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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 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
123 37 19 131 e29 e78 106 145 108 87 66 139 
221 32 21 120 e33 e90 95 126 102 104 53 2410 
323 27 20 94 e38 e110 86 130 104 80 184 3080 
422 25 165 e68 e47 e120 81 230 115 67 274 1720 
522 27 248 e62 e46 132 80 1020 118 59 328 596 
 
625 31 247 e58 e40 127 92 1210 103 52 204 347 
724 29 246 e54 e36 108 96 712 101 46 130 225 
823 25 246 e52 e33 98 90 720 107 42 91 157 
920 25 242 e50 e30 93 89 2740 99 39 76 119 
1019 23 222 e48 e29 82 78 4280 123 46 60 95 
 
1118 21 95 e120 e28 73 73 6260 383 114 49 78 
1218 20 49 e220 e27 81 68 5180 1480 163 39 66 
1318 19 41 296 e27 301 63 2570 1880 121 34 58 
1418 19 37 121 e33 545 58 932 2000 88 31 52 
1517 21 34 e80 e100 319 55 557 881 68 29 47 
 
1617 20 33 e50 339 209 53 448 535 57 27 42 
1716 21 31 e40 348 159 64 373 379 49 26 37 
1816 20 33 e33 264 134 81 317 284 196 23 33 
1922 21 58 e28 264 157 91 283 222 537 22 30 
2023 21 115 e25 821 416 132 254 184 280 20 28 
 
2120 20 106 e22 976 492 255 587 158 162 20 26 
2219 20 77 e20 542 440 190 473 126 108 19 25 
2319 19 58 e19 344 270 131 305 107 82 18 24 
2417 19 e48 e18 241 188 119 234 95 64 17 22 
2531 19 e45 e18 160 158 200 340 85 50 17 21 
 
2632 19 e42 e18 e115 145 346 326 284 42 16 24 
2726 19 e40 e17 e96 125 208 220 289 36 17 33 
2836 19 e38 e17 e82 116 149 175 194 33 16 58 
2966 20 e37 e19 --- 144 137 150 136 105 16 49 
3053 20 e40 e22 --- 138 157 133 103 116 16 30 
 
3136 --- e80 e25 --- 119 --- 122 --- 78 21 --- 

TOTAL760678281319655168576735233155210885317119599671
MEAN24.522.690.763.4185186117101836310263.2322
MAX6637248296976545346626020005373283080
MIN1619191727735312285331621
CFSM0.040.030.130.090.270.270.171.500.540.150.090.48
IN.0.040.040.150.110.280.320.191.730.600.170.110.53

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1995 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN1531702633818477487301336602236206100
MAX7986371195112521282009190251411491800811353
(WY)200120012002199919991998200220021998200020002000
MIN8.1115.741.323.465.774.975.812825834.316.911.5
(WY)199819982000200020002000200020011997199719971999

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1995 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL317842.2  77912     
ANNUAL MEAN871     213     484     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN995     2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN213     2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN22500         May 86260         May 1122500     May 8 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN9.0      Sep 1316         several days5.4  Oct 12 1997
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM9.6      Sep 1016         Aug 246.4  Oct 3 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW6600         May 1124000     May 8 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE58.34    May 1160.85May 8 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW15         Aug 28, 294.7  Oct 13 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.280.310.71
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)17.444.279.69
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS2760     346     1120     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS95     73     105     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS19     19     17     



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