05593000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN

05593000 KASKASKIA RIVER AT CARLYLE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°36'42", long 89°21'22" in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.18, T.2 N., R.2 W., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 50 at Carlyle, 16.5 mi upstream from Crooked Creek, and at mile 94.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,719 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: March 1908 to September 1912, November to December 1912, August 1914 to September 1915, May 1938 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 975: 1908-12, 1915. 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 402.92 ft above sea level. Prior to July 1, 1938, nonrecording gage at site 100 ft downstream at same datum. July 1, 1938 to Sept. 30, 1940, nonrecording gage, and Oct. 1, 1940 to Oct. 4, 1976, water-stage recorder, 300 ft upstream at same datum.

REMARKS.-- Flow regulated since Apr. 1, 1967, by Carlyle Lake (station 05592990), 1 mi upstream from gage.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 54,400 ft³/s, May 21, 1943, gage height, 33.69 ft; minimum, 7.3 ft³/s, Nov. 12, 1964, result of dam construction upstream; minimum unregulated discharge, 11 ft³/s, Sept. 17, 1954.

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

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	2300	1960	3850	2510	4020	6970	758	603	183	1810	715	177
2	2010	1780	3850	2410	5040	6910	755	388	489	1650	583	176
3	1780	1770	3740	2090	5210	6770	766	264	704	1340	441	174
4	1570	1720	3620	1860	5240	6600	760	200	779	1100	440	173
5	1460	1550	3610	1700	5250	6320	755	197	909	961	295	303

6	1470	1420	3590	1640	5220	5880	583	201	660	880	193	388
7	1490	1710	3570	1530	5200	5430	455	101	1070	873	284	388
8	1500	2230	3570	1380	5170	5020	451	37	1940	871	341	388
9	1510	2290	3560	1160	5230	4520	450	44	2320	873	342	393
10	1560	2300	3550	822	5620	3960	457	49	2770	1250	343	388

11	2280	2490	3550	469	6610	3900	453	49	2830	1980	343	386
12	3330	2770	3560	332	7520	3810	701	49	2840	2030	341	385
13	3310	3070	3570	814	8030	3630	977	50	2830	1610	256	e320
14	2990	3560	3560	1370	8150	3420	1120	50	2660	1250	79	e250
15	2760	3590	3550	2070	8430	3130	1180	50	2680	1000	80	e250

16	2770	3660	3530	2360	8900	2820	1340	51	3510	798	80	e175
17	2990	3740	3550	2380	8580	2580	1460	50	3760	617	81	e120
18	3230	3730	3520	2710	8340	2300	1450	54	3650	560	83	80
19	3220	3710	3440	3260	7720	2070	1300	53	3320	549	81	68
20	3220	3710	3220	3260	6920	1880	1010	48	2940	544	107	68

21	3210	3700	3050	3240	6720	1680	871	63	2760	542	126	68
22	3210	3680	3040	3340	6600	1510	868	49	3440	542	124	68
23	3130	3660	3020	3500	6420	1310	872	50	3450	695	125	68
24	3040	3650	3010	3580	6370	1120	876	52	2790	831	142	68
25	2880	3710	3010	3660	6410	986	861	53	2500	830	132	68

26	2630	3740	3000	3650	6540	868	850	54	2480	832	266	69
27	2540	3770	2920	3570	6870	756	845	54	2470	831	356	68
28	2450	3750	2800	3450	6950	753	848	57	2460	826	215	69
29	2310	3790	2680	3380	---	752	845	60	2350	822	131	69
30	2090	3860	2670	3390	---	750	766	62	2100	820	177	68

31	2070	---	2600	3480	---	755	---	91	---	818	177	---

TOTAL	76310	90070	103360	74367	183280	99160	25683	3233	69644	30935	7479	5733
MEAN	2462	3002	3334	2399	6546	3199	856	104	2321	998	241	191
MAX	3330	3860	3850	3660	8900	6970	1460	603	3760	2030	715	393
MIN	1460	1420	2600	332	4020	750	450	37	183	542	79	68

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	638	961	2874	3273	4113	3880	3165	2350	2036	1903	1222	702
MAX	3415	6233	9762	7777	9484	10170	9700	9066	5328	4888	4091	3731
(WY)	1994	1994	1994	1983	1974	1979	1979	1996	1990	1973	1974	1974
MIN	40.3	43.1	47.8	47.5	50.3	492	105	53.4	50.0	57.9	51.8	37.8
(WY)	1986	1988	1977	1977	1977	2000	2000	1997	1988	1976	1976	1986

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1968 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	675511		769254
ANNUAL MEAN	1846		2108		2252
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					4392	1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					709	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	5060	Jul 12	8900	Feb 16	12100	A
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	40	Apr 5,6	37	May 8	7.9	May 14 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	50	Apr 10	47	May 8	29	May 13 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			9110	Feb 16	12300	May 10 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			22.44	Feb 16	25.04	May 8 1970
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			26	May 7
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3870		4220		5570
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1460		1610		1330
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	129		80		52

A - May 7-10, 1996.