LOCATION.-- Lat 38°44'27", long 90°00'07" (NAD of 1983), in NW1/4SW1/4NW1/4 sec.4, T.3 N., R.8 W., Madison County, Hydrologic Unit 07140101, on right bank at upstream side of high bank of stream on Illinois Route 157 in Glen Carbon. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 8.33 mi2. | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
DISCHARGE: May 2000 to current year. | |
STAGE: Water years 2000 to current year. | |
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY | |
SEDIMENT: June 2000 to current year | |
MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2001-03. | |
GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, pumping sampler, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 410.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. | |
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,540 ft3/s, Aug. 24, 2001, gage height, 29.04 ft; based on slope/area measurement of peak flow; no flow at times in 2001 and 2002. | |
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 4,900 mg/L, Aug. 24, 2001; minimum daily, 19 mg/L, July 24-26, 2000. | |
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 17,000 tons, Aug. 24, 2001; minimum daily, 0.00 tons, many days. | |
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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAY | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP |
| 1 | 0.04 | 0.97 | e1.4 | e2.2 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 0.28 | 46 |
| 2 | 0.29 | 1.7 | e1.1 | e1.6 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 15 |
| 3 | 20 | 5.2 | e0.85 | e1.2 | e1.8 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 2.5 | 5.1 | e0.75 | e1.1 | e1.2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 30 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 32 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 0.93 | 8.1 | e0.68 | e1.0 | e0.90 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 29 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.83 |
| 6 | 0.69 | 2.1 | e0.62 | e1.1 | e1.1 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 11 | 6.0 | 0.83 | 2.0 | 0.63 |
| 7 | 0.82 | 1.4 | e0.58 | e1.5 | e1.0 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 18 | 4.0 | 0.70 | 0.95 | 0.53 |
| 8 | 0.29 | 1.7 | e0.55 | 2.3 | e0.90 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 18 | 3.0 | 0.57 | 0.69 | 0.43 |
| 9 | 0.21 | 2.9 | e0.58 | 2.0 | e1.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 11 | 2.4 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.32 |
| 10 | 0.20 | e2.2 | e0.64 | 1.4 | e1.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 45 | 79 | 6.1 | 0.43 | 0.32 |
| 11 | 0.23 | e1.6 | e0.80 | 1.2 | e0.90 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 15 | 44 | 0.71 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
| 12 | 0.26 | e1.4 | e1.0 | 0.98 | e0.90 | 16 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 70 | 0.53 | 0.31 | 0.49 |
| 13 | 0.34 | e4.0 | e1.5 | 1.3 | e1.0 | 24 | 1.9 | 7.3 | 46 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 0.58 |
| 14 | 0.41 | e7.0 | e1.0 | 1.2 | e7.0 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 16 | 0.41 | 0.34 | 0.56 |
| 15 | 0.31 | e3.2 | e1.2 | 0.94 | 13 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 10 | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.49 |
| 16 | 0.26 | e2.0 | e1.1 | e0.80 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 0.39 | 0.32 | 0.40 |
| 17 | 0.25 | e1.7 | e3.0 | e0.70 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 0.40 | 0.31 | 0.29 |
| 18 | 0.70 | e2.0 | 22 | e0.60 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 25 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| 19 | 9.8 | e1.8 | 4.6 | e0.55 | 28 | 15 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 0.22 | 0.18 |
| 20 | 0.58 | e1.6 | 2.0 | e0.50 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| 21 | 0.27 | e1.4 | 1.3 | e0.48 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.16 | 0.17 |
| 22 | 0.22 | e1.2 | e0.95 | e0.46 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 0.72 | 0.15 | 0.19 |
| 23 | 0.19 | e1.1 | e0.86 | e0.44 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.66 | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| 24 | 0.20 | e1.0 | e0.76 | e0.42 | e4.0 | 4.6 | 14 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.49 | 0.07 | 0.14 |
| 25 | 18 | e0.95 | e0.70 | e0.40 | e3.2 | 9.0 | 18 | 31 | 25 | 0.46 | 0.06 | 0.12 |
| 26 | 1.9 | e0.90 | e0.65 | e0.43 | e2.5 | 5.1 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 144 | 0.42 | 0.06 | 16 |
| 27 | 0.75 | e1.0 | e0.75 | e0.55 | e2.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 9.6 | 0.41 | 4.2 | 7.0 |
| 28 | 0.67 | e1.6 | e0.95 | e0.80 | 3.2 | 12 | 15 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 0.90 | 0.24 | 0.57 |
| 29 | 23 | e2.5 | e1.6 | e1.2 | --- | 6.8 | 7.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.70 | 0.19 | 0.35 |
| 30 | 2.3 | e1.8 | e3.0 | e1.7 | --- | 4.9 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.35 |
| 31 | 1.5 | --- | e6.0 | 3.0 | --- | 4.6 | --- | 3.8 | --- | 0.38 | 8.0 | --- |
| TOTAL | 88.11 | 71.12 | 63.47 | 34.05 | 123.60 | 211.8 | 158.9 | 311.4 | 528.0 | 56.70 | 60.08 | 97.05 |
| MEAN | 2.84 | 2.37 | 2.05 | 1.10 | 4.41 | 6.83 | 5.30 | 10.0 | 17.6 | 1.83 | 1.94 | 3.23 |
| MAX | 23 | 8.1 | 22 | 3.0 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 45 | 144 | 25 | 32 | 46 |
| MIN | 0.04 | 0.90 | 0.55 | 0.40 | 0.90 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.38 | 0.06 | 0.12 |
| CFSM | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.53 | 0.82 | 0.64 | 1.21 | 2.11 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.39 |
| IN. | 0.39 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.15 | 0.55 | 0.95 | 0.71 | 1.39 | 2.36 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.43 |
| e Estimated |
| STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2000 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAN | 6.41 | 5.81 | 6.15 | 4.11 | 7.56 | 7.50 | 7.89 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 6.32 | 6.64 | 2.42 |
| MAX | 8.59 | 10.8 | 13.5 | 6.97 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 25.4 | 17.6 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 3.36 |
| (WY) | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2002 | 2002 | 2003 | 2001 | 2001 | 2000 |
| MIN | 2.84 | 2.37 | 2.05 | 1.10 | 4.41 | 5.15 | 5.30 | 3.14 | 3.18 | 0.41 | 1.15 | 0.81 |
| (WY) | 2003 | 2003 | 2003 | 2003 | 2003 | 2001 | 2003 | 2001 | 2001 | 2002 | 2002 | 2002 |
| SUMMARY STATISTICS | FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR | FOR 2003 WATER YEAR | WATER YEARS 2000 - 2003 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANNUAL TOTAL | 2625.39 | 1804.28 | ||||
| ANNUAL MEAN | 7.19 | 4.94 | 6.94 | |||
| HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN | 8.81 | 2002 | ||||
| LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN | 4.94 | 2003 | ||||
| HIGHEST DAILY MEAN | 243 | Jun 11 | 144 | Jun 26 | 358 | Aug 24 2001 |
| LOWEST DAILY MEAN | 0.00 | Several days | 0.04 | Oct 1 | 0.00 | A |
| ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM | 0.00 | Sep 3 | 0.12 | Aug 20 | 0.00 | Sep 3 2002 |
| MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW | 654 | Jun 26 | 2540 B | Aug 24 2001 | ||
| MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE | 22.30 | Jun 26 | 29.04 | Aug 24 2001 | ||
| INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW | 0.03 | Oct 1, 2 | ||||
| ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) | 0.86 | 0.59 | 0.83 | |||
| ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) | 11.72 | 8.06 | 11.31 | |||
| 10 PERCENT EXCEEDS | 14 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 50 PERCENT EXCEEDS | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.7 | |||
| 90 PERCENT EXCEEDS | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.28 | |||