05594000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: November 1909 to December 1912, August to December 1914, October 1945 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, 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.-- About 0.9 ft³/s diverted 20 ft above station for municipal supply of Breese is not included in records.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: 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.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	12	e25	12	18	e15	95	55	68	233	1350	1380	301
2	13	e40	11	19	e16	79	51	57	162	683	609	223
3	15	e50	49	29	e17	71	46	48	125	494	336	175
4	15	e30	270	50	e18	72	42	44	102	350	218	136
5	13	e42	251	50	e19	82	39	41	88	252	185	107

6	11	e37	148	43	e21	80	38	36	78	418	313	90
7	11	e32	86	39	e23	74	58	245	70	1000	1480	81
8	15	e34	59	31	e26	64	48	1420	62	563	2650	73
9	27	e23	53	25	e28	57	68	891	52	316	2020	66
10	30	e21	65	e32	e30	49	116	344	45	206	1080	174

11	35	e20	105	e30	e33	49	76	181	39	458	482	667
12	23	19	64	e29	e33	48	57	124	38	1100	293	784
13	e18	21	55	e25	34	49	48	161	46	720	206	421
14	e15	22	52	e23	38	55	43	519	79	300	155	382
15	e13	25	42	e23	36	56	38	370	71	179	118	335

16	e12	23	37	e21	32	57	40	166	206	135	96	250
17	e12	18	32	e21	27	53	45	101	536	113	83	184
18	e12	18	30	e23	207	50	60	78	202	112	240	126
19	e12	20	29	e23	493	54	121	62	184	1910	398	98
20	e15	17	27	e23	243	82	101	51	122	2820	167	77

21	e15	16	26	e24	144	182	85	63	274	2970	102	69
22	e15	15	23	e27	92	207	97	59	1830	1690	80	60
23	e15	17	21	e29	71	172	110	48	1430	569	70	56
24	e14	17	21	e32	59	126	95	43	2760	305	1130	65
25	e13	17	19	e21	53	98	114	38	3490	187	2720	233

26	e13	15	e18	e19	61	80	194	73	3640	129	3100	1520
27	e14	14	18	e17	100	77	174	640	4090	97	3740	2140
28	e13	14	16	e16	131	73	117	2340	4630	1090	3490	1430
29	e14	16	15	e15	117	71	91	2290	4700	2810	1730	733
30	e15	14	16	e15	---	74	80	1090	2940	3090	721	464

31	e15	---	17	e15	---	63	---	428	---	2790	435	---

TOTAL	485	692	1687	807	2217	2499	2347	12119	32324	29206	29827	11520
MEAN	15.6	23.1	54.4	26.0	76.4	80.6	78.2	391	1077	942	962	384
MAX	35	50	270	50	493	207	194	2340	4700	3090	3740	2140
MIN	11	14	11	15	15	48	38	36	38	97	70	56
CFSM	.02	.03	.07	.04	.10	.11	.11	.53	1.47	1.28	1.31	.52
IN.	.02	.04	.09	.04	.11	.13	.12	.61	1.64	1.48	1.51	.58

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	168	290	552	666	906	986	985	769	521	320	188	139
MAX	1704	2557	3925	4171	4385	4334	3062	4021	3697	1853	1493	1774
(WY)	1970	1947	1983	1950	1982	1978	1979	1990	1957	1957	1946	1993
MIN	1.19	4.65	8.03	6.31	8.97	11.9	56.0	12.3	15.9	2.50	7.38	2.32
(WY)	1957	1955	1955	1977	1954	1954	1954	1954	1988	1954	1953	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1910 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	206393		125730
ANNUAL MEAN	565		344		538
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					1067	1973, 1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					28.5	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	10500	Feb 10	4700	Jun 29	22200	Jun 17 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	10 A	Sep 27,28	11	B	.00	C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	11	Sep 24	13	Oct 1	.00	Jul 27 1954
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			4890	Jun 29	23100 D	Jan 6 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			17.14	Jun 29	23.02 E	Apr 14 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.77		.47		.73
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	10.45		6.36		9.94
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1620		1080		1430
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	87		64		107
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	14		15		13

A - May have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Sept. and Oct.
B - Oct. 6, 7, Dec. 2, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Oct.
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.