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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05580000       KICKAPOO CREEK AT WAYNESVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°15'17", long 89°07'45" (NAD of 1927), on line between secs.19 and 20, T.21 N., R.1 E., De Witt County, Hydrologic Unit 07130009, on left upstream side of bridge on Waynesville Road, 0.5 mi downstream from Rock Creek, 0.7 mi north of Waynesville, and at mile 25.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 227 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: January 1948 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

BIOLOGICAL: Benthic macroinvertebrates, Water year 1997.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1948-49.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 620.24 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to Sept. 8, 1970, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Diurnal fluctuation of low flows caused by City of Heyworth pumping station 10 mi. upstream at highway 136.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 24,600 ft3/s, Aug. 15, 1981, gage height, 16.91 ft; no flow Sept. 15, 28, 29, 1988.

 

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

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
112   27 e14 39 e14 e22 76 134 124 60 53 401 
211   24 e12 35 e16 e21 76 103 102 53 94 401 
312   20 e11 31 e19 e20 69 84 101 46 439 176 
414   18 e12 28 e23 e20 91 83 95 41 167 97 
524   17 e11 31 e24 e23 341 338 82 36 102 64 
 
619   24 e11 27 e20 e25 248 285 79 32 79 49 
715   28 e10 24 e17 e27 615 207 88 29 61 42 
813   23 e10 26 e15 e35 653 167 77 31 47 34 
912   21 e11 28 e14 e55 475 237 71 358 41 36 
1012   22 e10 26 e13 e50 386 768 73 3780 36 29 
 
1111   21 e11 e22 e12 e47 323 940 196 3120 33 25 
1212   19 12 e19 e11 43 270 545 197 801 31 23 
1311   18 13 e17 e10 49 223 390 150 537 30 24 
1410   18 13 e16 e11 48 198 327 305 418 27 24 
1511   18 13 e15 e12 43 173 588 180 328 24 23 
 
1610   18 12 e14 e11 44 160 310 133 252 23 21 
179.918 12 e14 e10 42 151 244 115 205 21 19 
1810   16 17 e13 e10 45 134 204 103 283 19 18 
1917   16 61 e13 e11 45 120 183 100 224 18 16 
2024   16 51 e12 e13 138 118 173 85 156 17 15 
 
2116   16 38 e12 e16 251 113 147 77 375 16 14 
2216   17 30 e11 e25 214 102 137 72 289 15 14 
2312   17 24 e11 e35 157 89 127 67 198 14 13 
2411   16 23 e11 e30 126 89 116 61 148 13 13 
2513   15 e22 e10 e27 113 122 104 63 125 12 12 
 
2614   14 e21 e10 e24 103 111 93 71 99 12 13 
2717   13 e20 e10 e22 92 87 85 69 82 11 20 
2813   13 19 e11 e21 89 80 94 51 81 11 20 
2914   14 19 e11 --- 90 83 96 118 87 62 15 
3031   e14 23 e11 --- 73 115 105 83 74 118 15 
 
3133   --- 37 e12 --- 69 --- 196 --- 62 37 --- 

TOTAL459.955160357048622195891761031881241016831686
MEAN14.818.419.518.417.471.619624510640054.356.2
MAX33286139352516539403053780439401
MIN9.91310101020698351291112
CFSM0.070.080.090.080.080.320.871.080.471.760.240.25
IN.0.080.090.100.090.080.360.971.250.522.030.280.28

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN54.184.314915821628632827323112776.757.4
MAX523877954102073112941020976110071315401028
(WY)197819861991199319591979197319951974199319811993
MIN0.312.070.793.693.7619.147.732.19.692.401.330.70
(WY)196419641964197719632000195619631963198819631988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1948 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL68785.9  37356.9      
ANNUAL MEAN188     102         170     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN518     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN38.5  1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN3000         May 123780             Jul 1016100     Aug 15 1981
LOWEST DAILY MEAN9.9      Oct 179.9   A    Oct 170.00B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM11         Oct 1211             Oct 120.20Oct 21 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW4550             Jul 1124600     Aug 15 1981
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE14.33        Jul 1116.91Aug 15 1981
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW9.6          C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.830.45    0.75
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.276.12    10.20
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS411     223         396     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS54     30         62     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS13     12         4.9  

A - May have been less during period of ice effect, Nov. 30 to Dec. 11.

B - Sept. 15, 28, 29, 1988.

C - Oct. 17, 18. May have been less during period of ice effect, Nov. 30 to Dec. 11



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Meteorological Data

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