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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 to current year.

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 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
 
1e3.07.13.236   e5.0e20 22   57 18 34   6.483   
2e3.14.33.025   e5.7e34 18   44 16 29   4.6449   
314   3.92.921   e6.6e50 16   36 29 25   25   406   
47.13.72.617   7.8e55 14   130 29 19   356   125   
55.75.9e2.515   6.861 13   472 24 17   174   38   
 
6e5.08.0e2.417   6.748 13   448 20 14   38   19   
7e4.54.9e2.319   e6.235 22   275 22 11   17   11   
8e4.25.6e2.321   e5.529 19   315 19 8.99.27.2
9e4.06.2e2.318   e5.225 19   367 16 12   5.55.7
10e3.75.4e2.415   e4.620 16   571 156 19   3.73.7
 
11e3.54.9e2.5e10   e4.418 14   799 708 10   3.23.0
12e3.44.02.6e8.0e4.268 11   764 1420 15   2.92.7
13e3.33.72.8e6.6e4.2131 9.5514 1730 12   2.72.7
14e3.23.53.1e5.6e9.0168 8.5163 1960 8.22.72.6
15e3.14.73.1e5.040   112 7.875 1430 5.22.62.6
 
16e3.04.43.0e4.4172   64 8.052 551 3.92.42.5
17e2.94.32.8e4.0162   47 19   43 160 3.42.42.8
18e4.04.013   e3.769   38 16   37 80 173   2.52.6
1914   4.031   e3.5111   99 22   35 65 441   2.42.6
206.44.023   e3.8370   165 90   32 53 347   2.22.5
 
215.53.813   e3.6281   174 119   30 40 84   2.32.3
224.63.99.4e3.2148   98 60   31 33 33   2.22.4
23e2.63.67.4e2.996   62 28   24 28 21   2.12.6
24e2.63.5e6.0e2.862   42 37   20 24 13   2.22.5
2551   3.7e5.0e3.044   38 96   135 21 7.82.42.4
 
2637   3.5e4.8e3.3e30   36 329   158 701 5.32.57.1
2715   3.5e4.5e4.5e23   29 125   61 613 4.32.727   
289.93.4e4.7e3.7e21   31 74   33 221 3.72.93.4
29127   3.3e5.0e3.5---   40 76   44 67 3.62.92.3
3079   3.2e9.0e3.7---   33 64   33 42 3.33.12.0
 
3120   ---   38   e4.2---   28 ---   25 --- 11   11   ---   

TOTAL455.3131.9219.6297.01710.918981385.85823102961397.6701.71228.2
MEAN14.74.407.089.5861.161.246.218834345.122.640.9
MAX1278.038363701743297991960441356449
MIN2.63.22.32.84.2187.820163.32.12.0
CFSM0.100.030.050.060.400.400.301.222.230.290.150.27
IN.0.110.030.050.070.410.460.331.412.490.340.170.30

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN27.585.515913720621923316511471.731.825.7
MAX165509902562646927738957501570296408
(WY)198719851983197419821978199420021998196919981993
MIN0.230.340.420.319.256.7413.45.260.911.440.750.093
(WY)197219721977197719781981200019771988198419711988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1967 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL55098.1      25545.0      
ANNUAL MEAN151         70.0      122         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN244         1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN23.1      1980
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN5420             May 81960             Jun 147740         Apr 12 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN2.3   A    Dec 7-92.0   B    Sep 300.00    C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM2.4          Dec 52.3          Aug 190.00    Sep 29 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2060             Jun 1410600      DApr 12 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE14.14        Jun 1417.94 EMay 17 1990
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW1.8          Sep 30
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.98    0.45    0.80    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.31    6.17    10.80    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS319         157         300         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS16         12         16         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS3.4      2.7      0.85    

A - Estimated, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharge in October and December.

B - May have been less during periods of estimated discharge in October and December.

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

D - Gage height, 17.52 ft.

E - Discharge, 9,170 ft3/s.



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