05593945 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

Station list Available data
KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN

05593945 SHOAL CREEK NEAR PIERRON, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 38°46'33", long 89°29'56", 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.--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 and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--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.

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	37	52	69	e37	4180	537	135	871	807	114	28	17
2	32	93	91	e40	4730	405	135	632	870	200	25	16
3	31	935	290	e45	3820	342	143	482	774	139	25	15
4	29	1010	303	e56	1810	322	228	379	560	98	22	14
5	29	488	305	e65	1130	282	250	560	836	76	21	14

6	125	295	303	e58	916	360	906	1270	894	104	24	13
7	270	208	314	e62	3710	351	1110	1370	519	931	21	13
8	195	157	316	e60	8810	303	634	929	327	165	24	13
9	106	134	301	e58	8000	781	788	556	238	154	25	12
10	67	377	291	e51	5520	1230	1000	420	182	981	27	11

11	51	978	286	e48	2860	902	936	329	152	318	25	10
12	42	854	283	e55	2550	624	984	312	173	149	21	12
13	37	502	281	e90	2100	465	575	1990	556	100	21	12
14	32	346	277	e150	1260	374	430	2710	2200	78	20	11
15	29	260	238	e160	1020	320	730	1300	1820	59	19	11

16	27	211	89	e170	910	274	2310	756	743	47	19	13
17	28	170	56	e250	882	247	2170	564	403	39	19	13
18	38	147	49	1540	789	228	1560	464	263	35	19	11
19	42	130	49	2030	712	211	1090	420	188	31	18	10
20	45	116	47	1790	565	193	822	325	146	29	18	10

21	42	110	50	1470	361	182	669	260	126	26	17	9.3
22	34	101	49	3070	305	174	595	229	110	24	17	9.3
23	30	94	49	4640	282	354	513	245	98	22	18	11
24	28	82	51	5620	285	321	439	218	101	21	26	10
25	25	73	43	4520	298	237	401	191	155	19	27	9.5

26	25	73	40	2470	287	191	367	156	122	22	38	8.7
27	25	70	41	1390	578	170	512	138	96	42	25	7.7
28	26	69	42	1060	925	157	1020	123	93	53	20	7.9
29	29	67	44	886	---	150	2220	110	86	35	17	11
30	29	67	44	795	---	143	1750	101	74	31	16	10

31	32	---	e40	2130	---	136	---	148	---	29	17	---

TOTAL	1617	8269	4731	34866	59595	10966	25422	18558	13712	4171	679	345.4
MEAN	52.2	276	153	1125	2128	354	847	599	457	135	21.9	11.5
MAX	270	1010	316	5620	8810	1230	2310	2710	2200	981	38	17
MIN	25	52	40	37	282	136	135	101	74	19	16	7.7
CFSM	.08	.41	.23	1.66	3.14	.52	1.25	.88	.67	.20	.03	.02
IN.	.09	.45	.26	1.91	3.27	.60	1.39	1.02	.75	.23	.04	.02

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1995 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	23.3	141	146	563	975	963	866	1012	585	223	183	27.6
MAX	52.2	276	204	1125	2128	2009	1385	2414	1491	385	647	78.8
(WY)	1999	1999	1997	1999	1999	1998	1996	1996	1998	1998	1998	1998
MIN	8.11	15.7	95.0	245	156	168	157	140	258	34.3	16.9	11.5
(WY)	1998	1998	1996	1998	1996	1996	1997	1997	1997	1997	1997	1999

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1995 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	233137		182931.4
ANNUAL MEAN	639		501		479
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					612	1998
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					337	1997
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	8310	Mar 22	8810	Feb 8	15900	May 19 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	20 A	Jan 3	7.7	Sep 27	5.4	Oct 12 1997
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	27	Oct 24	9.2	Sep 22	6.4	Oct 3 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			11100	Feb 8	17700	May 19 1995
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			59.23	Feb 8	60.21	May 19 1995
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			7.3	Sep 27,28	4.7	Oct 13 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.94		.74		.71
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	12.79		10.04		9.60
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2010		1170		1220
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	253		150		112
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	35		18		15

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges, Jan. 1-4.