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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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 9.1 14    58  102  e50  128  162  37  153    4.2 8.6 4.3
2 12    12    44  302  e56  252  130  49  84    4.8 7.5 4.0
3 11    9.2 38  296  406  132  103  75  55    4.5 6.0 3.8
4 9.2 8.3 42  311  205  1340  85  102  39    4.6 5.1 4.0
5 8.1 9.2 39  848  158  1200  67  73  29    7.0 26    3.7
 
6 7.7 11    37  303  444  867  59  49  22    8.8 17    3.8
7 7.5 8.7 34  173  354  372  56  40  17    351    8.0 3.9
8 7.3 11    29  137  207  213  52  31  16    88    5.4 3.9
9 7.4 18    26  117  172  158  44  23  16    32    4.6 4.0
10 7.5 16    28  94  176  118  36  23  15    22    4.3 4.0
 
11 11    14    39  80  177  103  33  21  14    16    4.2 4.0
12 12    17    32  86  154  78  32  20  15    9.5 4.7 4.0
13 10    18    25  66  126  65  28  25  246    7.6 4.3 4.0
14 9.3 21    24  55  110  60  24  381  90    6.6 3.7 4.2
15 7.2 23    24  54  100  63  22  818  42    5.4 3.4 4.1
 
16 5.3 32    24  47  81  59  21  415  29    4.7 3.1 4.2
17 6.1 31    24  49  70  63  20  201  27    5.0 3.4 3.9
18 6.2 55    26  384  62  66  19  141  27    9.5 3.6 3.9
19 5.7 434    25  254  64  70  17  103  22    5.9 3.5 3.6
20 5.1 137    24  128  80  65  22  80  13    4.5 3.6 3.4
 
21 5.1 56    22  100  79  114  18  63  9.8 4.1 3.5 3.4
22 5.0 37    20  91  49  73  18  48  8.0 4.4 3.6 3.2
23 4.8 32    83  71  40  56  61  38  7.3 24    4.4 3.0
24 4.5 534    132  73  38  54  109  32  7.5 14    5.0 3.2
25 5.7 154    67  72  37  59  199  29  6.3 9.9 86    3.0
 
26 7.3 73    44  147  34  51  146  196  5.5 7.5 25    2.9
27 5.9 56    36  174  32  102  77  260  5.1 6.7 12    2.5
28 5.7 347    32  125  30  112  53  116  4.6 5.3 7.2 2.0
29 6.5 184    504  e92  30  742  50  78  4.6 5.8 5.8 1.8
30 9.9 81    577  e74  ---  454  39  59  4.6 8.1 5.2 2.6
 
31 13    ---    147  e62  ---  224  ---  369  ---    9.6 4.6 ---   

TOTAL 238.1 2453.4 2306 4967 3621 7513 1802 3995 1034.3 701.0 292.3 106.3
MEAN 7.68 81.8 74.4 160 125 242 60.1 129 34.5 22.6 9.43 3.54
MAX 13 534 577 848 444 1340 199 818 246 351 86 4.3
MIN 4.5 8.3 20 47 30 51 17 20 4.6 4.1 3.1 1.8
CFSM 0.05 0.56 0.51 1.09 0.85 1.65 0.41 0.88 0.23 0.15 0.06 0.02
IN. 0.06 0.62 0.58 1.26 0.92 1.90 0.46 1.01 0.26 0.18 0.07 0.03
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 28.2 114 212 214 279 319 318 268 119 36.6 35.8 20.8
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 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 55880.3   29029.4    
ANNUAL MEAN 153      79.3     163     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 336      2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 51.0   1967
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2370          Jan 1 1340            Mar 4 4880      Dec 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 4.5       Oct 24 1.8         Sep 29 0.60 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 5.1       Oct 19 2.6         Sep 24 0.77 Sep 1 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1730            Mar 4 5160      Jan 31 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.23       Mar 4 16.32 Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.7         Sep 28, 29
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.04 0.540 1.11
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.14 7.35   15.06
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 350      188        400     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 44      29        32     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.5   4.1     5.9  

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


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