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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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
15.8e5.7119 353 e45 50 1060 52 85 25 9.4e6.5  
25.6e5.095 282 e42 50 796 49 72 23 7.7e6.0  
35.7e5.189 239 e41 36 616 43 60 21 7.0e5.4  
45.7e5.489 930 e40 99 464 40 55 21 6.5e5.0  
54.9e6.086 1680 e38 798 337 43 55 17 6.0e4.5  
 
64.5e7.275 1040 e37 711 268 39 57 16 5.4e4.2  
74.6e7.073 621 e36 462 230 35 52 53 4.7e4.0  
84.7e6.075 383 e35 305 199 30 47 54 4.5e3.8  
94.8e5.575 268 e34 227 166 30 41 32 4.4e3.6  
105.2e5.180 198 e33 169 145 30 43 492 e5.7e3.4  
 
115.0e5.671 174 e32 147 133 54 343 963 e7.0e3.2  
125.7e6.465 178 e32 119 121 64 484 621 e5.5e3.1  
136.0e6.263 151 e31 98 113 97 288 341 e4.3e3.0  
148.5e5.554 139 e30 92 102 484 183 561 e3.6e5.1  
1512   e4.951 136 e30 82 91 722 135 489 e3.1e6.7  
 
1611   e5.052 112 e30 82 88 508 207 283 e2.8e10     
17e9.08.840 118 e30 78 83 338 442 176 e2.6e4.3  
18e7.8110   38 207 35 72 75 252 381 118 e3.2e2.9  
19e7.21010   35 163 56 60 79 368 229 83 e2.8e1.9  
20e7.1790   33 122 101 59 64 362 157 62 e3.8e1.6  
 
21e6.8536   40 106 98 53 72 268 127 47 e6.2e1.6  
22e6.6366   42 96 62 46 66 214 109 37 e5.9e1.4  
23e6.4281   478 95 54 47 87 185 83 34 e4.5e1.3  
24e6.0577   704 102 59 51 78 157 68 26 e3.5e1.6  
25e5.8483   451 62 56 54 80 158 57 20 e4.9e1.4  
 
26e6.1336   287 e70 51 659 73 153 49 17 e5.3e1.35
27e6.6255   214 e64 47 2020 62 139 43 14 e8.1e1.25
28e6.5200   192 e59 42 1450 56 121 38 12 e5.8e1.2  
29e6.6161   631 e54 43 1130 57 99 33 11 e18   e1.3  
30e6.2149   771 e51 --- 1300 50 98 28 11 e15   e1.4  
 
31e5.8---   516 e48 --- 1570 --- 99 --- 11 e7.8---     

TOTAL200.25354.4568483011300121765911533140514691185.0102.00
MEAN6.4617818326844.83931971721351515.973.40
MAX1210107711680101202010607224849631810
MIN4.54.933483036503028112.61.2
CFSM0.041.201.231.800.302.641.321.150.911.020.040.02
IN.0.051.341.422.070.323.041.481.331.011.170.050.03

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1973 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN49.610114512719825323527117687.654.023.0
MAX371592452573595957703843738358394272
(WY)199419931988199319821979199420021974197319811993
MIN0.000.660.460.161.5318.014.932.42.650.000.000.00
(WY)198920031977197720032003200320011988198819841988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1973 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL23974.71      53286.60      
ANNUAL MEAN65.7        146           143           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN260           1973, 1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN35.1        2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1010               Nov 192020               Mar 273810           May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.31   A    Jan 25, 261.2     B    Sep 280.00      C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.33   A    Jan 211.3     B    Sep 230.00      C
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2140               Mar 274030        DMar 5 1979
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE13.00          Mar 2715.39   EApr 12 1994
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.441    0.977    0.960    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)5.99      13.30      13.05      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS167           454           386           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS13           52           50           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.81      4.6        0.76      

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Estimated.

C - Many days in most years.

D - Gage height, 14.03 ft.

E - Discharge, 3,390 ft3/s.



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