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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592900       EAST FORK KASKASKIA RIVER NEAR SANDOVAL, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°41'20", long 89°06'00" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.21, T.3 N., R.1 E., Marion County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 51, about 1 mi north of Fairman, about 5 mi north of Sandoval, and at mile 9.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 113 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1979 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. Gage-height record for April 1955 to Sept. 30, 1979, available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 460.20 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 17,000 ft3/s, May 16, 1990, from rating curve extended above 9,540 ft3/s, gage height 20.03 ft; no flow for many days in most years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
15.5  1.612   63   e8.625 123   40   203     0.760.4111     
22.6  1.89.144   e12   62 72   95   56     0.720.256.0  
31.8  2.27.9162   e40   52 49   59   26     1.7  0.193.9  
41.2  3.37.62080   e50   502 36   36   16     6.6  0.312.7  
51.0  4.28.13730   e36   1030 28   23   11     5.5  0.242.3  
 
60.824.08.51630   e26   798 23   15   8.7  5.6  0.052.2  
70.642.88.4107   e21   135 21   10   6.8  128     0.002.1  
80.592.78.068   e18   70 19   7.35.7  38     0.001.7  
90.852.87.949   e17   47 16   5.811     10     0.001.3  
100.702.98.837   e29   34 14   4.88.0  4.9  0.011.2  
 
110.543.99.831   e85   28 14   4.45.2  46     0.021.4  
123.3  3.79.828   e220   23 13   3.64.4  117     0.001.4  
136.7  3.58.926   e130   19 12   3.93.7  28     0.001.3  
147.0  3.38.124   e74   18 10   5.13.6  10     0.001.3  
1556     4.27.823   e60   17 9.17.23.5  4.5  0.001.2  
 
1644     4.38.420   e54   17 8.510   4.0  2.7  0.001.0  
1717     4.09.1221   e46   17 8.19.5106     1.8  0.000.92
189.4  674   8.9948   43   16 7.77.153     1.3  0.000.83
196.1  998   8.5688   95   14 7.75.915     1.1  0.000.73
205.1  951   7.692   155   14 6.94.718     0.890.390.55
 
215.6  104   6.3e50   158   14 7.23.910     0.690.540.31
223.8  41   5.9e33   85   12 7.13.25.5  0.420.410.34
232.3  63   356   e27   53   11 7.82.73.4  0.300.320.22
241.5  555   570   e21   48   11 9.52.52.5  0.220.550.14
251.1  359   121   e18   45   11 19   12   1.8  0.500.600.00
 
260.6470   49   e16   36   726 23   884   1.4  0.47375     0.00
270.4537   32   e14   27   1400 18   1640   1.2  0.44770     0.00
280.7125   27   e12   21   1030 13   2120   1.1  0.26882     0.03
290.7818   639   e11   18   328 9.51660   0.930.19134     0.00
301.0  14   724   e10   ---   264 7.4713   0.820.5665     0.00
 
311.5  ---   162   e9.2---   304 ---   644   ---     0.5525     ---     

TOTAL190.223964.22865.410292.21710.67049619.58042.6597.25419.672255.2946.07
MEAN6.1413292.433259.022720.625919.913.572.81.54
MAX5699872437302201400123212020312888211
MIN0.451.65.99.28.6116.92.50.820.190.000.00
CFSM0.051.170.822.940.522.010.182.300.180.120.640.01
IN.0.061.310.943.390.562.320.202.650.200.140.740.02

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN17.810011912917217715916770.742.429.625.2
MAX111628547522591425628862334268196341
(WY)198519861988199919821984199419902000199319851993
MIN0.000.000.210.036.484.612.102.640.160.060.000.00
(WY)200020001990198119961981198119881988198420022002

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1980 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL31249.64  38052.00  
ANNUAL MEAN85.6    104       100           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN175           1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN29.7        1981
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1480           Jun 12,133730           Jan 57660           May 17 1990
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.21      Sep 210.00      A0.00      B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.26      Sep 190.00      Aug 120.00      Oct 9 1980
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW4550           Jan 517000        CMay 16 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE17.60      Jan 520.03      May 16 1990
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.7580.9200.887    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)10.29  12.53  12.06      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS298       162       185           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS8.4    9.0    8.5        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.45  0.42  0.04      

A - Several days.

B - Many days in most years.

C - From rating curve extended above 9,540 ft3/s.



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