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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05593900       EAST FORK SHOAL CREEK NEAR COFFEEN, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 39°08'56", long 89°21'08", in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.7, T.8 N., R.2 W., Montgomery County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 8, 4.5 mi northeast of Coffeen, 6.5 mi east of Hillsboro, and at mile 39.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.5 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: October 1963 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.


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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 574.76 ft above sea level.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,910 ft3/s, Dec. 7, 1966, from rating curve extended above 2,200 ft3/s, gage height, 14.45 ft; maximum gage height, 14.75 ft, Aug. 5, 1998, discharge, 5,030 ft3/s; no flow for many days in most years.

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
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
17.96.517   e8.061 31 10   5.659   6.1  1.4  8.4  
26.96.617   e7.547 28 9.84.917   7.0  1.1  3.2  
36.36.316   e8.039 26 9.9e4.111   5.0  1.3  1.3  
489   6.215   e9.027 23 9.6e3.7560   2.9  .99.75
51600   6.214   e10   27 20 9.3e3.5564   1.9  .57.45
 
61030   90   14   e10   26 17 9.5e5.01060   1.4  .51.30
758   401   14   e9.530 17 9.6e7.5218   1.3  .52.21
829   58   13   e9.582 16 8.84.844   1.4  .43.25
921   139   13   e9.0688 15 8.74.229   11     .3635     
1016   207   13   e9.0402 15 8.94.625   5.4  .2812     
 
1113   49   46   e9.553 15 16   3.918   2.9  .224.3  
1211   34   60   e10   38 15 14   3.114   1.4  .171.9  
1310   155   e37   e12   38 15 9.32.911   1.1  .131.0  
149.459   e26   e40   205 14 8.23.09.1.78.12.45
159.732   e17   e230   129 14 7.93.1109   .74.14.24
 
1610   26   e15   e120   58 61 7.33.020   .61.18.17
1712   22   e14   e65   31 48 6.53.411   .76.13.12
1811   20   e13   e40   24 25 6.3357   8.714     .133.7  
199.319   e12   e32   21 20 6.333   6.83.2  .106.3  
208.317   e11   e27   20 18 6.615   5.93.5  .123.5  
 
217.716   e10   e22   18 17 6.862   28   2.2  .092.9  
227.115   e9.5e18   17 15 6.532   18   1.9  .121.5  
236.815   e9.0e16   17 15 6.513   7.31.9  .141.0  
246.715   e8.5e17   242 13 5.511   5.479     .83.63
256.645   e8.0e19   1240 12 5.39.64.327     2.6  .41
 
267.6143   e9.0e16   100 11 5.28.83.67.5  12     .26
277.045   e10   e14   46 11 5.28.33.14.7  2.2  .19
286.326   e10   e13   35 11 4.87.72.43.9  1.2  .14
296.221   e9.5371   --- 11 4.46.32.63.4  .98.15
306.119   e9.0924   --- 11 4.45.72.72.7  .77.11
 
316.2---   e8.5167   --- 10 ---   147   ---   1.9  14     ---     

TOTAL3042.11719.8498.02272.03761590237.1786.72877.9208.4943.8390.83
MEAN98.157.316.173.313419.07.9025.495.96.731.413.03
MAX160040160924124061163571060791435
MIN6.16.28.07.517104.42.92.4.61.09.11
CFSM1.771.03.291.322.42.34.14.461.73.12.03.05
IN.2.041.15.331.522.52.40.16.531.93.14.03.06

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1964 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN14.925.653.457.966.773.373.355.337.617.711.213.5
MAX192193256279222313347303203176127181
(WY)197019941983197419821978199419901973198219981993
MIN.000.082.049.161.752.904.091.36.13.000.000.000
(WY)196419981977197720002000200019881988196419881964

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2000 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2001 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1964 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL11472.49    16127.75
ANNUAL MEAN31.3      44.2  41.6      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN99.7      1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN6.76    1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1600             Oct 51600         Oct 52880         Aug 5 1998
LOWEST DAILY MEAN.06 A    Jan 29,30.09    Aug 21.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM.07        Jan 25.12    Aug 17.00    Oct 1 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1830         Oct 55910      CDec 7 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE12.17    Oct 514.75 DAug 5 1998
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW.08    Aug 19,21
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).56    .80.75    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)7.69    10.8110.18    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS35         59     60         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.8      9.6  4.8      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS.58    .75.09    

A - Estimated, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Jan. and Feb.
B - Many days in most years.
C - From rating curve extended above 2,200 ft3/s, gage height, 14.45 ft.
D - Discharge, 5,030 ft3/s.


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