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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 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2002.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.

 

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, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
123 13 154 239 246 341 922 215 532 48 31 31 
221 16 134 211 225 319 693 266 375 91 34 26 
325 16 119 206 273 280 552 234 286 142 28 23 
425 16 114 2490 307 1560 446 213 239 141 24 21 
522 97 114 4980 260 5320 382 189 208 129 22 19 
 
623 37 109 3790 223 4930 e345 169 187 203 21 17 
721 32 104 1740 212 3500 304 147 166 213 20 e17 
820 26 99 840 206 1340 282 127 148 137 18 e16 
941 25 96 651 191 835 247 115 145 153 16 e16 
1025 25 115 483 e180 653 221 104 158 109 15 e16 
 
1117 23 112 403 e190 547 204 103 247 124 15 16 
1212 20 103 369 e320 475 188 104 209 72 14 15 
1312 18 90 332 e265 423 173 112 161 64 14 16 
1415 17 88 301 e240 382 162 200 136 52 14 15 
1516 18 89 274 e220 372 158 1340 188 47 13 15 
 
1615 18 94 252 e200 303 150 1940 166 44 13 16 
1728 252 91 332 e190 316 151 985 128 41 13 15 
1827 5360 90 1330 e210 307 138 430 134 37 12 15 
1923 3570 86 1300 e700 266 129 420 119 35 11 16 
2019 2230 78 700 1530 216 145 792 95 33 15 14 
 
2115 906 75 516 1600 254 145 473 88 32 16 14 
2213 519 100 429 1060 242 146 275 83 30 15 14 
2312 462 1530 298 770 205 152 209 75 28 14 14 
2412 766 1610 349 861 202 228 178 69 27 183 15 
2513 628 1040 215 858 235 397 259 64 27 606 14 
 
2613 449 621 222 655 906 345 498 61 26 481 14 
2713 330 431 273 498 3420 268 3420 58 24 463 14 
2814 255 350 312 420 3550 223 7020 57 24 219 13 
2913 206 309 260 343 3470 180 4920 53 23 114 14 
3013 176 279 246 --- 2840 167 1440 50 33 58 14 
 
3113 --- 265 325 --- 1460 --- 692 --- 38 40 --- 

TOTAL574165268689246681345339469824327589468522272572495
MEAN18.5551280796464127327589015671.883.016.5
MAX4153601610498016005320922702053221360631
MIN12137520618020212910350231113
CFSM0.020.630.320.920.531.470.321.030.180.080.100.02
IN.0.020.710.371.060.581.690.351.180.200.100.110.02

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1921 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN2283144535237528981139943573318200175
MAX403737033538351433583844664569494060321632333161
(WY)192719471983195019821978192720021945198119461926
MIN2.404.541.770.763.593.8223.02.8913.611.86.862.38
(WY)192319531956195619541954193119541988198819641988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1921 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL131880       149190       
ANNUAL MEAN361       408       541           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1883           1927
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN17.0        1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN7420           May 117020           May 2832700           May 19 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN11           Aug 28,2911           Aug 190.00      A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM13           Oct 2213           Oct 220.00      Oct 19 1955
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW7470           May 2840100        BApr 12 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE21.17      May 2828.50      May 18 1943
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW10           Oct 12
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.4160.4700.624    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)5.65  6.39  8.47      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS837       859       1150           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS100       152       100           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS18       15       8.0        

A - Oct. 19-27, 1955.

B - Gage height, 28.32 ft.



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