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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05591700       WEST OKAW RIVER NEAR LOVINGTON, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 39°43'52", long 88°39'43", in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.21, T.15 N., R.5 E., Moultrie County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left downstream side of bridge on State Highways 32 and 133, 1.5 mi northwest of Lovington, 1.7 mi upstream from Stringtown Branch, and at mile 25.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 112 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: February 1980 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000. Gage-height record for January 1963 to February 1980 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1971-73.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1980-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage. Datum of gage is 632.50 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 1968 reached a stage of 14.66 ft, discharge not determined, from information by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .00 .00 .00 e.08 e.14 19    15    28  96  53  13    24   
2 .00 .00 .00 e.16 e.14 16    16    30  82  46  35    19   
3 .00 .00 .00 e.30 e.13 13    18    24  69  40  334    15   
4 .00 .00 .00 1.6   e.13 13    16    22  65  37  69    13   
5 .00 .00 .00 3.4   e.12 13    13    21  69  942  56    11   
 
6 .00 .00 .00 3.0   e.12 11    14    19  59  1140  81    9.7
7 .00 .00 .00 2.4   e.11 9.8 14    21  50  436  44    9.6
8 .01 .00 .00 2.0   e.50 9.7 14    22  48  242  29    9.4
9 .00 .00 .00 2.1   e2.0   11    10    23  44  157  23    8.8
10 .00 .00 .00 2.1   4.1   10    9.1 26  40  117  16    20   
 
11 .00 .00 .00 2.1   10      8.5 9.8 21  38  200  12    33   
12 .00 .00 .00 2.0   8.6   9.3 9.1 21  70  327  9.6 27   
13 .00 .00 .00 2.0   7.0   9.8 7.4 93  198  207  8.1 20   
14 .00 .00 .00 .96 6.2   15    8.4 93  91  143  7.0 17   
15 .00 .00 .00 e.80 5.3   15    10    61  71  102  6.3 15   
 
16 .00 .00 .00 e.65 4.3   13    9.8 46  54  75  5.5 12   
17 .00 .00 .03 e.55 3.8   11    30    40  43  59  5.0 11   
18 .00 .00 .08 e.45 25      8.2 39    35  35  48  5.9 10   
19 .00 .00 .09 e.40 110      9.2 25    30  30  41  5.4 10   
20 .00 .00 .09 e.35 61      40    25    24  43  35  5.0 10   
 
21 .00 .00 .09 e.31 39      88    28    21  667  30  4.4 11   
22 .00 .00 e.06 e.28 31      56    20    21  314  25  5.5 11   
23 .00 .00 e.03 e.25 25      42    18    22  162  21  10    14   
24 .00 .00 e.02 e.23 22      38    28    19  155  18  12    49   
25 .00 .00 e.00 e.21 19      36    71    15  167  15  8.0 178   
 
26 .00 .00 e.00 e.20 17      28    55    13  145  13  6.7 302   
27 .00 .00 e.00 e.18 21      32    45    140  142  11  168    192   
28 .00 .00 e.00 e.17 19      32    41    397  102  11  154    131   
29 .00 .00 e.02 e.16 17      26    35    265  81  10  84    97   
30 .00 .00 e.04 e.15 ---      19    29    161  65  17  50    80   
 
31 .00 ---      e.06 e.15 ---      17    ---    119  ---  28  33    ---   

TOTAL 0.01 0.00 0.61 29.69 458.69 678.5 682.6 1893 3295 4646 1305.4 1369.5
MEAN .000 .000 .020 .96 15.8 21.9 22.8 61.1 110 150 42.1 45.7
MAX .01 .00 .09 3.4 110 88 71 397 667 1140 334 302
MIN .00 .00 .00 .08 .11 8.2 7.4 13 30 10 4.4 8.8
CFSM .00 .00 .00 .01 .14 .20 .20 .55 .98 1.34 .38 .41
IN. .00 .00 .00 .01 .15 .23 .23 .63 1.09 1.54 .43 .45

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 32.4 86.2 122 108 173 176 175 233 139 64.4 32.1 19.0
MAX 316 530 378 385 669 536 520 873 490 373 351 224
(WY) 1994 1986 1991 1993 1982 1982 1994 1996 1998 1992 1981 1993
MIN .000 .000 .020 .96 15.8 21.9 22.8 21.5 7.24 .075 .000 .000
(WY) 1989 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 38689.89 14359.00
ANNUAL MEAN 106      39.2   115         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 182          1982
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 39.2       2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1990          Jun 5 1140          Jul 6 6080          Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     Many days .00     Many days .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00     Aug 29 .00     Oct 1 .00     Sep 28 1983
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 1950          Jul 5 10300      B May 8 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.98     Jul 5 16.40     May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .95 .35 1.03    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.85 4.77 13.93    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 346      93      300         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.9   11      37         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00 .00 .00    
A - Many days in most years.
B - From rating curve extended above 9,490 ft3/s.


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