05585830 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05585830 MCKEE CREEK AT CHAMBERSBURG, IL


LOCATION.--Lat 39°49'04", long 90°39'16" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 8, T.3 S., R. 2 W, Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07130011, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 104 at east side of Chambersburg, 3.8 miles downstream from Leineke Branch, 5.5 miles upstream from South Fork McKee Creek, and at mile 7.1.

DRAINAGE AREA.--341 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: August 2002 to current year.
	STAGE: August 2002 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: WATER YEARS 1979-87.
	SEDIMENT: October 2002 to current year.
	MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2002-03.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, pumping sampler, and crest-stage-gage. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (established by Illinois Dept. of Transportation).

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,420 ft³/s, September 1, 2003, gage height, 42.01 ft; Minimum discharge, 3.9 ft³/s, October 16, 2002.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 2,430 mg/L, July 19, 2003; minimum daily, 29 mg/L, Dec. 2, 2002.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 39,800, Sept. 1, 2003; minimum daily, 0.48 tons, Dec. 2, 2002.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of June 2002 exceeded the measured discharge of 12,100 ft³/s on June 13, 2002, gage height not determined.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum discharge, 4,680 ft³/s, August 24; maximum gage height, 38.54 ft, August 24; minimum discharge, 6.1 ft³/s, September 28-30.

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

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	5.8	7.4	6.1	13	51	e21	74	758	49	39	57	8230
2	5.4	7.8	6.1	14	81	e18	55	1190	53	31	44	3010
3	5.5	8.1	6.0	e13	93	e16	43	378	71	25	154	448
4	6.4	11	6.0	e12	59	e17	219	252	85	22	171	217
5	6.8	10	6.4	e12	e40	e16	517	2820	79	19	69	140

6	6.3	11	5.6	e11	e29	e16	286	1530	65	17	45	102
7	5.6	10	6.4	e11	e22	e18	192	448	74	16	33	83
8	5.4	10	6.2	e13	e16	e21	306	280	106	16	26	e66
9	5.1	9.0	5.7	e12	e13	e25	188	231	82	164	22	54
10	6.5	8.7	5.9	e11	e11	e30	116	358	134	349	20	48

11	5.2	7.8	5.9	e9.0	e10	e22	85	2160	592	128	18	42
12	4.7	7.3	6.4	e10	e12	e26	64	1210	247	60	17	38
13	5.2	7.3	8.3	e9.2	e11	32	50	339	179	36	16	1110
14	4.1	7.4	8.7	e8.4	e28	43	39	246	157	27	21	567
15	4.1	8.3	8.1	e7.6	95	48	32	214	118	22	22	212

16	3.9	8.0	7.9	e7.2	1360	36	30	178	88	18	27	113
17	4.1	8.4	7.8	e6.9	649	35	393	148	64	16	18	78
18	5.4	7.9	53	e6.6	e410	44	543	127	50	1210	15	58
19	18	7.6	498	e6.4	e320	292	211	116	42	1820	13	49
20	18	7.5	170	e6.2	e470	1760	154	131	36	299	11	43

21	12	9.1	61	e6.1	e900	645	263	187	31	145	10	44
22	13	6.7	32	e6.0	e1800	267	174	168	29	93	9.5	1310
23	11	6.8	22	e6.0	e120	140	96	131	27	69	8.9	428
24	9.1	6.0	16	e6.0	e49	91	83	104	25	58	8.9	159
25	9.3	6.0	13	e6.1	e41	81	1380	98	27	52	8.9	99

26	7.7	6.6	e12	e6.3	e34	78	2310	88	655	46	10	94
27	7.0	6.9	13	e6.6	e28	70	559	78	347	38	28	637
28	6.6	6.9	12	e7.0	e24	73	310	65	122	530	11	296
29	7.0	6.9	12	e7.6	---	310	334	55	100	895	17	133
30	7.1	6.7	12	e16	---	235	516	50	70	183	187	90

31	7.1	---	13	e30	---	113	---	49	---	91	739	---

TOTAL	228.4	239.1	1052.5	303.2	6776	4639	9622	14187	3804	6534	1857.2	17998
MEAN	7.37	7.97	34.0	9.78	242	150	321	458	127	211	59.9	600
MAX	18	11	498	30	1800	1760	2310	2820	655	1820	739	8230
MIN	3.9	6.0	5.6	6.0	10	16	30	49	25	16	8.9	38
CFSM	0.02	0.02	0.10	0.03	0.71	0.44	0.94	1.34	0.37	0.62	0.18	1.76
IN.	0.02	0.03	0.11	0.03	0.74	0.51	1.05	1.55	0.41	0.71	0.20	1.96

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	7.37	7.97	34.0	9.78	242	150	321	458	127	211	122	305
MAX	7.37	7.97	34.0	9.78	242	150	321	458	127	211	184	600
(WY)	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2002	2003
MIN	7.37	7.97	34.0	9.78	242	150	321	458	127	211	59.9	10.1
(WY)	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003	2002

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	67240.4
ANNUAL MEAN	184
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	8230	Sep 1	8230	Sep 1 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	3.9	Oct 16	3.9	Oct 16 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	4.5	Oct 11	4.5	Oct 11 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW	9420	Sep 1	9420	Sep 1 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE	42.01	Sep 1	42.01	Sep 1 2003
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW	3.9	Oct 16	3.9	Oct 16 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.54
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	7.34
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	417		417
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	32		32
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	6.4		6.4