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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05590950       KASKASKIA RIVER AT CHESTERVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°42'11", long 88°23'11" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.35, T.15 N., R.7 E., Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 133 in Chesterville, and at mile 254.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 358 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: May 1995 to current year.

 

STAGE: May 1995 to current year. Gage-height record for Jan. 1974 to July 1983, and Apr. 4, 1995 to May 11, 1995 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 600.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 8,530 ft3/s, May 13, 2002, gage height, 45.52 ft; minimum discharge, 4.1 ft3/s, Sept. 19, 1999.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Mar. 5, 1979 reached a stage of 44.84 ft, discharge undetermined, from information by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 

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

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
116 186 411 e140 2020 e360 1170 1700 546 126 15 15   
218 174 405 e130 2540 e380 919 1340 448 114 14 14   
317 158 304 e120 2040 793 749 1070 383 102 14 13   
418 133 239 e120 1540 1030 594 842 328 92 14 13   
520 114 194 e120 1150 854 489 691 327 87 14 13   
 
624 107 167 e130 866 730 424 684 441 e76 13 13   
729 100 151 e135 685 717 383 1900 409 e66 13 12   
822 95 135 e140 555 682 410 2600 325 e59 14 12   
920 92 120 141 460 786 657 2540 275 e50 14 11   
1021 84 105 128 413 1200 764 2560 257 e44 14 10   
 
1122 81 96 114 394 1150 662 2100 e500 e39 14 9.9
1259 80 94 102 395 909 588 3850 1250 e34 13 9.9
13125 72 137 103 374 756 651 7990 1480 e31 14 9.9
14456 68 271 104 315 646 617 7570 1360 e27 14 11   
15676 64 505 101 285 576 537 5170 1110 e24 14 13   
 
16657 60 631 88 272 549 461 3230 853 22 16 13   
17615 57 1040 82 240 526 392 2280 662 21 38 14   
18548 56 1640 73 203 487 345 1970 522 20 23 15   
19406 56 1690 86 208 433 317 1660 416 19 17 e19   
20280 55 1340 88 960 407 403 1350 340 22 96 e26   
 
21196 55 996 86 2000 386 1470 1070 289 21 61 e30   
22148 53 768 81 1850 337 2710 872 263 19 26 e23   
23133 54 647 76 1410 308 2250 743 243 24 32 e18   
24262 51 561 83 1080 305 1660 651 229 27 207 e13   
25596 55 461 80 863 410 1950 579 227 22 100 e12   
 
26852 61 380 71 723 741 2080 503 268 19 59 e11   
27742 50 e300 71 e550 731 1720 430 244 21 34 e10   
28529 50 e250 73 e400 733 2750 561 202 21 24 e9.5
29365 77 e200 74 --- 1180 3190 807 166 20 20 e9.5
30264 211 e170 97 --- 1610 2380 802 145 18 18 e9.0
 
31209 --- e150 610 --- 1500 --- 671 --- 17 16 ---   

TOTAL8345260914558364724791222123369260786145081304995411.7
MEAN269.286.97469.6117.6885.4716.511231961483.642.0632.1013.72
MAX85221116906102540161031907990148012620730
MIN1650947120330531743014517139.0
CFSM0.750.241.310.332.472.003.145.481.350.120.090.04
IN.0.870.271.510.382.582.313.506.321.510.140.100.04

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1995 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN101.292.93166.8277.9613.4548.6534.7946.6672.9142.555.5749.23
MAX35537747052912191233112321461378475100200
(WY)200120012002199820011998200219961998200020002000
MIN11.422.518.329.611711410711437038.015.18.98
(WY)199720001999200020002000200020011995200119961998

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1995 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL114495     187858.7      
ANNUAL MEAN313.7  514.7      352.9  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN551     1998
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN177     2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN3340         Feb 267990             May 137990     May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN16         A9.0   B    Sep 304.7  Sep 10 1998
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM16         Aug 1211             Sep 86.0  Sep 15 1999
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW8530             May 138530     May 13 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE45.52        May 1345.52May 13 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW4.1  Sep 19 1999
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.881.44    0.99
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)11.9019.52    13.39
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS829     1380         974     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS130     207         115     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS20     14         14     

A - Aug. 13-17, Sept. 30, Oct. 1.

B - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in September.



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