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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592800       HURRICANE CREEK NEAR MULBERRY GROVE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°55'21", long 89°14'12" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.31, T.6 N., R.1 W., Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 140, 300 ft downstream from railroad bridge, 1 mi east of Mulberry Grove, and at mile 14.1.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 152 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1970 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-91-1: 1983(P).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 467.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (466.59 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 1, 1975, at same site at datum 0.30 ft lower.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 17,900 ft3/s, Dec. 25, 1982, gage height, 19.99 ft; maximum gage height, 21.32 ft, May 13, 2002; no flow for many days in 1987-88, 1991.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data