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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" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

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 NGVD of 1929. 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 period of June 11 to July 15, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 7.6 59  2160  e44  2170  60  162  438  60  16  36    8.7
2 8.7 55  1330  e40  1940  60  142  457  51  16  19    8.7
3 6.6 50  535  e38  1070  137  123  392  46  16  14    10   
4 5.7 44  284  e36  406  93  98  215  39  15  11    11   
5 10    38  203  e37  235  73  84  153  57  15  11    11   
 
6 14    38  236  e40  180  70  74  141  169  15  9.2 11   
7 12    39  353  e43  150  70  67  162  88  15  8.9 10   
8 10    30  378  e46  126  56  79  1330  55  14  8.5 10   
9 11    24  293  e55  113  632  111  2060  42  14  8.0 11   
10 14    23  199  84  107  862  79  2030  37  14  9.3 12   
 
11 26    22  157  77  81  336  65  1240  112  14  8.6 11   
12 448    21  191  61  67  244  74  478  73  14  7.8 12   
13 1120    20  683  55  63  197  824  2220  51  14  8.4 12   
14 2410    18  1380  54  51  159  1540  3320  40  14  9.9 11   
15 1690    19  1920  52  50  143  1500  2590  30  13  11    11   
 
16 428    18  1810  46  54  890  801  1280  25  14  10    9.5
17 176    19  3410  44  46  571  333  1520  23  14  8.3 9.4
18 96    20  4590  45  40  279  209  2060  21  14  9.1 11   
19 63    21  3710  46  40  1150  192  1650  21  14  9.8 12   
20 49    22  2130  49  349  2030  288  740  20  14  14    17   
 
21 32    22  828  51  351  1980  1030  290  19  15  13    20   
22 27    21  398  59  158  1190  1050  192  19  15  13    21   
23 217    22  365  65  115  466  619  152  19  15  12    14   
24 1380    34  259  1330  98  266  312  123  19  16  12    11   
25 1650    118  182  878  92  391  276  96  19  16  15    10   
 
26 604    100  146  352  81  2040  179  110  18  16  15    12   
27 181    1580  123  219  69  2000  797  88  19  14  11    35   
28 99    1520  117  168  57  1190  1140  72  18  16  9.0 48   
29 63    2190  102  147  ---  476  576  175  18  21  9.2 24   
30 50    2510  e65  363  ---  299  240  103  16  20  8.7 15   
 
31 56    ---  e50  1200  ---  213  ---  75  ---  19  8.4 ---   

TOTAL 10964.6 8717 28587 5824 8359 18623 13064 25952 1244 472 358.1 429.3
MEAN 353.7 290.6 922.2 187.9 298.5 600.7 435.5 837.2 41.47 15.23 11.55 14.31
MAX 2410 2510 4590 1330 2170 2040 1540 3320 169 21 36 48
MIN 5.7 18 50 36 40 56 65 72 16 13 7.8 8.7
CFSM 2.41 1.98 6.27 1.28 2.03 4.09 2.96 5.69 0.28 0.10 0.08 0.10
IN. 2.77 2.21 7.23 1.47 2.12 4.71 3.31 6.57 0.31 0.12 0.09 0.11
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 29.09 114.8 214.1 213.5 277.7 325.2 328.1 271.8 117.1 37.63 36.89 20.94
MAX 354 643 1193 608 864 837 922 1115 633 163 485 110
(WY) 2002 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 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 70083.4   122594.0  
ANNUAL MEAN 192.0   335.9   164.9  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 336      2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 51.0   1967
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4590          Dec 18 4590          Dec 18 4880      Dec 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 5.7       Oct 4 5.7       Oct 4 0.60 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 8.0       Sep 28 8.5       Aug 7 0.77 Sep 1 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 4710          Dec 18 5160      Jan 31 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.03     Dec 18 16.32 Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 5.4       Oct 4
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.31 2.28 1.12
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 17.74 31.02 15.25
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 398      1260      408     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 39      57      31     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 12      11      5.9  

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


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