05585830 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

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, automatic water 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, 3,040 mg/L, May 25, 2004; minimum daily, 15 mg/L, Oct. 18-24, 2003.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 66,700 tons, Aug. 26, 2004; 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.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for May 27 to June 29 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	70	43	69	129	e52	101	177	81	505	e30	9.9	194
2	57	40	65	121	e52	101	162	143	130	e28	9.6	143
3	50	40	60	117	e51	96	160	107	77	e27	9.4	112
4	46	52	60	149	e51	157	173	83	69	137	10	93
5	42	1190	64	233	e51	4640	191	76	78	79	9.4	79

6	40	657	67	197	e51	1700	196	71	90	47	8.8	68
7	37	213	68	148	e51	516	187	65	104	35	8.6	58
8	34	136	64	e120	e50	307	159	56	110	30	8.3	51
9	37	105	64	e99	e50	223	132	48	118	29	e7.6	44
10	39	89	5500	e90	e50	186	102	45	112	e370	7.2	40

11	46	81	6050	e97	e50	155	87	46	103	e60	7.0	37
12	44	75	943	e89	e50	137	80	74	101	e240	6.8	33
13	35	68	425	e86	e49	124	75	116	92	e300	6.7	31
14	66	60	327	e83	e49	118	71	95	81	83	6.5	28
15	149	54	270	e81	e49	119	69	139	82	44	6.3	27

16	102	52	274	e79	e48	116	66	131	178	32	6.2	27
17	70	53	608	e83	e48	117	63	85	160	43	6.2	31
18	53	691	289	e86	e48	122	60	65	146	23	6.0	47
19	45	1970	228	e78	e90	114	56	58	159	19	5.7	33
20	39	449	186	e82	e250	99	63	69	169	16	7.1	27

21	36	223	164	e74	641	87	101	54	168	14	6.9	23
22	33	160	165	e69	274	81	133	47	160	15	6.3	21
23	31	141	181	e64	204	76	97	45	156	13	6.4	20
24	30	150	349	e60	193	80	86	49	133	12	6.7	18
25	42	139	221	e56	158	89	162	1380	118	11	514	17

26	95	111	162	e56	132	104	151	542	102	11	9580	16
27	129	98	160	e54	116	171	104	185	83	9.9	6860	15
28	86	88	149	e54	106	191	82	98	53	9.5	10100	15
29	67	80	163	e53	101	290	69	73	37	8.9	4620	14
30	56	74	192	e52	---	345	66	58	e33	10	568	14

31	48	---	142	e52	---	212	---	1140	---	10	291	---

TOTAL	1754	7382	17729	2891	3165	10974	3380	5324	3707	1796.3	32712.6	1376
MEAN	56.6	246	572	93.3	109	354	113	172	124	57.9	1055	45.9
MAX	149	1970	6050	233	641	4640	196	1380	505	370	10100	194
MIN	30	40	60	52	48	76	56	45	33	8.9	5.7	14
CFSM	0.17	0.72	1.68	0.27	0.32	1.04	0.33	0.50	0.36	0.17	3.09	0.13
IN.	0.19	0.81	1.93	0.32	0.35	1.20	0.37	0.58	0.40	0.20	3.57	0.15

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	32.0	127	303	51.5	174	252	217	315	125	134	433	219
MAX	56.6	246	572	93.3	242	354	321	458	127	211	1055	600
(WY)	2004	2004	2004	2004	2003	2004	2003	2003	2003	2003	2004	2003
MIN	7.37	7.97	34.0	9.78	109	150	113	172	124	57.9	59.9	10.1
(WY)	2003	2003	2003	2003	2004	2003	2004	2004	2004	2004	2003	2002

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 2002 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	92585.4		92190.9
ANNUAL MEAN	254		252
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	8230	Sep 1	10100	Aug 28	10100	Aug 28 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	6.0 A	Jan 22-24	5.7	Aug 19	3.9	Oct 16 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	6.1 A	Jan 20	6.2	Aug 13	4.5	Oct 11 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			10900	Aug 29	10900	Aug 29 2004
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			43.59	Aug 29	43.59	Aug 29 2004
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			5.6	Aug 19,20	3.9	Oct 16 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.744		0.739		0.640
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	10.10		10.06		8.69
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	535		256		318
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	68		78		60
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	12		15		7.3

	A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.