USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05580000 KICKAPOO CREEK AT WAYNESVILLE, IL
LOCATION - Lat 40°15'17.15", long 89°07'45.94" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.20, T.21 N., R.1 E., DeWitt County, IL, 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.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1175: 1948-49, WDR-US-2010: 1981(P), 1982(P), 1986(P), 1991(P), 1993(P), and 1994(P).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: January 1948 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
BIOLOGICAL
ALGAE: Water year 1997.
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 619.88 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to Sept. 8, 1970, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 21,400 ft³/s, Apr. 11, 1979, gage height, 16.55 ft; maximum gage height, 18.39 ft., Jun. 26, 2021, discharge, 17,600 ft³/s; no flow Sept. 15, 28-29, 1988.