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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 to current year.

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 estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 12    19  17  2370  e52  247  80  118  48  23    12    39   
2 11    13  20  2250  68  257  83  212  41  20    33    81   
3 9.7 12  19  1510  73  176  77  178  309  19    25    311   
4 11    13  20  658  137  143  74  139  165  17    14    167   
5 11    18  e21  e300  97  131  122  973  94  14    11    55   
 
6 11    20  e22  e200  e63  106  103  552  69  13    9.1 31   
7 11    33  e23  e160  e58  93  246  960  57  13    9.4 23   
8 9.5 25  24  e125  e52  87  200  780  48  12    9.2 18   
9 9.5 21  24  136  e50  90  130  426  40  11    8.0 16   
10 10    1430  25  107  e56  65  109  221  42  13    7.3 14   
 
11 9.5 873  27  87  67  57  92  317  1130  12    7.2 13   
12 8.7 183  29  74  72  60  84  199  1910  9.9 7.5 12   
13 8.9 89  38  67  65  72  72  126  1650  8.3 7.7 12   
14 8.4 60  97  66  222  102  62  100  1110  9.2 7.7 13   
15 6.9 52  133  57  660  82  58  105  408  8.9 7.6 11   
 
16 6.7 52  108  54  538  78  58  82  220  8.0 6.2 10   
17 8.3 49  88  50  305  75  303  78  147  12    5.6 9.7
18 8.1 40  79  e47  220  70  175  140  110  13    5.9 9.7
19 12    36  1550  e44  920  352  109  110  91  37    6.0 9.0
20 12    34  1650  e42  1710  573  100  630  68  30    5.4 8.9
 
21 12    32  686  e40  1510  545  105  348  52  19    5.5 9.3
22 11    29  223  e38  1460  370  78  139  43  15    5.6 13   
23 9.9 28  154  e37  1830  211  64  91  37  11    5.1 9.8
24 9.5 28  271  e35  1480  158  61  68  31  8.9 5.3 9.2
25 17    28  438  e33  792  129  833  201  26  7.7 7.2 8.7
 
26 15    27  220  e32  364  131  973  340  34  7.1 7.5 8.1
27 19    24  158  e31  241  117  566  136  66  7.1 7.5 10   
28 12    22  136  e30  197  105  236  95  44  6.8 7.6 8.9
29 23    20  259  e35  ---  106  161  88  33  6.4 8.0 8.2
30 93    18  726  e40  ---  93  131  66  27  6.3 195    7.8
 
31 32    ---  1510  e45  ---  80  ---  54  ---  8.8 173    ---   

TOTAL 448.6 3328 8795 8800 13359 4961 5545 8072 8150 407.4 632.1 956.3
MEAN 14.5 111 284 284 477 160 185 260 272 13.1 20.4 31.9
MAX 93 1430 1650 2370 1830 573 973 973 1910 37 195 311
MIN 6.7 12 17 30 50 57 58 54 26 6.3 5.1 7.8
CFSM 0.10 0.75 1.93 1.93 3.25 1.09 1.26 1.77 1.85 0.09 0.14 0.22
IN. 0.11 0.84 2.23 2.23 3.38 1.26 1.40 2.04 2.06 0.10 0.16 0.24
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 28.7 115 216 215 283 321 324 271 121 37.0 36.5 21.2
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 86897.0   63454.4      
ANNUAL MEAN 238      174          165     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 336      2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 51.0   1967
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3320          May 14 2370              Jan 1 4880      Dec 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 6.7       Oct 16 5.1           Aug 23 0.60 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 8.0       Oct 12 5.5           Aug 18 0.77 Sep 1 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2480              Jan 1 5160      Jan 31 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.46         Jan 1 16.32 Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 5.0   B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.62 1.18     1.12
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 21.99 16.06     15.27
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 839      415          408     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 42      52          32     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 10      8.4       6.0  

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

B - Aug. 20, 21, 23, 24.


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