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SALINE RIVER BASIN


03382100       SOUTH FORK SALINE RIVER NEAR CARRIER MILLS, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 37°38'16", long 88°40'40", in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.20, T.10 S., R.5 E., Saline County, Hydrologic Unit 05140204, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 45, 150 ft downstream from railroad bridge, 4.5 mi southwest of Carrier Mills, and at mile 42.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 147 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: October 1965 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1963-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site ATH 05.
 

SEDIMENT: Water years 1977 to 1981.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 375.63 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 31, 1967, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,160 ft3/s, Jan. 31, 1982, gage height, 16.32 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.60 ft3/s, July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 1,570 mg/L May 28, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L Aug. 20-22, 1980.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 8,010 tons May 28, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton Aug. 20-22, Sept. 20, Oct. 10, 1980, May 3, 4, 1981.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 5.9 7.1 26  e19  105  131  88  23  26  11    19  685   
2 5.8 7.7 23  e19  77  116  78  22  25  12    16  175   
3 5.1 9.6 22  e18  58  100  1210  22  20  10    17  73   
4 4.7 8.9 21  e18  53  268  1010  20  17  11    16  39   
5 5.4 7.2 21  e20  55  399  456  20  17  11    15  28   
 
6 6.3 6.1 20  e26  52  191  255  19  16  10    14  22   
7 9.0 11    20  e38  49  147  196  20  16  10    13  81   
8 9.1 30    20  73  50  124  164  21  15  10    13  225   
9 6.7 509    19  68  115  112  126  20  13  9.8 15  67   
10 6.3 156    22  46  442  95  111  18  12  9.5 23  40   
 
11 6.2 63    168  39  163  83  95  17  13  11    113  31   
12 6.8 36    588  38  106  80  95  18  12  11    84  25   
13 4.1 31    147  42  89  113  78  17  14  13    31  21   
14 3.8 31    135  101  97  123  53  15  16  12    21  17   
15 4.2 25    128  198  478  94  51  13  16  9.3 17  13   
 
16 4.0 19    739  117  783  148  56  15  17  8.4 14  12   
17 11    17    e795  81  583  162  45  19  15  9.3 11  13   
18 12    17    e280  71  204  110  38  21  13  11    14  14   
19 11    17    163  73  143  91  38  177  12  14    148  19   
20 13    19    e100  72  118  86  42  76  12  14    89  20   
 
21 11    16    e70  56  98  82  49  260  16  12    28  16   
22 9.3 15    e50  48  101  74  42  157  20  12    18  13   
23 7.0 14    e37  47  125  62  38  62  21  11    16  12   
24 5.6 14    e31  47  149  56  38  41  15  16    15  11   
25 4.8 251    e28  43  1100  50  41  35  12  17    14  9.9
 
26 4.5 250    e26  41  548  42  33  29  11  17    16  9.6
27 6.3 94    e24  42  226  38  31  25  12  40    13  9.6
28 6.0 54    e23  39  165  37  28  21  13  28    13  9.8
29 5.4 40    e22  47  ---  40  27  17  15  23    15  9.3
30 7.2 31    e21  283  ---  49  25  17  11  82    162  8.3
 
31 7.5 ---    e20  182  ---  88  ---  21  ---  32    413  ---   

TOTAL 215.0 1806.6 3809 2052 6332 3391 4637 1278 463 507.3 1426 1728.5
MEAN 6.94 60.2 123 66.2 226 109 155 41.2 15.4 16.4 46.0 57.6
MAX 13 509 795 283 1100 399 1210 260 26 82 413 685
MIN 3.8 6.1 19 18 49 37 25 13 11 8.4 11 8.3
CFSM .05 .41 .84 .45 1.54 .74 1.05 .28 .10 .11 .31 .39
IN. .05 .46 .96 .52 1.60 .86 1.17 .32 .12 .13 .36 .44
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 20.1 110 194 214 277 318 325 256 119 38.3 37.6 21.1
MAX 157 643 1193 608 864 837 922 1115 633 163 485 110
(WY) 1985 1986 1983 1999 1989 1979 1983 1983 1997 1976 1985 1992
MIN 2.57 4.05 8.22 10.7 42.3 28.6 22.3 15.4 6.10 1.88 5.34 1.67
(WY) 1967 1972 1977 1981 1996 1981 1981 1988 1972 1966 1994 1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2001 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL 47478.6   27645.4  
ANNUAL MEAN 130      75.7   160     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 332      1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 51.0   1967
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2360          Jan 4 1210          Apr 3 4880      Dec 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.8       Oct 14 3.8       Oct 14 .60 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 5.1       Oct 10 5.1       Oct 10 .77 Sep 1 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1660          Apr 3 5160      Jan 31 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.98     Apr 3 16.32 Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 3.1       Oct 16
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .88 .52 1.09
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.01 7.00 14.81
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 316      163      398     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 26      23      30     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.2   9.4   5.9  

A - July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.


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