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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05594000       SHOAL CREEK NEAR BREESE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°36'35", long 89°29'40" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.13, T.2 N., R.4 W., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on old U.S. Highway 50, 0.4 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1.7 mi east of Breese, 7 mi upstream from Beaver Creek, and at mile 21.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 735 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: November 1909 to December 1912, August to December 1914, October 1945 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water Years 1998 and 2002.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 413.97 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 8, 1914, chain gage at site 0.4 mi downstream at different datum. Oct. 1, 1945, to Oct. 10, 1968, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

 

REMARKS.-- About 1.03 ft3/s diverted 20 ft above station for municipal supply of Breese is not included in records.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 23,300 ft3/s, May 9, 2002, gage height, 22.10 ft; maximum gage height, 23.02 ft, April 14, 1979, during period of constricted channel due to bridge construction; no flow for many days in 1954-56, 1988.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 19, 1943, reached a stage of 25.6 ft, present site and datum, discharge, 52,000 ft3/s on basis of contracted opening measurement of peak flow.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good 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
 
136 e34 257 1130 e135 362 1430 285 9880 112 460 169 
231 e40 212 684 e140 327 884 462 7680 113 191 132 
327 e48 192 558 e220 302 642 461 5220 105 118 104 
423 e54 174 2250 e270 404 505 307 2090 115 87 82 
523 e54 166 3430 e280 1830 410 241 906 195 76 68 
 
623 e52 162 3980 e220 2800 338 188 686 174 55 57 
723 e54 241 6080 e190 3280 295 163 e400 894 47 48 
822 e56 341 8200 e170 3970 267 143 268 530 40 42 
923 e60 338 6570 e155 3480 247 e125 243 278 34 38 
1027 e54 337 3100 e170 1610 230 e115 221 200 33 34 
 
1153 e50 340 1430 e250 829 208 e105 193 152 30 31 
12178 e46 338 940 419 559 199 e110 180 128 27 e26 
13110 e43 322 760 432 425 187 138 196 124 25 e23 
1476 e42 274 635 390 348 173 e330 189 135 24 e20 
1554 e42 191 555 302 296 162 1220 248 99 24 e18 
 
1649 e42 181 509 308 271 149 1880 364 75 23 e17 
1770 e43 166 707 321 249 138 2390 609 62 23 e16 
1875 2460 134 1640 315 234 132 3170 458 52 22 e16 
1958 3530 123 2130 484 217 126 3110 617 52 23 e15 
2059 3650 119 1250 974 206 122 1820 394 44 30 e15 
 
2155 4960 117 738 1240 186 117 1060 249 40 29 e14 
2245 6370 113 644 1010 175 112 e800 164 41 30 e13 
23e37 5000 274 553 679 169 110 e620 140 47 41 e13 
24e34 2440 712 479 659 153 106 710 131 39 55 e12 
25e33 1800 936 344 1210 146 117 818 120 48 49 e12 
 
26e31 1140 519 e220 896 164 121 1180 107 47 257 e12 
27e30 706 332 e190 641 1570 133 2610 95 44 594 e12 
28e31 516 270 e180 501 2680 124 3590 87 46 897 e11 
29e31 399 930 e165 409 2820 114 4070 80 47 1400 e11 
30e31 321 2260 e155 --- 2720 105 6270 75 95 444 e11 
 
31e32 --- 2140 e145 --- 2150 --- 10700 --- 565 250 --- 

TOTAL1430341061321150351133903493280034919132290469854381092
MEAN46.11137426162446211272671587107615217536.4
MAX1786370226082001240397014301070098808941400169
MIN223411314513514610510575392211
CFSM0.061.550.582.210.631.530.362.161.460.210.240.05
IN.0.071.730.672.550.681.770.412.491.630.240.280.06

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN177303551662905978961868532306181138
MAX170425573925417143854334306263223697185314931774
(WY)197019471983195019821978197920021957195719461993
MIN1.194.658.036.318.9711.956.012.315.92.507.382.32
(WY)195719551955197719541954195419541988195419531953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1910 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL136671       248132           
ANNUAL MEAN374       678           544           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1119           2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN28.5        1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN6370           Nov 2210700               May 3122200           Jun 17 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN18           Aug 21,22,2411        A    Sep 28-300.00      B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM19           Aug 2012               Sep 240.00      Jul 27 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW11300               May 3123300        CMay 9 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE19.56          May 3123.02   DApr 14 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.5090.922    0.740    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)6.92  12.56      10.06      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS780       2100           1430           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS110       180           110           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS27       30           13           

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in September.

B - Many days in 1954-56, 1988.

C - Gage height, 22.10 ft.

D - Discharge, 20,600 ft3/s, during period of constricted channel from bridge construction.



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