 e13 1630 e60 78 261 25   7.06.1e4.0
33.110   71 e12 880 e270 64 345 22   6.65.9e3.8
43.59.246 e11 267 e150 54 129 19   6.45.9e3.6
55.29.635 e11 104 e68 48 70 17   6.35.7e3.6
 
62.79.829 e11 74 e62 44 210 17   6.16.7e3.5
72.39.525 e12 64 e55 42 1260 20   5.95.4e3.5
82.49.523 e14 56 61 101 5420 20   6.15.4e3.4
92.69.420 e16 47 445 297 4030 16   6.15.9e3.4
1031   8.918 e18 43 595 163 2280 15   6.76.0e3.4
 
1181   9.216 19 40 594 83 1470 150   6.963   e3.3
12281   9.025 19 37 222 113 711 425   16   258   e3.3
13201   8.6112 19 34 108 319 2920 149   14   35   e3.2
14308   8.5332 19 30 78 172 4860 73   8.615   e3.1
15138   8.7427 18 29 109 90 2100 42   6.210   e3.1
 
16200   8.5487 17 28 321 72 890 29   6.08.0e3.0
17119   8.21220 17 26 201 52 425 22   5.56.916   
1860   8.02070 15 24 99 42 613 18   33   11   154   
1929   8.41510 16 34 102 41 592 15   19   102   101   
2019   8.1595 16 91 181 474 265 13   6.2274   66   
 
2113   7.7178 17 118 183 907 122 11   5.561   46   
2211   7.599 19 68 95 1200 88 9.65.621   23   
2311   7.472 27 46 61 622 74 9.06.312   11   
2422   43   52 31 38 51 176 60 9.25.88.67.5
2577   64   41 26 34 320 109 52 14   5.723   6.4
 
2696   47   32 23 e30 551 148 46 9.08.720   e5.0
2751   34   e27 21 e28 709 354 41 8.411   10   e4.5
2826   24   e23 20 e27 542 713 39 9.58.97.6e4.0
2918   51   e20 19 --- 403 811 42 15   6.86.5e3.5
3014   346   e18 64 --- 312 632 38 8.77.6e5.6e3.2
 
3111   ---   e16 583 --- 169 --- 32 ---   6.7e5.0---   

TOTAL1844.7814.782451158510772068125296631238.4264.51022.6506.8
MEAN59.5127.16266.037.35182.4232.5270.8956.941.288.53232.9916.89
MAX308346207058316307091200542042533274154
MIN2.37.41611242941328.45.55.03.0
CFSM0.390.181.730.241.181.511.766.210.270.060.210.11
IN.0.450.201.990.281.231.741.967.170.300.060.250.12

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN27.8587.80163.3140.1210.3223.4238.1164.7108.172.4232.0525.27
MAX165509902562646927738957501570296408
(WY)198719851983197419821978199420021998196919981993
MIN0.230.340.420.319.256.7413.45.260.911.440.750.093
(WY)197219721977197719781981200019771988198419711988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1967 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL33785.0  65195.7  
ANNUAL MEAN92.56178.6  123.9      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN244         1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN23.1      1980
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2070         Dec 185420         May 87740         Apr 12 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN1.5      Aug 202.3      Oct 70.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM1.8      Aug 143.1      Oct 30.00    Sep 29 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW6980         May 1310600      BApr 12 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE17.43    May 1317.94 CMay 17 1990
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW1.9      Oct 6, 7
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.601.160.80    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)8.1615.7510.93    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS280     426     300         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS21     26     16         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS2.4  5.6  0.81    

A - Several days in 1967-68, 1973, 1988.

B - Gage height, 17.52 ft.

C - Discharge, 9,170 ft3/s.



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