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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05593945       SHOAL CREEK NEAR PIERRON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°46'33", long 89°29'56" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec. 24, T.4 N., R.4 W., Bond County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 143, 1.1 mi east of Baden Baden, 6.5 mi east of Pierron, and at mile 43.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 678 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: May, 1995 to current year.

 

STAGE: May 1995 to current year. Gage-height record for Dec. 16, 1970 to May 30, 1978, and Apr. 5, 1995 to May 5, 1995 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 24,000 ft3/s, May 8, 2002, gage height 60.85 ft; minimum discharge, 4.7 ft3/s, Oct. 13, 1997.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Apr. 23, 1973 reached a stage of 59.48 ft, discharge 14,900 ft3/s, from information by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 

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
 
127 29 236 742 e115 310 1010 260 4380 62 223 107   
224 33 219 566 e120 279 705 452 2500 94 104 82   
322 35 195 535 e190 260 553 329 952 79 75 66   
421 47 180 2350 e240 541 446 244 574 221 57 55   
522 47 178 4790 e200 2880 368 182 442 142 46 46   
 
620 45 217 8370 e170 4010 307 153 355 643 40 39   
719 47 369 7840 e150 4350 273 130 294 755 34 33   
819 54 369 3220 e135 2400 250 110 249 305 29 29   
920 48 362 1360 e130 1050 231 101 228 198 26 26   
1032 44 366 905 e145 711 205 90 213 143 24 23   
 
11163 40 374 735 e180 548 190 89 205 112 23 20   
12108 39 356 662 355 449 182 104 212 103 21 19   
1355 37 327 584 368 373 167 100 218 121 20 17   
1444 35 224 526 266 315 154 1180 248 90 20 15   
1540 37 203 488 254 286 140 3100 270 69 19 15   
 
1651 38 191 454 296 267 125 3940 345 56 19 14   
1762 37 141 521 274 244 117 4590 356 48 17 14   
1847 1930 122 1740 313 227 112 2370 259 48 17 14   
1950 4230 114 1570 699 209 106 1160 327 40 16 13   
2046 7260 110 725 1120 196 101 1140 288 35 18 12   
 
2136 5570 106 626 1180 181 99 661 177 33 18 11   
2231 2190 99 550 760 183 98 457 146 36 24 11   
2328 951 268 472 538 159 94 340 139 31 27 10   
2428 1230 1050 385 974 149 101 271 127 29 21 9.8
2528 1210 669 243 1120 147 108 415 109 33 20 10   
 
2626 736 379 e180 689 500 121 1160 93 33 241 10   
2726 547 288 e160 522 2860 116 3060 83 34 843 9.8
2827 438 253 e150 416 3020 105 4860 75 35 452 9.4
2928 357 1420 e140 348 2380 96 10100 68 28 379 8.5
3028 289 2390 e130 --- 2140 90 10200 63 237 240 8.6
 
3126 --- 1390 e120 --- 1530 --- 7550 --- 603 151 ---   

TOTAL120427630131654183912267331546770588981399544963264757.1
MEAN38.892142513504231069226190046614510525.2
MAX163726023908370118043501010102004380755843107
MIN19299912011514790896328168.5
CFSM0.061.360.631.990.621.580.332.800.690.210.160.04
IN.0.071.520.722.300.671.820.373.230.770.250.180.04

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1995 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN140253281489799784674139958922619692.9
MAX7989211195135021282009190251411491800811353
(WY)200120042002200419991998200220021998200020002000
MIN8.1115.741.323.465.774.975.812825834.316.911.5
(WY)199819982000200020002000200020011997199719971999

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1995 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL115660       217439.1    
ANNUAL MEAN317       594       496       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN995       2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN213       2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN7260           Nov 2010200           May 3022500       May 8 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN16           Aug 26,28-308.5        Sep 295.4    Oct 12 1997
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM16           Aug 249.4        Sep 246.4    Oct 3 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW12700           May 2924000       May 8 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE59.36      May 2960.85  May 8 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW7.9        Sep 304.7    Oct 13 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.4670.8760.731
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)6.35  11.93  9.94  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS551       1270       1140       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS99       174       109       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS25       21       17       



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