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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592000       KASKASKIA RIVER AT SHELBYVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°24'26", long 88°46'53" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.8, T.11 N., R.4 E., Shelby County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left bank 700 ft downstream from Lake Shelbyville Dam, 700 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 16 in Shelbyville, 0.5 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 7 mi upstream from Robinson Creek, and at mile 197.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,054 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: February 1908 to September 1912, November to December 1912, August to December 1914, October 1940 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 975: 1908. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 530.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Dec. 6, 1914, nonrecording gage at site 750 ft downstream at datum 1.11 ft higher. Oct. 1 to Dec. 3, 1940, and June 1, 1950 to July 10, 1952, nonrecording gage and Dec. 4, 1940 to May 31, 1950, and July 11, 1952 to June 30, 1969, water-stage recorder, at site 650 ft downstream at datum 5.78 ft higher. June 30, 1969 to Sept. 30, 1998, water-stage recorder, at present site, at datum 5.78 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Flow regulated by Lake Shelbyville (station 05591950), flood-control storage 474,000 acre-ft, beginning June 24, 1969.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 25,900 ft3/s, June 29, 1957, gage height, 22.37 ft; no flow at times in 1953-55, 1984.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1720 33 1470 195 30 99 30 30 126 361 29 51 
2487 33 1360 195 29 99 30 29 124 463 31 44 
3288 33 1150 197 30 100 30 29 125 464 29 120 
4251 33 937 195 29 84 30 30 114 464 29 591 
5164 34 714 195 49 72 29 31 106 397 29 850 
 
672 33 592 195 61 73 28 29 106 359 29 750 
747 84 442 90 61 74 29 30 104 226 29 633 
846 24 289 17 61 74 29 29 104 93 29 486 
930 24 161 17 61 74 28 30 104 79 29 218 
1025 25 63 17 61 74 28 42 105 268 29 126 
 
1129 25 30 17 61 75 29 30 104 927 29 125 
1229 25 30 17 63 76 28 30 104 1410 30 79 
1326 25 29 16 63 76 29 30 105 1570 30 53 
1428 25 30 16 63 194 29 30 442 1430 30 41 
1528 301 30 16 61 337 29 30 719 1130 30 30 
 
1628 854 29 16 78 338 45 30 872 849 30 30 
1728 1320 29 16 93 340 29 30 989 847 30 30 
1829 1550 31 16 99 409 29 30 991 611 30 30 
1929 1540 30 16 145 455 29 302 989 428 30 30 
2030 1540 30 16 175 391 29 646 987 225 30 30 
 
2130 1530 30 16 175 347 29 734 986 120 30 30 
2231 1530 30 16 175 312 28 681 912 271 30 31 
2331 1520 30 16 174 185 28 549 870 534 30 30 
2431 1520 30 16 175 86 28 464 870 542 30 31 
2533 1510 30 16 175 29 28 382 790 597 62 30 
 
2632 1500 30 16 175 30 28 383 662 343 55 32 
2732 1490 30 16 175 29 29 383 528 60 44 30 
2832 1480 30 15 138 30 29 347 350 29 43 30 
2933 1480 30 15 --- 29 29 255 261 28 44 30 
3033 1480 79 15 --- 29 29 126 259 29 43 30 
 
3133 --- 160 23 --- 29 --- 126 --- 29 46 --- 

TOTAL27652260179851655273546498815927139081518310484651
MEAN89.275325853.497.715029.419146449033.8155
MAX7201550147019717545545734991157062850
MIN2524291529292829104282930


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1970 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN38046811721326151615261055851932903634308
MAX203116263492352745514696398042032689288220791786
(WY)197019941986199319741979197920021996197419731973
MIN5.155.442.583.5715.415025.310.08.5612.58.243.72
(WY)197119711977197719772003199019871976197619701970

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1970 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL532118 83988     
ANNUAL MEAN1458 230     921         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1941         1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN230         2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN4870     Jun 11570         Jul 135100         Mar 24 1998
LOWEST DAILY MEAN24     Nov 8,915         Jan 28-300.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM25     Nov 816         Jan 242.0      Dec 22 1976
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1570         Jul 125580      BMar 22 1998
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE11.10    Jul 1218.94 CMar 20 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW15         D
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS2930 813     2220         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS1490 43     567         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS30 28     16         

A - Oct. 2, 3, 1984.

B - Gage height, 18.77 ft, present datum.

C - Discharge, 5,090 ft3/s, present datum.

D - Several days.



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