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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05585830       MCKEE CREEK AT CHAMBERSBURG, IL

 

LOCATION.--Lat 39°49'04", long 90°39'16" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 8, T.3 S., R. 2 W, Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07130011, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 104 at east side of Chambersburg, 3.8 miles downstream from Leineke Branch, 5.5 miles upstream from South Fork McKee Creek, and at mile 7.1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.--341 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 2002 to current year.
 

STAGE: August 2002 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: WATER YEARS 1979-87.
 

SEDIMENT: October 2002 to current year.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2002-03.
 

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, automatic water sampler, and crest-stage-gage. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (established by Illinois Dept. of Transportation).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,420 ft3/s, September 1, 2003, gage height, 42.01 ft; Minimum discharge, 3.9 ft3/s, October 16, 2002.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,040 mg/L, May 25, 2004; minimum daily, 15 mg/L, Oct. 18-24, 2003.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 66,700 tons, Aug. 26, 2004; minimum daily, 0.48 tons, Dec. 2, 2002.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of June 2002 exceeded the measured discharge of 12,100 ft3/s on June 13, 2002, gage height not determined.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for May 27 to June 29 and 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 70  43  69  129  e52  101  177  81  505  e30    9.9 194 
2 57  40  65  121  e52  101  162  143  130  e28    9.6 143 
3 50  40  60  117  e51  96  160  107  77  e27    9.4 112 
4 46  52  60  149  e51  157  173  83  69  137    10    93 
5 42  1190  64  233  e51  4640  191  76  78  79    9.4 79 
 
6 40  657  67  197  e51  1700  196  71  90  47    8.8 68 
7 37  213  68  148  e51  516  187  65  104  35    8.6 58 
8 34  136  64  e120  e50  307  159  56  110  30    8.3 51 
9 37  105  64  e99  e50  223  132  48  118  29    e7.6 44 
10 39  89  5500  e90  e50  186  102  45  112  e370    7.2 40 
 
11 46  81  6050  e97  e50  155  87  46  103  e60    7.0 37 
12 44  75  943  e89  e50  137  80  74  101  e240    6.8 33 
13 35  68  425  e86  e49  124  75  116  92  e300    6.7 31 
14 66  60  327  e83  e49  118  71  95  81  83    6.5 28 
15 149  54  270  e81  e49  119  69  139  82  44    6.3 27 
 
16 102  52  274  e79  e48  116  66  131  178  32    6.2 27 
17 70  53  608  e83  e48  117  63  85  160  43    6.2 31 
18 53  691  289  e86  e48  122  60  65  146  23    6.0 47 
19 45  1970  228  e78  e90  114  56  58  159  19    5.7 33 
20 39  449  186  e82  e250  99  63  69  169  16    7.1 27 
 
21 36  223  164  e74  641  87  101  54  168  14    6.9 23 
22 33  160  165  e69  274  81  133  47  160  15    6.3 21 
23 31  141  181  e64  204  76  97  45  156  13    6.4 20 
24 30  150  349  e60  193  80  86  49  133  12    6.7 18 
25 42  139  221  e56  158  89  162  1380  118  11    514    17 
 
26 95  111  162  e56  132  104  151  542  102  11    9580    16 
27 129  98  160  e54  116  171  104  185  83  9.9 6860    15 
28 86  88  149  e54  106  191  82  98  53  9.5 10100    15 
29 67  80  163  e53  101  290  69  73  37  8.9 4620    14 
30 56  74  192  e52  ---  345  66  58  e33  10    568    14 
 
31 48  ---  142  e52  ---  212  ---  1140  ---  10    291    --- 

TOTAL 1754 7382 17729 2891 3165 10974 3380 5324 3707 1796.3 32712.6 1376
MEAN 56.6 246 572 93.3 109 354 113 172 124 57.9 1055 45.9
MAX 149 1970 6050 233 641 4640 196 1380 505 370 10100 194
MIN 30 40 60 52 48 76 56 45 33 8.9 5.7 14
CFSM 0.17 0.72 1.68 0.27 0.32 1.04 0.33 0.50 0.36 0.17 3.09 0.13
IN. 0.19 0.81 1.93 0.32 0.35 1.20 0.37 0.58 0.40 0.20 3.57 0.15
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 32.0 127 303 51.5 174 252 217 315 125 134 433 219
MAX 56.6 246 572 93.3 242 354 321 458 127 211 1055 600
(WY) 2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2003
MIN 7.37 7.97 34.0 9.78 109 150 113 172 124 57.9 59.9 10.1
(WY) 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 2002

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 92585.4         92190.9    
ANNUAL MEAN 254            252       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 8230                Sep 1 10100            Aug 28 10100        Aug 28 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 6.0     A     Jan 22-24 5.7         Aug 19 3.9     Oct 16 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 6.1     A     Jan 20 6.2         Aug 13 4.5     Oct 11 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 10900            Aug 29 10900        Aug 29 2004
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 43.59       Aug 29 43.59   Aug 29 2004
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 5.6         Aug 19,20 3.9     Oct 16 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.744     0.739 0.640
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.10       10.06   8.69  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 535            256        318       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 68            78        60       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 12            15        7.3    

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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