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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05591700       WEST OKAW RIVER NEAR LOVINGTON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°43'52", long 88°39'43" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.21, T.15 N., R.5 E., Moultrie County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left downstream side of bridge on State Highways 32 and 133, 1.5 mi northwest of Lovington, 1.7 mi upstream from Stringtown Branch, and at mile 25.4.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 112 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: February 1980 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. Gage-height record for January 1963 to February 1980 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1971-73.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1980-91.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 632.50 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 10,300 ft3/s, May 8, 1996, from rating curve extended above 9,500 ft3/s, gage height 16.40 ft; no flow for many days in most years.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 1968 reached a stage of 14.66 ft, discharge not determined, from information by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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 0.53 4.3 79  283  e40  61  469  53  60  19    2.1   1.6  
2 0.41 4.2 61  231  e44  56  351  51  53  17    1.6   1.1  
3 0.34 4.4 59  191  e37  40  263  46  46  17    1.2   0.75
4 0.42 4.8 59  984  e34  148  189  46  44  16    1.0   0.52
5 0.42 6.0 57  1740  e32  886  147  48  44  15    0.92 0.35
 
6 0.49 6.6 47  e721  e30  700  126  45  44  15    0.79 0.24
7 0.44 6.1 42  e365  e28  472  114  44  41  23    0.55 0.17
8 0.34 6.0 45  258  e27  305  102  42  38  19    0.43 0.13
9 0.32 5.4 44  177  e26  220  83  45  36  15    0.35 0.12
10 0.35 5.0 48  128  e25  157  76  44  37  59    0.24 0.08
 
11 0.33 5.0 43  117  e24  140  70  102  95  110    0.12 0.07
12 0.24 5.2 30  122  e24  108  66  78  120  54    0.05 0.01
13 0.22 5.6 29  106  e24  89  63  73  77  31    0.03 0.00
14 3.4   5.5 34  100  e24  87  57  228  62  25    0.01 0.00
15 6.9   5.6 33  95  e24  74  53  319  56  19    0.00 0.00
 
16 8.2   5.4 34  79  e24  77  52  207  120  14    0.00 0.00
17 7.2   5.4 27  101  e25  72  50  153  148  11    0.00 0.00
18 5.9   355    26  289  e29  66  46  129  113  9.0 0.01 0.00
19 5.0   839    25  191  91  54  47  259  77  7.6 0.00 0.00
20 4.1   580    17  130  157  57  47  176  61  6.4 0.16 0.00
 
21 3.9   361    21  109  127  49  57  131  57  5.3 0.27 0.00
22 4.2   243    31  98  77  43  50  112  52  4.6 0.30 0.00
23 4.1   188    534  e80  74  46  66  101  42  5.0 0.17 0.00
24 3.6   415    659  e68  81  47  63  87  38  4.1 0.13 0.00
25 3.6   339    403  61  74  49  68  96  34  3.0 0.13 0.00
 
26 3.9   237    258  e72  68  335  61  95  30  2.3 1.9   0.00
27 3.4   183    197  e60  60  873  56  85  28  1.8 2.9   0.00
28 3.3   147    181  47  52  519  53  74  26  1.6 3.2   0.00
29 4.0   116    668  50  53  483  51  65  23  1.4 2.8   0.00
30 4.5   106    681  e44  ---  616  48  66  20  2.2 4.8   0.00
 
31 4.1   ---    421  e42  ---  659  ---  71  ---  3.0 2.4   ---     

TOTAL 88.15 4199.5 4893 7139 1435 7588 3044 3171 1722 536.3 28.56 5.14
MEAN 2.84 140 158 230 49.5 245 101 102 57.4 17.3 0.92 0.17
MAX 8.2 839 681 1740 157 886 469 319 148 110 4.8 1.6
MIN 0.22 4.2 17 42 24 40 46 42 20 1.4 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.03 1.25 1.41 2.06 0.44 2.19 0.91 0.91 0.51 0.15 0.01 0.00
IN. 0.03 1.39 1.63 2.37 0.48 2.52 1.01 1.05 0.57 0.18 0.01 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 39.8 85.9 121 106 173 174 179 242 140 59.9 27.2 16.7
MAX 316 530 378 385 669 536 542 873 490 373 351 224
(WY) 1994 1986 1991 1993 1982 1982 2002 1996 1998 1992 1981 1993
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.64 0.18 6.08 8.82 21.5 7.24 0.08 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1989 2000 2000 2003 2003 2003 2003 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 21694.89   33849.65  
ANNUAL MEAN 59.4     92.5     115     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 219      2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 34.3   2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 995            May 11 1740            Jan 5 6080      Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       Aug 18 0.00       Aug 15 0.00 Sep 28 1983
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00       Aug 21 0.00       Sep 13 0.00 Sep 28 1983
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2260            Jan 5 10300      May 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.98       Jan 5 16.40 May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.531 0.826 1.03
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.21   11.24   13.93
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 174        239        303     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.1     44        37     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.09   0.17   0.00



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