05518000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05518000 KANKAKEE RIVER AT SHELBY, IN

LOCATION.--Lat 41°10'58", long 87°20'25", in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.33, T.32 N., R.8 W., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, on right upstream corner of Highway 55 bridge, 1.0 mi south of Shelby, 7.8 mi upstream from Beaver Lake Ditch, and at mile 68.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,779 mi², of which 201 mi² does not contribute directly to surface runoff.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1922 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1005: 1928(M). WSP 2115: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 628.13 ft above sea level. Prior to Dec. 19, 1934, nonrecording gage, Dec. 19, 1934, to Oct. 4, 1965, water-stage recorder on left bank 50 ft downstream, Oct. 5, 1965, to Sept. 21, 1966, nonrecording gage on right bank 200 ft downstream, and Sept. 21, 1966 to July 21, 1998, water-stage recorder on right bank 25 ft upstream from Monon railroad bridge and approximately 400 ft downstream, all at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	630	707	736	e730	3880	2010	1660	5010	1480	1730	624	483
2	658	710	775	e720	3660	2060	1650	4900	1580	2430	683	451
3	716	687	803	e700	3470	2120	1670	4750	1680	2550	719	429
4	706	671	802	e690	3260	2180	1650	4550	1700	2520	619	445
5	710	670	813	e680	3080	2250	1630	4290	1650	2320	564	436

6	733	648	819	e670	2940	2360	1680	4000	1540	2010	557	429
7	767	651	912	e660	2860	2420	1710	3740	1420	1700	509	419
8	850	669	1010	e650	2850	2520	1670	3500	1330	1470	525	390
9	848	670	1080	e640	2850	2590	1680	3240	1290	1330	523	383
10	847	708	1100	e630	2830	2540	1800	2990	1200	1190	502	387

11	824	758	1080	e620	2830	2450	2100	2790	1140	1100	489	e340
12	791	798	1030	e610	2870	2340	2390	2640	1220	1030	497	e330
13	757	828	990	e600	2800	2240	2540	2570	1510	910	531	e340
14	728	845	961	e600	2680	2160	2630	2510	1620	860	529	e350
15	691	835	978	e600	2580	2090	2650	2400	1570	775	544	e370

16	698	802	920	e610	2520	2060	2740	2260	1550	717	496	e365
17	710	780	895	e620	2440	2160	2910	2150	1470	704	443	e368
18	709	749	885	e650	2380	2330	2960	2050	1340	725	438	389
19	695	739	860	e800	2300	2430	3020	1960	1240	699	450	424
20	688	742	833	e1000	2220	2520	3070	1900	1160	680	509	405

21	691	717	844	e1400	2160	2600	3050	1840	1110	787	516	425
22	663	727	820	e1800	2060	2530	3280	1810	1030	728	494	426
23	668	726	830	e2400	1990	2380	3840	1770	962	650	500	415
24	682	730	e765	e3100	1910	2260	4280	1740	935	679	496	400
25	675	743	e745	e3700	1870	2160	4270	1770	1050	662	568	396

26	691	729	e725	3890	1820	2070	4280	1800	1060	636	600	372
27	682	736	e705	3930	1840	1970	4390	1800	1120	591	657	389
28	684	711	e700	4040	1950	1880	4850	1710	1300	556	660	415
29	688	732	e720	4110	---	1790	5140	1580	1410	539	591	474
30	701	709	e740	4120	---	1740	5090	1490	1410	506	561	546

31	701	---	e740	4040	---	1710	---	1450	---	532	530	---

TOTAL	22282	21927	26616	50010	72900	68920	86280	82960	40077	34316	16924	12191
MEAN	719	731	859	1613	2604	2223	2876	2676	1336	1107	546	406
MAX	850	845	1100	4120	3880	2600	5140	5010	1700	2550	719	546
MIN	630	648	700	600	1820	1710	1630	1450	935	506	438	330
CFSM	.40	.41	.48	.91	1.46	1.25	1.62	1.50	.75	.62	.31	.23
IN.	.47	.46	.56	1.05	1.52	1.44	1.80	1.73	.84	.72	.35	.25

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1924 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1075	1349	1633	1842	1972	2561	2789	2314	1821	1286	983	878
MAX	3529	3413	4502	4867	3658	5570	5365	4409	4347	3228	3058	2843
(WY)	1991	1973	1928	1991	1950	1985	1982	1943	1981	1996	1990	1993
MIN	455	519	540	460	462	848	1226	789	569	441	402	356
(WY)	1954	1954	1964	1940	1963	1934	1925	1934	1934	1988	1988	1941

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1924 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	768858		535403
ANNUAL MEAN	2106		1467		1707
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2767	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					775	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	5210	Mar 23	5140	Apr 29	7650	Mar 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	630	Oct 1	330	Sep 12	260	Jan 13 1954
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	667	Nov 3	352	Sep 11	298	Aug 2 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			5160	Apr 29	7650	Mar 26 1982
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			11.78	Apr 29	12.98	Mar 24 1982
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.18		.82		.96
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	16.08		11.20		13.03
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4490		2950		3360
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1810		920		1370
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	706		497		634