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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05593945       SHOAL CREEK NEAR PIERRON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°46'33", long 89°29'56" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec. 24, T.4 N., R.4 W., Bond County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 143, 1.1 mi east of Baden Baden, 6.5 mi east of Pierron, and at mile 43.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 678 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 Dec. 16, 1970 to May 30, 1978, and Apr. 5, 1995 to May 5, 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 400.00 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, 24,000 ft3/s, May 8, 2002, gage height 60.85 ft; minimum discharge, 4.7 ft3/s, Oct. 13, 1997.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Apr. 23, 1973 reached a stage of 59.48 ft, discharge 14,900 ft3/s, from information by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 

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
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
114 111 2130 e260 4210 203 1240 3410 248 71 25 15   
214 99 1010 e270 5450 283 881 3720 209 64 23 15   
314 90 552 e230 5040 1430 713 4670 178 59 21 13   
412 91 453 e160 2410 1010 579 3220 157 54 20 12   
513 83 439 e120 1150 537 478 1260 140 51 20 12   
 
616 76 399 e110 808 488 415 2020 138 48 19 11   
722 70 376 e100 686 483 372 9370 151 44 19 11   
824 65 358 e95 594 473 546 22500 135 41 23 11   
918 60 353 e100 534 1860 1730 17500 120 39 21 10   
1021 57 318 e110 486 4020 1380 12100 203 37 18 10   
 
1129 56 299 112 466 3710 784 8620 805 35 33 9.8
12142 52 307 108 445 1930 592 6260 1520 44 39 9.3
13774 49 569 e105 409 961 1050 9560 2260 57 37 9.0
14939 48 1190 102 371 705 1030 18500 1640 66 27 9.2
15843 46 2080 100 362 572 620 11400 1400 53 20 10   
 
16592 44 1870 100 333 1250 474 7210 735 40 18 9.9
17893 44 3710 93 188 1210 385 3990 528 36 18 11   
18559 43 4910 88 161 733 338 3410 451 34 21 16   
19324 42 5790 87 174 593 303 3110 294 40 53 433   
20226 42 3560 90 471 714 2750 1750 219 35 e230 390   
 
21175 42 1560 90 803 1070 4290 1070 175 31 e120 127   
22138 42 958 89 511 754 4380 748 146 29 e55 86   
23122 41 778 93 349 508 2780 524 126 31 28 101   
24124 57 e680 102 284 426 1280 427 112 29 48 75   
25712 73 e500 109 247 1630 2800 393 101 31 93 52   
 
261120 126 e430 106 232 3690 4150 376 92 31 48 42   
27468 107 e380 96 228 3480 4330 338 92 38 32 35   
28258 91 e320 90 210 2980 4670 420 97 63 24 30   
29183 125 e280 87 --- 3830 5620 718 88 38 20 26   
30145 1420 e260 112 --- 3800 6110 473 79 30 18 24   
 
31126 --- e240 1720 --- 2160 --- 314 --- 30 17 ---   

TOTAL9060339237059523427612474935707015938112639132912081625.2
MEAN292.3113.11195168.8986.1153219025141421.342.8738.9754.17
MAX112014205790172054504020611022500226071230433
MIN1241240871612033033147929179.0
CFSM0.430.171.760.251.452.262.817.580.620.060.060.08
IN.0.500.192.030.291.512.613.138.740.690.070.070.09

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1995 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN171.0190.6287.1426.4940.4828.1817.21382632.4252.2223.872.67
MAX7986371195112521282009190251411491800811353
(WY)200120012002199919991998200220021998200020002000
MIN8.1115.741.323.465.774.975.812825834.316.911.5
(WY)199819982000200020002000200020011997199719971999

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1995 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL160984     363102.2  
ANNUAL MEAN441.1  994.8  522.0  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN995     2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN302     2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN5790         Dec 1922500         May 822500     May 8 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN12         Oct 49.0      Sep 135.4  Oct 12 1997
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM14         Sep 299.6      Sep 106.4  Oct 3 1997
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW24000         May 824000     May 8 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE60.85    May 860.85May 8 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW8.9      Sep 13, 144.7  Oct 13 1997
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.651.470.77
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)8.8319.9210.46
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1160     3150     1260     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS122     183     110     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS21     21     16     



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