05591700 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2002

Station list Available data
KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


LOCATION.-- Lat 39°43'52", long 88°39'43" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.21, T.15 N., R.5 E., Moultrie County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left downstream side of bridge on State Highways 32 and 133, 1.5 mi northwest of Lovington, 1.7 mi upstream from Stringtown Branch, and at mile 25.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 112 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: February 1980 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994-2002. Gage-height record for January 1963 to February 1980 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
	PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1971-73.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1980-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage. Datum of gage is 632.50 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, 10,300 ft³/s, May 8, 1996, from rating curve extended above 9,490 ft³/s, gage height 16.40 ft; no flow for many days in most years.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 1968 reached a stage of 14.66 ft, discharge not determined, from information by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records 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	3.5	126	387	e46	1230	e120	e360	651	146	47	0.66	0.00
2	3.6	115	246	e40	830	e170	e280	571	132	42	0.41	0.00
3	3.7	90	183	e37	663	e450	e210	450	122	39	0.26	0.00
4	3.0	81	141	e34	514	e340	e170	370	114	35	0.14	0.00
5	9.2	77	114	e32	357	e180	e140	322	124	30	0.09	0.00

6	25	73	101	e30	277	e200	e120	577	134	26	0.05	0.00
7	21	67	89	e29	223	e240	e110	2430	114	22	0.00	0.00
8	17	62	78	e35	179	e160	e180	1410	105	19	0.00	0.00
9	16	52	63	e29	e150	e400	e340	1560	98	17	0.00	0.00
10	18	51	55	e26	e125	e550	e280	1070	94	16	0.00	0.00

11	27	49	50	e29	e105	e380	e230	878	124	14	0.00	0.00
12	161	41	49	e33	e90	e290	e180	5980	410	12	0.00	0.00
13	237	40	133	39	e80	e230	e200	3750	337	11	0.00	0.00
14	510	41	252	38	e74	e190	e175	991	314	9.3	0.00	0.00
15	344	38	397	32	e68	e150	e150	519	259	7.8	0.00	0.00

16	406	36	325	28	e62	e190	e130	397	215	6.6	0.00	0.00
17	389	32	764	31	e57	e170	e110	423	189	5.6	0.00	0.00
18	265	31	830	28	e54	e150	e100	368	170	4.5	0.00	0.00
19	205	34	626	30	e150	e140	e90	321	152	3.7	0.53	0.00
20	157	30	448	30	934	e130	572	282	137	3.0	2.1	0.00

21	e130	30	332	31	840	e140	1500	247	124	2.4	2.1	0.00
22	e110	31	280	26	e600	e120	1400	221	115	3.7	1.3	0.00
23	e140	29	256	28	e430	e110	882	202	110	3.0	0.71	0.00
24	e200	33	209	28	e310	e100	775	185	101	3.2	0.35	0.00
25	541	34	169	23	e240	e260	1760	169	94	2.3	0.30	0.00

26	369	26	e130	23	e190	425	909	149	87	1.7	0.48	0.00
27	254	26	e100	24	e160	330	1030	139	80	2.5	0.39	0.00
28	190	26	e80	24	e140	568	2100	273	68	2.4	0.18	0.00
29	157	38	e70	25	---	773	1020	224	58	2.2	0.09	0.00
30	132	303	e60	45	---	673	772	186	53	1.5	0.06	0.00

31	128	---	e52	726	---	e470	---	162	---	1.0	0.02	---

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	43.33	87.31	124.7	105.4	186.5	178.3	190.3	250.9	144.4	60.26	29.50	17.66
MAX	316	530	378	385	669	536	542	873	490	373	351	224
(WY)	1994	1986	1991	1993	1982	1982	2002	1996	1998	1992	1981	1993
MIN	0.000	0.000	0.020	0.96	15.8	21.9	22.8	21.5	7.24	0.075	0.000	0.000
(WY)	1989	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	1988	1988	1988	1988	1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2002 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1980 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL	44433.86		80111.62
ANNUAL MEAN	121.7		219.5		119.5
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					219	2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					39.2	2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2010	Jun 6	5980	May 12	6080	Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.19	Aug 17	0.00	Many days	0.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.42	Aug 12	0.00	Aug 7	0.00	Sep 28 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			9930	May 12	10300 B	May 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			16.26	May 12	16.40	May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.09		1.96		1.07
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	14.76		26.61		14.50
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	309		545		316
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	51		90		39
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4.6		0.00		0.00

	A - Many days in most years.
	B - From rating curve extended above 9,490 ft³/s.