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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05593900       EAST FORK SHOAL CREEK NEAR COFFEEN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°08'56", long 89°21'08" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.7, T.8 N., R.2 W., Montgomery County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 8, 4.5 mi northeast of Coffeen, 6.5 mi east of Hillsboro, and at mile 39.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.5 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1963 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 574.76 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,910 ft3/s, Dec. 7, 1966, from rating curve extended above 2,200 ft3/s, gage height, 14.45 ft; maximum gage height, 14.75 ft, Aug. 5, 1998, discharge, 5,030 ft3/s; 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
 
10.80e2.211   26   e8.023   31   19   32   1.9  3.0  0.94
20.73e2.09.923   e8.519   23   18   20   1.7  1.4  e0.65
30.63e4.49.221   e11   16   19   14   16   2.3  0.90e0.54
40.61e3.78.71620   e11   542   16   9.314   4.5  1.1  e0.45
50.71e3.38.91200   e10   965   14   7.613   11     1.1  e0.40
 
60.73e4.58.976   e10   82   13   6.211   3.8  0.62e0.36
70.82e8.08.544   e9.538   12   5.110   3.4  0.51e0.33
80.83e6.07.736   e9.527   11   4.29.22.5  0.41e0.31
926     e5.08.132   e10   23   11   5.08.32.1  0.37e0.29
1077     e4.29.427   e11   20   9.84.59.02.2  0.33e0.27
 
1112     e3.710   25   e14   19   9.65.825   1.9  0.30e0.26
124.9  e4.08.124   21   17   8.74.815   1.9  0.28e0.25
133.2  e3.36.023   15   16   7.840   8.81.5  0.28e0.24
1411     e3.06.022   22   16   7.1638   6.91.3  0.28e0.26
156.0  e3.16.421   32   15   6.8109   6.51.3  0.39e0.60
 
165.1  e3.46.520   21   15   6.731   34   1.2  0.45e0.54
175.0  e4.06.277   30   14   6.621   15   0.910.38e0.45
184.7  1900   5.8270   123   13   5.717   7.60.800.35e0.40
198.2  834   5.243   288   12   5.015   6.20.760.31e0.35
20e5.4  70   5.129   270   12   4.713   4.30.710.68e0.31
 
21e4.5  38   5.0e21   81   11   5.211   10   0.760.83e0.29
22e3.7  27   5.2e18   35   9.84.88.612   0.740.72e0.27
23e3.1  47   240   e16   139   9.74.77.45.23.2  0.96e0.26
24e2.7  214   74   e14   199   10   5.36.92.81.6  0.88e0.25
25e2.5  39   24   e13   52   11   6.511   2.11.3  0.96e0.24
 
26e2.7  26   17   e12   33   357   5.7208   1.90.87336     e0.23
27e3.2  21   14   e11   27   157   4.31500   2.00.6347     e0.21
28e5.0  17   15   e10   24   48   4.01950   2.10.539.5  e0.20
29e4.0  14   675   e9.523   114   3.5133   1.60.7111     e0.19
30e3.1  13   106   e9.0---   202   5.4108   1.72.8  4.2  e0.19
 
31e2.5  ---   38   e8.5---   60   ---   91   ---   12     1.7  ---     

TOTAL211.363327.81368.83801.01547.52893.5277.95022.4313.272.82427.1910.53
MEAN6.8211144.212353.493.39.2616210.42.3513.80.35
MAX771900675162028896531195034123360.94
MIN0.612.05.08.58.09.73.54.21.60.530.280.19
CFSM0.122.000.802.210.961.680.172.920.190.040.250.01
IN.0.142.230.922.551.041.940.193.370.210.050.290.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1964 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN15.027.053.357.965.875.472.971.338.216.610.815.1
MAX192193256279222313347572203176127181
(WY)197019941983197419821978199420021973198219981993
MIN0.000.080.050.161.752.904.091.360.130.000.000.00
(WY)196419981977197720002000200019881988196419881964

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1964 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL13655.32  19274.00      
ANNUAL MEAN37.4    52.7        43.2        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN113           2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN6.76      1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1900           Nov 181950               May 283830           May 7 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.06      Aug 300.19   A    Sep 29,300.00      B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.16      Aug 240.22   A    Sep 240.00      Oct 1 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2770               Jan 45910        CDec 7 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE12.99          Jan 414.75   DAug 5 1998
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.6740.949    0.778    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)9.15  12.92      10.57      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS51       63           62           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS5.0    8.1        4.9        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.74  0.45      0.10      

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in September.

B - Many days in most years.

C - From rating curve extended above 2,200 ft3/s, gage height, 14.45 ft.

D - Discharge, 5,030 ft3/s.



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