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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05590800       LAKE FORK AT ATWOOD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°48'23", long 88°28'34" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.36, T.16 N., R.6 E., Piatt County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left bank at downstream side of bridge, 0.9 mi northwest of Atwood and at mile 9.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 149 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1972 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-93-1: 1989(M), 1990-92. WDR IL-94-1: 1989.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 644.58 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,030 ft3/s, Mar. 5, 1979, gage height, 14.03 ft; maximum gage height, 15.39 ft, Apr. 12, 1994, discharge, 3,390 ft3/s; no flow for many days in most years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
11.5  1.0  0.382.7  e0.51e1.716   12   65 76 11     58   
21.3  0.870.441.8  e0.58e1.716   14   54 53 10     155   
31.2  0.720.431.9  e0.64e1.517   11   47 42 11     103   
41.3  0.690.402.0  e0.80e1.416   8.943 35 11     58   
51.2  0.710.422.0  e1.0  e1.518   38   37 29 11     41   
 
61.1  0.800.452.3  e1.6  e1.615   84   34 24 13     33   
71.2  0.810.471.9  e1.3  e1.815   78   34 21 15     19   
80.970.560.491.9  e1.1  e2.218   59   30 19 13     9.4
90.830.540.512.1  e0.96e2.517   50   28 68 6.3  6.8
100.720.810.551.5  e0.90e3.116   309   26 866 3.8  6.5
 
110.610.570.631.0  e0.85e7.016   637   26 826 2.8  5.5
120.540.510.700.65e0.8212   16   399   146 508 2.3  5.1
130.490.330.790.56e0.8023   14   227   360 292 2.2  5.0
140.230.240.92e0.51e0.8847   15   153   427 182 2.2  5.9
150.240.371.0  e0.48e1.0  46   12   244   323 124 2.1  6.8
 
160.170.381.1  e0.45e1.1  36   12   304   223 86 1.7  6.6
170.100.401.1  e0.43e1.1  32   16   214   164 60 1.7  6.9
180.080.271.4  e0.40e1.0  29   15   158   132 54 0.947.7
190.860.412.6  e0.39e1.0  27   12   125   119 47 0.468.0
201.4  0.422.1  e0.37e1.1  28   14   172   98 36 0.397.6
 
211.1  0.701.6  e0.35e1.3  28   18   162   80 53 0.477.1
221.0  0.711.4  e0.34e2.0  27   17   127   70 65 0.578.1
231.1  0.751.1  e0.33e5.4  25   15   105   63 46 0.438.2
240.890.901.1  e0.32e4.5  24   13   91   55 32 0.387.7
251.1  0.860.99e0.31e3.6  24   16   80   48 24 0.387.0
 
261.3  0.860.80e0.31e2.8  23   17   69   44 19 0.336.7
271.4  0.860.81e0.33e2.2  20   14   56   41 15 0.358.1
280.950.900.88e0.35e1.9  22   12   52   36 14 0.359.2
291.2  0.960.98e0.37---     23   10   52   33 14 0.718.2
301.2  0.821.4  e0.40---     19   9.949   69 13 1.4  6.7
 
311.2  ---     3.0  e0.46---     16   ---   49   --- 11 2.3  ---   

TOTAL28.4819.7330.9429.2142.74557.0447.94188.929553754129.56631.8
MEAN0.920.661.000.941.5318.014.913598.51214.1821.1
MAX1.51.03.02.75.4471863742786615155
MIN0.080.240.380.310.511.49.98.926110.335.0
CFSM0.010.000.010.010.010.120.100.910.660.810.030.14
IN.0.010.000.010.010.010.140.111.050.740.940.030.16

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1973 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN51.098.514412220424823727417885.655.523.7
MAX371592452573595957703843738358394272
(WY)199419931988199319821979199420021974197319811993
MIN0.0000.660.460.161.5318.014.932.42.650.0000.0000.000
(WY)198920031977197720032003200320011988198819841988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1973 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL68237.9612815.26
ANNUAL MEAN187     35.1  143         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN260         1973, 1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN35.1      2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN3810         May 13866         Jul 103810         May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.00    A0.08    Oct 180.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.00    A0.26    Oct 120.00    B
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1020         Jul 104030      CMar 5 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE10.57    Jul 1015.39 DApr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.00    Oct 18
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.250.240.96    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)17.043.2013.04    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS533     79     385         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS29     5.0  50         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.210.430.70    

A - Many days.

B - Many days in most years.

C - Gage height, 14.03 ft.

D - Discharge, 3,390 ft3/s.



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