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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05594000       SHOAL CREEK NEAR BREESE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°36'35", long 89°29'40" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.13, T.2 N., R.4 W., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on old U.S. Highway 50, 0.4 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1.7 mi east of Breese, 7 mi upstream from Beaver Creek, and at mile 21.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 735 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: November 1909 to December 1912, August to December 1914, October 1945 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water Years 1998 and 2002.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 413.97 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 8, 1914, chain gage at site 0.4 mi downstream at different datum. Oct. 1, 1945, to Oct. 10, 1968, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

 

REMARKS.-- About 0.98 ft3/s diverted 20 ft above station for municipal supply of Breese is not included in records.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 23,300 ft3/s, May 9, 2002, gage height, 22.10 ft; maximum gage height, 23.02 ft, April 14, 1979, during period of constricted channel due to bridge construction; no flow for many days in 1954-56, 1988.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 19, 1943, reached a stage of 25.6 ft, present site and datum, discharge, 52,000 ft3/s on basis of contracted opening measurement of peak flow.

 

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
 
117 117 2010 e290 2810 220 2450 5510 303 99 42 17 
216 105 1610 e300 3260 257 1260 5400 246 90 35 16 
3e16 96 793 e275 4240 815 813 4500 207 82 31 15 
4e15 89 516 e210 5170 1430 641 4220 179 76 30 16 
5e15 90 492 e150 4190 739 511 3800 165 71 27 15 
 
6e16 84 445 e130 1960 514 435 2290 153 67 30 14 
7e20 78 408 e120 1030 504 387 3220 156 63 27 13 
8e26 76 381 e115 755 492 485 5210 160 58 26 13 
9e25 72 371 e120 630 1470 1180 20300 146 53 31 13 
10e22 68 350 e130 557 2770 1670 20900 136 52 30 13 
 
11e50 67 322 e135 510 3220 1020 15700 456 51 72 e13 
12e110 66 322 141 485 3540 688 11600 1290 51 126 e13 
13375 63 469 142 453 2260 767 10000 1920 63 56 e12 
14718 60 902 139 423 1050 1130 13300 2130 83 45 e12 
15956 60 1720 137 400 775 816 19800 1600 89 32 e12 
 
16682 59 2200 135 383 1220 564 14900 1130 72 24 e12 
17760 58 3110 134 300 1450 449 10300 621 63 21 e14 
18744 57 3470 130 191 984 372 7230 555 97 23 e20 
19454 58 4200 129 212 716 342 5280 396 85 143 74 
20286 56 5370 130 370 741 1320 4120 277 57 175 543 
 
21220 55 5480 131 737 933 2900 2540 214 50 191 294 
22181 55 3180 131 707 916 3520 1350 177 43 78 131 
23165 56 1480 132 450 631 3970 754 156 48 44 e90 
24163 73 912 138 336 474 3460 533 141 43 32 e100 
25229 79 704 141 283 1040 2360 427 131 42 61 e80 
 
261070 96 563 146 257 2540 2820 398 128 48 91 e60 
27775 122 473 142 245 3020 3300 369 124 51 50 e45 
28352 109 e390 139 232 3130 4100 332 129 60 34 e34 
29205 106 e340 134 --- 3150 4550 594 122 81 24 e30 
30151 623 e310 140 --- 3360 4970 699 112 54 19 e26 
 
31127 --- e280 834 --- 3480 --- 415 --- 42 17 --- 

TOTAL8961285343573540031576478415325019599113660198416671760
MEAN289.195.101406174.21128154317756322455.364.0053.7758.67
MAX1070623548083451703540497020900213099191543
MIN1555280115191220342332112421712
CFSM0.390.131.910.241.532.102.418.600.620.090.070.08
IN.0.450.142.210.271.602.422.709.920.690.100.080.09

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN181.1293.4560.8655.4923.4987.9986.6850.7523.9311.4183.3136.1
MAX170425573925417143854334306263223697185314931774
(WY)197019471983195019821978197920021957195719461993
MIN1.194.658.036.318.9711.956.012.315.92.507.382.32
(WY)195719551955197719541954195419541988195419531953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1910 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL175991         408516         
ANNUAL MEAN482.2      1119         546.8      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1119         2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN28.5      1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN5480             Dec 2120900             May 1022200         Jun 17 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN15      A    Oct 4-512      B    Sep 13-160.00    C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM16             Sep 3012             Sep 100.00    Jul 27 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW23300             May 923300         May 9 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE22.10        May 923.02 DApr 14 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.66    1.52    0.74    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)8.91    20.68    10.11    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1500         3240         1440         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS125         212         109         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS27         27         13         

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in October.

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

C - Many days in 1954-56, 1988.

D - During period of constricted channel from bridge construction.



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