05594000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
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 to current year.
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 1.03 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 good 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	e25	33	23	186	e34	e100	126	164	113	131	73	150
2	e25	31	23	150	e38	e110	115	147	96	90	61	1410
3	e26	30	24	132	e44	e125	103	131	95	101	97	2780
4	e27	27	27	106	e54	e135	98	221	95	70	409	2700
5	e26	29	187	81	e58	147	123	1390	108	58	427	1340

6	e27	32	279	e72	e50	147	99	1530	103	50	324	579
7	e29	29	270	e66	e42	132	114	1290	91	43	184	351
8	e27	25	247	e62	e38	116	109	834	87	39	118	221
9	e26	23	244	e60	e35	109	102	1650	92	36	84	155
10	e24	23	241	e56	e33	99	96	2750	137	42	71	124

11	e22	25	193	e58	e32	87	85	3380	744	46	57	101
12	e21	23	90	e100	e31	105	79	4500	1600	135	44	83
13	e21	21	54	220	e32	184	74	5350	2350	154	35	70
14	e20	19	45	229	e40	596	67	4720	2520	110	30	60
15	e20	22	41	130	e90	511	62	2090	1840	79	27	53

16	e19	23	38	71	219	321	61	880	860	61	25	47
17	19	23	36	52	386	211	82	579	542	51	24	42
18	19	25	35	e40	370	162	78	434	396	350	23	37
19	30	26	41	e33	375	182	98	352	294	692	21	34
20	30	23	75	e29	680	407	147	320	222	546	19	31

21	31	22	122	e27	1190	595	218	374	179	254	18	28
22	28	22	106	e25	976	592	283	663	146	149	18	27
23	25	20	76	e23	595	429	176	430	117	100	19	26
24	26	19	59	e22	378	270	143	297	97	75	18	24
25	124	19	53	e21	247	189	256	424	85	57	19	23

26	135	19	47	e21	155	171	519	468	251	44	20	88
27	37	18	e43	e20	e130	150	388	338	444	37	20	171
28	27	19	e41	e20	e110	136	220	215	302	33	21	51
29	245	21	e40	e20	---	151	168	163	184	31	32	65
30	200	22	e46	e25	---	160	154	135	127	122	24	52

31	57	---	e90	e29	---	143	---	121	---	101	32	---

TOTAL	1418	713	2936	2186	6462	6972	4443	36340	14317	3887	2394	10923
MEAN	45.7	23.8	94.7	70.5	231	225	148	1172	477	125	77.2	364
MAX	245	33	279	229	1190	596	519	5350	2520	692	427	2780
MIN	19	18	23	20	31	87	61	121	85	31	18	23
CFSM	0.06	0.03	0.13	0.10	0.31	0.31	0.20	1.59	0.65	0.17	0.11	0.50
IN.	0.07	0.04	0.15	0.11	0.33	0.35	0.22	1.84	0.72	0.20	0.12	0.55

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	179	289	553	646	912	975	973	856	523	308	182	140
MAX	1704	2557	3925	4171	4385	4334	3062	6322	3697	1853	1493	1774
(WY)	1970	1947	1983	1950	1982	1978	1979	2002	1957	1957	1946	1993
MIN	1.19	4.65	8.03	6.31	8.97	11.9	56.0	12.3	15.9	2.50	7.38	2.32
(WY)	1957	1955	1955	1977	1954	1954	1954	1954	1988	1954	1953	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1910 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	358196		92991
ANNUAL MEAN	981		255		542
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					1119	2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					28.5	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	20900	May 10	5350	May 13	22200	Jun 17 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	12 A	Sep 13-16	18	B	0.00	C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	12	Sep 10	19	Aug 20	0.00	Jul 27 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			5550	May 13	23300 D	May 9 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			17.36	May 13	23.02 E	Apr 14 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			17	Oct 18
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.34		0.35		0.74
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	18.13		4.71		10.02
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3060		514		1420
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	131		87		108
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	21		22		13

	A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in September.
	B - Nov. 27, Aug. 21, 22, 24.
	C - Many days in 1954-56, 1988.
	D - Gage height, 22.10 ft.
	E - Discharge, 20,600 ft³/s, during period of constricted channel from bridge construction.