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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05594000                   SHOAL CREEK NEAR BREESE, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 38°36'35", long 89°29'40", 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.--November 1909 to December 1912, August to December 1914, October 1945 to current year.

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

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 413.97 ft above sea level. 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.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. About 0.93 ft3/s diverted 20 ft above station for municipal supply of Breese is not included in records. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--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.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
137 43 e74 e44 3040 850 143 1470 517 272 e32 e19 
233 90 e75 e43 3450 562 141 854 1150 387 e30 e19 
329 567 189 e47 3920 438 159 630 907 258 28 e18 
429 1500 403 e56 4130 381 257 482 848 146 27 e17 
531 923 394 e65 2790 357 310 472 679 83 22 e16 
 
670 492 361 e68 1550 460 414 1100 1230 61 21 e15 
7210 318 340 e70 3120 447 1430 1560 784 706 28 e15 
8336 223 348 e68 3680 416 937 1430 473 526 36 e15 
9182 163 362 e66 6450 1090 741 810 322 139 28 e14 
1081 392 337 e63 10500 1500 1130 550 236 846 26 e14 
 
1157 1030 319 e59 9000 1350 1150 424 178 713 28 e13 
1246 1330 316 e58 6180 893 1210 379 167 268 26 e14 
1339 884 317 e86 3910 622 858 1700 580 127 21 e14 
1435 556 303 e140 2650 478 573 2630 1910 e90 19 e13 
1532 412 301 e170 1690 400 697 2410 2460 e70 21 e13 
 
1629 324 183 e190 1210 348 1800 1340 1570 e58 21 e14 
1729 e240 e70 e400 1020 306 2540 839 688 e48 e21 e15 
1840 e200 e58 1810 916 277 2250 625 402 e41 e21 e15 
1950 e170 e56 2310 815 254 1580 520 282 e35 e21 e13 
2048 e150 e54 2430 722 232 1100 438 206 e32 e20 e12 
 
2151 e130 e54 2210 511 212 847 344 160 e30 e20 e11 
2247 e120 e55 2730 388 200 714 288 122 e28 e19 e12 
2339 e110 e54 3250 345 434 632 266 183 e25 e20 e13 
2436 e100 e54 3550 339 583 522 272 1530 e24 e25 11 
2534 e90 e52 4000 348 368 466 234 471 e22 e30 13 
 
2631 e80 e49 4290 347 272 425 196 302 e23 e35 12 
2731 e78 e47 3300 396 219 468 156 176 e40 e40 10 
2832 e75 e47 1980 1360 193 675 129 103 e50 27 10 
2938 e74 e48 1270 --- 180 1950 106 87 e56 22 11 
3043 e74 e48 972 --- 164 2380 91 71 e40 17 11 
 
3141 --- e45 1720 --- 151 --- 102 --- e34 18 --- 

TOTAL18661093854133751574777146372849922847187945278770412
MEAN60.23651751210267147295073762617024.813.7
MAX336150040342901050015002540263024608464019
MIN294345433391511419171221710
CFSM.08.50.241.653.63.641.291.00.85.23.03.02
IN..09.55.271.903.78.741.441.16.95.27.04.02

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN17129857067892110021001776511309175135
MAX170425573925417143854334306240213697185314931774
(WY)197019471983195019821978197919901957195719461993
MIN1.194.658.036.318.9711.956.012.315.92.507.382.32
(WY)195719551955197719541954195419541988195419531953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1998 CALENDAR YEARFOR 1999 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1910 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL262922         221746         
ANNUAL MEAN720         608         541         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1067         1973, 1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN28.5      1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN8940             Mar 2410500             Feb 1022200         Jun 17 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN27      A    Jan. 310      B    Sep 27,28.00    C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM34             Oct 2311             Sep 24.00    Jul 27 1954
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW10900             Feb 1023100      DJan 6 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE19.42        Feb 1023.02 EApr 14 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW9.4   B    Sep 27,28
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).98    .83    .74    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.31    11.22    10.01    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS2400         1620         1440         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS253         190         109         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS40         20         13         
A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in Jan.
B - May have been less during period of estimated discharges in Sept.
C - Many days in 1954-56, 1988.
D - Gage height, 22.63 ft, from graph based on gage readings.
E - During period of constricted channel due to bridge construction.

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