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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
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 5.5   1.6 12    63    e8.6 25  123    40    203      0.76 0.41 11     
2 2.6   1.8 9.1 44    e12    62  72    95    56      0.72 0.25 6.0  
3 1.8   2.2 7.9 162    e40    52  49    59    26      1.7   0.19 3.9  
4 1.2   3.3 7.6 2080    e50    502  36    36    16      6.6   0.31 2.7  
5 1.0   4.2 8.1 3730    e36    1030  28    23    11      5.5   0.24 2.3  
 
6 0.82 4.0 8.5 1630    e26    798  23    15    8.7   5.6   0.05 2.2  
7 0.64 2.8 8.4 107    e21    135  21    10    6.8   128      0.00 2.1  
8 0.59 2.7 8.0 68    e18    70  19    7.3 5.7   38      0.00 1.7  
9 0.85 2.8 7.9 49    e17    47  16    5.8 11      10      0.00 1.3  
10 0.70 2.9 8.8 37    e29    34  14    4.8 8.0   4.9   0.01 1.2  
 
11 0.54 3.9 9.8 31    e85    28  14    4.4 5.2   46      0.02 1.4  
12 3.3   3.7 9.8 28    e220    23  13    3.6 4.4   117      0.00 1.4  
13 6.7   3.5 8.9 26    e130    19  12    3.9 3.7   28      0.00 1.3  
14 7.0   3.3 8.1 24    e74    18  10    5.1 3.6   10      0.00 1.3  
15 56      4.2 7.8 23    e60    17  9.1 7.2 3.5   4.5   0.00 1.2  
 
16 44      4.3 8.4 20    e54    17  8.5 10    4.0   2.7   0.00 1.0  
17 17      4.0 9.1 221    e46    17  8.1 9.5 106      1.8   0.00 0.92
18 9.4   674    8.9 948    43    16  7.7 7.1 53      1.3   0.00 0.83
19 6.1   998    8.5 688    95    14  7.7 5.9 15      1.1   0.00 0.73
20 5.1   951    7.6 92    155    14  6.9 4.7 18      0.89 0.39 0.55
 
21 5.6   104    6.3 e50    158    14  7.2 3.9 10      0.69 0.54 0.31
22 3.8   41    5.9 e33    85    12  7.1 3.2 5.5   0.42 0.41 0.34
23 2.3   63    356    e27    53    11  7.8 2.7 3.4   0.30 0.32 0.22
24 1.5   555    570    e21    48    11  9.5 2.5 2.5   0.22 0.55 0.14
25 1.1   359    121    e18    45    11  19    12    1.8   0.50 0.60 0.00
 
26 0.64 70    49    e16    36    726  23    884    1.4   0.47 375      0.00
27 0.45 37    32    e14    27    1400  18    1640    1.2   0.44 770      0.00
28 0.71 25    27    e12    21    1030  13    2120    1.1   0.26 882      0.03
29 0.78 18    639    e11    18    328  9.5 1660    0.93 0.19 134      0.00
30 1.0   14    724    e10    ---    264  7.4 713    0.82 0.56 65      0.00
 
31 1.5   ---    162    e9.2 ---    304  ---    644    ---      0.55 25      ---     

TOTAL 190.22 3964.2 2865.4 10292.2 1710.6 7049 619.5 8042.6 597.25 419.67 2255.29 46.07
MEAN 6.14 132 92.4 332 59.0 227 20.6 259 19.9 13.5 72.8 1.54
MAX 56 998 724 3730 220 1400 123 2120 203 128 882 11
MIN 0.45 1.6 5.9 9.2 8.6 11 6.9 2.5 0.82 0.19 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.05 1.17 0.82 2.94 0.52 2.01 0.18 2.30 0.18 0.12 0.64 0.01
IN. 0.06 1.31 0.94 3.39 0.56 2.32 0.20 2.65 0.20 0.14 0.74 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 17.8 100 119 129 172 177 159 167 70.7 42.4 29.6 25.2
MAX 111 628 547 522 591 425 628 862 334 268 196 341
(WY) 1985 1986 1988 1999 1982 1984 1994 1990 2000 1993 1985 1993
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.03 6.48 4.61 2.10 2.64 0.16 0.06 0.00 0.00
(WY) 2000 2000 1990 1981 1996 1981 1981 1988 1988 1984 2002 2002

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 31249.64   38052.00  
ANNUAL MEAN 85.6     104        100           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 175            1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 29.7         1981
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1480            Jun 12,13 3730            Jan 5 7660            May 17 1990
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.21       Sep 21 0.00       A 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.26       Sep 19 0.00       Aug 12 0.00       Oct 9 1980
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 4550            Jan 5 17000        C May 16 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 17.60       Jan 5 20.03       May 16 1990
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.758 0.920 0.887    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.29   12.53   12.06      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 298        162        185           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.4     9.0     8.5        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.45   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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