05518000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2002

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05518000 KANKAKEE RIVER AT SHELBY, IN


LOCATION.-- Lat 41°10'58", long 87°20'25" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.33, T.32 N., R.8 W., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, (SHELBY, IN quadrangle), on right bank at upstream side of Highway 55 bridge, 1.0 mi south of Shelby, 7.8 mi upstream from Beaver Lake Ditch, and at mile 68.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,779 mi², of which 201 mi² does not contribute directly to surface runoff.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1922 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	SEDIMENT: Water years 1993-96.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1005: 1928(M). WSP 2115: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 628.13 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 19, 1934, nonrecording gage, Dec. 19, 1934, to Oct. 4, 1965, water-stage recorder on left bank 50 ft downstream, Oct. 5, 1965, to Sept. 21, 1966, nonrecording gage on right bank 200 ft downstream, and Sept. 21, 1966 to July 21, 1998, water-stage recorder on right bank 25 ft upstream from Monon railroad bridge and approximately 400 ft downstream, all at same datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 7,650 ft³/s, March 26, 1982, maximum gage height 12.98 ft, March 24, 1982; minimum daily discharge, 260 ft³/s, January 13, 1954.

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

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	626	3190	2020	e1480	2930	2180	2920	3340	2980	1170	812	446
2	616	3100	2220	e1500	3400	2170	3150	3320	2790	1110	814	464
3	627	3170	2390	e1530	3560	2330	3450	3170	2620	1040	896	468
4	610	3130	2410	e1560	3650	2490	3570	3000	2500	966	887	458
5	655	3070	2280	e1600	3710	2700	3630	2830	2410	964	831	386

6	808	2960	2190	e1630	3750	2810	3710	2680	2360	893	719	362
7	920	2780	2120	e1650	3740	2940	3720	2590	2310	826	656	367
8	961	2610	2040	1630	3630	3180	3730	2480	2250	793	597	392
9	963	2470	1940	1590	3400	3540	3840	2490	2170	828	550	358
10	950	2350	1860	1590	3120	3770	3890	2620	2090	875	478	381

11	929	2220	1820	1590	2900	3840	3840	2680	2050	913	455	437
12	1070	2120	1780	1530	2740	3870	3820	3570	2020	863	442	479
13	1440	2000	1750	1530	2610	3880	3780	4760	1980	806	422	459
14	2280	1950	1740	1510	2470	3870	3690	4990	1990	770	454	445
15	3190	1880	1810	1500	2370	3790	3550	4960	1920	704	534	424

16	3460	1850	1960	1480	2260	3620	3380	4950	1840	668	545	431
17	3860	1810	2210	1460	2180	3420	3190	4910	1790	637	576	419
18	3970	1800	2400	1440	2120	3220	3000	5020	1680	618	556	460
19	4000	1740	2460	1410	2100	3080	2870	5090	1590	583	594	576
20	3990	1740	2530	1380	2230	2950	2750	5080	1510	570	722	621

21	3940	1720	2530	1410	2490	2800	2760	5030	1400	556	753	662
22	3910	1660	2460	1400	2570	2680	2910	4900	1350	572	780	636
23	3840	1620	2400	1380	2630	2570	3080	4720	1310	591	765	609
24	3770	1630	2340	1380	2590	2470	3170	4480	1200	645	720	592
25	4020	1610	2280	1350	2490	2410	3230	4230	1110	661	692	612

26	4180	1630	2200	1360	2430	2350	3160	3980	1160	674	621	583
27	4080	1620	2130	1320	2320	2290	3050	3720	1430	676	588	586
28	3960	1600	2070	1290	2240	2270	3160	3480	1580	716	570	588
29	3850	1610	1970	1290	---	2320	3270	3280	1460	935	517	576
30	3680	1740	e1850	1450	---	2530	3310	3170	1280	1020	477	531

31	3440	---	e1650	1960	---	2720	---	3080	---	950	464	---

TOTAL	78595	64380	65810	46180	78630	91060	100580	118600	56130	24593	19487	14808
MEAN	2535	2146	2123	1490	2808	2937	3353	3826	1871	793.3	628.6	493.6
MAX	4180	3190	2530	1960	3750	3880	3890	5090	2980	1170	896	662
MIN	610	1600	1650	1290	2100	2170	2750	2480	1110	556	422	358
CFSM	1.43	1.21	1.19	0.84	1.58	1.65	1.88	2.15	1.05	0.45	0.35	0.28
IN.	1.64	1.35	1.38	0.97	1.64	1.90	2.10	2.48	1.17	0.51	0.41	0.31

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1924 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	1083	1341	1622	1815	1989	2555	2770	2312	1833	1282	971.5	867.5
MAX	3529	3413	4502	4867	3658	5570	5365	4409	4347	3228	3058	2843
(WY)	1991	1973	1928	1991	1950	1985	1982	1943	1981	1996	1990	1993
MIN	455	500	540	460	462	848	1226	789	569	441	402	356
(WY)	1954	2000	1964	1940	1963	1934	1925	1934	1934	1988	1988	1941

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2002 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1924 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL	661151		758853
ANNUAL MEAN	1811		2079		1701
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2767	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					775	1964
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	4570	Feb 16	5090	May 19	7650	Mar 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	476	Aug 15	358	Sep 9	260	Jan 13 1954
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	503	Aug 9	383	Sep 5	298	Aug 2 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			5110	May 19	7650	Mar 26 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			11.72	May 19	12.98	Mar 24 1982
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.02		1.17		0.96
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	13.83		15.87		12.99
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3690		3770		3360
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1680		2000		1370
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	659		576		630