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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05594000       SHOAL CREEK NEAR BREESE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 38°36'35", long 89°29'40", in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.13, T.2 N., R.4 W., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on old U.S. Highway 50, 0.4 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1.7 mi east of Breese, 7 mi upstream from Beaver Creek, and at mile 21.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 735 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: November 1909 to December 1912, August to December 1914, October 1945 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 413.97 ft above sea level. Prior to Dec. 8, 1914, chain gage at site 0.4 mi downstream at different datum. Oct. 1, 1945, to Oct. 10, 1968, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

REMARKS.-- About 0.9 ft3/s diverted 20 ft above station for municipal supply of Breese is not included in records.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 19, 1943, reached a stage of 25.6 ft, present site and datum, discharge, 52,000 ft3/s on basis of contracted opening measurement of peak flow.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are 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 12  e25  12  18  e15  95  55  68  233  1350  1380  301 
2 13  e40  11  19  e16  79  51  57  162  683  609  223 
3 15  e50  49  29  e17  71  46  48  125  494  336  175 
4 15  e30  270  50  e18  72  42  44  102  350  218  136 
5 13  e42  251  50  e19  82  39  41  88  252  185  107 
 
6 11  e37  148  43  e21  80  38  36  78  418  313  90 
7 11  e32  86  39  e23  74  58  245  70  1000  1480  81 
8 15  e34  59  31  e26  64  48  1420  62  563  2650  73 
9 27  e23  53  25  e28  57  68  891  52  316  2020  66 
10 30  e21  65  e32  e30  49  116  344  45  206  1080  174 
 
11 35  e20  105  e30  e33  49  76  181  39  458  482  667 
12 23  19  64  e29  e33  48  57  124  38  1100  293  784 
13 e18  21  55  e25  34  49  48  161  46  720  206  421 
14 e15  22  52  e23  38  55  43  519  79  300  155  382 
15 e13  25  42  e23  36  56  38  370  71  179  118  335 
 
16 e12  23  37  e21  32  57  40  166  206  135  96  250 
17 e12  18  32  e21  27  53  45  101  536  113  83  184 
18 e12  18  30  e23  207  50  60  78  202  112  240  126 
19 e12  20  29  e23  493  54  121  62  184  1910  398  98 
20 e15  17  27  e23  243  82  101  51  122  2820  167  77 
 
21 e15  16  26  e24  144  182  85  63  274  2970  102  69 
22 e15  15  23  e27  92  207  97  59  1830  1690  80  60 
23 e15  17  21  e29  71  172  110  48  1430  569  70  56 
24 e14  17  21  e32  59  126  95  43  2760  305  1130  65 
25 e13  17  19  e21  53  98  114  38  3490  187  2720  233 
 
26 e13  15  e18  e19  61  80  194  73  3640  129  3100  1520 
27 e14  14  18  e17  100  77  174  640  4090  97  3740  2140 
28 e13  14  16  e16  131  73  117  2340  4630  1090  3490  1430 
29 e14  16  15  e15  117  71  91  2290  4700  2810  1730  733 
30 e15  14  16  e15  ---  74  80  1090  2940  3090  721  464 
 
31 e15  ---  17  e15  ---  63  ---  428  ---  2790  435  --- 

TOTAL 485 692 1687 807 2217 2499 2347 12119 32324 29206 29827 11520
MEAN 15.6 23.1 54.4 26.0 76.4 80.6 78.2 391 1077 942 962 384
MAX 35 50 270 50 493 207 194 2340 4700 3090 3740 2140
MIN 11 14 11 15 15 48 38 36 38 97 70 56
CFSM .02 .03 .07 .04 .10 .11 .11 .53 1.47 1.28 1.31 .52
IN. .02 .04 .09 .04 .11 .13 .12 .61 1.64 1.48 1.51 .58

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 168 290 552 666 906 986 985 769 521 320 188 139
MAX 1704 2557 3925 4171 4385 4334 3062 4021 3697 1853 1493 1774
(WY) 1970 1947 1983 1950 1982 1978 1979 1990 1957 1957 1946 1993
MIN 1.19 4.65 8.03 6.31 8.97 11.9 56.0 12.3 15.9 2.50 7.38 2.32
(WY) 1957 1955 1955 1977 1954 1954 1954 1954 1988 1954 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 206393          125730     
ANNUAL MEAN 565          344      538         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1067          1973, 1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 28.5       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 10500              Feb 10 4700          Jun 29 22200          Jun 17 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 10      A     Sep 27,28 11          B .00     C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 11              Sep 24 13          Oct 1 .00     Jul 27 1954
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 4890          Jun 29 23100      D Jan 6 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 17.14     Jun 29 23.02 E Apr 14 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .77     .47 .73    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.45     6.36 9.94    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1620          1080      1430         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 87          64      107         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 14          15      13         
A - May have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Sept. and Oct.
B - Oct. 6, 7, Dec. 2, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Oct.
 C - Many days in 1954-56, 1988.
 D - Gage height, 22.63 ft, from graph based on gage readings.
 E - During period of constricted channel due to bridge construction.


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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